Nutritional impact: Eswatini - Maize - 2015


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Eswatini Male, 9-13 years, Eswatini
Number of people's
annual nutritional requirements lost
% of population
nutritional requirements lost
Number of people
in focal group’s annual nutrient requirements lost
% of focal group population’s
annual nutritional requirements lost
Energy 18,868,927,320 kcal 21,973 1.6 22,624 27.8
Carbohydrate 4,094,612 kg 30,516 2.2 31,421 38.6
Protein 500,271 kg 40,699 2.9 50,095 61.6
Fat 233,822 kg 8,898 0.640 9,175 11.3
Fibre, total dietary 576,400 kg 48,141 3.5 49,365 60.7
Calcium, Ca 543.8 kg 1,779 0.128 1,354 1.7
Iron, Fe 163.1 kg 47,585 3.4 50,501 62.1
Zinc, Zn 125.1 kg 35,717 2.6 34,964 43.0
Folate, total 1.8 kg 17,936 1.3 19,665 24.2
Vitamin A (RAE) 0 kg 0 0 0 0
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Eswatini 1,391,385
Total population - Eswatini;
Male, 9-13 years
81,348

2018 population estimates; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, DVD Edition.


Maize: production - Eswatini, 2015 33,461,000 kg
Maize: losses - Eswatini, 2015 5,437,731 kg

Data version 2.19.3