Nutritional impact: Eswatini - Maize - 2022


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 41,196,590,046 kcal 47,973 3.4 49,395 60.7
Carbohydrate 8,939,779 kg 66,626 4.8 68,601 84.3
Protein 1,092,244 kg 88,857 6.4 109,373 134.5
Fat 510,505 kg 19,427 1.4 20,032 24.6
Fibre, total dietary 1,258,455 kg 105,107 7.6 107,778 132.5
Calcium, Ca 1,187 kg 3,884 0.279 2,957 3.6
Iron, Fe 356.2 kg 103,892 7.5 110,260 135.5
Zinc, Zn 273.1 kg 77,980 5.6 76,338 93.8
Folate, total 3.9 kg 39,159 2.8 42,935 52.8
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, 2022 73,553,000 kg
Maize: losses - Eswatini, 2022 11,872,216 kg

Data version 2.19.3