Nutritional impact: Tanzania - Rice - 2021


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Tanzania All people, 1-3 years, Tanzania
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 435,076,289,954 kcal 527,138 0.892 1,208,915 20.0
Carbohydrate 96,980,693 kg 752,011 1.3 1,724,628 28.6
Protein 7,899,430 kg 678,041 1.1 2,073,015 34.4
Fat 607,648 kg 24,046 0.041 55,258 0.916
Fibre, total dietary 972,238 kg 84,620 0.143 192,963 3.2
Calcium, Ca 9,722 kg 32,149 0.054 53,273 0.883
Iron, Fe 729.2 kg 218,185 0.369 443,944 7.4
Zinc, Zn 1,337 kg 397,005 0.672 1,046,440 17.3
Folate, total 7.3 kg 75,914 0.128 166,479 2.8
Vitamin A (RAE) - - - - -
Vitamin C - - - - -

Reference data

Total population - Tanzania 59,091,396
Total population - Tanzania;
All people, 1-3 years
6,032,377

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


Rice: production - Tanzania, 2021 1,037,567,000 kg
Rice: losses - Tanzania, 2021 121,529,690 kg

Data version 2.19.3