Table 3 Key nutrition Indicators and income status (poverty) from 40 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
From: Diet and mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa: Stages in the nutrition transition
Country | PPP | HIV prevalence (%) | Energy (cal/capita/ day) | Protein (g/capita/day) | Energy from protein (%) | Fat (g/capita/day) | Energy from fat (%) | Carbohydrates (g/capita/day) | Energy from carbohydrates (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angola | 54.3 | 2.0 | 1973 | 44 | 8.92 | 47 | 21.44 | 343.5 | 69.64 |
Benin | 47.3 | 1.2 | 2533 | 59.4 | 9.38 | 52.2 | 18.55 | 456.4 | 72.07 |
Burkina Faso | 56.5 | 1.2 | 2677 | 81.4 | 12.16 | 58.6 | 19.70 | 456 | 68.14 |
Burundi | 81.3 | 3.5 | 1685 | 45.6 | 10.82 | 13.4 | 7.16 | 345.5 | 82.02 |
Cameroon | 32.8 | 5.3 | 2269 | 57.4 | 10.12 | 42.6 | 16.90 | 414 | 72.98 |
Cape Verde | 20.6 | n/a | 2572 | 69.5 | 10.81 | 76.8 | 26.87 | 400.7 | 62.32 |
Central African Republic (CAR) | 62.4 | 5.1 | 1986 | 46.1 | 9.28 | 64.9 | 29.41 | 304.4 | 61.31 |
Chad | 61.9 | 3.4 | 2056 | 61.5 | 11.96 | 49.1 | 21.49 | 342 | 66.54 |
Comoros | 46.1 | 0.1 | 1884 | 44.6 | 9.47 | 45.1 | 21.54 | 324.9 | 68.98 |
Congo Brazzaville | 54.1 | 3.5 | 2512 | 52.7 | 8.39 | 60.7 | 21.75 | 438.7 | 69.86 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 23.3 | 3.7 | 2528 | 49.9 | 7.90 | 47.2 | 16.80 | 513.3 | 81.22 |
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) | 59.2 | 1.3 | 1605 | 24.4 | 6.08 | 24.3 | 13.63 | 322.2 | 80.30 |
Eritrea* | n/a | 0.8 | 1605 | 47.3 | 11.79 | 25.4 | 14.24 | 296.8 | 73.97 |
Ethiopia | 39 | n/a | 1980 | 56.7 | 11.45 | 21 | 9.55 | 391 | 78.99 |
Gabon | 4.8 | 5.3 | 2755 | 81.3 | 11.80 | 58.5 | 19.11 | 475.8 | 69.08 |
Gambia | 34.3 | 1.7 | 2385 | 55.7 | 9.34 | 68.4 | 25.81 | 386.6 | 64.84 |
Ghana | 30 | 1.8 | 2907 | 59.8 | 8.23 | 51.3 | 15.88 | 551.5 | 75.89 |
Guinea | 70.1 | 1.4 | 2568 | 54.4 | 8.47 | 62.9 | 22.04 | 446.1 | 69.49 |
Guinea-Bissau | 48.8 | 2.5 | 2306 | 44.3 | 7.68 | 50.9 | 19.87 | 417.7 | 72.45 |
Kenya | 19.7 | 6.3 | 2089 | 59.7 | 11.43 | 49.1 | 21.15 | 352.1 | 67.42 |
Lesotho | 43.4 | 23.6 | 2476 | 69.4 | 11.21 | 32.6 | 11.85 | 476.25 | 76.94 |
Liberia | 83.7 | 1.6 | 2204 | 36.5 | 6.62 | 57.1 | 23.32 | 386 | 70.05 |
Madagascar | 67.8 | 0.2 | 2160 | 49.9 | 9.24 | 31.9 | 13.29 | 418.3 | 77.46 |
Malawi | 73.9 | 11.2 | 2172 | 56.6 | 10.42 | 31.9 | 13.22 | 414.6 | 76.35 |
Mali | 51.5 | 1.0 | 2614 | 71.7 | 10.97 | 54.7 | 18.83 | 458.7 | 70.19 |
Mozambique | 74.7 | 11.4 | 2067 | 37.9 | 7.33 | 37.7 | 16.42 | 394 | 76.25 |
Namibia* | n/a | 13.7 | 2383 | 67.9 | 11.40 | 55.7 | 21.04 | 402.5 | 67.56 |
Niger | 65.9 | 0.8 | 2376 | 80 | 13.47 | 46.5 | 17.61 | 409.4 | 68.92 |
Nigeria | 64.4 | 3.6 | 2741 | 63.5 | 9.27 | 66.5 | 21.84 | 472.1 | 68.89 |
Rwanda | 76.6 | 2.9 | 2085 | 49.5 | 9.50 | 20.1 | 8.68 | 426.5 | 81.82 |
Sao Tome and Principe* | n/a | n/a | 2684 | 60.5 | 9.02 | 74.9 | 25.12 | 442 | 65.87 |
Senegal | 33.5 | 0.8 | 2348 | 58.7 | 10.00 | 64.6 | 24.76 | 382.9 | 65.23 |
Sierra Leone | 53.4 | 1.6 | 2170 | 52.2 | 9.62 | 56 | 23.23 | 364.3 | 67.15 |
South Africa (RSA) | 26.2 | 17.9 | 2999 | 80.9 | 10.79 | 81.9 | 24.58 | 484.6 | 64.63 |
Swaziland | 62.9 | 25.9 | 2292 | 60.9 | 10.63 | 49.1 | 19.28 | 401.6 | 70.09 |
Tanzania | 88.5 | 5.8 | 2032 | 49.1 | 9.67 | 33.3 | 14.75 | 384 | 75.59 |
Togo | 38.7 | 3.2 | 2161 | 48.9 | 9.05 | 46.9 | 19.53 | 385.8 | 71.41 |
Uganda | 51.5 | 6.4 | 2211 | 48.7 | 8.81 | 42.6 | 17.34 | 408.2 | 73.85 |
Zambia | 64.3 | 13.6 | 1873 | 46.6 | 9.95 | 34.4 | 16.53 | 344.3 | 73.53 |
Zimbabwe* | n/a | 15.1 | 2238 | 55.9 | 9.99 | 56.9 | 22.88 | 375.6 | 67.13 |
Mean | 51.8 | 5.69 | 2279 | 56.0 | 9.8 | 48.6 | 18.9 | 405.3 | 71.4 |
Standard Deviation | 20.0 | 6.49 | 334.3 | 12.6 | 1.6 | 16.1 | 5.0 | 56.7 | 5.3 |
Minimum | 4.8 | 0.1 | 1605 | 24.4 | 6.08 | 13.4 | 7.16 | 296.8 | 61.31 |
Maximum | 88.5 | 25.9 | 2999 | 81.4 | 13.47 | 81.9 | 29.41 | 551.5 | 82.02 |