Nutritional impact: Tanzania - Maize - 2015


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 2,858,938,712,963 kcal 3,463,888 5.9 7,943,924 131.7
Carbohydrate 607,327,036 kg 4,709,357 8.0 10,800,225 179.0
Protein 63,970,728 kg 5,490,876 9.3 16,787,574 278.3
Fat 28,431,435 kg 1,125,077 1.9 2,585,466 42.9
Fibre, total dietary 57,652,632 kg 5,017,869 8.5 11,442,511 189.7
Calcium, Ca 47,386 kg 156,692 0.265 259,648 4.3
Iron, Fe 27,642 kg 8,270,959 14.0 16,829,024 279.0
Zinc, Zn 14,216 kg 4,221,721 7.1 11,127,763 184.5
Folate, total 197.4 kg 2,055,527 3.5 4,507,774 74.7
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.


Maize: production - Tanzania, 2015 4,410,246,000 kg
Maize: losses - Tanzania, 2015 789,762,075 kg

Data version 2.19.3