Nutritional impact: Tanzania - Rice - 2017


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Tanzania Male, 31-50 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 0.892 387,387 7.3
Carbohydrate 96,980,693 kg 752,011 1.3 552,643 10.4
Protein 7,899,430 kg 678,041 1.1 468,447 8.8
Fat 607,648 kg 24,046 0.041 17,707 0.334
Fibre, total dietary 972,238 kg 84,620 0.143 61,834 1.2
Calcium, Ca 9,722 kg 32,149 0.054 33,296 0.628
Iron, Fe 729.2 kg 218,185 0.369 221,972 4.2
Zinc, Zn 1,337 kg 397,005 0.672 278,308 5.3
Folate, total 7.3 kg 75,914 0.128 62,430 1.2
Vitamin A (RAE) - - - - -
Vitamin C - - - - -

Reference data

Total population - Tanzania 59,091,396
Total population - Tanzania;
Male, 31-50 years
5,298,442

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, 2017 1,037,567,000 kg
Rice: losses - Tanzania, 2017 121,529,690 kg

Data version 2.19.3