International Journal of Health Geographics

Table 3 Per capita availability of calories in 2005, sub-Saharan Africa, regional totals and selected countries

From: Estimation of undernutrition and mean calorie intake in Africa: methodology, findings and implications

Region	Own estimates*	FAO [6]**	IFPRI[10]***
Western Africa	2321	2518
Central Africa	2252	1760
Eastern Africa	2245	1951
Southern Africa	2618	2858
Total sub-Saharan	2297	2184
Ethiopia	2046	1810	1592
Senegal	2400	2150	1967
Tanzania	2328	2010	2454
Uganda	2399	2380	2636

*Estimates of intake corrected for losses.**Country totals aggregated to match region definitions. ***data refer to 1999 (Ethiopia, Uganda), 2000 (Tanzania), 2001 (Senegal)

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