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FSCI Indicators Breakdown

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) is a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to monitor global food systems. The FSCI developed a framework that includes five themes: (1) diets, nutrition, and health; (2) environment, natural resources, and production; (3) livelihoods, poverty, and equity; (4) governance; and (5) resilience and identified 50 indicators across these themes. This page presents national level data for these 50 indicators for South Africa.

South Africa income group: Upper Middle Income
Comparison
South Africa
Southern Africa
World

Diets, Nutrition, and Health

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cost of a healthy diet per capita
4.6 PPP dollar/capita/day
Percent of the population who cannot afford a healthy diet
67%
Availability of fruits
110.4 g/capita/day
Availability of vegetables
108.8 g/capita/day
Percent of the population using safely managed drinking water services
80%
Retail value (total sales) of ultra-processed foods per capita
38.7 current PPP dollar/capita/year
MDD-W: Minimum dietary diversity for women
72%
All-5: Consumption of all five food groups
23%
NCD-Protect
3.3
NCD-Risk
3.2
Adults: Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
10%
Adults: Soft drink consumption
51%
POU: Prevalence of undernourishment
8%
Percent of the population experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity
20%
MDD (IYCF): Minimum dietary diversity for infants and young children
40%
Children (6-23 months): Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
37% population 6-23 months
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Environment, natural resources, and production

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cropland nitrogen use efficiency
56%
Cereals yield
5 tonnes/ha
Fruit yield
24.6 tonnes/ha
Vegetable yield
17.4 tonnes/ha
Cow's milk yield
3,763.6 100 g/animal
Beef yield
309.4 100 g/animal
Fishery health index progress score
No Data
Agri-food systems greenhouse gas emissions
95,884.6 kT CO2eq
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cereals (excluding rice)
0.2 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for rice
73.8 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cow's milk
0.5 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for beef
13.8 kg CO2eq/kg product
Cropland area change
0% change
Functional integrity: Agricultural land with minimum level of natural habitat
69% agricultural land
Agriculture water withdrawal as percent of total renewable water resources
23%
Pesticide use per area of cropland
3.4 kg/ha
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Livelihoods, Poverty, and Equity

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Share of agriculture in GDP
3% GDP
Unemployment rate (Rural)
27% working age population
Underemployment rate (Rural)
5% working age population
Social protection coverage
79% population
Social protection adequacy
58% welfare of beneficiary households
Percent of children 5-17 years engaged in child labor
No Data
Share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Governance

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Civil society participation index
0.8
Percent of the urban population living in cities signed onto the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
26%
Degree of legal recognition of the right to food
No Data
Presence of a national food system transformation pathway
No Data
Government effectiveness index
-0.1
Food safety capacity
100
Presence of national health-related food environment policies
No Data
V-Dem accountability index
1.3
Open budget index score
86
Guarantees for public access to information
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Resilience

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Ratio of total damages from all disasters to GDP
No Data
Dietary sourcing flexibility index
0.8
Mobile cellular subscriptions
167.4 Number per 100 people
Social capital index
0.4
Proportion of agricultural land with minimum level of species diversity (crop and pasture)
26% agricultural land
Number of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities
6,871
Number of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities
7
Prevalence of severe coping strategies
No Data
Food price volatility
0.6
Food supply variability per capita
22 kcal/capita/day
Less Desirable
More Desirable