The Department of Statistics issues the third edition of the Food Budget
publication of 2005
The Department of Statistics issues the third edition of the Food Budget
publication of 2005
The Department of Statistics (DoS) has issued the third edition of the Food Budget publication of 2005, which shows the most comprehensive situation of the food pattern in the Kingdom during a specific period of time. The DoS has been keen to issue this publication to meet the needs of data users.
The publication includes comprehensive information on the methodology of the study, and the daily average of the individual's share of calories, proteins and fats.
It contains also detailed tables covering the amounts of commodities and the daily average of the individual's share of calories, proteins, fats and tables of self-sufficiency, in addition to some charts and a summary of the main results. This publication contains also the methodology implemented in compiling the data from different resources, the office and electronic data processing and the cross-tabulation of the final results.
The Food Budget results help the food policy makers and other related policies know the manner and food pattern in the Kingdom during the reference period of the study.
Based on this study, the amount of the food disposable for consumption is calculated by adding the domestically produced food commodities to the imported amounts of these commodities minus the stocks, exports, spoiled amounts, seeds and manufactured substances. The study shows also the food situation, the agriculture, the quantities used for fodders and the seeds related to the food. It reflects the reliance of the Kingdom on the animal and vegetarian sources in the food consumption pattern and evaluates the food situation in detail.
Several sources have been used in the preparation of the food budget publication such as the surveys conducted by the Department like the agricultural surveys, foreign trade statistics concerning exports and imports, economic surveys to determine manufactured quantities of food products and the surveys on population to provide the population estimates. In addition to the data collected through field visits to some of the food stuff factories, the Ministry of Agriculture, the slaughterhouses and the Jordanian Universities.
Summary of main results:
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2005 |
Average2003-2005 |
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The daily per capita share of: |
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a. Energy (calorie) |
3052.1 |
3020.1 |
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b. Proteins (gm) |
81.3 |
82.1 |
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c. Fats (gm) |
83.8 |
81.8 |
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d. Food (kg/year) |
609.2 |
581.4 |
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Imports of food commodities and products (thousand ton) |
2881.4 |
2805.7 |
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Exports of food commodities and products (thousand ton) |
803.4 |
710.7 |
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Seeds of food commodities and products (thousand ton) |
38.0 |
34.1 |
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Available food stuff from food commodities and their products (thousand ton) |
3334.4 |
3106.1 |
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Percentage of available food quantity of vegetarian commodities and their products |
83.4 |
82.2 |
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Percentage of available food quantity of animal commodities and products |
16.6 |
17.8 |
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Percentage of Energy (calorie) resulting from vegetarian commodities and their products to the whole energy (%) |
87.6 |
86.7 |
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Percentage of Energy (calorie) resulting from animal commodities and their products to the whole energy (%) |
12.4 |
13.3 |
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Percentage of Proteins (gm) resulting from vegetarian commodities and their products to the whole protein quantity (%) |
67.0 |
64.4 |
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Percentage of Protein portion (gm) resulted by animal commodities and products to the whole protein quantity (%) |
33.0 |
35.6 |
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Percentage of Fat portion (gm) resulting from vegetarian commodities and their products to the whole fat quantity (%) |
70.4 |
69.6 |
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Percentage of Fat portion (gm) resulting from animal commodities and their products to the whole fat quantity |
29.6 |
30.4 |