Bananas — Food supply in Western Africa
Western Africa: Bananas — Food supply was 34.13 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Food supply in Western Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 34.13 kcal/cap/d for bananas — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.3% on the previous year and up 810.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — food supply in Western Africa peaked at 37.64 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.73 kcal/cap/d, in 2017.
That places Western Africa 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Food supply in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3.42 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 3.28 kcal/cap/d | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 3.28 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3.75 kcal/cap/d | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 2.93 kcal/cap/d | -21.9% |
| 2015 | 2.86 kcal/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 2.77 kcal/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 2.73 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 2.82 kcal/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 2.9 kcal/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 3.58 kcal/cap/d | +23.4% |
| 2021 | 35.63 kcal/cap/d | +895.3% |
| 2022 | 37.64 kcal/cap/d | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 34.13 kcal/cap/d | -9.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.07 kcal/cap/d | 2.73 kcal/cap/d | 3.75 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.75 kcal/cap/d | 3.58 kcal/cap/d | 37.64 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 2 Comoros 159.68 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Melanesia 162.46 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Samoa 137.23 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Dominican Republic 122.9 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 68.08 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Polynesia 52.33 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Peru 111.5 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Micronesia 49.97 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Vanuatu 93.95 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Kiribati 91.3 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Viet Nam 33.79 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Micronesia (Federated States of) 30.64 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Kenya 86.92 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.6863 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -0.0843 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -1.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 7.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — food supply in Western Africa?
- Bananas — food supply in Western Africa was 34.13 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — food supply recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 37.64 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest bananas — food supply recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.73 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Western Africa rank for bananas — food supply?
- Western Africa ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is bananas — food supply rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 810.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.