Cassava and products — Food in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Cassava and products — Food was 1,316 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cassava and products — Food in Sierra Leone, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, cassava and products — food in Sierra Leone stood at 1,316 1000 t.
The figure is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava and products — food in Sierra Leone peaked at 1,413 1000 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,015 1000 t, in 2019.
That places Sierra Leone 18th out of 132 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Cassava and products — Food in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,100 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,114 1000 t | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1,112 1000 t | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,119 1000 t | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1,174 1000 t | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 1,274 1000 t | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 1,332 1000 t | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 1,366 1000 t | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 1,413 1000 t | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 1,015 1000 t | -28.2% |
| 2020 | 1,242 1000 t | +22.4% |
| 2021 | 1,376 1000 t | +10.8% |
| 2022 | 1,224 1000 t | -11.0% |
| 2023 | 1,316 1000 t | +7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,202 1000 t | 1,015 1000 t | 1,413 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,290 1000 t | 1,224 1000 t | 1,376 1000 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2954 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 250 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5407 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 29.54 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 29.54 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava and products — food in Sierra Leone?
- Cassava and products — food in Sierra Leone was 1,316 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava and products — food recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1,413 1000 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest cassava and products — food recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,015 1000 t in 2019.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for cassava and products — food?
- Sierra Leone ranks 18th out of 132 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cassava and products — food rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava and products — Food. 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.