Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Western Africa
Western Africa: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply was 1,099 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Western Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Western Africa stood at 1,099 kcal/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Western Africa peaked at 1,149 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1,099 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Western Africa ranks 16th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,149 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,121 kcal/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 1,124 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,137 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 1,118 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 1,138 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 1,143 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 1,141 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,146 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,139 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 1,137 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,116 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 1,128 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1,099 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,136 kcal/cap/d | 1,118 kcal/cap/d | 1,149 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,120 kcal/cap/d | 1,099 kcal/cap/d | 1,137 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 970.75 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Iraq 1,605 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Azerbaijan 1,596 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Polynesia 916.9 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 China 1,595 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Burkina Faso 1,592 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Micronesia 819.85 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Saudi Arabia 1,582 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Melanesia 622.72 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Côte d'Ivoire 1,040 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Tunisia 1,561 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 531.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Cambodia 1,541 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Raw milk of cattle — Production, annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -1.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.3867 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.3017 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Western Africa?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Western Africa was 1,099 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,149 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,099 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Western Africa rank for cereals - excluding beer — food supply?
- Western Africa ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food supply rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals - Excluding Beer — 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.