Grand Total — Food supply in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Grand Total — Food supply was 2,560 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Grand Total — Food supply in Guinea-Bissau, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 2,560 kcal/cap/d for grand total — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 2,694 kcal/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,042 kcal/cap/d, in 2014.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 138th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Grand Total — Food supply in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,267 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,235 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 2,224 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 2,194 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 2,042 kcal/cap/d | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 2,170 kcal/cap/d | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 2,326 kcal/cap/d | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 2,603 kcal/cap/d | +11.9% |
| 2018 | 2,668 kcal/cap/d | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 2,514 kcal/cap/d | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 2,694 kcal/cap/d | +7.2% |
| 2021 | 2,521 kcal/cap/d | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 2,440 kcal/cap/d | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 2,560 kcal/cap/d | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,324 kcal/cap/d | 2,042 kcal/cap/d | 2,668 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,554 kcal/cap/d | 2,440 kcal/cap/d | 2,694 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guinea-Bissau
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4063 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 456.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5335 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 40.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 40.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 31.5% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grand total — food supply in Guinea-Bissau?
- Grand total — food supply in Guinea-Bissau was 2,560 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grand total — food supply recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 2,694 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,042 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for grand total — food supply?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 138th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grand Total — 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.