Grand Total — Food supply in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Grand Total — Food supply was 2,437 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Grand Total — Food supply in Sierra Leone, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, grand total — food supply in Sierra Leone stood at 2,437 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Sierra Leone peaked at 2,437 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,307 kcal/cap/d, in 2019.
Sierra Leone ranks 145th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Grand Total — Food supply in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,379 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,400 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 2,386 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 2,372 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 2,324 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 2,405 kcal/cap/d | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 2,324 kcal/cap/d | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 2,357 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 2,360 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,307 kcal/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 2,320 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 2,367 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 2,418 kcal/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 2,437 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,361 kcal/cap/d | 2,307 kcal/cap/d | 2,405 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,386 kcal/cap/d | 2,320 kcal/cap/d | 2,437 kcal/cap/d | 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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grand total — food supply in Sierra Leone?
- Grand total — food supply in Sierra Leone was 2,437 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 2,437 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,307 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for grand total — food supply?
- Sierra Leone ranks 145th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.