Grand Total — Food supply in Western Africa
Western Africa: Grand Total — Food supply was 2,634 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Grand Total — Food supply in Western Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grand total — food supply in Western Africa is 2,634 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Western Africa peaked at 2,655 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,556 kcal/cap/d, in 2013.
Western Africa ranks 24th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Grand Total — Food supply in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,583 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,564 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 2,563 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,556 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,581 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 2,588 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 2,594 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,606 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 2,602 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,620 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 2,621 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,650 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 2,655 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,634 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,586 kcal/cap/d | 2,556 kcal/cap/d | 2,620 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,640 kcal/cap/d | 2,621 kcal/cap/d | 2,655 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 21 China 3,514 kcal/cap/d compare
- 22 Australia and New Zealand 3,490 kcal/cap/d compare
- 23 France 3,490 kcal/cap/d compare
- 24 Norway 3,476 kcal/cap/d compare
- 25 North Macedonia 3,476 kcal/cap/d compare
- 26 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3,467 kcal/cap/d compare
- 27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,458 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.95 % 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)
- 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)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 7.01 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grand total — food supply in Western Africa?
- Grand total — food supply in Western Africa was 2,634 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,655 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,556 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Western Africa rank for grand total — food supply?
- Western Africa ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. 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 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.