Groundnuts — Food supply in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Groundnuts — Food supply was 167,181 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts — Food supply in Sierra Leone, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 167,181 million Kcal for groundnuts — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.8% on the previous year and up 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts — food supply in Sierra Leone peaked at 167,181 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 35,059 million Kcal, in 2017.
That places Sierra Leone 49th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Groundnuts — Food supply in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 141,547 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 144,346 million Kcal | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 147,415 million Kcal | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 138,162 million Kcal | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 150,417 million Kcal | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 120,234 million Kcal | -20.1% |
| 2016 | 39,872 million Kcal | -66.8% |
| 2017 | 35,059 million Kcal | -12.1% |
| 2018 | 36,165 million Kcal | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 134,148 million Kcal | +270.9% |
| 2020 | 92,977 million Kcal | -30.7% |
| 2021 | 151,229 million Kcal | +62.7% |
| 2022 | 144,335 million Kcal | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 167,181 million Kcal | +15.8% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 167,181 million Kcal is above the median for low income countries, which is 72,688 million Kcal, 2.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 167,181 million Kcal is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 141,788 million Kcal, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts — Food supply in Sierra Leone changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +270.9% | 36,165 million Kcal | 134,148 million Kcal |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 108,736 million Kcal | 35,059 million Kcal | 150,417 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 138,930 million Kcal | 92,977 million Kcal | 167,181 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
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 groundnuts — food supply in Sierra Leone?
- Groundnuts — food supply in Sierra Leone was 167,181 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts — food supply recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 167,181 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest groundnuts — food supply recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,059 million Kcal in 2017.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for groundnuts — food supply?
- Sierra Leone ranks 49th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is groundnuts — food supply rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts — Food supply (kcal). 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.