Infant food — Food supply in Western Africa
Western Africa: Infant food — Food supply was 87,700 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Infant food — Food supply in Western Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 87,700 million Kcal for infant food — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of up 18.4% on the previous year and up 70.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, infant food — food supply in Western Africa peaked at 87,746 million Kcal in 2020 and was at its lowest, 43,559 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Western Africa 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Infant food — Food supply in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 43,559 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 45,616 million Kcal | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 48,672 million Kcal | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 51,576 million Kcal | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 51,994 million Kcal | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 52,892 million Kcal | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 52,219 million Kcal | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 53,522 million Kcal | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 60,363 million Kcal | +12.8% |
| 2019 | 65,999 million Kcal | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 87,746 million Kcal | +33.0% |
| 2021 | 80,845 million Kcal | -7.9% |
| 2022 | 74,098 million Kcal | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 87,700 million Kcal | +18.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 52,641 million Kcal | 43,559 million Kcal | 65,999 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 82,597 million Kcal | 74,098 million Kcal | 87,746 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 13 Republic of Moldova 2,301 million Kcal compare
- 13 China, Taiwan Province of 29,979 million Kcal compare
- 14 Polynesia 1,754 million Kcal compare
- 14 Egypt 28,957 million Kcal compare
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,329 million Kcal compare
- 15 Uzbekistan 28,774 million Kcal compare
- 16 Yemen 24,822 million Kcal compare
- 16 United Republic of Tanzania 805.24 million Kcal compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 181.78 million Kcal compare
- 17 Libya 24,819 million Kcal compare
- 18 Micronesia 113.29 million Kcal compare
- 18 Colombia 24,563 million Kcal compare
- 19 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 million Kcal compare
- 19 Kazakhstan 23,774 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- 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)
- 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)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate -0.5342 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is infant food — food supply in Western Africa?
- Infant food — food supply in Western Africa was 87,700 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest infant food — food supply recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 87,746 million Kcal in 2020.
- What is the lowest infant food — food supply recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 43,559 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Western Africa rank for infant food — food supply?
- Western Africa ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is infant food — food supply rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Infant food — 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.