Maize and products — Food supply in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Maize and products — Food supply was 58,658 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Maize and products — Food supply in Sierra Leone, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 58,658 million Kcal for maize and products — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 6.0% on the previous year and down 38.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food supply in Sierra Leone peaked at 128,059 million Kcal in 2010 and was at its lowest, 31,001 million Kcal, in 2016.
That places Sierra Leone 100th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Food supply in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 128,059 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 127,025 million Kcal | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 97,823 million Kcal | -23.0% |
| 2013 | 95,046 million Kcal | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 50,109 million Kcal | -47.3% |
| 2015 | 53,202 million Kcal | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 31,001 million Kcal | -41.7% |
| 2017 | 52,620 million Kcal | +69.7% |
| 2018 | 56,350 million Kcal | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 90,646 million Kcal | +60.9% |
| 2020 | 64,304 million Kcal | -29.1% |
| 2021 | 52,278 million Kcal | -18.7% |
| 2022 | 55,326 million Kcal | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 58,658 million Kcal | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 78,188 million Kcal | 31,001 million Kcal | 128,059 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 57,641 million Kcal | 52,278 million Kcal | 64,304 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 97 North Macedonia 67,338 million Kcal compare
- 98 Kuwait 63,779 million Kcal compare
- 99 Guinea-Bissau 61,596 million Kcal compare
- 101 Belize 56,732 million Kcal compare
- 102 Libya 56,673 million Kcal compare
- 103 New Zealand 56,333 million Kcal compare
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 maize and products — food supply in Sierra Leone?
- Maize and products — food supply in Sierra Leone was 58,658 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food supply recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 128,059 million Kcal in 2010.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food supply recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,001 million Kcal in 2016.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for maize and products — food supply?
- Sierra Leone ranks 100th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food supply rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.3%. 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 Maize and products — 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.