Maize and products — Food in Western Africa
Western Africa: Maize and products — Food was 13,376 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Maize and products — Food in Western Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize and products — food in Western Africa is 13,376 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food in Western Africa peaked at 13,376 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8,880 1000 t, in 2010.
Western Africa ranks 11th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Food in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,880 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 9,143 1000 t | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 9,347 1000 t | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 10,208 1000 t | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 10,786 1000 t | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 11,167 1000 t | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 11,496 1000 t | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 12,071 1000 t | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 12,012 1000 t | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 12,110 1000 t | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 12,791 1000 t | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 13,010 1000 t | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 13,076 1000 t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 13,376 1000 t | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10,722 1000 t | 8,880 1000 t | 12,110 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,063 1000 t | 12,791 1000 t | 13,376 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is maize and products — food in Western Africa?
- Maize and products — food in Western Africa was 13,376 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 13,376 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,880 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Western Africa rank for maize and products — food?
- Western Africa ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. 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 Maize and products — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.