Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 66 kcal/cap/d in 2024. ▼ Falling
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sierra Leone, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2024, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sierra Leone stood at 66 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is up 17.9% on the previous year and up 69.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sierra Leone peaked at 102 kcal/cap/d in 2002 and was at its lowest, 20 kcal/cap/d, in 2005.
Sierra Leone ranks 11th of 147 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 90 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2002 | 102 kcal/cap/d | +13.3% |
| 2003 | 76 kcal/cap/d | -25.5% |
| 2004 | 42 kcal/cap/d | -44.7% |
| 2005 | 20 kcal/cap/d | -52.4% |
| 2006 | 39 kcal/cap/d | +95.0% |
| 2007 | 57 kcal/cap/d | +46.2% |
| 2008 | 75 kcal/cap/d | +31.6% |
| 2009 | 73 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 71 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 70 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 53 kcal/cap/d | -24.3% |
| 2013 | 36 kcal/cap/d | -32.1% |
| 2014 | 39 kcal/cap/d | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 78 kcal/cap/d | +100.0% |
| 2016 | 71 kcal/cap/d | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 84 kcal/cap/d | +18.3% |
| 2018 | 71 kcal/cap/d | -15.5% |
| 2019 | 52 kcal/cap/d | -26.8% |
| 2020 | 64 kcal/cap/d | +23.1% |
| 2021 | 35 kcal/cap/d | -45.3% |
| 2022 | 46 kcal/cap/d | +31.4% |
| 2023 | 56 kcal/cap/d | +21.7% |
| 2024 | 66 kcal/cap/d | +17.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 63.78 kcal/cap/d | 20 kcal/cap/d | 102 kcal/cap/d | 9 |
| 2010s | 62.5 kcal/cap/d | 36 kcal/cap/d | 84 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.4 kcal/cap/d | 35 kcal/cap/d | 66 kcal/cap/d | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 8 North Macedonia 70 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Afghanistan 69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Israel 69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Saudi Arabia 63 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Malta 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Sao Tome and Principe 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Solomon Islands 62 kcal/cap/d 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 29.54 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 29.54 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sierra Leone?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sierra Leone was 66 kcal/cap/d in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 102 kcal/cap/d in 2002.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 kcal/cap/d in 2005.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Sierra Leone ranks 11th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.2%. 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 Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.