Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Africa
Western Africa: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 18 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Africa, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2025, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Africa stood at 18 kcal/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.6% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Africa peaked at 23 kcal/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3 kcal/cap/d, in 2008.
That places Western Africa 19th out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 7 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6 kcal/cap/d | -14.3% |
| 2003 | 6 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5 kcal/cap/d | -16.7% |
| 2005 | 4 kcal/cap/d | -20.0% |
| 2006 | 4 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5 kcal/cap/d | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 3 kcal/cap/d | -40.0% |
| 2009 | 8 kcal/cap/d | +166.7% |
| 2010 | 10 kcal/cap/d | +25.0% |
| 2011 | 8 kcal/cap/d | -20.0% |
| 2012 | 15 kcal/cap/d | +87.5% |
| 2013 | 20 kcal/cap/d | +33.3% |
| 2014 | 23 kcal/cap/d | +15.0% |
| 2015 | 15 kcal/cap/d | -34.8% |
| 2016 | 10 kcal/cap/d | -33.3% |
| 2017 | 11 kcal/cap/d | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 14 kcal/cap/d | +27.3% |
| 2019 | 6 kcal/cap/d | -57.1% |
| 2020 | 9 kcal/cap/d | +50.0% |
| 2021 | 9 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 10 kcal/cap/d | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 10 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 14 kcal/cap/d | +40.0% |
| 2025 | 18 kcal/cap/d | +28.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.5 kcal/cap/d | 3 kcal/cap/d | 8 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.2 kcal/cap/d | 6 kcal/cap/d | 23 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.67 kcal/cap/d | 9 kcal/cap/d | 18 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Africa?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Africa was 18 kcal/cap/d in 2025, 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 23 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 kcal/cap/d in 2008.
- How does Western Africa rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Western Africa ranks 19th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.