Plantains — Food supply in Liberia
Liberia: Plantains — Food supply was 17.37 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Plantains — Food supply in Liberia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 17.37 kcal/cap/d for plantains — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — food supply in Liberia peaked at 21.01 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 17.37 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Liberia ranks 32nd of 140 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Plantains — Food supply in Liberia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21.01 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 20.56 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 20.06 kcal/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 19.75 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 19.41 kcal/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 19.66 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 19.5 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 19.38 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 19.25 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 18.36 kcal/cap/d | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 18.18 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 18.09 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 17.7 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 17.37 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 19.69 kcal/cap/d | 18.36 kcal/cap/d | 21.01 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.84 kcal/cap/d | 17.37 kcal/cap/d | 18.18 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains — food supply in Liberia?
- Plantains — food supply in Liberia was 17.37 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — food supply recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 21.01 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest plantains — food supply recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.37 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Liberia rank for plantains — food supply?
- Liberia ranks 32nd out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — food supply rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plantains — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.