Plantains — Food supply in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Plantains — Food supply was 10.43 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Plantains — Food supply in Sierra Leone, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 10.43 kcal/cap/d for plantains — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — food supply in Sierra Leone peaked at 12.2 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 10.43 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Sierra Leone 38th out of 140 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.
Plantains — Food supply in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12.2 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 12.07 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 11.96 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 11.81 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 11.65 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 11.72 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 11.63 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 11.54 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 11.46 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 10.86 kcal/cap/d | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 10.71 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 10.74 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 10.65 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 10.43 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.69 kcal/cap/d | 10.86 kcal/cap/d | 12.2 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.63 kcal/cap/d | 10.43 kcal/cap/d | 10.74 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 35 Belize 12.31 kcal/cap/d compare
- 36 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12.12 kcal/cap/d compare
- 37 Saudi Arabia 10.95 kcal/cap/d compare
- 39 Saint Lucia 9.24 kcal/cap/d compare
- 40 Bahrain 9.15 kcal/cap/d compare
- 41 Grenada 8.13 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)
- 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 plantains — food supply in Sierra Leone?
- Plantains — food supply in Sierra Leone was 10.43 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — food supply recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 12.2 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest plantains — food supply recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.43 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for plantains — food supply?
- Sierra Leone ranks 38th out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — food supply rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. 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 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.