Plantains — Food supply in Western Africa
Western Africa: Plantains — Food supply was 4.95 million million Kcal in 2023. ▬ Flat
Plantains — Food supply in Western Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 4.95 million million Kcal for plantains — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — food supply in Western Africa peaked at 7.03 million million Kcal in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4.88 million million Kcal, in 2022.
That places Western Africa 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Plantains — Food supply in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5.55 million million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 5.62 million million Kcal | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 5.78 million million Kcal | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 5.90 million million Kcal | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 6.08 million million Kcal | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 6.25 million million Kcal | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 6.33 million million Kcal | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 6.59 million million Kcal | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 6.93 million million Kcal | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 7.03 million million Kcal | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 7.00 million million Kcal | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 5.01 million million Kcal | -28.4% |
| 2022 | 4.88 million million Kcal | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 4.95 million million Kcal | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.21 million million Kcal | 5.55 million million Kcal | 7.03 million million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.46 million million Kcal | 4.88 million million Kcal | 7.00 million million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.77 million million Kcal compare
- 4 Colombia 1.45 million million Kcal compare
- 5 Cameroon 1.16 million million Kcal compare
- 6 Myanmar 823,317 million Kcal compare
- 7 Dominican Republic 774,581 million Kcal compare
- 8 Rwanda 718,520 million Kcal compare
- 9 Cuba 520,879 million Kcal compare
- 10 Sri Lanka 519,190 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -7.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.6863 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.3867 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 0.6583 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 3.78 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains — food supply in Western Africa?
- Plantains — food supply in Western Africa was 4.95 million million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — food supply recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7.03 million million Kcal in 2019.
- What is the lowest plantains — food supply recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.88 million million Kcal in 2022.
- How does Western Africa rank for plantains — food supply?
- Western Africa ranks 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — food supply rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plantains — Food supply (kcal). 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.