Potatoes and products — Food supply in Western Africa
Western Africa: Potatoes and products — Food supply was 1.11 million million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Western Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 1.11 million million Kcal for potatoes and products — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply in Western Africa peaked at 1.13 million million Kcal in 2022 and was at its lowest, 694,698 million Kcal, in 2010.
Western Africa ranks 26th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 694,698 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 716,005 million Kcal | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 758,273 million Kcal | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 786,250 million Kcal | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 809,474 million Kcal | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 844,853 million Kcal | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 857,752 million Kcal | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 877,387 million Kcal | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 890,525 million Kcal | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 959,474 million Kcal | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 994,689 million Kcal | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 1.02 million million Kcal | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 1.13 million million Kcal | +10.7% |
| 2023 | 1.11 million million Kcal | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 819,469 million Kcal | 694,698 million Kcal | 959,474 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.06 million million Kcal | 994,689 million Kcal | 1.13 million million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 23 South Africa 1.31 million million Kcal compare
- 24 Australia and New Zealand 1.20 million million Kcal compare
- 25 Kenya 1.06 million million Kcal compare
- 26 Argentina 1.05 million million Kcal compare
- 27 Australia 1.04 million million Kcal compare
- 28 Côte d'Ivoire 10,141 million Kcal compare
- 28 Morocco 988,173 million Kcal compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 8,248 million Kcal compare
- 29 Belarus 977,900 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.3867 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 0.6583 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -0.0843 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -7.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food supply in Western Africa?
- Potatoes and products — food supply in Western Africa was 1.11 million million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 million million Kcal in 2022.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 694,698 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Western Africa rank for potatoes and products — food supply?
- Western Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes and products — 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.