Pulses — Food supply quantity in Western Africa
Western Africa: Pulses — Food supply quantity was 12.96 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Pulses — Food supply quantity in Western Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses — food supply quantity in Western Africa is 12.96 kg/cap, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses — food supply quantity in Western Africa peaked at 12.96 kg/cap in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10.01 kg/cap, in 2016.
That places Western Africa 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Pulses — Food supply quantity in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10.72 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 10.54 kg/cap | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 11.63 kg/cap | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 11 kg/cap | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 10.32 kg/cap | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 10.22 kg/cap | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 10.01 kg/cap | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 10.73 kg/cap | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 10.76 kg/cap | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 11.88 kg/cap | +10.4% |
| 2020 | 12.09 kg/cap | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 12.71 kg/cap | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 12.38 kg/cap | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 12.96 kg/cap | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.78 kg/cap | 10.01 kg/cap | 11.88 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.54 kg/cap | 12.09 kg/cap | 12.96 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 2 Türkiye 13.6 kg/cap compare
- 2 Burkina Faso 32.7 kg/cap compare
- 3 Cabo Verde 13.05 kg/cap compare
- 3 Rwanda 31.53 kg/cap compare
- 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 10.65 kg/cap compare
- 4 Ethiopia 22.6 kg/cap compare
- 5 Norway 21.17 kg/cap compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10.4 kg/cap compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 10.22 kg/cap compare
- 6 Kenya 20.04 kg/cap compare
- 7 El Salvador 19.81 kg/cap compare
- 8 Kazakhstan 19.13 kg/cap compare
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- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.71 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.3867 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.0114 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses — food supply quantity in Western Africa?
- Pulses — food supply quantity in Western Africa was 12.96 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses — food supply quantity recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 12.96 kg/cap in 2023.
- What is the lowest pulses — food supply quantity recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.01 kg/cap in 2016.
- How does Western Africa rank for pulses — food supply quantity?
- Western Africa ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is pulses — food supply quantity rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. 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 Pulses — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.