Rice and products — Food supply in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Rice and products — Food supply was 1,134 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — Food supply in Guinea-Bissau, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, rice and products — food supply in Guinea-Bissau stood at 1,134 kcal/cap/d.
That represents a change of up 8.6% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food supply in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 1,302 kcal/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 815.55 kcal/cap/d, in 2014.
That places Guinea-Bissau 10th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Rice and products — Food supply in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,060 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,047 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 1,015 kcal/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 1,026 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 815.55 kcal/cap/d | -20.5% |
| 2015 | 922 kcal/cap/d | +13.1% |
| 2016 | 994.15 kcal/cap/d | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 1,131 kcal/cap/d | +13.8% |
| 2018 | 1,097 kcal/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 1,119 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 1,302 kcal/cap/d | +16.4% |
| 2021 | 1,116 kcal/cap/d | -14.3% |
| 2022 | 1,045 kcal/cap/d | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 1,134 kcal/cap/d | +8.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,023 kcal/cap/d | 815.55 kcal/cap/d | 1,131 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,149 kcal/cap/d | 1,045 kcal/cap/d | 1,302 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 7 Thailand 1,157 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Micronesia 434.88 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Madagascar 1,145 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 360.43 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Sierra Leone 1,138 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Melanesia 322.55 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Indonesia 1,130 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 298.82 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Liberia 1,072 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Polynesia 289.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Guinea 966.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 271.6 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guinea-Bissau
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4063 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 456.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5335 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 40.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 40.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 31.5% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice and products — food supply in Guinea-Bissau?
- Rice and products — food supply in Guinea-Bissau was 1,134 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food supply recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 1,302 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food supply recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 815.55 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for rice and products — food supply?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 10th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food supply rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice and products — 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.