Rice and products — Food supply in Liberia
Liberia: Rice and products — Food supply was 1,072 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — Food supply in Liberia, 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 Liberia stood at 1,072 kcal/cap/d.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food supply in Liberia peaked at 1,074 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 812.28 kcal/cap/d, in 2016.
That places Liberia 12th 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 Liberia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 896.74 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 896.49 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 855.21 kcal/cap/d | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 885.82 kcal/cap/d | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 873.47 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 865.01 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 812.28 kcal/cap/d | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 915.84 kcal/cap/d | +12.7% |
| 2018 | 926.83 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 987.93 kcal/cap/d | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 1,028 kcal/cap/d | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 1,023 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 1,074 kcal/cap/d | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 1,072 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 891.56 kcal/cap/d | 812.28 kcal/cap/d | 987.93 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,049 kcal/cap/d | 1,023 kcal/cap/d | 1,074 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 360.43 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Sierra Leone 1,138 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Guinea-Bissau 1,134 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 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
- 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 269.97 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Gambia 885.06 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 China, mainland 858.08 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 207.45 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice and products — food supply in Liberia?
- Rice and products — food supply in Liberia was 1,072 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 Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,074 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food supply recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 812.28 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- How does Liberia rank for rice and products — food supply?
- Liberia ranks 12th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food supply rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.