Rice and products — Food supply in Western Africa
Western Africa: Rice and products — Food supply was 61.70 million million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice 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 61.70 million million Kcal for rice and products — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food supply in Western Africa peaked at 61.70 million million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 43.26 million million Kcal, in 2010.
Western Africa ranks 9th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Rice and products — Food supply in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 43.26 million million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 46.73 million million Kcal | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 48.48 million million Kcal | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 48.30 million million Kcal | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 46.44 million million Kcal | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 50.02 million million Kcal | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 50.60 million million Kcal | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 52.86 million million Kcal | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 53.35 million million Kcal | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 56.58 million million Kcal | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 54.45 million million Kcal | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 57.95 million million Kcal | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 59.99 million million Kcal | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 61.70 million million Kcal | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 49.66 million million Kcal | 43.26 million million Kcal | 56.58 million million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.52 million million Kcal | 54.45 million million Kcal | 61.70 million million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 6 Philippines 52.55 million million Kcal compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 7.27 million million Kcal compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.86 million million Kcal compare
- 7 Myanmar 32.30 million million Kcal compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6.13 million million Kcal compare
- 8 Thailand 30.29 million million Kcal compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.96 million million Kcal compare
- 9 Brazil 21.22 million million Kcal compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.92 million million Kcal compare
- 10 Nigeria 17.72 million million Kcal compare
- 11 Egypt 13.29 million million Kcal compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.81 million million Kcal compare
- 12 Madagascar 13.04 million million Kcal compare
- 12 Türkiye 2.80 million million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 0.6583 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -7.53 % 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 — Yield, annual growth rate -2.23 % 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)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 3.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.0114 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice and products — food supply in Western Africa?
- Rice and products — food supply in Western Africa was 61.70 million million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food supply recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 61.70 million million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food supply recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.26 million million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Western Africa rank for rice and products — food supply?
- Western Africa ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food supply rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.8%. 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 Rice and products — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.