Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply was 11.8 g/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply in Sierra Leone, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in Sierra Leone stood at 11.8 g/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in Sierra Leone peaked at 13.9 g/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 10.8 g/cap/d, in 2019.
That places Sierra Leone 14th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | g/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13.4 g/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 13.2 g/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 12.9 g/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 12.7 g/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 13.1 g/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 13.7 g/cap/d | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 13.9 g/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 13.7 g/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 13.9 g/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 10.8 g/cap/d | -22.3% |
| 2020 | 11.9 g/cap/d | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 13.1 g/cap/d | +10.1% |
| 2022 | 12 g/cap/d | -8.4% |
| 2023 | 11.8 g/cap/d | -1.7% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 11.8 g/cap/d is above the median for low income countries, which is 7.3 g/cap/d, 1.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 11.8 g/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8.4 g/cap/d, 1.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13.13 g/cap/d | 10.8 g/cap/d | 13.9 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.2 g/cap/d | 11.8 g/cap/d | 13.1 g/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 11 Congo 17.2 g/cap/d compare
- 11 Viet Nam 1.2 g/cap/d compare
- 12 Fiji 12.9 g/cap/d compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.9 g/cap/d compare
- 13 Papua New Guinea 12.1 g/cap/d compare
- 13 Syrian Arab Republic 0.7 g/cap/d compare
- 14 Cuba 11.8 g/cap/d compare
- 16 Sao Tome and Principe 11.7 g/cap/d compare
- 17 Paraguay 11.2 g/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2954 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 250 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5407 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in Sierra Leone?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in Sierra Leone was 11.8 g/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 13.9 g/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.8 g/cap/d in 2019.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply?
- Sierra Leone ranks 14th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.