Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value was 494 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Sierra Leone, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 494 kcal/cap/d for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in 2023.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Sierra Leone peaked at 577 kcal/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 438 kcal/cap/d, in 2019.
Sierra Leone ranks 14th of 163 countries on this measure, 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 — Energy supply — Value in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 559 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 551 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 538 kcal/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 530 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 546 kcal/cap/d | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 574 kcal/cap/d | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 577 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 571 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 577 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 438 kcal/cap/d | -24.1% |
| 2020 | 492 kcal/cap/d | +12.3% |
| 2021 | 544 kcal/cap/d | +10.6% |
| 2022 | 492 kcal/cap/d | -9.6% |
| 2023 | 494 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 546.1 kcal/cap/d | 438 kcal/cap/d | 577 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 505.5 kcal/cap/d | 492 kcal/cap/d | 544 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 11 Gabon 621 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Viet Nam 48 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 41 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Zambia 531 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Paraguay 500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Syrian Arab Republic 32 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Fiji 470 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Malawi 458 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Cuba 437 kcal/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 — energy supply — value in Sierra Leone?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Sierra Leone was 494 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 577 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 438 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value?
- Sierra Leone ranks 14th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. 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 — Energy 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.