Sorghum and products — Food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Sorghum and products — Food supply was 86.93 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, sorghum and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 86.93 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is down 13.9% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 100.96 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 73.2 kcal/cap/d, in 2011.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 79.74 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 73.2 kcal/cap/d | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 99.01 kcal/cap/d | +35.3% |
| 2013 | 99.71 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 97.23 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 97.51 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 97.23 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 96.42 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 96.2 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 100.71 kcal/cap/d | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 95.7 kcal/cap/d | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 91.51 kcal/cap/d | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 100.96 kcal/cap/d | +10.3% |
| 2023 | 86.93 kcal/cap/d | -13.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 93.7 kcal/cap/d | 73.2 kcal/cap/d | 100.71 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.78 kcal/cap/d | 86.93 kcal/cap/d | 100.96 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 Burkina Faso 392.1 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Niger 390.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Cameroon 274.66 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 40.34 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Nigeria 201.35 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Sorghum and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 86.93 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 100.96 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.2 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for sorghum and products — food supply?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 1st out of 12 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food supply rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum 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.