Sorghum and products — Food supply in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Sorghum and products — Food supply was 104,381 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Sierra Leone, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 104,381 million Kcal for sorghum and products — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 106.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply in Sierra Leone peaked at 136,906 million Kcal in 2021 and was at its lowest, 42,831 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Sierra Leone 25th out of 69 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 42,831 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 45,879 million Kcal | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 50,075 million Kcal | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 50,624 million Kcal | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 51,116 million Kcal | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 65,490 million Kcal | +28.1% |
| 2016 | 84,006 million Kcal | +28.3% |
| 2017 | 97,441 million Kcal | +16.0% |
| 2018 | 83,857 million Kcal | -13.9% |
| 2019 | 85,588 million Kcal | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 88,963 million Kcal | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 136,906 million Kcal | +53.9% |
| 2022 | 99,256 million Kcal | -27.5% |
| 2023 | 104,381 million Kcal | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 65,691 million Kcal | 42,831 million Kcal | 97,441 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 107,377 million Kcal | 88,963 million Kcal | 136,906 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 22 Zimbabwe 155,727 million Kcal compare
- 23 Pakistan 124,288 million Kcal compare
- 24 South Africa 117,213 million Kcal compare
- 26 Botswana 83,125 million Kcal compare
- 27 Guinea-Bissau 52,356 million Kcal compare
- 28 Madagascar 44,448 million Kcal 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 sorghum and products — food supply in Sierra Leone?
- Sorghum and products — food supply in Sierra Leone was 104,381 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 136,906 million Kcal in 2021.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,831 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for sorghum and products — food supply?
- Sierra Leone ranks 25th out of 69 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food supply rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 106.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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). 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.