Sorghum and products — Food supply quantity in Western Africa
Western Africa: Sorghum and products — Food supply quantity was 22.33 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sorghum and products — Food supply quantity in Western Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 22.33 kg/cap for sorghum and products — food supply quantity in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply quantity in Western Africa peaked at 27.53 kg/cap in 2010 and was at its lowest, 22.33 kg/cap, in 2023.
That places Western Africa 1st out of 26 groups 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.
Sorghum and products — Food supply quantity in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 27.53 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 24.15 kg/cap | -12.3% |
| 2012 | 24.74 kg/cap | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 24.82 kg/cap | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 25 kg/cap | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 25.82 kg/cap | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 26.41 kg/cap | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 24.15 kg/cap | -8.6% |
| 2018 | 24.38 kg/cap | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 24.84 kg/cap | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 24.4 kg/cap | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 22.96 kg/cap | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 23.83 kg/cap | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 22.33 kg/cap | -6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 25.18 kg/cap | 24.15 kg/cap | 27.53 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.38 kg/cap | 22.33 kg/cap | 24.4 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 1 Burkina Faso 51.41 kg/cap compare
- 2 Niger 48.13 kg/cap compare
- 3 Cameroon 32.01 kg/cap compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 4.45 kg/cap compare
- 4 Nigeria 24.84 kg/cap compare
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.3867 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.3017 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.6863 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -0.0843 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate -0.5342 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum and products — food supply quantity in Western Africa?
- Sorghum and products — food supply quantity in Western Africa was 22.33 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum and products — food supply quantity recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 27.53 kg/cap in 2010.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply quantity recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.33 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Western Africa rank for sorghum and products — food supply quantity?
- Western Africa ranks 1st out of 26 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum and products — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.