Starchy Roots — Food supply in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 170.52 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Guinea-Bissau, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 170.52 kcal/cap/d for starchy roots — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 63.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 199.92 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 104.04 kcal/cap/d, in 2013.
That places Guinea-Bissau 37th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 199.92 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 179.23 kcal/cap/d | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 190.33 kcal/cap/d | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 104.04 kcal/cap/d | -45.3% |
| 2014 | 169.53 kcal/cap/d | +62.9% |
| 2015 | 176.21 kcal/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 168.57 kcal/cap/d | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 168.88 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 164.9 kcal/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 136.12 kcal/cap/d | -17.5% |
| 2020 | 169.37 kcal/cap/d | +24.4% |
| 2021 | 166.65 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 167.76 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 170.52 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 165.77 kcal/cap/d | 104.04 kcal/cap/d | 199.92 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 168.57 kcal/cap/d | 166.65 kcal/cap/d | 170.52 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guinea-Bissau
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4063 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 456.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5335 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 40.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 40.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 31.5% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food supply in Guinea-Bissau?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Guinea-Bissau was 170.52 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 199.92 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 104.04 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 37th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Starchy Roots — 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.