Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply was 228,623 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in Sierra Leone, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Sierra Leone stood at 228,623 million Kcal. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 23.1% on the previous year and up 44.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Sierra Leone peaked at 228,623 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 109,442 million Kcal, in 2014.
That places Sierra Leone 140th out of 194 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.
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 117,774 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 125,303 million Kcal | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 145,434 million Kcal | +16.1% |
| 2013 | 157,760 million Kcal | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 109,442 million Kcal | -30.6% |
| 2015 | 198,709 million Kcal | +81.6% |
| 2016 | 148,420 million Kcal | -25.3% |
| 2017 | 211,414 million Kcal | +42.4% |
| 2018 | 207,137 million Kcal | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 204,969 million Kcal | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 211,762 million Kcal | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 143,700 million Kcal | -32.1% |
| 2022 | 185,689 million Kcal | +29.2% |
| 2023 | 228,623 million Kcal | +23.1% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 228,623 million Kcal is below the median for low income countries, which is 739,622 million Kcal, 31% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 228,623 million Kcal is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 715,729 million Kcal, 32% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 162,636 million Kcal | 109,442 million Kcal | 211,414 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 192,444 million Kcal | 143,700 million Kcal | 228,623 million Kcal | 4 |
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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 sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Sierra Leone?
- Sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Sierra Leone was 228,623 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 228,623 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 109,442 million Kcal in 2014.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply?
- Sierra Leone ranks 140th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.9%. 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 Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — 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.