Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 65.15 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Sierra Leone, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 65.15 kcal/cap/d for sweet potatoes — food supply in 2023.
The figure is down 11.5% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Sierra Leone peaked at 73.6 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 36.62 kcal/cap/d, in 2018.
Sierra Leone ranks 11th of 156 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 52.35 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 52.58 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 53.71 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 55.43 kcal/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 59.58 kcal/cap/d | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 56.49 kcal/cap/d | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 42.78 kcal/cap/d | -24.3% |
| 2017 | 36.74 kcal/cap/d | -14.1% |
| 2018 | 36.62 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 52.59 kcal/cap/d | +43.6% |
| 2020 | 47.7 kcal/cap/d | -9.3% |
| 2021 | 65.13 kcal/cap/d | +36.5% |
| 2022 | 73.6 kcal/cap/d | +13.0% |
| 2023 | 65.15 kcal/cap/d | -11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 49.89 kcal/cap/d | 36.62 kcal/cap/d | 59.58 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.89 kcal/cap/d | 47.7 kcal/cap/d | 73.6 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 25.69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Madagascar 89.51 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Micronesia 24.6 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Uganda 87.51 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Tonga 73.98 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Cabo Verde 11.43 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 14.35 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Polynesia 12.64 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Uruguay 51.54 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Guinea 49.89 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Viet Nam 9.17 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 8.12 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 China, mainland 47.12 kcal/cap/d 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 sweet potatoes — food supply in Sierra Leone?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Sierra Leone was 65.15 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 73.6 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.62 kcal/cap/d in 2018.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Sierra Leone ranks 11th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.