Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity was 24.28 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Sierra Leone, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 24.28 kg/cap for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in 2023.
That represents a change of down 11.5% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Sierra Leone peaked at 27.43 kg/cap in 2022 and was at its lowest, 13.65 kg/cap, in 2018.
Sierra Leone ranks 11th of 150 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 quantity in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 19.51 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 19.6 kg/cap | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 20.02 kg/cap | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 20.66 kg/cap | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 22.2 kg/cap | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 21.05 kg/cap | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 15.94 kg/cap | -24.3% |
| 2017 | 13.69 kg/cap | -14.1% |
| 2018 | 13.65 kg/cap | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 19.6 kg/cap | +43.6% |
| 2020 | 17.78 kg/cap | -9.3% |
| 2021 | 24.27 kg/cap | +36.5% |
| 2022 | 27.43 kg/cap | +13.0% |
| 2023 | 24.28 kg/cap | -11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.59 kg/cap | 13.65 kg/cap | 22.2 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.44 kg/cap | 17.78 kg/cap | 27.43 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 8 Madagascar 33.36 kg/cap compare
- 9 Uganda 32.61 kg/cap compare
- 10 Tonga 27.57 kg/cap compare
- 11 Cabo Verde 3.81 kg/cap compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.35 kg/cap compare
- 12 Uruguay 19.21 kg/cap compare
- 13 Guinea 18.59 kg/cap compare
- 13 Viet Nam 3.42 kg/cap compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 3.02 kg/cap compare
- 14 China, mainland 17.56 kg/cap 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 quantity in Sierra Leone?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Sierra Leone was 24.28 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply quantity recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 27.43 kg/cap in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply quantity recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.65 kg/cap in 2018.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity?
- Sierra Leone ranks 11th out of 150 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity 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 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.