Yams — Food supply quantity in Western Africa
Western Africa: Yams — Food supply quantity was 78.61 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Yams — 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 78.61 kg/cap for yams — food supply quantity in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food supply quantity in Western Africa peaked at 92.5 kg/cap in 2019 and was at its lowest, 75.06 kg/cap, in 2020.
Western Africa ranks 2nd of 28 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Yams — Food supply quantity in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 88.63 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 89.35 kg/cap | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 89.8 kg/cap | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 91.11 kg/cap | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 85.87 kg/cap | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 88.44 kg/cap | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 89.96 kg/cap | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 91.47 kg/cap | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 90.74 kg/cap | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 92.5 kg/cap | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 75.06 kg/cap | -18.9% |
| 2021 | 78.63 kg/cap | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 78.95 kg/cap | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 78.61 kg/cap | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 89.79 kg/cap | 85.87 kg/cap | 92.5 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.81 kg/cap | 75.06 kg/cap | 78.95 kg/cap | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — food supply quantity in Western Africa?
- Yams — food supply quantity in Western Africa was 78.61 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food supply quantity recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 92.5 kg/cap in 2019.
- What is the lowest yams — food supply quantity recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.06 kg/cap in 2020.
- How does Western Africa rank for yams — food supply quantity?
- Western Africa ranks 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is yams — food supply quantity rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. 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 Yams — 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.