Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita was 76.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita in Sierra Leone, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 76.6% for share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita in 2023.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita in Sierra Leone peaked at 77.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 61.6%, in 1961.
That places Sierra Leone 8th out of 192 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61.6% | — |
| 1962 | 62.0% | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 63.0% | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 62.1% | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 64.4% | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 66.3% | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 66.2% | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 66.1% | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 64.9% | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 64.7% | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 66.3% | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 66.7% | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 68.0% | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 68.3% | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 67.3% | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 67.1% | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 67.8% | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 68.1% | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 68.3% | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 65.3% | -4.4% |
| 1981 | 64.8% | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 64.8% | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 66.0% | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 65.3% | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 65.6% | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 64.2% | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 64.3% | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 65.3% | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 65.6% | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 66.4% | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 65.9% | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 65.7% | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 65.7% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 66.7% | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 66.1% | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 65.7% | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 65.6% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 68.8% | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 70.2% | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 70.6% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 70.5% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 69.0% | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 69.6% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 67.4% | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 67.8% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 67.6% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 70.2% | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 69.0% | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 69.2% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 71.9% | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 71.7% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 71.8% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 71.6% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 71.4% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 73.0% | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 74.1% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 74.6% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 74.5% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 70.6% | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 75.0% | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 74.6% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 77.6% | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 76.6% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64.1% | 61.6% | 66.3% | 9 |
| 1970s | 67.3% | 64.7% | 68.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 65.1% | 64.2% | 66.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 66.7% | 65.6% | 70.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 69.1% | 67.4% | 70.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.5% | 70.6% | 74.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.0% | 74.6% | 77.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 77.9% compare
- 6 Ghana 77.3% compare
- 7 Rwanda 76.8% compare
- 9 Sri Lanka 76.6% compare
- 10 Mozambique 75.3% compare
- 11 Bangladesh 74.6% compare
More energy & mining data for Sierra Leone
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 1.1% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita in Sierra Leone?
- Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita in Sierra Leone was 76.6% in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 77.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.6% in 1961.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita?
- Sierra Leone ranks 8th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of per capita dietary energy derived from carbohydrates, measured as the daily caloric supply from carbohydrates as a percentage of total caloric supply, versus gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.