Americas vs China: Miscellaneous — Food supply
Miscellaneous — Food supply over time
- Americas
- China
How they compare
Americas currently reports 1.25 million million Kcal against 327,836 million Kcal in China, a difference of 921,914 million Kcal.
That makes Americas's figure about 3.8 times China's.
Across all 14 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 5th and China ranks 5th of 29 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 886,833 million Kcal | 236,920 million Kcal | 649,914 million Kcal | Americas |
| 2020s | 1.17 million million Kcal | 295,918 million Kcal | 875,857 million Kcal | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher miscellaneous — food supply, Americas or China?
- Americas, at 1.25 million million Kcal against 327,836 million Kcal in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in miscellaneous — food supply between Americas and China?
- 921,914 million Kcal, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2023.
- How do Americas and China rank globally for miscellaneous — food supply?
- Americas ranks 5th and China ranks 5th of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Miscellaneous — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.