Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply in Belgium
Belgium: Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply was 198.66 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply in Belgium, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, alcoholic beverages — food supply in Belgium stood at 198.66 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 37.1% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, alcoholic beverages — food supply in Belgium peaked at 198.66 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 130.97 kcal/cap/d, in 2015.
Belgium ranks 12th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 173.91 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 183.21 kcal/cap/d | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 168.93 kcal/cap/d | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 168 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 159.47 kcal/cap/d | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 130.97 kcal/cap/d | -17.9% |
| 2016 | 149.01 kcal/cap/d | +13.8% |
| 2017 | 169.16 kcal/cap/d | +13.5% |
| 2018 | 177.34 kcal/cap/d | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 167.21 kcal/cap/d | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 148.71 kcal/cap/d | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 155.63 kcal/cap/d | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 144.9 kcal/cap/d | -6.9% |
| 2023 | 198.66 kcal/cap/d | +37.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 164.72 kcal/cap/d | 130.97 kcal/cap/d | 183.21 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 161.97 kcal/cap/d | 144.9 kcal/cap/d | 198.66 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is alcoholic beverages — food supply in Belgium?
- Alcoholic beverages — food supply in Belgium was 198.66 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest alcoholic beverages — food supply recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 198.66 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest alcoholic beverages — food supply recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 130.97 kcal/cap/d in 2015.
- How does Belgium rank for alcoholic beverages — food supply?
- Belgium ranks 12th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is alcoholic beverages — food supply rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Alcoholic Beverages — 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.