Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) by country
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...
What the numbers show
Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 184.06 kg/cap in Botswana; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Kuwait.
The median across all reporting countries is 43.2 kg/cap, and the mean is 47.79 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 326.8%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 87.5%).
Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botswana | 184.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 302.7% | rising |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 167.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 3 | Czechia | 163.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 4 | Austria | 132.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 5 | Lithuania | 130.62 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 6 | Ireland | 128.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 7 | Portugal | 126.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 8 | Belgium | 126.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.1% | flat |
| 9 | Germany | 113.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 10 | Estonia | 107.65 kg/cap | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 11 | Spain | 107.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 12 | Romania | 107.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 13 | Slovenia | 106.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.4% | flat |
| 14 | France | 103.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 15 | Croatia | 100.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 16 | Poland | 100.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 17 | Latvia | 100.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 18 | Hungary | 100.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 19 | Denmark | 98.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 20 | Seychelles | 92.54 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 21 | Montenegro | 91.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 22 | Australia | 91.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 23 | Saint Lucia | 90.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 24 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 90.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 25 | Eswatini | 90.01 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 26 | Chile | 89.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 27 | Namibia | 88.79 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 28 | Australia and New Zealand | 88.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 29 | Switzerland | 86.73 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 30 | Slovakia | 83.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 31 | Iceland | 82.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 32 | Cambodia | 81.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 130.8% | rising |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 81.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 80.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 35 | Serbia | 79.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 36 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 79.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 37 | Norway | 79.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 38 | Paraguay | 78.81 kg/cap | 2023 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 39 | Gabon | 76.6 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 40 | Uruguay | 76.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 41 | Italy | 76.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 42 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 74.9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 43 | Sweden | 74.85 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 44 | Brazil | 74.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 45 | Panama | 74.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 46 | Russian Federation | 74.1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 47 | Finland | 73.97 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 48 | New Zealand | 72.91 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 49 | Belarus | 71.85 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 50 | Bahamas | 67.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 169.7% | rising |
| 51 | Malta | 66.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 52 | Mexico | 65.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 53 | Cameroon | 64.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 54 | Uganda | 64.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 55 | South Africa | 63.54 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 56 | Canada | 62.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 57 | Republic of Korea | 60.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 58 | Argentina | 59.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 59 | Rwanda | 58.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 295.2% | rising |
| 60 | New Caledonia | 57.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 61 | Bhutan | 57.45 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 62 | Congo | 57.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 56.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 64 | French Polynesia | 54.44 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 65 | Angola | 53.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 66 | Grenada | 51.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 67 | Guyana | 51.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 68 | Mongolia | 50.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 69 | Belize | 50.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 70 | Barbados | 50.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 71 | Peru | 49.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 72 | Antigua and Barbuda | 49.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 73 | Colombia | 48.87 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 74 | Cyprus | 47.54 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 75 | Greece | 46.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 76 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 77 | Ukraine | 45.74 kg/cap | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 44.84 kg/cap | 2023 | up 82.6% | rising |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 44.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 80 | Albania | 43.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 43.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 82 | Georgia | 42.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 83 | China, Macao SAR | 41.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 84 | Ecuador | 41.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 85 | Mauritius | 40.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 86 | Kazakhstan | 40.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 87 | Thailand | 39.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 88 | Samoa | 39.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 95.7% | rising |
| 89 | China, Taiwan Province of | 38.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 90 | China | 35.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 90 | China, mainland | 35.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 92 | Zambia | 33.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 93 | Suriname | 31.34 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 94 | Israel | 31.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 95 | Honduras | 29.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 96 | El Salvador | 28.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 97 | Lesotho | 28.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 98 | Guinea-Bissau | 27.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 99 | Cuba | 26.3 kg/cap | 2019 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 100 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 26.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 101 | Fiji | 24.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 102 | Tuvalu | 24.07 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 103 | Ghana | 23.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 104 | Zimbabwe | 23.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 105 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.32 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 106 | Bahrain | 21.61 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 107 | Philippines | 21.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 108 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 21.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 109 | Malawi | 20.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 110 | Guatemala | 19.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 111 | Tunisia | 18.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 112 | Kenya | 18.79 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 17.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 114 | Tonga | 17.8 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 115 | Ethiopia | 16.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 116 | Marshall Islands | 15.96 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 117 | Jamaica | 15.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 118 | Armenia | 15.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 119 | Azerbaijan | 14.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 120 | Naoero | 12.84 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 122 | Kiribati | 12.59 kg/cap | 2023 | up 326.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Haiti | 12.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 124 | Nigeria | 12.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 125 | Mozambique | 12.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 84.3% | rising |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | 10.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 127 | Nepal | 10.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 219.0% | rising |
| 128 | Maldives | 9.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 129 | Vanuatu | 9.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 156.6% | rising |
| 130 | Lebanon | 8.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 131 | Solomon Islands | 8.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 132 | Liberia | 8.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 133 | Turkmenistan | 7.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 134 | Papua New Guinea | 7.31 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 135 | Gambia | 7.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Sri Lanka | 5.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 137 | Madagascar | 4.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 138 | Malaysia | 4.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 139 | Myanmar | 4.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 140 | India | 4.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 130.9% | rising |
| 141 | Morocco | 4.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 142 | Tajikistan | 4.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 178.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Qatar | 3.92 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 144 | Guinea | 3.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 145 | Algeria | 3.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 146 | Oman | 2.94 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 147 | Sierra Leone | 2.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 148 | Jordan | 2.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 202.4% | rising |
| 149 | Senegal | 2.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 150 | Iraq | 2.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 151 | Djibouti | 1.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 152 | Comoros | 1.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 153 | Indonesia | 1.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 154 | Egypt | 0.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 155 | Niger | 0.54 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 156 | Pakistan | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 157 | Libya | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Mauritania | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 159 | Afghanistan | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Bangladesh | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 159 | Yemen | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Kuwait | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 107.26 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 55.03 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 101.34 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 45.64 kg/cap
- Europe 89.8 kg/cap
- Polynesia 42.25 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 88.16 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 34.05 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 84.41 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 33.39 kg/cap
- United States of America 82.65 kg/cap
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 28.63 kg/cap
- Northern America 80.61 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 27.4 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 80.52 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20.28 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 68.04 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 18.01 kg/cap
- Americas 66.76 kg/cap
- Asia 16.83 kg/cap
- Oceania 65.05 kg/cap
- Micronesia 16.73 kg/cap
- South America 62.35 kg/cap
- Türkiye 15.51 kg/cap
- Central America 55.06 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 14.52 kg/cap
- Cabo Verde 37.83 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.63 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 35.51 kg/cap
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.21 kg/cap
- Caribbean 34.84 kg/cap
- Melanesia 9.87 kg/cap
- World 31.17 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 8 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 26.18 kg/cap
- Timor-Leste 4.32 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 25.48 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1 kg/cap
- Africa 21.9 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.32 kg/cap
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.