All food groups — Calcium supply — Value by country
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics...
What the numbers show
All food groups — Calcium supply — Value is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 16,163 mg/cap/d in China, Macao SAR; the lowest is 256 mg/cap/d in Haiti.
The median across all reporting countries is 796 mg/cap/d, and the mean is 908.71 mg/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 63.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in China, Macao SAR (up 1,636.1%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 29.2%).
All food groups — Calcium supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, Macao SAR | 16,163 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,636.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Montenegro | 1,758 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 3 | Iceland | 1,739 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 4 | Estonia | 1,734 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 1,687 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 6 | Albania | 1,639 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 7 | Finland | 1,587 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 8 | Belgium | 1,566 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,562 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 10 | Denmark | 1,545 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 11 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,487 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 1,479 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 13 | Ireland | 1,416 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 14 | Belarus | 1,414 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 1,372 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 16 | Norway | 1,322 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 17 | Poland | 1,310 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 17 | Sweden | 1,310 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 19 | Türkiye | 1,302 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 20 | Italy | 1,297 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 21 | Switzerland | 1,295 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 22 | Lithuania | 1,282 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 23 | Grenada | 1,276 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 110.6% | rising |
| 24 | Romania | 1,255 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 25 | Turkmenistan | 1,228 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 26 | Israel | 1,215 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 27 | Uruguay | 1,203 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 28 | Armenia | 1,197 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 29 | Bahamas | 1,195 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 30 | Oman | 1,190 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 31 | Barbados | 1,179 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 32 | Latvia | 1,160 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,155 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 34 | Cyprus | 1,151 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 35 | France | 1,143 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 36 | Guyana | 1,140 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 1,128 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 38 | Portugal | 1,120 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 39 | Australia | 1,116 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 40 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,112 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 41 | Slovenia | 1,100 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 42 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,094 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 43 | Croatia | 1,093 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 43 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1,093 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 45 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,089 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 46 | Greece | 1,074 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 47 | Canada | 1,064 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 48 | Russian Federation | 1,061 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 49 | New Caledonia | 1,055 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 50 | Mongolia | 1,036 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 51 | China | 1,033 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 52 | China, mainland | 1,030 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 53 | Austria | 1,028 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 54 | Serbia | 1,018 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 55 | North Macedonia | 1,006 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 56 | Tonga | 996 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 57 | Malta | 978 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 58 | Czechia | 975 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 59 | Nepal | 972 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 59 | Republic of Moldova | 972 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 61 | Georgia | 970 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 62 | Seychelles | 960 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 63 | Spain | 955 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 64 | Viet Nam | 954 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 65 | Tunisia | 951 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 66 | Nauru | 948 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 67 | Pakistan | 936 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 932 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 69 | French Polynesia | 917 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 915 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 71 | Algeria | 896 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 72 | Jamaica | 895 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 73 | Ukraine | 890 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 74 | Argentina | 887 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 885 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 76 | Maldives | 879 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 77 | Republic of Korea | 867 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 78 | Brazil | 866 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 79 | Libya | 863 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 851 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 81 | India | 850 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 81 | Kuwait | 850 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 83 | Mauritius | 843 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 84 | Cuba | 841 mg/cap/d | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 829 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 824 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 87 | Marshall Islands | 809 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 88 | Qatar | 804 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 89 | Fiji | 796 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 90 | Cabo Verde | 789 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 91 | Hungary | 788 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 92 | El Salvador | 783 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 93 | Bahrain | 770 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 94 | Antigua and Barbuda | 767 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 95 | Niger | 753 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 96 | Tuvalu | 749 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 97 | Burkina Faso | 732 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 98 | Belize | 730 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 99 | Slovakia | 724 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 100 | China, Taiwan Province of | 723 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 101 | Chile | 702 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 102 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 682 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 674 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 104 | Lebanon | 671 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 105 | Colombia | 668 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 106 | Mexico | 664 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 107 | Panama | 656 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 108 | Djibouti | 651 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 109 | Mauritania | 646 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 110 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 640 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 111 | Vanuatu | 636 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 112 | Myanmar | 628 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 113 | New Zealand | 617 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 114 | Samoa | 616 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 115 | Kenya | 606 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 116 | Jordan | 601 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 117 | Bangladesh | 588 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.9% | rising |
| 118 | Paraguay | 582 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 119 | Saint Lucia | 581 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 576 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 121 | Peru | 566 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 122 | Botswana | 561 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 123 | Syrian Arab Republic | 556 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 123 | United Republic of Tanzania | 556 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 125 | Ecuador | 554 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 126 | Bhutan | 538 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 127 | Suriname | 531 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 128 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 522 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 129 | Namibia | 521 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 130 | Uganda | 520 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 131 | Cambodia | 518 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 131 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 518 mg/cap/d | 2018 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 133 | Trinidad and Tobago | 517 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 134 | Morocco | 515 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 135 | Egypt | 512 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 136 | Sierra Leone | 511 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 137 | Cameroon | 509 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 138 | Honduras | 500 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 139 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 487 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 140 | Kiribati | 483 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 141 | Lesotho | 481 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 142 | Eswatini | 480 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 143 | Gabon | 472 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 144 | Ethiopia | 467 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 145 | Sri Lanka | 466 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 146 | Philippines | 462 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 147 | Malaysia | 460 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 148 | Rwanda | 459 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 149 | Ghana | 452 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 150 | Zimbabwe | 450 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 151 | Nigeria | 440 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 152 | Thailand | 433 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 153 | Comoros | 432 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 432 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 155 | Malawi | 430 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 156 | Afghanistan | 420 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 157 | Guinea | 418 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 158 | Angola | 416 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 159 | Guatemala | 415 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 160 | Indonesia | 411 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 161 | Iraq | 408 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 162 | Timor-Leste | 392 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 163 | Côte d'Ivoire | 379 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 164 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 375 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 165 | Senegal | 373 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 166 | Gambia | 365 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 167 | Papua New Guinea | 362 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 168 | Yemen | 356 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 169 | Sao Tome and Principe | 318 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 170 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 315 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 171 | Congo | 303 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 172 | Guinea-Bissau | 299 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 173 | Zambia | 297 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 174 | Liberia | 273 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 175 | Mozambique | 267 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 176 | Madagascar | 261 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 177 | Haiti | 256 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 1,074 mg/cap/d
- South Africa 339 mg/cap/d
About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.