All food groups — Dietary fibre 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 — Dietary fibre supply — Value is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 75.7 g/cap/d in China, mainland; the lowest is 17.1 g/cap/d in Gambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 31.8 g/cap/d, and the mean is 34.08 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 89.7%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 30.6%).
All food groups — Dietary fibre supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, mainland | 75.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 2 | China (People’s Republic of) | 74.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 3 | Ghana | 66.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 4 | Niger | 65 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 61.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 57.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 7 | Cameroon | 54.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 8 | Malawi | 54.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 9 | North Macedonia | 53.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 10 | Guyana | 53.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 11 | Tunisia | 52.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 12 | Rwanda | 50 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 13 | Algeria | 49.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 13 | Morocco | 49.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 49 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 16 | Nigeria | 48.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 17 | Nepal | 47.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 18 | Serbia | 46.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 19 | Albania | 46.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 20 | Egypt | 45.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 44.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 22 | Cuba | 44.7 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 44.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 24 | Oman | 43.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 25 | Uganda | 43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 26 | Angola | 42.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 42.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 28 | Azerbaijan | 42.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 41.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 30 | El Salvador | 40.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 31 | Armenia | 40.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 32 | Tonga | 40.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 33 | Paraguay | 39.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 34 | Tajikistan | 39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 35 | Belarus | 38.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 38.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 37 | Mozambique | 38.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 38 | Guinea | 38.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 39 | Qatar | 38 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 40 | Bhutan | 37.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 41 | Mexico | 37.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 42 | Kyrgyzstan | 37.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 43 | India | 37.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 44 | Finland | 37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 44 | Israel | 37 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 46 | Fiji | 36.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 46 | Jamaica | 36.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 48 | Papua New Guinea | 36.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 49 | Libya | 36.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 50 | Comoros | 36.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 51 | Republic of Korea | 35.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Ukraine | 35.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 53 | Peru | 35.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 54 | Poland | 35.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 54 | Solomon Islands | 35.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 56 | Kenya | 34.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 57 | Lebanon | 34.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 57 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 34.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 59 | Norway | 34.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 60 | Gabon | 34.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 61 | Iceland | 33.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 61 | Nauru | 33.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 63 | New Zealand | 33.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 64 | Romania | 33.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 64 | Tuvalu | 33.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 66 | Namibia | 33.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 67 | Senegal | 33.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 68 | Portugal | 33.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 32.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 70 | Kuwait | 32.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 70 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 32.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 72 | Djibouti | 32.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 72 | Italy | 32.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 72 | Seychelles | 32.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 75 | Colombia | 32.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 75 | Guatemala | 32.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 75 | Iraq | 32.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 75 | Montenegro | 32.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 32.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 80 | Greece | 32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 80 | Slovenia | 32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 82 | Eswatini | 31.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 83 | Barbados | 31.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 83 | Latvia | 31.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 85 | Kiribati | 31.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 85 | Russian Federation | 31.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 87 | Mauritius | 31.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 88 | Chile | 31.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 89 | Botswana | 30.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 90 | United Arab Emirates | 30.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 90 | Bahrain | 30.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 90 | Zambia | 30.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 93 | Austria | 30.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 93 | Belgium | 30.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 30.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 96 | Samoa | 30.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 97 | Brazil | 30.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 98 | Jordan | 30.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 99 | Canada | 29.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 99 | Lithuania | 29.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 102 | Australia | 29.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 102 | Spain | 29.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 102 | Indonesia | 29.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 102 | Malta | 29.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 102 | Myanmar | 29.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 107 | Grenada | 29.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 108 | Georgia | 29.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 109 | Denmark | 29.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 110 | Estonia | 29.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 29.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 112 | Maldives | 29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 113 | Argentina | 28.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 114 | Croatia | 28.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 114 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 28.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 116 | Marshall Islands | 28.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 117 | Belize | 28.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 28.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 119 | Afghanistan | 28.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 119 | Luxembourg | 28.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 119 | Sweden | 28.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 122 | Honduras | 28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 123 | Ireland | 27.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 124 | Uruguay | 27.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 125 | Bahamas | 27.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 126 | Antigua and Barbuda | 27.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 126 | France | 27.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 128 | China, Taiwan Province of | 27.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Congo | 27.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 129 | Sao Tome and Principe | 27.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 131 | Mauritania | 27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 132 | Germany | 26.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 133 | Cyprus | 26.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 133 | Philippines | 26.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 135 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 25.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 136 | South Africa | 25.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 138 | Bangladesh | 25.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 139 | Saint Lucia | 25.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 140 | Hungary | 25.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 140 | Lesotho | 25.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 142 | Costa Rica | 25.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 142 | Madagascar | 25.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 144 | Switzerland | 24.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 144 | Panama | 24.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 146 | Thailand | 24.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 147 | Pakistan | 23.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Bulgaria | 23.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 148 | Czechia | 23.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 150 | Haiti | 23.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 150 | Malaysia | 23.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 152 | China, Macao SAR | 23.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 153 | Yemen | 23.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 154 | Cambodia | 23.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 155 | French Polynesia | 22.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 22.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 157 | Liberia | 22.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 158 | Slovak Republic | 21.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 159 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 20.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 160 | Mongolia | 20.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 161 | Suriname | 19.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 162 | Ecuador | 17.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 163 | Gambia | 17.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.0% | 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 28.3 g/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.