All food groups — Energy 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 — Energy supply — Value is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 3,921 kcal/cap/d in Belgium; the lowest is 1,814 kcal/cap/d in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,983 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 2,980 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 22.1%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 21.6%).
All food groups — Energy supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 3,921 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 1 | Ireland | 3,921 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 3,892 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 4 | Serbia | 3,879 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 5 | Austria | 3,756 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 6 | Israel | 3,754 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 7 | Italy | 3,753 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 8 | Denmark | 3,734 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 3,730 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 10 | Iceland | 3,688 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 11 | Montenegro | 3,674 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 3,660 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 13 | Romania | 3,649 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 3,590 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 15 | Australia | 3,562 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 16 | Portugal | 3,557 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 17 | Hungary | 3,549 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 18 | Germany | 3,535 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 3,529 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 3,528 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 21 | China, mainland | 3,527 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 22 | China | 3,514 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 23 | France | 3,492 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 24 | North Macedonia | 3,476 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 24 | Norway | 3,476 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 26 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3,467 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 27 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,458 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 28 | Croatia | 3,448 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 29 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3,438 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 30 | Tunisia | 3,432 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 31 | Republic of Korea | 3,430 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 32 | Bahrain | 3,429 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 33 | Brazil | 3,423 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 34 | Malta | 3,407 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 35 | Switzerland | 3,402 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 36 | Belarus | 3,398 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 37 | Algeria | 3,396 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 38 | Cuba | 3,385 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 39 | Czechia | 3,384 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 40 | Greece | 3,382 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 41 | Spain | 3,377 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 42 | Sweden | 3,372 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 43 | Argentina | 3,360 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 44 | Morocco | 3,354 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 45 | Lithuania | 3,348 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 46 | Finland | 3,346 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 47 | Latvia | 3,342 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 3,339 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 49 | Marshall Islands | 3,335 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 50 | Guyana | 3,323 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 50 | Uruguay | 3,323 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 3,313 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 53 | Mexico | 3,305 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 54 | Tuvalu | 3,303 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 3,297 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 56 | Estonia | 3,289 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 57 | Mauritius | 3,259 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 58 | Qatar | 3,258 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 59 | Albania | 3,239 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 60 | Slovenia | 3,200 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 61 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3,192 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 62 | Kuwait | 3,138 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 3,137 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 64 | Armenia | 3,129 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 65 | Kiribati | 3,127 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 66 | Barbados | 3,126 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 66 | Colombia | 3,126 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 3,125 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 68 | Ghana | 3,125 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 70 | New Zealand | 3,122 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 71 | Samoa | 3,117 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 72 | Panama | 3,109 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 73 | Bhutan | 3,107 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 74 | Nauru | 3,098 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 75 | Egypt | 3,094 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 76 | Viet Nam | 3,086 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 77 | Paraguay | 3,067 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 78 | Tonga | 3,063 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 3,061 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 80 | Chile | 3,057 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 81 | French Polynesia | 3,045 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 82 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3,044 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 83 | Mongolia | 3,032 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 84 | New Caledonia | 3,025 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 3,000 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 85 | Georgia | 3,000 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 87 | Oman | 2,994 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 88 | Republic of Moldova | 2,991 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 89 | Philippines | 2,983 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 90 | Slovakia | 2,980 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 91 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2,958 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 92 | Guinea | 2,948 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,946 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 94 | Fiji | 2,940 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 95 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,938 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 96 | China, Macao SAR | 2,931 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 97 | Malaysia | 2,927 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 98 | Nepal | 2,920 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 99 | Mauritania | 2,911 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 99 | Vanuatu | 2,911 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 101 | Cameroon | 2,901 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 101 | Seychelles | 2,901 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 103 | Indonesia | 2,900 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 104 | El Salvador | 2,896 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 105 | Jamaica | 2,892 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 106 | Cyprus | 2,876 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 106 | Libya | 2,876 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 108 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2,875 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 109 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,868 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 110 | Thailand | 2,855 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 111 | Senegal | 2,848 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 112 | Belize | 2,835 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 112 | Grenada | 2,835 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 114 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2,829 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 115 | Lebanon | 2,828 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 116 | Guatemala | 2,823 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 2,814 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 118 | Peru | 2,811 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 119 | Myanmar | 2,809 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 120 | Cabo Verde | 2,804 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 121 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2,801 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 122 | Burkina Faso | 2,791 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 123 | Ukraine | 2,786 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 124 | Iraq | 2,764 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,763 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 126 | Nicaragua | 2,761 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 127 | Botswana | 2,723 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 128 | Djibouti | 2,721 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 129 | Tajikistan | 2,712 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 130 | Gabon | 2,688 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 2,675 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 132 | Bahamas | 2,672 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 132 | Maldives | 2,672 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 134 | India | 2,669 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 135 | Saint Lucia | 2,658 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 136 | Niger | 2,654 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 137 | Cambodia | 2,646 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 138 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2,635 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 139 | Honduras | 2,628 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 140 | Ecuador | 2,621 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 141 | Malawi | 2,618 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 142 | Bangladesh | 2,588 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 142 | Namibia | 2,588 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 144 | Eswatini | 2,577 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,561 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 146 | Ethiopia | 2,558 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 147 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,557 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 148 | Jordan | 2,556 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 149 | Suriname | 2,543 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 150 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2,518 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 151 | Pakistan | 2,514 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 152 | Nigeria | 2,470 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 2,437 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 154 | Rwanda | 2,405 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 155 | Gambia | 2,403 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 156 | Angola | 2,399 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 2,393 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 158 | Comoros | 2,391 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 159 | Uganda | 2,378 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 160 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2,374 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 161 | Afghanistan | 2,315 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,285 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 163 | Timor-Leste | 2,277 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 164 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2,259 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 165 | Congo | 2,188 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 166 | Mozambique | 2,187 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 167 | Papua New Guinea | 2,177 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 168 | Zambia | 2,170 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 169 | Solomon Islands | 2,166 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 170 | Kenya | 2,146 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 171 | Liberia | 2,135 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 172 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,015 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 173 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1,981 kcal/cap/d | 2018 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 174 | Madagascar | 1,978 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 175 | Haiti | 1,959 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 176 | Lesotho | 1,875 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 177 | Yemen | 1,814 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.9% | 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 3,947 kcal/cap/d
- South Africa 2,694 kcal/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.