All food groups (excluding beverages) — 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 (excluding beverages) — Energy supply — Value is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 3,852 kcal/cap/d in Türkiye; the lowest is 1,807 kcal/cap/d in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,885 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 2,865 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 20.6%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 21.5%).
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Energy supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Türkiye | 3,852 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 2 | Serbia | 3,711 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 3 | Belgium | 3,697 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 4 | Israel | 3,661 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 3,636 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 6 | Ireland | 3,627 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 7 | Italy | 3,594 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 8 | Poland | 3,543 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 9 | Austria | 3,529 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 10 | Canada | 3,470 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 11 | Iceland | 3,468 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 12 | Romania | 3,441 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 13 | China, mainland | 3,426 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 14 | Denmark | 3,419 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 15 | China | 3,413 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 16 | Montenegro | 3,412 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 17 | Tunisia | 3,388 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 18 | Algeria | 3,385 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | North Macedonia | 3,354 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 20 | Bahrain | 3,350 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 21 | Morocco | 3,336 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 21 | Russian Federation | 3,336 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 23 | Germany | 3,313 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 24 | Australia | 3,310 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 25 | Hungary | 3,309 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 26 | Brazil | 3,305 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 27 | Republic of Korea | 3,295 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 28 | Norway | 3,287 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 29 | Greece | 3,285 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 30 | Croatia | 3,267 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 31 | Uzbekistan | 3,262 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3,260 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 33 | Portugal | 3,258 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 34 | Argentina | 3,251 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 35 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3,245 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 36 | France | 3,234 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 37 | Azerbaijan | 3,229 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 38 | Cuba | 3,225 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 39 | Tuvalu | 3,223 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 40 | Qatar | 3,218 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 41 | Mexico | 3,215 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 42 | Marshall Islands | 3,207 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 43 | Switzerland | 3,205 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 44 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,204 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 45 | Spain | 3,203 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 46 | Malta | 3,200 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 3,197 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 48 | Finland | 3,188 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 49 | Guyana | 3,179 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 49 | Uruguay | 3,179 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 51 | Mauritius | 3,175 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 52 | Sweden | 3,169 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 53 | Belarus | 3,158 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 54 | Albania | 3,139 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 55 | Latvia | 3,129 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 56 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3,124 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 3,111 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 58 | Ghana | 3,096 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 59 | Kiribati | 3,094 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 60 | Kuwait | 3,092 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 61 | Egypt | 3,091 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 62 | Czechia | 3,062 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 63 | Armenia | 3,053 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 64 | Colombia | 3,048 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 3,043 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 66 | Lithuania | 3,038 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 67 | Samoa | 3,037 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 68 | Bhutan | 3,019 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 69 | Viet Nam | 3,017 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 70 | Nauru | 2,991 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 71 | Slovenia | 2,984 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 72 | New Zealand | 2,975 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 73 | Luxembourg | 2,969 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 73 | Tonga | 2,969 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 75 | Barbados | 2,965 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 76 | Oman | 2,956 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 2,946 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 78 | Panama | 2,938 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 79 | Guinea | 2,935 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 80 | Estonia | 2,932 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 81 | Paraguay | 2,928 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 82 | French Polynesia | 2,925 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 83 | Georgia | 2,914 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 84 | Malaysia | 2,911 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 85 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,905 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 86 | Mauritania | 2,904 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 87 | Philippines | 2,898 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 88 | Indonesia | 2,893 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 89 | Chile | 2,885 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 90 | New Caledonia | 2,878 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 90 | Nepal | 2,878 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 92 | Vanuatu | 2,863 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 92 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2,863 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 94 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2,861 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 95 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,854 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 96 | Libya | 2,853 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,849 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 2,841 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 99 | Senegal | 2,840 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 100 | Mongolia | 2,816 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 100 | El Salvador | 2,816 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 102 | Cameroon | 2,814 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 103 | Jamaica | 2,799 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 104 | Myanmar | 2,792 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 105 | Turkmenistan | 2,791 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 106 | Republic of Moldova | 2,778 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 107 | Lebanon | 2,762 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 108 | Slovakia | 2,760 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 109 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2,757 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 110 | Fiji | 2,753 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 111 | Guatemala | 2,750 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 112 | Belize | 2,731 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 113 | China, Macao SAR | 2,724 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 114 | Burkina Faso | 2,720 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 115 | Peru | 2,718 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 116 | Djibouti | 2,714 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 117 | Thailand | 2,709 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 118 | Iraq | 2,708 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 119 | Tajikistan | 2,704 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 120 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,703 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 120 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2,703 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 122 | Cabo Verde | 2,700 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 123 | Cyprus | 2,693 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 124 | Nicaragua | 2,689 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 125 | Seychelles | 2,681 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,679 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 127 | Sri Lanka | 2,661 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 128 | Niger | 2,652 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 129 | Grenada | 2,648 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 129 | India | 2,648 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 131 | Ukraine | 2,639 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 132 | Malawi | 2,596 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 133 | Bangladesh | 2,586 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 134 | Gabon | 2,576 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 134 | Maldives | 2,576 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 136 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2,553 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 137 | Honduras | 2,548 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 138 | Ethiopia | 2,536 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 139 | Pakistan | 2,513 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 140 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,512 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 141 | Cambodia | 2,502 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 142 | Ecuador | 2,484 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 143 | Jordan | 2,483 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 144 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2,471 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 145 | Saint Lucia | 2,457 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 146 | Nigeria | 2,456 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 147 | Sierra Leone | 2,433 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 148 | Eswatini | 2,427 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 149 | Botswana | 2,395 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 150 | Suriname | 2,383 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 151 | Comoros | 2,373 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 152 | Gambia | 2,372 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 153 | Namibia | 2,359 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 154 | Bahamas | 2,357 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 155 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,340 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 156 | Zimbabwe | 2,328 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 157 | Angola | 2,316 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 157 | Rwanda | 2,316 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 159 | Afghanistan | 2,314 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 160 | Uganda | 2,310 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 161 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2,255 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 162 | Timor-Leste | 2,251 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 163 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2,249 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 164 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,206 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 165 | Mozambique | 2,169 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 2,160 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 2,135 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 168 | Zambia | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 169 | Kenya | 2,120 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 170 | Congo | 2,111 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 171 | Liberia | 2,102 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 172 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,001 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 173 | Madagascar | 1,970 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 174 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1,929 kcal/cap/d | 2018 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 175 | Haiti | 1,874 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 176 | Lesotho | 1,810 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 177 | Yemen | 1,807 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.7% | 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 3,760 kcal/cap/d
- South Africa 2,550 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.