All food groups (excluding beverages) — Energy supply — Value in China
China: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Energy supply — Value was 3,413 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Energy supply — Value in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
China recorded 3,413 kcal/cap/d for all food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value in China peaked at 3,413 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,947 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
That places China 14th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Energy supply — Value in China, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,947 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,987 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 2,998 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 3,002 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 3,075 kcal/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 3,121 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 3,119 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 3,154 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 3,174 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 3,200 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 3,228 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 3,309 kcal/cap/d | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 3,355 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 3,413 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 3,413 kcal/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,904 kcal/cap/d, 1.2× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- China's 3,413 kcal/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,904 kcal/cap/d, 1.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,078 kcal/cap/d | 2,947 kcal/cap/d | 3,200 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,326 kcal/cap/d | 3,228 kcal/cap/d | 3,413 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 11 Romania 3,441 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 2,249 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 China, mainland 3,426 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,001 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,929 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Denmark 3,419 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Montenegro 3,412 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Tunisia 3,388 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Algeria 3,385 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value in China?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value in China was 3,413 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 3,413 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,947 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does China rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value?
- China ranks 14th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups (excluding beverages) — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.