All food groups (excluding beverages) — Phosphorus supply — Value in China
China: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Phosphorus supply — Value was 2,508 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Phosphorus supply — Value in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
China recorded 2,508 mg/cap/d for all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value in China peaked at 2,508 mg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,089 mg/cap/d, in 2010.
China ranks 3rd of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Phosphorus supply — Value in China, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,089 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,132 mg/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 2,127 mg/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,128 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,159 mg/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 2,197 mg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 2,246 mg/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 2,269 mg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 2,291 mg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 2,324 mg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 2,360 mg/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 2,417 mg/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 2,450 mg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 2,508 mg/cap/d | +2.4% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 2,508 mg/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,608 mg/cap/d, 1.6× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- China's 2,508 mg/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,506 mg/cap/d, 1.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,196 mg/cap/d | 2,089 mg/cap/d | 2,324 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,434 mg/cap/d | 2,360 mg/cap/d | 2,508 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Iceland 2,667 mg/cap/d compare
- 1 Türkiye 2,095 mg/cap/d compare
- 2 Cabo Verde 1,559 mg/cap/d compare
- 2 China, mainland 2,528 mg/cap/d compare
- 2 Republic of Moldova 1,637 mg/cap/d compare
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 1,335 mg/cap/d compare
- 3 Viet Nam 1,621 mg/cap/d compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,479 mg/cap/d compare
- 4 Montenegro 2,410 mg/cap/d compare
- 5 Finland 2,361 mg/cap/d compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,286 mg/cap/d compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,246 mg/cap/d compare
- 6 Ireland 2,281 mg/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) — phosphorus supply — value in China?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value in China was 2,508 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 2,508 mg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,089 mg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does China rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value?
- China ranks 3rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. 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) — Phosphorus 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.