All food groups (excluding beverages) — Phosphorus supply — Value in Italy
Italy: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Phosphorus supply — Value was 1,975 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Phosphorus supply — Value in Italy, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
Italy recorded 1,975 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.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value in Italy peaked at 1,975 mg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,681 mg/cap/d, in 2016.
That places Italy 25th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Phosphorus supply — Value in Italy, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,853 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,828 mg/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 1,796 mg/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 1,788 mg/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,719 mg/cap/d | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 1,704 mg/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 1,681 mg/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,706 mg/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1,723 mg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1,881 mg/cap/d | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 1,883 mg/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,943 mg/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 1,943 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,975 mg/cap/d | +1.6% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 1,975 mg/cap/d is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,817 mg/cap/d, 1.1× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Italy's 1,975 mg/cap/d is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,882 mg/cap/d, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,768 mg/cap/d | 1,681 mg/cap/d | 1,881 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,936 mg/cap/d | 1,883 mg/cap/d | 1,975 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value in Italy?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value in Italy was 1,975 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 1,975 mg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,681 mg/cap/d in 2016.
- How does Italy rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value?
- Italy ranks 25th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — phosphorus supply — value rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.