All food groups (excluding beverages) — Potassium 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) — Potassium supply — Value is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 6,752 mg/cap/d in China, mainland; the lowest is 1,398 mg/cap/d in Gambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,340 mg/cap/d, and the mean is 3,463 mg/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 89.7%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 35.7%).
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Potassium supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, mainland | 6,752 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 5,228 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5,155 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 2 | China | 6,677 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 2 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4,464 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6,487 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 4,160 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 3,033 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 4 | Ghana | 6,038 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 3,836 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 5 | Guyana | 5,957 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,348 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 6 | Belarus | 5,778 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3,140 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 7 | Albania | 5,722 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3,122 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 5,330 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 8 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 3,007 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 9 | Tonga | 5,268 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2,956 mg/cap/d | 2018 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 10 | North Macedonia | 5,046 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2,818 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 5,039 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 11 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2,589 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 4,896 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 12 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2,336 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 13 | Cuba | 4,878 mg/cap/d | 2019 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 2,031 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 14 | Oman | 4,705 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 15 | Nepal | 4,639 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 16 | Rwanda | 4,627 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 17 | Belgium | 4,591 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 4,545 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 19 | Ukraine | 4,544 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 20 | Cameroon | 4,531 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 21 | Niger | 4,524 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 22 | Armenia | 4,487 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 23 | Tunisia | 4,457 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 24 | Algeria | 4,305 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 25 | Serbia | 4,259 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 26 | Republic of Korea | 4,249 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 27 | Jamaica | 4,240 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 28 | Poland | 4,228 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 29 | Fiji | 4,220 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 30 | Malawi | 4,214 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 31 | Ireland | 4,152 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 32 | Azerbaijan | 4,150 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 33 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 4,132 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 34 | Portugal | 4,091 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 35 | Israel | 4,044 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 36 | Montenegro | 4,032 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 37 | Iceland | 4,011 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 38 | Uganda | 3,998 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 39 | Vanuatu | 3,996 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 40 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 3,984 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 41 | Russian Federation | 3,964 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 42 | Australia | 3,954 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 43 | Finland | 3,947 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 44 | Peru | 3,932 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 45 | Nigeria | 3,893 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 46 | Estonia | 3,892 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 47 | Denmark | 3,879 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 48 | Turkmenistan | 3,854 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 49 | Samoa | 3,841 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 50 | Burkina Faso | 3,837 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 51 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3,827 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 52 | Romania | 3,806 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 53 | Canada | 3,786 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 54 | Norway | 3,776 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 55 | Gabon | 3,764 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 3,737 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 57 | Colombia | 3,725 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 58 | Italy | 3,708 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 59 | Luxembourg | 3,703 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 60 | Spain | 3,695 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 61 | Mongolia | 3,678 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 62 | Bahamas | 3,662 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 63 | Qatar | 3,656 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 64 | Greece | 3,655 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 65 | Solomon Islands | 3,639 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 66 | Croatia | 3,632 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 67 | Tajikistan | 3,629 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 68 | Germany | 3,594 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 69 | Brazil | 3,590 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 70 | New Zealand | 3,579 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 71 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3,518 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 72 | Libya | 3,515 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 73 | Tuvalu | 3,503 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 74 | El Salvador | 3,483 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 75 | Barbados | 3,476 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 3,476 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 77 | Sweden | 3,470 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 78 | Slovenia | 3,436 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 79 | Nauru | 3,429 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 80 | Seychelles | 3,421 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 81 | Lithuania | 3,420 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 82 | Grenada | 3,385 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 83 | Argentina | 3,344 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 84 | Mauritius | 3,337 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 85 | Mexico | 3,330 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 86 | Egypt | 3,319 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 87 | France | 3,317 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 88 | China, Macao SAR | 3,312 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 89 | Malta | 3,309 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 90 | Comoros | 3,305 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 91 | Latvia | 3,298 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 92 | Marshall Islands | 3,275 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 93 | Morocco | 3,268 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 94 | Kuwait | 3,263 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 95 | India | 3,258 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 96 | Angola | 3,238 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 97 | Austria | 3,200 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 98 | Kenya | 3,199 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 99 | Bahrain | 3,191 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 100 | Cyprus | 3,184 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 101 | Lebanon | 3,176 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 102 | Guinea | 3,174 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 103 | Uruguay | 3,171 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 104 | Switzerland | 3,168 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 105 | Georgia | 3,156 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 106 | Maldives | 3,150 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 107 | China, Taiwan Province of | 3,087 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 3,074 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 109 | Kiribati | 3,033 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 110 | New Caledonia | 3,028 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 111 | Zimbabwe | 3,025 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 86.4% | rising |
| 112 | Chile | 2,977 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 113 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,971 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 114 | French Polynesia | 2,948 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 115 | Czechia | 2,945 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 116 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,909 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 117 | Namibia | 2,900 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 2,832 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 119 | Paraguay | 2,830 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 120 | Panama | 2,810 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 121 | Myanmar | 2,779 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 122 | Indonesia | 2,773 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 123 | Ethiopia | 2,772 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 124 | Mozambique | 2,719 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 125 | Bhutan | 2,703 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 126 | Belize | 2,694 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 127 | Hungary | 2,678 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,645 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 129 | Guatemala | 2,644 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 130 | Bangladesh | 2,640 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 2,627 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 132 | Djibouti | 2,613 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 133 | Slovakia | 2,610 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 134 | Malaysia | 2,565 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,559 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 136 | Saint Lucia | 2,544 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 137 | Sierra Leone | 2,515 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 138 | Jordan | 2,514 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 139 | Nicaragua | 2,511 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 2,505 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 141 | Senegal | 2,497 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 142 | Pakistan | 2,487 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 143 | Eswatini | 2,478 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 144 | Philippines | 2,468 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 145 | Botswana | 2,462 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 146 | Mauritania | 2,395 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 147 | Iraq | 2,345 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 148 | Congo | 2,319 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 149 | Thailand | 2,310 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 150 | South Africa | 2,309 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 151 | Honduras | 2,305 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 152 | Lesotho | 2,165 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 153 | Cambodia | 2,105 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 2,016 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 155 | Ecuador | 2,013 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 156 | Madagascar | 1,989 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 157 | Suriname | 1,959 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 158 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,958 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 159 | Liberia | 1,950 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 160 | Zambia | 1,887 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 161 | Haiti | 1,825 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 162 | Yemen | 1,466 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 163 | Gambia | 1,398 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.7% | 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 3,674 mg/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.