All food groups — Total saturated fatty acids 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 — Total saturated fatty acids supply — Value is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 5.16 g/cap/d in Denmark; the lowest is 0.01 g/cap/d in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.28 g/cap/d, and the mean is 0.3966 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 516.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 225.0%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 66.7%).
All food groups — Total saturated fatty acids supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 5.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 1 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 2 | Iceland | 1.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 2 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 3 | Maldives | 1.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 0.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 4 | Kiribati | 1.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 5 | Samoa | 1.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 6 | Tuvalu | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 6 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2018 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 7 | Barbados | 1.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 7 | Timor-Leste | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 8 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.99 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 9 | Cambodia | 0.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 9 | French Polynesia | 0.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 10 | Türkiye | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 11 | Myanmar | 0.95 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 12 | Marshall Islands | 0.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 12 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Indonesia | 0.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 14 | Malaysia | 0.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 15 | Seychelles | 0.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 16 | Republic of Korea | 0.78 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 17 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 18 | Norway | 0.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 18 | Solomon Islands | 0.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 20 | Tonga | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 20 | China, Macao SAR | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 22 | Vanuatu | 0.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 23 | France | 0.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 24 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 25 | Latvia | 0.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 0.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 27 | Finland | 0.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 0.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 0.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 29 | Lithuania | 0.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 31 | Gabon | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 0.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 32 | Fiji | 0.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 34 | China | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 34 | Spain | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 34 | Philippines | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 34 | China, mainland | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 38 | Jamaica | 0.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 39 | Malta | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 39 | Portugal | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 41 | Ghana | 0.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Mauritius | 0.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 43 | Saint Lucia | 0.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 44 | Peru | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 45 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 46 | Grenada | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 46 | Israel | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 48 | Sweden | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 49 | Nauru | 0.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 84.0% | rising |
| 50 | New Caledonia | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Italy | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 53 | Bahamas | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 53 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 56 | Russian Federation | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 57 | Egypt | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 58 | Congo | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 58 | Oman | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 60 | Gambia | 0.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 60 | Luxembourg | 0.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 60 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 63 | Comoros | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 63 | Uganda | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 65 | Australia | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 65 | Belgium | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 67 | Morocco | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 67 | Qatar | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 70 | Cameroon | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 70 | Ireland | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | New Zealand | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 73 | Angola | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 73 | Bahrain | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 73 | Croatia | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 73 | Suriname | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 210.0% | rising |
| 77 | Panama | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 77 | Tunisia | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 80 | Libya | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 80 | Ukraine | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 82 | Guyana | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 82 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 84 | Canada | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 84 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 86 | Austria | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Senegal | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 86 | Zambia | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 89 | Switzerland | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 90 | Germany | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Guinea | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.4% | flat |
| 90 | Greece | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 90 | Mexico | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 90 | Poland | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 95 | Colombia | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 95 | Cyprus | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 95 | Mozambique | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 95 | Saudi Arabia | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 99 | Belarus | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 99 | Kuwait | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 101 | Burkina Faso | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 101 | Slovakia | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 103 | Chile | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 103 | Georgia | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 105 | India | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 105 | Montenegro | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 105 | Malawi | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 105 | Serbia | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 109 | Belize | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 109 | Czechia | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 109 | Namibia | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Uruguay | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 113 | Slovenia | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 114 | North Macedonia | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 114 | Romania | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 116 | Albania | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 116 | Bhutan | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 116 | Estonia | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 116 | Mauritania | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 116 | Papua New Guinea | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 116 | El Salvador | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 122 | Bulgaria | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | Brazil | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 123 | Djibouti | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 125 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 125 | Haiti | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 125 | Hungary | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 125 | Nigeria | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 125 | Paraguay | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 125 | Uzbekistan | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Cuba | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 131 | Rwanda | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 133 | Armenia | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 133 | Honduras | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 175.0% | rising |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Nepal | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 137 | Lebanon | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 137 | Liberia | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 137 | South Africa | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 140 | Argentina | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 140 | Jordan | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 143 | Ecuador | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 143 | Eswatini | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 145 | Guatemala | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 146 | Algeria | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 146 | Iraq | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 146 | Kenya | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 146 | Madagascar | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 146 | Turkmenistan | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 146 | Zimbabwe | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 152 | Azerbaijan | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 152 | Botswana | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 152 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 155 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 155 | Lesotho | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 155 | Niger | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 155 | Pakistan | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Yemen | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 160 | Mongolia | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 161 | Tajikistan | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 162 | Afghanistan | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Ethiopia | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
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 0.25 g/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.