Animal fats — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) by country
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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...
What the numbers show
Animal fats — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 456.66 kcal/cap/d in Austria; the lowest is 1.27 kcal/cap/d in Sierra Leone.
The median across all reporting countries is 48.13 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 77.3 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 360.
Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 4,327.9%), and the largest decrease in Madagascar (down 61.2%).
Animal fats — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 456.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 1 | Polynesia | 99.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 2 | Belgium | 429.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 2 | Republic of Moldova | 95.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 3 | Denmark | 420.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 63.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 4 | Slovakia | 411.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 5 | France | 325.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 51.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 6 | Poland | 292.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 49.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 7 | Czechia | 288.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 7 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 48.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 8 | Latvia | 281.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 8 | Türkiye | 38.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 9 | Hungary | 273.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 9 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 28.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 10 | Ireland | 268.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 25.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 11 | Germany | 267.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 12 | Estonia | 262.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 372.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 21.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 13 | Croatia | 252.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.8% | rising |
| 13 | Micronesia | 21.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 243.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 14 | Melanesia | 18.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 15 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 235.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 143.1% | rising |
| 15 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 14.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 16 | Iceland | 226.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 17 | Finland | 207.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 11.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 18 | New Zealand | 205.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 18 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 7.03 kcal/cap/d | 2018 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 19 | Belarus | 190.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 20 | Portugal | 190.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 21 | Bahrain | 189.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 22 | Switzerland | 177.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 23 | Slovenia | 175.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 24 | Lithuania | 160.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 24 | Cabo Verde | 13.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 25 | Norway | 159.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 26 | Italy | 151.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 27 | Sweden | 145.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 28 | Uruguay | 145.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 29 | Mongolia | 142.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 30 | Azerbaijan | 141.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 103.4% | rising |
| 31 | Romania | 140.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 32 | Pakistan | 131.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 131.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 34 | French Polynesia | 126.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 35 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 122.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 36 | Australia and New Zealand | 119.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 37 | Argentina | 113.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 38 | Panama | 113.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 110.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 40 | Armenia | 109.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 41 | China, Macao SAR | 108.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 108.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 43 | Brazil | 108.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 44 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 103.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 45 | Australia | 103.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 46 | Georgia | 99.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 110.5% | rising |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 92.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 48 | Luxembourg | 91.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 49 | India | 91.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 50 | Uzbekistan | 88.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 51 | New Caledonia | 87.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 52 | Ecuador | 85.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 53 | Fiji | 84.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 54 | Paraguay | 83.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 55 | Barbados | 83.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 56 | Tonga | 82.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 57 | Republic of Korea | 78.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 58 | Montenegro | 78.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 59 | China, Taiwan Province of | 76.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 60 | Chile | 75.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 61 | Spain | 75.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 61 | Malta | 75.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 63 | Greece | 74.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 64 | Samoa | 74.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 72.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 66 | Serbia | 67.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 158.8% | rising |
| 67 | Bhutan | 62.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 68 | Albania | 61.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 59.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 70 | Seychelles | 59.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 97.0% | rising |
| 71 | Nepal | 58.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 72 | Guatemala | 58.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 177.9% | rising |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 58.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 74 | Marshall Islands | 57.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 76 | Ukraine | 57.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 77 | Malaysia | 56.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 78 | Maldives | 52.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 79 | Jamaica | 52.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 80 | Antigua and Barbuda | 51.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 81 | Bahamas | 51.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 82 | Cuba | 50.15 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 83 | Philippines | 49.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 84 | Cyprus | 49.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 85 | Tuvalu | 49.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 86 | Qatar | 48.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 87 | Jordan | 46.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 46.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 89 | Mexico | 46.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 90 | Tunisia | 45.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 91 | Kuwait | 43.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 92 | Oman | 41.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 93 | Israel | 40.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 94 | Turkmenistan | 40.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 96 | Namibia | 39.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 97 | Iraq | 37.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 373.6% | rising |
| 98 | Zimbabwe | 36.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.5% | falling |
| 99 | El Salvador | 36.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 33.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 101 | Grenada | 32.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 193.0% | rising |
| 102 | China | 31.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 103 | Botswana | 31.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 104 | Mauritius | 31.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 105 | China, mainland | 30.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 30.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.6% | rising |
| 107 | Tajikistan | 30.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4,327.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Colombia | 29.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 109 | Belize | 29.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 110 | Morocco | 28.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 111 | Honduras | 28.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 112 | Afghanistan | 27.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 113 | Libya | 26.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 114 | Thailand | 25.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 108.5% | rising |
| 115 | Mauritania | 25.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 116 | Lebanon | 24.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 117 | Egypt | 23.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 118 | Solomon Islands | 22.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 22.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 106.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Naoero | 21.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 121 | Eswatini | 21.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 122 | Malawi | 21.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 155.6% | rising |
| 123 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 21.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 112.4% | rising |
| 125 | Niger | 19.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 126 | Vanuatu | 19.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 127 | Kiribati | 17.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 128 | Peru | 17.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 129 | Myanmar | 16.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 130 | Kenya | 14.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 131 | Cambodia | 14.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 132 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 14.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 133 | Angola | 12.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 134 | Yemen | 12.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 135 | Zambia | 10.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 136 | Papua New Guinea | 10.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 137 | Comoros | 9.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 280.9% | volatile |
| 138 | South Africa | 9.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 139 | Haiti | 9.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 140 | Djibouti | 9.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 141 | Guyana | 9.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 142 | Nigeria | 9.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 143 | Senegal | 9.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 144 | Ethiopia | 8.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 145 | Suriname | 8.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 146 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 147 | Algeria | 8.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 148 | Bangladesh | 8.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 149 | Uganda | 7.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 150 | Cameroon | 6.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 151 | Gabon | 5.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 152 | Guinea | 5.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 153 | Rwanda | 5.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 154 | Lesotho | 5.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 155 | Mozambique | 4.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 156 | Ghana | 4.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 158 | Gambia | 4.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Sri Lanka | 3.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 160 | Indonesia | 3.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.2% | flat |
| 161 | Congo | 2.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 162 | Liberia | 2.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.4% | flat |
| 163 | Madagascar | 1.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | 1.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 297.26 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 233.69 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 188.94 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 161.26 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 55.17 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 160.52 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 141.71 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 130.03 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 118.01 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 96.17 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 90.45 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 84.38 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 22.05 kcal/cap/d
- South America 82.35 kcal/cap/d
- World 65.07 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 62.83 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 48.97 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 44.35 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 12.25 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 33.35 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 30.83 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 29.21 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 6.29 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 24.7 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 23.29 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 20.31 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 16.52 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 12.8 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 11.98 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 11.69 kcal/cap/d
- Western Africa 8.75 kcal/cap/d
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.