Animal fats — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) 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 quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 35.17 kg/cap in Belgium; the lowest is 0.07 kg/cap in Sierra Leone.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.64 kg/cap, and the mean is 4.84 kg/cap.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 502.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 5,166.7%), and the largest decrease in Madagascar (down 60.7%).
Animal fats — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 35.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 2 | Slovakia | 27.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 3 | Austria | 25.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 4 | Estonia | 24.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 538.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Denmark | 23.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 2.67 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 6 | Latvia | 21.37 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 7 | Czechia | 20.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 8 | Croatia | 20.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 122.4% | rising |
| 8 | Türkiye | 1.94 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 9 | Poland | 19.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 10 | France | 19.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 11 | Finland | 17.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 12 | Iceland | 16.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 16.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 13 | Germany | 16.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 15 | Hungary | 14.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 16 | Ireland | 14.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 0.66 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 17 | Slovenia | 12.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 18 | Portugal | 12.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 19 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 12.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 135.7% | rising |
| 20 | Belarus | 11.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 21 | Italy | 11.57 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 22 | Sweden | 11.35 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 23 | Norway | 11.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 24 | Switzerland | 9.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 24 | Cabo Verde | 0.74 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 25 | Bahrain | 9.41 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 26 | New Zealand | 8.35 kg/cap | 2023 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 27 | French Polynesia | 8.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 28 | Lithuania | 8.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 29 | Romania | 8.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 30 | Azerbaijan | 7.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 122.8% | rising |
| 31 | Uruguay | 7.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 7.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 33 | Armenia | 7.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 34 | Mongolia | 6.96 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 35 | New Caledonia | 6.75 kg/cap | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 36 | Greece | 6.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 67.9% | rising |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 6.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 37 | Pakistan | 6.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 39 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 6.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 40 | China, Macao SAR | 5.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 41 | Panama | 5.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 42 | Australia and New Zealand | 5.85 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 43 | Barbados | 5.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 44 | Argentina | 5.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 5.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 46 | Brazil | 5.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 47 | Georgia | 5.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 101.5% | rising |
| 48 | Australia | 5.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 49 | Luxembourg | 5.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 49 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 4.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 52 | Spain | 4.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.1% | flat |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 4.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 54 | Saint Lucia | 4.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 55 | Ecuador | 4.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 56 | Tonga | 4.54 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 57 | Republic of Korea | 4.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 58 | China, Taiwan Province of | 4.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 59 | Paraguay | 4.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 60 | Fiji | 4.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 61 | Cyprus | 4.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 233.3% | rising |
| 62 | Malta | 4.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 4.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 64 | Samoa | 4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Montenegro | 3.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 66 | Chile | 3.92 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.8% | flat |
| 67 | India | 3.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 3.78 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 69 | Marshall Islands | 3.65 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 70 | Albania | 3.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 71 | Guatemala | 3.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 147.4% | rising |
| 72 | Serbia | 3.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 153.5% | rising |
| 73 | Malaysia | 3.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 75 | Bhutan | 3.03 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 76 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.4% | flat |
| 77 | Maldives | 2.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.91 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 79 | Ukraine | 2.88 kg/cap | 2023 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 80 | Tunisia | 2.87 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 81 | Seychelles | 2.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Philippines | 2.75 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 83 | Jordan | 2.67 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 84 | Jamaica | 2.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 85 | Nepal | 2.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 86 | Tuvalu | 2.58 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 87 | Bahamas | 2.54 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 87 | Cuba | 2.54 kg/cap | 2019 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 89 | United Arab Emirates | 2.51 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 90 | Qatar | 2.37 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 91 | Botswana | 2.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 91 | Mexico | 2.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 2.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 94 | Kuwait | 2.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 95 | El Salvador | 2.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.1% | flat |
| 96 | Israel | 2.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 97 | Namibia | 2.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 98 | Oman | 1.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 99 | Iraq | 1.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 375.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Zimbabwe | 1.93 kg/cap | 2023 | up 55.6% | falling |
| 101 | China | 1.75 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 1.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 103 | Grenada | 1.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 136.6% | rising |
| 103 | China, mainland | 1.68 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 105 | Mauritius | 1.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 1.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 107 | Lebanon | 1.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 108 | Tajikistan | 1.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5,166.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Colombia | 1.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 110 | Libya | 1.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 111 | Belize | 1.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 112 | Morocco | 1.44 kg/cap | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 125.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Afghanistan | 1.39 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 115 | Honduras | 1.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 116 | Thailand | 1.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 103.1% | rising |
| 117 | Mauritania | 1.31 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 118 | Burkina Faso | 1.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 107.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Malawi | 1.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 156.5% | rising |
| 118 | Eswatini | 1.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 1.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 122 | Egypt | 1.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 123 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 78.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Cambodia | 1.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 125 | Kenya | 1.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 126 | Naoero | 1.06 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 126 | Solomon Islands | 1.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 128 | Niger | 0.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 129 | Kiribati | 0.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 130 | Myanmar | 0.85 kg/cap | 2023 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 131 | Peru | 0.84 kg/cap | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 132 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 133 | Comoros | 0.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 327.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Angola | 0.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 135 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 135 | Yemen | 0.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 137 | Zambia | 0.58 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 138 | Papua New Guinea | 0.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 139 | South Africa | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 140 | Senegal | 0.51 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 141 | Djibouti | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 141 | Haiti | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 143 | Nigeria | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 144 | Guyana | 0.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 144 | Suriname | 0.45 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 146 | Algeria | 0.44 kg/cap | 2023 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 147 | Ethiopia | 0.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 148 | Uganda | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 0.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 150 | Cameroon | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 151 | Gabon | 0.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 152 | Guinea | 0.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 153 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 153 | Lesotho | 0.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 153 | Rwanda | 0.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 156 | Mozambique | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 157 | Gambia | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Indonesia | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.7% | flat |
| 159 | Sri Lanka | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 160 | Ghana | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 161 | Congo | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 162 | Liberia | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 163 | Madagascar | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 18.17 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 6.78 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 15.04 kg/cap
- Polynesia 5.97 kg/cap
- Europe 11.62 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.59 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 9.78 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 2.71 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 8.73 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 8.49 kg/cap
- Asia 2.62 kg/cap
- Northern America 7.59 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.53 kg/cap
- United States of America 6.6 kg/cap
- Americas 5.04 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.58 kg/cap
- Oceania 4.46 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.29 kg/cap
- South America 4.19 kg/cap
- Micronesia 1.24 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 3.66 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 1.22 kg/cap
- Central Asia 3.64 kg/cap
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 1.16 kg/cap
- World 3.41 kg/cap
- Melanesia 1.03 kg/cap
- Central America 2.54 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.78 kg/cap
- Western Asia 2.52 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 1.81 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.62 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.57 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.38 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.5 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 0.34 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 1.35 kg/cap
- Caribbean 1.19 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 1.06 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.87 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 0.69 kg/cap
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.