Animal Products — 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 Products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 1,540 kcal/cap/d in Denmark; the lowest is 65.31 kcal/cap/d in Madagascar.
The median across all reporting countries is 604.97 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 619.29 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 124.7%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 47.8%).
Animal Products — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 1,540 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 2 | Iceland | 1,446 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 2 | Türkiye | 723.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 3 | Belgium | 1,407 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 4 | Ireland | 1,397 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,321 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 528.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 6 | Mongolia | 1,283 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 7 | Montenegro | 1,260 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 8 | Estonia | 1,257 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 9 | Austria | 1,229 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 10 | Belarus | 1,217 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 11 | France | 1,207 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 12 | Poland | 1,199 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 13 | Finland | 1,198 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 14 | Germany | 1,177 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 15 | Lithuania | 1,166 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 258.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 1,141 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 17 | Latvia | 1,119 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 17 | Cabo Verde | 445.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 18 | Portugal | 1,084 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 19 | Croatia | 1,079 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 20 | Argentina | 1,056 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 33.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 21 | Switzerland | 1,046 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 22 | Australia | 1,035 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 23 | Sweden | 1,013 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 24 | Tonga | 1,012 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 25 | Czechia | 1,005 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 26 | Uruguay | 989.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 27 | Canada | 989.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 28 | Russian Federation | 988.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 29 | Australia and New Zealand | 988.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 30 | Romania | 985.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 31 | Italy | 980.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 32 | Slovakia | 972.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 33 | Albania | 969.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 34 | Spain | 962 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 35 | Brazil | 949.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 36 | Hungary | 947.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 37 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 943.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 942.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 39 | Norway | 941.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 40 | Israel | 922.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 41 | Greece | 920.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 42 | Turkmenistan | 916.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 43 | China, Macao SAR | 911.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 44 | Bahamas | 888.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 45 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 882.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 46 | Serbia | 871.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 47 | French Polynesia | 855.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 48 | Marshall Islands | 823.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 49 | Bahrain | 815.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 50 | Armenia | 812.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 51 | Malta | 810.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 806.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 53 | New Caledonia | 804.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 54 | Slovenia | 790.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 55 | Naoero | 773.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 56 | Cyprus | 772.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 57 | Samoa | 770.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 58 | Chile | 767.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 59 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 753.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 60 | New Zealand | 749.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 61 | Antigua and Barbuda | 744.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 62 | Grenada | 742.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 737.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 64 | Mexico | 729.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 727.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 698.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 67 | Georgia | 698.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 68 | China | 698.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 69 | China, mainland | 697.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 70 | China, Taiwan Province of | 695.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 71 | Republic of Korea | 692.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 72 | Barbados | 687.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 678.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 74 | Tuvalu | 656.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 650.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 76 | Saint Lucia | 647.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 77 | Ukraine | 645.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 78 | Guyana | 645.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 79 | Seychelles | 626.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 80 | Maldives | 623.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 81 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 620.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 82 | Colombia | 620.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 83 | Panama | 612.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 84 | Pakistan | 604.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 85 | North Macedonia | 596.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 86 | Malaysia | 590.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 87 | Cuba | 589.08 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 583.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 89 | Kuwait | 575.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 90 | Qatar | 573.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 91 | United Arab Emirates | 569.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 92 | Ecuador | 569.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 93 | Jamaica | 563.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 94 | Mauritius | 563.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 95 | Oman | 543.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 96 | Saudi Arabia | 540.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 97 | Fiji | 538.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 98 | Peru | 510.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 502.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 100 | El Salvador | 487.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 101 | Belize | 486.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 102 | Libya | 478.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 458.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 104 | Tunisia | 451.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 105 | Mauritania | 449.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 106 | Kiribati | 427.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 107 | South Africa | 426.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 108 | Zimbabwe | 417.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 109 | Paraguay | 416.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 411.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 111 | Guatemala | 407.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 112 | Gabon | 405.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 113 | Algeria | 393.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 114 | Jordan | 386.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 115 | Lebanon | 377.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 116 | India | 371.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 117 | Vanuatu | 351.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 118 | Suriname | 346.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 119 | Philippines | 331.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 120 | Honduras | 324.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 121 | Thailand | 318.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 122 | Morocco | 310.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 123 | Congo | 302.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 124 | Botswana | 291.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 125 | Egypt | 290.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 126 | Papua New Guinea | 288.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 127 | Namibia | 287.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 128 | Indonesia | 264.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 129 | Lesotho | 258.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 130 | Nepal | 256.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 131 | Kenya | 248.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 132 | Bangladesh | 243.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 108.8% | rising |
| 133 | Bhutan | 243.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 134 | Myanmar | 235.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 135 | Eswatini | 231.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 136 | Malawi | 227 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 124.7% | rising |
| 137 | Cambodia | 217.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 138 | Burkina Faso | 216.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 139 | Djibouti | 212.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 140 | Uganda | 208.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 207.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 142 | Iraq | 205.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 143 | Gambia | 203.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 144 | Sri Lanka | 200.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 145 | Comoros | 183.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 146 | Solomon Islands | 181.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 147 | Senegal | 180.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 148 | Angola | 160.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 149 | Afghanistan | 151.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 150 | Zambia | 149.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 151 | Ghana | 146.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 152 | Niger | 145.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 153 | Cameroon | 143.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 154 | Guinea | 141.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 155 | Haiti | 140.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 156 | Yemen | 128.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 157 | Sierra Leone | 127.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 158 | Guinea-Bissau | 123.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 159 | Liberia | 115.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 160 | Ethiopia | 110.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 161 | Mozambique | 85.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 162 | Rwanda | 79.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 163 | Nigeria | 75.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 164 | Madagascar | 65.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 1,210 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 848.66 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 1,112 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 1,097 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 609.36 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 1,086 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 536.45 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 1,041 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 1,033 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia 509.88 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 968.32 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 490.95 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 961.21 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 460.04 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 866.31 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 407.17 kcal/cap/d
- South America 805.7 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 371.64 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 802.53 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 313.03 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 793.19 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 309.75 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 679.95 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 302.42 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 651.84 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 287.25 kcal/cap/d
- World 536.18 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 489.28 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 203.43 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 175.03 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 407.44 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 121.22 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 386.62 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 118.53 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 378.04 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 333.4 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 320.53 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 303.41 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 268.84 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 202.39 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.