Bananas — 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
Bananas — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 107.22 kg/cap in Papua New Guinea; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Turkmenistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 9 kg/cap, and the mean is 12.63 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 2,841.7%), and the largest decrease in Gambia (down 100.0%).
Bananas — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 107.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 2 | Comoros | 88.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 3 | Samoa | 75.97 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 4 | Peru | 61.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 5 | Vanuatu | 51.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 51.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 7 | Kiribati | 50.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 8 | Kenya | 48.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 9 | Malawi | 46.84 kg/cap | 2023 | up 113.5% | rising |
| 10 | Angola | 39.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 11 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32.83 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 12 | Nigeria | 32.07 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Indonesia | 31.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 14 | Tuvalu | 28.08 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 15 | Brazil | 27.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 16 | Bahamas | 27.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 17 | Philippines | 26.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 18 | Liberia | 24.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 19 | Jamaica | 21.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 20 | Cuba | 21.16 kg/cap | 2019 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 21 | Cameroon | 20.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 22 | Israel | 20.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 23 | India | 20.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 24 | Rwanda | 19.97 kg/cap | 2023 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19.86 kg/cap | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Guyana | 18.81 kg/cap | 2023 | up 221.0% | rising |
| 27 | Portugal | 18.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 28 | Croatia | 18.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 29 | Malta | 17.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 157.7% | rising |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 17.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 160.9% | rising |
| 31 | Mexico | 15.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.5% | flat |
| 32 | Greece | 15.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 89.2% | rising |
| 33 | Austria | 14.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 34 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 14.93 kg/cap | 2023 | up 192.2% | rising |
| 35 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 139.3% | rising |
| 36 | Finland | 14.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 37 | Haiti | 14.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 38 | Nepal | 14.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 133.5% | rising |
| 39 | Uruguay | 13.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 40 | Belgium | 13.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 229.6% | rising |
| 41 | Iceland | 13.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.6% | falling |
| 42 | Norway | 13.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 43 | Colombia | 13.37 kg/cap | 2023 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Estonia | 13.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 45 | Congo | 13.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 46 | Argentina | 13.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 47 | Canada | 13.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 48 | Seychelles | 12.98 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 49 | Denmark | 12.74 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 50 | Australia | 12.73 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 51 | Australia and New Zealand | 12.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 52 | Guinea | 12.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 53 | Fiji | 12.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 163.5% | rising |
| 54 | Italy | 11.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 55 | Madagascar | 11.82 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 56 | New Zealand | 11.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 57 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 58 | China, Taiwan Province of | 11.69 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 59 | Latvia | 11.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 93.5% | rising |
| 60 | Libya | 11.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Germany | 11.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 62 | Grenada | 11.39 kg/cap | 2023 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 63 | Switzerland | 11.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 64 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2,148.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Serbia | 11.23 kg/cap | 2023 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 66 | Slovenia | 11.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 67 | France | 11.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 138.1% | rising |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 10.86 kg/cap | 2023 | down 58.2% | flat |
| 69 | Ireland | 10.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 70 | Czechia | 10.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 71 | Thailand | 10.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 72 | Russian Federation | 10.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 73 | Lithuania | 10.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 74 | El Salvador | 9.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 75 | Barbados | 9.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 76 | Georgia | 9.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 140.8% | rising |
| 77 | Egypt | 9.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 78 | Panama | 9.34 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 79 | Cyprus | 9.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.6% | flat |
| 80 | Saint Lucia | 9.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Kuwait | 9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Luxembourg | 8.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 83 | Slovakia | 8.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 84 | South Africa | 8.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 85 | Mauritius | 8.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 86 | Morocco | 8.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 87 | Lebanon | 8.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 802.2% | rising |
| 88 | Romania | 8.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 310.1% | rising |
| 89 | Honduras | 7.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Armenia | 7.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 898.7% | rising |
| 91 | Jordan | 7.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 92 | Spain | 7.84 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 93 | Montenegro | 7.79 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 94 | Ecuador | 7.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 95 | China | 7.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 96 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 97 | China, mainland | 7.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 98 | Tonga | 6.97 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 99 | China, Macao SAR | 6.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 100 | Sweden | 6.73 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 101 | Malaysia | 6.67 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 102 | Gabon | 6.63 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 6.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 104 | Ethiopia | 6.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 110.9% | rising |
| 105 | Paraguay | 6.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 106 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 107 | Mozambique | 6.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 108 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 6.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 109 | Republic of Korea | 5.94 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 110 | New Caledonia | 5.92 kg/cap | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 111 | Costa Rica | 5.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 411.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Botswana | 5.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 725.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Maldives | 5.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 143.2% | falling |
| 114 | Ukraine | 5.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 115 | Cambodia | 5.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 116 | Bhutan | 4.97 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 117 | Guatemala | 4.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Azerbaijan | 4.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 421.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Hungary | 4.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 120 | Belize | 4.62 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Bangladesh | 4.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 121 | Djibouti | 4.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Iraq | 4.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 80.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Algeria | 3.8 kg/cap | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 3.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 127 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 128 | Poland | 3.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 3.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2,841.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Suriname | 3.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Yemen | 3.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 132 | Oman | 2.92 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Qatar | 2.63 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 134 | Tajikistan | 2.55 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,114.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Senegal | 2.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 136 | Mongolia | 2.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 115.2% | rising |
| 137 | Chile | 2.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 76.8% | falling |
| 137 | Saudi Arabia | 2.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Burkina Faso | 2.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 617.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Afghanistan | 1.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.1% | rising |
| 141 | Albania | 1.42 kg/cap | 2023 | down 76.7% | flat |
| 142 | Namibia | 1.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 731.2% | rising |
| 143 | Marshall Islands | 1.06 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 144 | Tunisia | 0.97 kg/cap | 2023 | down 41.6% | rising |
| 145 | French Polynesia | 0.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 146 | Naoero | 0.76 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 147 | Lesotho | 0.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 284.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Pakistan | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 477.8% | rising |
| 149 | Bahrain | 0.51 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Zambia | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 0.37 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 152 | Belarus | 0.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 97.0% | flat |
| 153 | Ghana | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Uganda | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Niger | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Gambia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Mauritania | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Nicaragua | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Eswatini | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Turkmenistan | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 97.25 kg/cap
- Oceania 34.63 kg/cap
- Melanesia 89.89 kg/cap
- Caribbean 23.07 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 37.7 kg/cap
- South America 23.05 kg/cap
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 35.53 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 22.75 kg/cap
- Polynesia 28.94 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 18.67 kg/cap
- Micronesia 27.42 kg/cap
- Western Africa 18.64 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 18.71 kg/cap
- Americas 16.85 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 16.61 kg/cap
- Africa 15.85 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 16.45 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 14.98 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 14.31 kg/cap
- World 13.7 kg/cap
- Central America 12.78 kg/cap
- Asia 12.7 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 12.52 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 10.86 kg/cap
- Western Europe 11.9 kg/cap
- Türkiye 9.67 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 11.46 kg/cap
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.99 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 11.24 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6.96 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 11.15 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 4.55 kg/cap
- Northern America 11.13 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.08 kg/cap
- United States of America 10.92 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.99 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 10.48 kg/cap
- Timor-Leste 0.32 kg/cap
- Europe 10.1 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.18 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.