Beverages, Alcoholic — 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
Beverages, Alcoholic — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 20.99 kg/cap in Estonia; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Mauritania.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.2 kg/cap, and the mean is 3.53 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Cameroon (up 18,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 100.0%).
Beverages, Alcoholic — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonia | 20.99 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 2 | Bahamas | 18.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 3 | Cuba | 18.47 kg/cap | 2019 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus | 15.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 5 | Czechia | 15.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 159.4% | rising |
| 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 12.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 8 | Thailand | 11.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 9 | Portugal | 10.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 10 | Grenada | 10.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 11 | Haiti | 10.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 12 | Mongolia | 10.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 13 | Hungary | 9.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 14 | France | 9.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 8.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 16 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.42 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 17 | Denmark | 8.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 146.6% | rising |
| 18 | Sweden | 8.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 152.0% | rising |
| 19 | Azerbaijan | 7.93 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 21 | Lithuania | 7.89 kg/cap | 2023 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 21 | China, mainland | 7.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 23 | China | 7.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 24 | Jamaica | 7.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 60.9% | flat |
| 25 | South Africa | 7.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 26 | Namibia | 7.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 27 | Barbados | 6.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 218.7% | rising |
| 28 | Costa Rica | 6.74 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.5% | flat |
| 29 | Slovakia | 6.67 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 30 | Ukraine | 6.66 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 31 | Fiji | 6.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 470.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Germany | 6.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 33 | Philippines | 6.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 152.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Serbia | 6.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.4% | flat |
| 35 | Malta | 6.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 36 | Poland | 6.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 37 | Saint Lucia | 6.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 38 | China, Macao SAR | 6.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 39 | Romania | 6.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 304.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 5.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 42 | Cyprus | 5.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 43 | Seychelles | 4.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 42.5% | rising |
| 43 | Tuvalu | 4.49 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 4.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 91.8% | rising |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 4.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 47 | El Salvador | 4.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 48 | Australia | 4.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 49 | Nepal | 4.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 209.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Panama | 4.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 51 | Tonga | 4.14 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 52 | Latvia | 3.98 kg/cap | 2023 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 53 | Paraguay | 3.93 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 54 | Australia and New Zealand | 3.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 54 | China, Taiwan Province of | 3.9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 3.86 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 478.7% | volatile |
| 58 | North Macedonia | 3.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 143.6% | rising |
| 59 | Botswana | 3.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 144.6% | rising |
| 60 | Liberia | 3.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 61 | Belize | 3.37 kg/cap | 2023 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 62 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.9% | falling |
| 63 | New Caledonia | 3.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 64 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 65 | Peru | 3.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 66 | Vanuatu | 2.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 93.8% | rising |
| 67 | Switzerland | 2.73 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 68 | Uruguay | 2.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 69 | Ireland | 2.68 kg/cap | 2023 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Slovenia | 2.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 71 | Croatia | 2.67 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.0% | flat |
| 72 | Suriname | 2.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 73 | Bahrain | 2.63 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 73 | Finland | 2.63 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 75 | Naoero | 2.62 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 76 | Honduras | 2.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | 2.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 76 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 79 | Chile | 2.39 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 80 | Israel | 2.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 81 | Eswatini | 2.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 82 | India | 2.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 83 | Guatemala | 2.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 84 | Colombia | 2.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 84 | Norway | 2.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 86 | Republic of Korea | 2.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 87 | Austria | 1.89 kg/cap | 2023 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 87 | Marshall Islands | 1.89 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 89 | Brazil | 1.88 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 90 | Cameroon | 1.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18,400.0% | volatile |
| 90 | New Zealand | 1.85 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Spain | 1.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 92 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1.84 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 94 | French Polynesia | 1.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 95 | Myanmar | 1.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 251.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Maldives | 1.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 97 | Argentina | 1.35 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 1.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Greece | 1.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 100 | Italy | 1.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 101 | Albania | 1.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 102 | Oman | 1.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 103 | Mauritius | 1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Jordan | 0.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 355.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Cambodia | 0.88 kg/cap | 2023 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Samoa | 0.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 273.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Bhutan | 0.85 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 108 | Zambia | 0.84 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2,700.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Montenegro | 0.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 74.8% | falling |
| 110 | Lebanon | 0.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Ecuador | 0.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 45.5% | flat |
| 112 | Gabon | 0.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 113 | Lesotho | 0.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 114 | Congo | 0.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 115 | Angola | 0.66 kg/cap | 2023 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 116 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.65 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 117 | Qatar | 0.64 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 118 | Iceland | 0.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 120 | Georgia | 0.53 kg/cap | 2023 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Ghana | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Iraq | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 123 | Kiribati | 0.46 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Papua New Guinea | 0.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Tunisia | 0.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 290.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Canada | 0.42 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Rwanda | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Belgium | 0.39 kg/cap | 2023 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 128 | Kenya | 0.39 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 130 | Guyana | 0.38 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Gambia | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,700.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Comoros | 0.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 128.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Armenia | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | down 69.9% | falling |
| 133 | Malaysia | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 135 | Mexico | 0.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 76.7% | falling |
| 135 | Malawi | 0.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Morocco | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 138 | Sri Lanka | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 139 | Djibouti | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Ethiopia | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 141 | Tajikistan | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 142 | Guinea | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Mozambique | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 142 | Uganda | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 145 | Solomon Islands | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 366.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Nigeria | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 147 | Indonesia | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 148 | Turkmenistan | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Niger | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 150 | Burkina Faso | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 73.1% | falling |
| 151 | Sierra Leone | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 152 | Senegal | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Madagascar | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Egypt | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 155 | Afghanistan | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Libya | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Yemen | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Bangladesh | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Algeria | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 158 | Kuwait | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Mauritania | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Caribbean 9.63 kg/cap
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 6.51 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 8.23 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6.32 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 7.58 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 4.16 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 6.78 kg/cap
- Asia 3.85 kg/cap
- Western Europe 6.25 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.61 kg/cap
- Europe 6 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 2.59 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 5.34 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.38 kg/cap
- United States of America 4.53 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.08 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 4.32 kg/cap
- Türkiye 1.89 kg/cap
- Northern America 4.11 kg/cap
- Polynesia 1.83 kg/cap
- World 3.32 kg/cap
- Micronesia 1.42 kg/cap
- Oceania 3.04 kg/cap
- Melanesia 1 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 2.93 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.47 kg/cap
- Americas 2.9 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.46 kg/cap
- Central Asia 2.72 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 0.44 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 2.62 kg/cap
- Timor-Leste 0.2 kg/cap
- South America 1.95 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.17 kg/cap
- Cabo Verde 1.85 kg/cap
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.06 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 1.57 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.05 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.19 kg/cap
- Central America 1.16 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.