Beverages — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value by country
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics...
What the numbers show
Beverages — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 69.9 g/cap/d in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0 g/cap/d in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.8 g/cap/d, and the mean is 12.59 g/cap/d.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 613.6%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).
Beverages — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 69.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 31.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 2 | Montenegro | 40.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 2 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 21.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 2 | Cabo Verde | 11.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 38.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 3 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 13 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 3 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 4 | Bahamas | 37.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.2% | flat |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 5 | Botswana | 36.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 183.1% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 5.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 6 | Ireland | 35.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 7 | Lithuania | 34.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 7 | Timor-Leste | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.7% | rising |
| 8 | Estonia | 33.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia | 32.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 9 | Türkiye | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 10 | Iceland | 32.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 10 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 3 g/cap/d | 2018 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 11 | Fiji | 31.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 12 | Antigua and Barbuda | 29.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 12 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 13 | China, Macao SAR | 29.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 14 | Mongolia | 29.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 15 | Suriname | 29.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 207.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 27.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 17 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 27.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 18 | Slovakia | 27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 19 | Namibia | 26.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 20 | Seychelles | 25.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 21 | Malta | 24.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 22 | Cyprus | 24.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 23 | Ecuador | 24.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 24 | Slovenia | 24.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 26 | Marshall Islands | 23.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 27 | Guyana | 23.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 102.6% | rising |
| 28 | Czechia | 23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 29 | Latvia | 22.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 30 | Norway | 21.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 31 | Saint Lucia | 21.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 32 | Belarus | 21.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 33 | Hungary | 20.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 34 | Panama | 20.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 34 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 36 | Nauru | 20.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 37 | Portugal | 19.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 38 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 19.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 39 | Eswatini | 19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 40 | Grenada | 18.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 101.1% | rising |
| 41 | Austria | 18.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 42 | Sweden | 17.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 43 | Russian Federation | 17.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 44 | Switzerland | 17.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 44 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 17.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 46 | Germany | 17.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 46 | France | 17.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 48 | Bulgaria | 16.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 48 | Barbados | 16.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 48 | Ukraine | 16.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 51 | Maldives | 16.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 52 | Cambodia | 16.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 268.9% | rising |
| 53 | Finland | 16.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 53 | New Caledonia | 16.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 55 | Poland | 15.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 56 | Jordan | 15.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 613.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Belgium | 15.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 58 | Croatia | 15.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 59 | New Zealand | 14.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 59 | Romania | 14.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 61 | Chile | 14.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 62 | Serbia | 13.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 63 | Canada | 13.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 63 | Tonga | 13.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 13.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 67 | Albania | 13.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 13.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 69 | French Polynesia | 13.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 70 | Spain | 12.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 71 | Iraq | 12.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 240.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Israel | 12.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 73 | Armenia | 12.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 74 | Thailand | 12.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 75 | Lebanon | 12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 76 | South Africa | 11.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 77 | Italy | 11.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 77 | Uruguay | 11.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 79 | Guatemala | 10.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 234.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Kuwait | 10.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 109.8% | rising |
| 81 | Bahrain | 10.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 10.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 82.5% | rising |
| 81 | Paraguay | 10.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 84 | Belize | 10.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 85 | Honduras | 10 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 86 | Brazil | 9.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 86 | Cuba | 9.6 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 86 | Gabon | 9.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 89 | Greece | 9.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 89 | Samoa | 9.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 91 | Jamaica | 9.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 92 | Mauritius | 9.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 93 | China, Taiwan Province of | 9.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 94 | Rwanda | 9.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 96 | Costa Rica | 8.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 96 | Tuvalu | 8.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 98 | Lesotho | 8.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 99 | Bhutan | 8.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 99 | Republic of Korea | 8.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 101 | Angola | 8.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 102 | Nicaragua | 8.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 103 | Georgia | 8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 104 | Cameroon | 7.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 104 | Mexico | 7.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 106 | El Salvador | 7.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 106 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 108 | Philippines | 7.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 102.8% | rising |
| 108 | Qatar | 7.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 110 | Argentina | 6.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 110 | Kazakhstan | 6.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 112 | China | 6.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 113 | Oman | 6.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.4% | falling |
| 113 | Peru | 6.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 113 | Zimbabwe | 6.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 113 | China, mainland | 6.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 117 | Uganda | 6.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 118 | Gambia | 6.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 119 | Colombia | 5.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 120 | Congo | 5.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 5.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 121 | Saudi Arabia | 5.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 123 | Libya | 5.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 123 | Tunisia | 5.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 125 | Kiribati | 4.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 126 | Haiti | 4.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 128 | Vanuatu | 4.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 130 | Comoros | 3.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 236.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Zambia | 3.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.6% | flat |
| 132 | United Arab Emirates | 3.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 133 | Uzbekistan | 2.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 134 | Nepal | 2.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 135 | Ghana | 2.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 136 | Morocco | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 137 | Malaysia | 2.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 138 | Kenya | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 138 | Liberia | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 140 | Ethiopia | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 141 | Malawi | 1.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 142 | Algeria | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 142 | Turkmenistan | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 144 | Papua New Guinea | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 144 | Yemen | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 146 | Mozambique | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 147 | Indonesia | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 148 | Mauritania | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 149 | Guinea | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 149 | India | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 149 | Myanmar | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 149 | Senegal | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Djibouti | 1.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Sri Lanka | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 154 | Nigeria | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 156 | Tajikistan | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 157 | Madagascar | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 158 | Bangladesh | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 158 | Egypt | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 161 | Niger | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 161 | Pakistan | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 163 | Afghanistan | 0 g/cap/d | 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.
- United States of America 20 g/cap/d
About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.