Cassava and products — Food supply (kcal) by country
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What the numbers show
Cassava and products — Food supply (kcal) is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 29.24 million million Kcal in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 million Kcal in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,775 million Kcal, and the mean is 1.01 million million Kcal.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 491,800.0%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
Cassava and products — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 29.24 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 85.6% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 20.03 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 3 | Angola | 10.18 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 4 | Ghana | 10.15 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 5 | Mozambique | 7.46 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 7.17 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 7 | India | 4.77 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 8 | Cameroon | 4.05 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 9 | China (People’s Republic of) | 3.87 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 10 | China, mainland | 3.85 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 11 | Zambia | 3.84 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 207.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Madagascar | 2.61 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 13 | Guinea | 2.43 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 101.3% | rising |
| 14 | Cambodia | 2.23 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 15 | Uganda | 2.20 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 16 | Malawi | 1.99 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 17 | Congo | 1.66 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 18 | Peru | 1.64 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 19 | Rwanda | 1.50 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 20 | Kenya | 1.36 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 1.29 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 22 | Paraguay | 1.18 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 23 | Philippines | 1.06 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 1.02 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 25 | Liberia | 690,452 million Kcal | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 26 | Cuba | 686,120 million Kcal | 2019 | up 191.9% | rising |
| 27 | Senegal | 667,305 million Kcal | 2023 | up 441.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Niger | 409,486 million Kcal | 2023 | up 173.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 393,669 million Kcal | 2023 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 30 | Haiti | 377,939 million Kcal | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 31 | Thailand | 297,277 million Kcal | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | 281,978 million Kcal | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 183,223 million Kcal | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 34 | Myanmar | 181,574 million Kcal | 2023 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 170,281 million Kcal | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 36 | Gabon | 166,910 million Kcal | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 37 | Ecuador | 137,600 million Kcal | 2023 | up 173.5% | rising |
| 38 | Argentina | 94,646 million Kcal | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 39 | Nicaragua | 84,520 million Kcal | 2023 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 40 | Malaysia | 71,352 million Kcal | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | 64,595 million Kcal | 2023 | up 150.3% | falling |
| 42 | Comoros | 61,811 million Kcal | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 43 | Fiji | 59,467 million Kcal | 2023 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 47,244 million Kcal | 2023 | up 131.4% | rising |
| 45 | Honduras | 39,755 million Kcal | 2023 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 46 | El Salvador | 39,350 million Kcal | 2023 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 47 | Mexico | 24,042 million Kcal | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 48 | Canada | 23,320 million Kcal | 2023 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 49 | Panama | 22,953 million Kcal | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 50 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 21,741 million Kcal | 2023 | up 255.7% | rising |
| 51 | Chile | 20,096 million Kcal | 2023 | up 1,559.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Guyana | 17,236 million Kcal | 2023 | up 262.7% | rising |
| 53 | Australia and New Zealand | 16,905 million Kcal | 2023 | up 90.3% | rising |
| 54 | Jamaica | 16,383 million Kcal | 2023 | up 109.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Burkina Faso | 15,918 million Kcal | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 56 | Republic of Korea | 14,800 million Kcal | 2023 | up 207.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Gambia | 14,340 million Kcal | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 58 | Pakistan | 14,313 million Kcal | 2023 | up 545.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Australia | 8,754 million Kcal | 2023 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 60 | New Zealand | 8,151 million Kcal | 2023 | up 124.1% | rising |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 6,632 million Kcal | 2023 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 62 | Vanuatu | 6,540 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Kuwait | 6,377 million Kcal | 2023 | up 826.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Suriname | 6,080 million Kcal | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 65 | Nepal | 3,967 million Kcal | 2023 | up 118.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Solomon Islands | 3,775 million Kcal | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 67 | Qatar | 3,502 million Kcal | 2023 | — | rising |
| 68 | French Polynesia | 3,295 million Kcal | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 69 | Oman | 2,728 million Kcal | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 70 | Mauritius | 2,552 million Kcal | 2023 | up 538.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Guatemala | 2,277 million Kcal | 2023 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 2,113 million Kcal | 2023 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,706 million Kcal | 2023 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 74 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,414 million Kcal | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 75 | Saint Lucia | 1,258 million Kcal | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 76 | Uruguay | 1,216 million Kcal | 2023 | up 3,095.1% | rising |
| 77 | Bahamas | 1,213 million Kcal | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 78 | China, Macao SAR | 1,137 million Kcal | 2023 | down 59.9% | falling |
| 79 | Bahrain | 1,099 million Kcal | 2023 | — | rising |
| 80 | Belize | 884.39 million Kcal | 2023 | up 93.0% | rising |
| 81 | Morocco | 840.92 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Barbados | 628.58 million Kcal | 2023 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 83 | Maldives | 623.55 million Kcal | 2023 | up 333.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Samoa | 596.82 million Kcal | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 85 | New Caledonia | 451.49 million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 86 | Afghanistan | 393.52 million Kcal | 2023 | up 491,800.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Yemen | 383.54 million Kcal | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 88 | Bhutan | 264.56 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Tunisia | 225.51 million Kcal | 2023 | up 6,417.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Seychelles | 222.1 million Kcal | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 91 | Kiribati | 207.52 million Kcal | 2023 | up 149.9% | rising |
| 92 | Namibia | 201.27 million Kcal | 2023 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Egypt | 196.34 million Kcal | 2023 | up 106.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Tonga | 163.55 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Malta | 109.74 million Kcal | 2023 | up 3,071.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 93.3 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Mongolia | 74.15 million Kcal | 2023 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Algeria | 71.07 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Antigua and Barbuda | 69.12 million Kcal | 2023 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 100 | Lithuania | 59.4 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 59.24 million Kcal | 2023 | down 79.6% | falling |
| 102 | Djibouti | 57.03 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Lebanon | 45.33 million Kcal | 2023 | up 336.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Tuvalu | 33.56 million Kcal | 2023 | — | rising |
| 105 | Iraq | 30.85 million Kcal | 2023 | up 308,400.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Cyprus | 22.99 million Kcal | 2023 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Marshall Islands | 15.58 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Georgia | 11.69 million Kcal | 2023 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Belarus | 11.65 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.06 million Kcal | 2023 | up 190.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Botswana | 6.92 million Kcal | 2023 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Montenegro | 4.7 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Estonia | 4.07 million Kcal | 2023 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 114 | North Macedonia | 3.26 million Kcal | 2023 | up 1,711.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 2.19 million Kcal | 2023 | up 128.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Ukraine | 1.31 million Kcal | 2023 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Eswatini | 1.26 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Grenada | 0.59 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Serbia | 0.49 million Kcal | 2021 | down 86.0% | falling |
| 120 | Jordan | 0.37 million Kcal | 2023 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Latvia | 0.08 million Kcal | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.05 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Albania | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Armenia | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Ethiopia | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Hungary | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Libya | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Lesotho | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Mauritania | 0 million Kcal | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Saudi Arabia | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 123 | South Africa | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa 155.64 million million Kcal
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 117.96 million million Kcal
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 96.01 million million Kcal
- Western Africa 54.44 million million Kcal
- Eastern Africa 33.24 million million Kcal
- South-Eastern Asia 26.49 million million Kcal
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 18.84 million million Kcal
- Americas 13.37 million million Kcal
- South America 11.85 million million Kcal
- Côte d'Ivoire 6.53 million million Kcal
- Southern Asia 5.23 million million Kcal
- Eastern Asia 3.90 million million Kcal
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.