Cephalopods — 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
Cephalopods — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 149 countries. The highest value is 14.59 kcal/cap/d in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0 kcal/cap/d in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.22 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 1.1 kcal/cap/d.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 4,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 100.0%).
Cephalopods — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 14.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 2 | Portugal | 8.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 3 | Seychelles | 7.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 188.2% | rising |
| 4 | Italy | 7.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 5 | Thailand | 7.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 6 | Spain | 7.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 7 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 7.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 8 | Greece | 6.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 9 | Croatia | 5.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 10 | Cyprus | 5.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 11 | China, Macao SAR | 4.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 11 | Türkiye | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 12 | Malaysia | 4.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 13 | China, Taiwan Province of | 4.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 14 | Slovenia | 3.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 15 | Mauritius | 3.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 16 | New Zealand | 3.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 159.2% | rising |
| 17 | Panama | 3.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 18 | Marshall Islands | 2.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 19 | Montenegro | 2.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 20 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 2.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 22 | Australia | 2.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 2.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 24 | Albania | 1.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 163.0% | rising |
| 25 | Maldives | 1.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 26 | Malta | 1.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 27 | France | 1.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 84.8% | rising |
| 28 | Russian Federation | 1.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 1.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 126.6% | rising |
| 30 | China | 1.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 31 | Philippines | 1.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 32 | China, mainland | 1.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 33 | Bahamas | 1.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 191.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Morocco | 0.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 607.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Uruguay | 0.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 141.5% | rising |
| 36 | Switzerland | 0.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 37 | Tonga | 0.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 38 | Barbados | 0.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 39 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 40 | Canada | 0.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 41 | Mexico | 0.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 0.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 43 | New Caledonia | 0.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 44 | Tunisia | 0.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 0.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 242.1% | rising |
| 46 | Belgium | 0.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 47 | Argentina | 0.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Germany | 0.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 49 | Libya | 0.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 49 | Lithuania | 0.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 51 | Ireland | 0.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 217.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Austria | 0.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 52 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 54 | Indonesia | 0.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 54 | Serbia | 0.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 54 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4,900.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Ukraine | 0.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4,900.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Latvia | 0.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 59 | Madagascar | 0.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,050.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Namibia | 0.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 0.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 230.8% | rising |
| 61 | Cambodia | 0.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 63 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 64 | Chile | 0.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 178.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.7% | flat |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 0.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 67 | French Polynesia | 0.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 69 | Israel | 0.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 70 | Bahrain | 0.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 71 | Colombia | 0.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 71 | Gabon | 0.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 73 | Romania | 0.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Belarus | 0.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 74 | Jamaica | 0.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Oman | 0.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 162.5% | rising |
| 77 | Fiji | 0.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 77 | Mauritania | 0.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 79 | Guinea | 0.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 79 | Samoa | 0.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Norway | 0.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 82 | Vanuatu | 0.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Gambia | 0.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Egypt | 0.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 0.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 84 | El Salvador | 0.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 84 | Sweden | 0.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 88 | Czechia | 0.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 88 | Grenada | 0.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Mozambique | 0.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 88 | Qatar | 0.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 88 | South Africa | 0.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 93 | Estonia | 0.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Kiribati | 0.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Finland | 0.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 95 | Guatemala | 0.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 350.0% | rising |
| 95 | Kazakhstan | 0.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 95 | Kuwait | 0.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 0.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 100 | Cuba | 0.08 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 100 | Hungary | 0.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 100 | Poland | 0.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Senegal | 0.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Brazil | 0.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 104 | Denmark | 0.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Lebanon | 0.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Saint Lucia | 0.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Pakistan | 0.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 109 | Angola | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Belize | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Eswatini | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 109 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 113 | Algeria | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 113 | Ecuador | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Honduras | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 113 | Jordan | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Slovakia | 0.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Georgia | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Liberia | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Armenia | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Azerbaijan | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Congo | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 122 | Ghana | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Iceland | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 122 | Papua New Guinea | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 122 | Paraguay | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 130 | Botswana | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Djibouti | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Guyana | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | India | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Kenya | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Myanmar | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Mongolia | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Nigeria | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Solomon Islands | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Zambia | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Haiti | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Nepal | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Rwanda | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Sierra Leone | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Suriname | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Turkmenistan | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Yemen | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Zimbabwe | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Europe 6.71 kcal/cap/d
- Viet Nam 5.3 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 2.67 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 1.09 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 2.26 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia 0.86 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 2.16 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.66 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 2.02 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 0.39 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 1.83 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 0.38 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 0.97 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.31 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 0.96 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.24 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 0.95 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.13 kcal/cap/d
- World 0.94 kcal/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 0.11 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 0.93 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.06 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 0.7 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 0.63 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 0.05 kcal/cap/d
- South America 0.36 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.04 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.04 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 0.35 kcal/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 0.27 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.02 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.02 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 0.25 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 0.17 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 0.13 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.13 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 0.12 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 0.08 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 0.07 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.05 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.