Cephalopods — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) by country
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What the numbers show
Cephalopods — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 7.28 kg/cap in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.13 kg/cap, and the mean is 0.5614 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 2,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 100.0%).
Cephalopods — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 7.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 2 | Portugal | 4.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 88.9% | rising |
| 3 | Seychelles | 3.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 187.2% | rising |
| 4 | Italy | 3.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 5 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 3.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 6 | Thailand | 3.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 7 | Greece | 3.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 8 | Spain | 3.15 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 9 | Croatia | 2.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 10 | Cyprus | 2.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 11 | Malaysia | 2.44 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 12 | China, Macao SAR | 2.39 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 14 | Mauritius | 1.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 15 | New Zealand | 1.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 126.7% | rising |
| 16 | Slovenia | 1.67 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 17 | Panama | 1.58 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 18 | Marshall Islands | 1.46 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 19 | Montenegro | 1.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 19 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 1.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 22 | Australia | 1.15 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 1.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 24 | Albania | 0.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 152.6% | rising |
| 25 | Maldives | 0.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 26 | France | 0.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 27 | Malta | 0.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 28 | Russian Federation | 0.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 29 | China | 0.74 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 29 | Philippines | 0.74 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 31 | China, mainland | 0.71 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 0.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 106.1% | rising |
| 33 | Uruguay | 0.55 kg/cap | 2023 | up 175.0% | rising |
| 34 | Bahamas | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 188.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Morocco | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Switzerland | 0.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 36 | Tonga | 0.44 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 38 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 38 | Mexico | 0.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 40 | Barbados | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 41 | Canada | 0.39 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 42 | Tunisia | 0.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 0.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 43 | New Caledonia | 0.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 45 | Libya | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 46 | Belgium | 0.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 0.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 233.3% | rising |
| 46 | Indonesia | 0.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 46 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2,900.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Argentina | 0.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Ireland | 0.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 180.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Madagascar | 0.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,300.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Germany | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 53 | Cambodia | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 53 | Lithuania | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 56 | Namibia | 0.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Austria | 0.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 57 | Latvia | 0.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 60 | Serbia | 0.23 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 60 | Ukraine | 0.23 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2,200.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Chile | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 62 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 425.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 67 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Gabon | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 69 | Bahrain | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 69 | Israel | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 69 | French Polynesia | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 72 | Colombia | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 72 | Romania | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Fiji | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.4% | flat |
| 74 | Guinea | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 76 | Belarus | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 76 | Mauritania | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Jamaica | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Oman | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 80 | Norway | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 80 | Samoa | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Egypt | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 82 | Gambia | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Mozambique | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 84 | Vanuatu | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Qatar | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 87 | El Salvador | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 87 | Sweden | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 87 | South Africa | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 91 | Czechia | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 91 | Estonia | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Grenada | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Kazakhstan | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Kiribati | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Senegal | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Angola | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 97 | Brazil | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 97 | Cuba | 0.04 kg/cap | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 97 | Denmark | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Finland | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 97 | Guatemala | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Hungary | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 97 | Kuwait | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 97 | Pakistan | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 97 | Poland | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Belize | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Algeria | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Lebanon | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Saint Lucia | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Eswatini | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 114 | Ecuador | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Georgia | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Honduras | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 114 | Jordan | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 114 | Liberia | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Slovakia | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Armenia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Botswana | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Congo | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 121 | Djibouti | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Ghana | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Guyana | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Iceland | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Kenya | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 121 | Papua New Guinea | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 121 | Paraguay | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 121 | Solomon Islands | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Haiti | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | India | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Myanmar | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Nepal | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Sierra Leone | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Suriname | 0 kg/cap | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Turkmenistan | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Yemen | 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.
- Southern Europe 3.16 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 3.06 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 1.26 kg/cap
- Asia 0.56 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 1.19 kg/cap
- Micronesia 0.44 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 1.09 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.4 kg/cap
- Europe 0.96 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 0.19 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.19 kg/cap
- Oceania 0.88 kg/cap
- United States of America 0.49 kg/cap
- Polynesia 0.18 kg/cap
- Northern America 0.48 kg/cap
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.12 kg/cap
- World 0.47 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.08 kg/cap
- Western Europe 0.46 kg/cap
- Timor-Leste 0.05 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 0.45 kg/cap
- Melanesia 0.03 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.03 kg/cap
- Türkiye 0.03 kg/cap
- Central America 0.36 kg/cap
- Americas 0.32 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 0.18 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.02 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.02 kg/cap
- South America 0.17 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 0.13 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.01 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 0.01 kg/cap
- Cabo Verde 0.12 kg/cap
- Caribbean 0.08 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.07 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 0.06 kg/cap
- Western Asia 0.06 kg/cap
- Africa 0.05 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 0.04 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.