Cereals and their products — 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
Cereals and their products — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 398.4 g/cap/d in Egypt; the lowest is 59.9 g/cap/d in Bahamas.
The median across all reporting countries is 199.8 g/cap/d, and the mean is 213.83 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Samoa (up 72.1%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 43.0%).
Cereals and their products — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 398.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 2 | Bhutan | 391.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 3 | Myanmar | 382.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 4 | Philippines | 381.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 375.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 6 | Morocco | 373.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 7 | Serbia | 366.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 356.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 9 | Nepal | 352.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 10 | Senegal | 343.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 11 | Cambodia | 339.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 324.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 13 | China, mainland | 324.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 14 | Iraq | 323.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 15 | Afghanistan | 321.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 16 | China | 320.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 320.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 319.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 19 | Azerbaijan | 313.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 20 | Mauritania | 312 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 21 | Guinea-Bissau | 311.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 22 | Tunisia | 309.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 23 | Thailand | 305.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 24 | Algeria | 295.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 25 | Gambia | 290.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 26 | Indonesia | 289.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 27 | India | 285.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 28 | Sierra Leone | 282.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 29 | Djibouti | 282.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 30 | Nicaragua | 278 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 31 | Guinea | 275.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 32 | Niger | 272.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 33 | Madagascar | 267.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 34 | Mexico | 267.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 35 | Eswatini | 264.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 36 | Qatar | 262.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 262.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 38 | El Salvador | 259.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 39 | Turkmenistan | 257 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 40 | Botswana | 253.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 41 | Malawi | 250.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 42 | Mauritius | 249.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 43 | Liberia | 247.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 44 | Romania | 241.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 45 | Kuwait | 240.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 46 | Panama | 240.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 47 | Tajikistan | 239.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 48 | Georgia | 238 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 49 | South Africa | 235.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 50 | Republic of Korea | 233.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 51 | Cameroon | 231.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 52 | Russian Federation | 231.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 53 | Guatemala | 229.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 54 | Malaysia | 227.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 55 | Lesotho | 225.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 224.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 57 | Bahrain | 224.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 58 | Paraguay | 222.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 59 | Armenia | 221.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 60 | Cuba | 220.4 g/cap/d | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 219.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 62 | Namibia | 219.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 63 | Israel | 218.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 216.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 65 | Italy | 215.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 66 | Pakistan | 215.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 214.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 68 | Suriname | 212.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 69 | Honduras | 211.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 70 | Argentina | 209.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 71 | Comoros | 209.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 72 | Slovenia | 208.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 73 | Chile | 208 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 74 | Haiti | 207.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 75 | Uruguay | 207.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 76 | Lebanon | 205.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 77 | Belize | 203.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 78 | Kiribati | 202.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 79 | Peru | 202.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 80 | Guyana | 200.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 81 | Maldives | 200 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 199.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 83 | Jordan | 199.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 84 | Mozambique | 198.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 85 | Gabon | 198.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 86 | Poland | 197.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 87 | Zambia | 197.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 195.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 89 | Zimbabwe | 193.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 90 | Colombia | 193.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 91 | Tuvalu | 193 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 92 | Malta | 192.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 93 | Ecuador | 191.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 94 | Portugal | 190.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 95 | Yemen | 189 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 96 | Vanuatu | 188.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 97 | Brazil | 187.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 98 | Kenya | 186.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 99 | Seychelles | 184.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 100 | Hungary | 183.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 101 | Barbados | 183.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 102 | Montenegro | 183 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 102 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 183 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 104 | Ukraine | 181.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 104 | Samoa | 181.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 106 | France | 180.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 107 | Nigeria | 180.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 108 | Ireland | 180.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 109 | New Zealand | 180.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 110 | Uganda | 179.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 111 | Sao Tome and Principe | 177.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 112 | Canada | 177.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 113 | Ghana | 176.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 113 | China, Taiwan Province of | 176.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 115 | Jamaica | 174.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 116 | Lithuania | 173.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 117 | Finland | 173 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 118 | Austria | 171.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 118 | Cyprus | 171.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 120 | Libya | 171.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 121 | Sweden | 170.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 122 | Kazakhstan | 169.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 123 | Fiji | 165 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 124 | Norway | 164.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 125 | Marshall Islands | 164.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 126 | Greece | 163.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 127 | Oman | 163 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 128 | Luxembourg | 161.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 129 | Latvia | 161.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 130 | Dominican Republic | 161.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 160.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 132 | French Polynesia | 159.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 133 | Saint Lucia | 156.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 133 | New Caledonia | 156.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 135 | Croatia | 154.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 136 | Spain | 152.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 137 | Mongolia | 152 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 138 | Albania | 151 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 139 | Denmark | 148.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 140 | Solomon Islands | 146.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 141 | Belgium | 144.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 142 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 142.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 143 | Rwanda | 141.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 144 | Germany | 140.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 145 | China, Macao SAR | 139 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 146 | Naoero | 138.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 147 | Switzerland | 138.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 148 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 136.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 149 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 136.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 150 | Iceland | 136 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 151 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 134.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 152 | Australia | 133.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 152 | Czechia | 133.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 154 | Angola | 132.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 155 | Slovakia | 130.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 121 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 157 | Tonga | 113.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 158 | Belarus | 111.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 159 | Antigua and Barbuda | 103.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 160 | Estonia | 101.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 161 | Congo | 98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 162 | Grenada | 85.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 163 | Bahamas | 59.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.4% | falling |
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 161 g/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 264.1 g/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 212.9 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.