Cereals and their products — Dietary fibre 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 — Dietary fibre supply — Value is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 31.5 g/cap/d in China, mainland; the lowest is 4.6 g/cap/d in Bahamas.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.75 g/cap/d, and the mean is 13.6 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 138.2%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 42.6%).
Cereals and their products — Dietary fibre supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, mainland | 31.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 20 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 2 | Morocco | 31.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 3 | China | 31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 30.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 5 | Egypt | 27.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 6 | Niger | 27.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 7 | Serbia | 27.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 9 | Algeria | 23.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 10 | Tunisia | 23.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 11 | North Macedonia | 22.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 12 | Azerbaijan | 22.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 13 | Bhutan | 21.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 14 | Finland | 21.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 15 | Afghanistan | 20.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 16 | Mexico | 20.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 17 | Malawi | 20.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 20 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 19 | Poland | 19.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 19 | South Africa | 19.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 21 | El Salvador | 19.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 22 | Botswana | 18.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 18.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 24 | Latvia | 18.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 24 | Nepal | 18.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 26 | Iceland | 18.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 138.2% | rising |
| 26 | Eswatini | 18.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 28 | Senegal | 18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 29 | Georgia | 17.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Lesotho | 17.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 31 | Iraq | 17.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 32 | Guatemala | 17.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 32 | Romania | 17.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 34 | Mauritania | 17.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 34 | Turkmenistan | 17.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 36 | Armenia | 17.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 36 | Chile | 17.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 17.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Cameroon | 17.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 39 | Namibia | 17.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 41 | Paraguay | 17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 42 | Lithuania | 16.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 42 | Tajikistan | 16.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 44 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 45 | Slovenia | 15.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 46 | Zambia | 15.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 47 | Pakistan | 15.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 47 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 49 | Honduras | 15.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 49 | Nicaragua | 15.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 51 | Italy | 14.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 51 | Ukraine | 14.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 53 | Austria | 14.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 53 | Belarus | 14.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 53 | Jordan | 14.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Lebanon | 14.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 57 | India | 14.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 57 | Qatar | 14.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 59 | Sweden | 14.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 60 | Djibouti | 14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 60 | Kyrgyzstan | 14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 63 | Uruguay | 13.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Mauritius | 13.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 65 | Argentina | 13.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 65 | Belize | 13.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 67 | Denmark | 13.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 67 | Nigeria | 13.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 69 | Cyprus | 13.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 13.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 70 | Nauru | 13.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 70 | Philippines | 13.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 70 | Portugal | 13.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 70 | Uganda | 13.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 75 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 76 | Ireland | 13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 76 | Malta | 13 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 78 | Hungary | 12.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 78 | Israel | 12.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 78 | Montenegro | 12.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 81 | New Zealand | 12.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 82 | Libya | 12.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 82 | Madagascar | 12.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 82 | Mozambique | 12.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 82 | Yemen | 12.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 86 | France | 12.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 86 | Kenya | 12.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 88 | Norway | 12.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 89 | Colombia | 12.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 90 | Kuwait | 12.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 91 | Kazakhstan | 12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 92 | Barbados | 11.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 11.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 93 | Canada | 11.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 93 | Germany | 11.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 93 | Gambia | 11.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 93 | Greece | 11.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 98 | Peru | 11.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 99 | Bahrain | 11.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 100 | Brazil | 11.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 101 | Spain | 11.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 102 | Croatia | 10.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 103 | Albania | 10.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 103 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 105 | Seychelles | 10.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 106 | Estonia | 10.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 106 | Ghana | 10.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 106 | Jamaica | 10.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 109 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 10.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | 10.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 110 | New Caledonia | 10.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 110 | Rwanda | 10.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 113 | Saint Lucia | 10.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 113 | Panama | 10.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 115 | Czechia | 10.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 115 | Haiti | 10.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 115 | Luxembourg | 10.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 118 | Gabon | 10 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 118 | Thailand | 10 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 120 | Switzerland | 9.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 9.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 121 | Slovakia | 9.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 123 | Republic of Korea | 9.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 124 | Belgium | 9.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 124 | Mongolia | 9.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 124 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 127 | Ecuador | 9.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 127 | Indonesia | 9.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 129 | Maldives | 9.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 129 | Myanmar | 9.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 131 | Angola | 9.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Australia | 9.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 133 | Guinea | 9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 133 | Suriname | 9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 135 | Bangladesh | 8.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 135 | Malaysia | 8.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 135 | China, Taiwan Province of | 8.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 138 | Cuba | 8.7 g/cap/d | 2019 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 138 | Samoa | 8.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 140 | Tuvalu | 8.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 141 | Guyana | 8.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 142 | Fiji | 8.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 142 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 144 | Tonga | 8.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 145 | Sierra Leone | 8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 146 | Oman | 7.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 147 | Liberia | 7.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 148 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 148 | French Polynesia | 7.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Marshall Islands | 7.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 151 | Comoros | 7.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 151 | Cambodia | 7.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 153 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 154 | Kiribati | 7.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 7.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 156 | Dominican Republic | 6.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 157 | Grenada | 6.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 158 | Congo | 5.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 158 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 5.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 160 | China, Macao SAR | 5.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea | 5.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 5.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 163 | Bahamas | 4.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Cabo Verde 13.5 g/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 18.1 g/cap/d
- United States of America 11.2 g/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 17.8 g/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 10.4 g/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 16 g/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 14.1 g/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14.1 g/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 13.9 g/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11.5 g/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 11.4 g/cap/d
- Viet Nam 9.8 g/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 8.4 g/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 4 g/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 3.4 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.