Cereals and their products — Energy 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 — Energy supply — Value is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 1,962 kcal/cap/d in Egypt; the lowest is 299 kcal/cap/d in Bahamas.
The median across all reporting countries is 970 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 1,044 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Samoa (up 65.2%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 42.8%).
Cereals and their products — Energy supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 1,962 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 2 | Bhutan | 1,867 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 3 | Morocco | 1,865 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 4 | Serbia | 1,832 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 1,829 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 6 | Philippines | 1,764 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 1,755 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 8 | Myanmar | 1,736 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 9 | Nepal | 1,674 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 10 | Senegal | 1,640 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 1,639 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 12 | China, mainland | 1,611 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 13 | China | 1,593 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 1,589 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 1,565 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 16 | Iraq | 1,561 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 17 | Azerbaijan | 1,558 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 18 | Tunisia | 1,546 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 19 | Cambodia | 1,533 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 20 | Mauritania | 1,505 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 1,496 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 22 | Algeria | 1,487 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,441 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 24 | Thailand | 1,409 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 25 | Niger | 1,399 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 26 | Gambia | 1,363 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 27 | India | 1,360 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 28 | Djibouti | 1,354 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 29 | Indonesia | 1,344 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 30 | Nicaragua | 1,330 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 31 | Mexico | 1,319 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 1,300 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 33 | Eswatini | 1,293 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 1,292 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 35 | El Salvador | 1,283 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 36 | Madagascar | 1,280 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 37 | Guinea | 1,277 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 38 | Turkmenistan | 1,273 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 39 | Qatar | 1,259 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 40 | Botswana | 1,255 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 41 | Malawi | 1,239 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 42 | South Africa | 1,218 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 43 | Mauritius | 1,208 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 44 | Romania | 1,200 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 45 | Tajikistan | 1,187 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 46 | Georgia | 1,185 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 47 | Kuwait | 1,155 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 48 | Russian Federation | 1,154 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 49 | Liberia | 1,146 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 50 | Cameroon | 1,144 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 51 | Guatemala | 1,136 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 52 | Panama | 1,135 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 53 | Lesotho | 1,118 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 54 | Armenia | 1,107 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 1,099 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 56 | Paraguay | 1,098 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 57 | North Macedonia | 1,094 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 58 | Republic of Korea | 1,093 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 59 | Namibia | 1,092 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,090 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 61 | Argentina | 1,086 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,086 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 63 | Pakistan | 1,079 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 64 | Bahrain | 1,078 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 65 | Italy | 1,072 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 66 | Israel | 1,066 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 67 | Malaysia | 1,064 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 68 | Honduras | 1,042 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 68 | Slovenia | 1,042 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 70 | Chile | 1,041 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 71 | Cuba | 1,034 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 72 | Lebanon | 1,024 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 73 | Uruguay | 1,023 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 74 | Peru | 1,010 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 75 | Poland | 1,009 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 76 | Suriname | 1,002 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 77 | Belize | 998 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 988 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 79 | Haiti | 986 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 80 | Jordan | 981 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 81 | Zambia | 975 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 82 | Comoros | 970 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 83 | Mozambique | 963 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 84 | Malta | 956 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 85 | Zimbabwe | 954 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 86 | Maldives | 950 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 87 | Gabon | 946 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 88 | Guyana | 942 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 88 | Kiribati | 942 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 90 | Colombia | 937 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 91 | Portugal | 936 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 92 | Costa Rica | 929 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 92 | Yemen | 929 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 94 | Montenegro | 919 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 95 | Ecuador | 914 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 95 | Hungary | 914 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 95 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 914 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 98 | Ukraine | 913 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 99 | Kenya | 912 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 100 | Brazil | 911 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 100 | Tuvalu | 911 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 102 | Barbados | 910 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 103 | New Zealand | 905 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 104 | Ireland | 904 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 105 | Finland | 900 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 106 | France | 897 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 107 | Nigeria | 896 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 107 | Seychelles | 896 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 109 | Vanuatu | 882 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 110 | Uganda | 880 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 111 | Lithuania | 877 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 112 | Austria | 872 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 112 | Canada | 872 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 114 | Samoa | 864 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 115 | Cyprus | 863 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 116 | Sweden | 856 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 117 | Ghana | 853 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 118 | Jamaica | 850 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 119 | China, Taiwan Province of | 847 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 120 | Libya | 846 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 121 | Kazakhstan | 844 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 122 | Sao Tome and Principe | 843 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 123 | Norway | 835 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 124 | Latvia | 831 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 125 | Greece | 813 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 125 | Luxembourg | 813 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 127 | Bulgaria | 798 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 128 | Fiji | 788 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 129 | Marshall Islands | 782 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 130 | New Caledonia | 779 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 131 | Oman | 775 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 132 | Croatia | 774 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 133 | Saint Lucia | 769 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 134 | French Polynesia | 768 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 135 | Dominican Republic | 760 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 135 | Spain | 760 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 135 | Mongolia | 760 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 138 | Albania | 756 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 139 | Denmark | 754 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 140 | Iceland | 725 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 141 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 717 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 142 | Belgium | 710 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 143 | Germany | 709 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 144 | Rwanda | 704 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 145 | Switzerland | 690 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 145 | Naoero | 690 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 682 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 148 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 675 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 149 | Australia | 671 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 150 | Czechia | 664 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 151 | China, Macao SAR | 657 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 152 | Slovakia | 654 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 153 | Angola | 650 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 154 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 649 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 155 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 648 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 156 | Belarus | 588 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.1% | flat |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 571 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 158 | Tonga | 568 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 159 | Estonia | 531 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 520 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 161 | Congo | 477 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 162 | Grenada | 426 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 163 | Bahamas | 299 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.1% | 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 797 kcal/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 1,015 kcal/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.