Cereals and their products — Iron 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...

Countries reporting
163
Highest
15.4 mg/cap/d
Ethiopia
Lowest
1.9 mg/cap/d
Bahamas
Median
5 mg/cap/d
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,425

What the numbers show

Cereals and their products — Iron supply — Value is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 15.4 mg/cap/d in Ethiopia; the lowest is 1.9 mg/cap/d in Bahamas.

The median across all reporting countries is 5 mg/cap/d, and the mean is 5.49 mg/cap/d.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 115.6%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 44.8%).

Cereals and their products — Iron supply — Value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 15.4 mg/cap/d 2023 up 8.5% rising
2 China, mainland 12.2 mg/cap/d 2023 up 11.9% rising
3 China (People’s Republic of) 12 mg/cap/d 2023 up 11.1% rising
4 Morocco 11.3 mg/cap/d 2023 down 3.4% flat
5 Serbia 10.9 mg/cap/d 2023 up 23.9% rising
6 Egypt 10.7 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
7 Niger 10.3 mg/cap/d 2023 down 12.0% falling
8 Burkina Faso 10 mg/cap/d 2023 down 12.3% falling
9 Algeria 9.4 mg/cap/d 2023 down 1.1% rising
10 Tunisia 9.2 mg/cap/d 2023 up 1.1% flat
11 Azerbaijan 9 mg/cap/d 2023 down 1.1% falling
11 Bhutan 9 mg/cap/d 2023 flat
13 Afghanistan 8.5 mg/cap/d 2023 up 2.4% flat
14 North Macedonia 8.3 mg/cap/d 2023 up 50.9% rising
15 South Africa 8.2 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
16 Saudi Arabia 8.1 mg/cap/d 2023 up 14.1% rising
17 Mauritania 7.7 mg/cap/d 2023 up 5.5% rising
17 Senegal 7.7 mg/cap/d 2023 up 26.2% rising
19 Georgia 7.5 mg/cap/d 2023 up 1.4% flat
19 Iraq 7.5 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
19 Uzbekistan 7.5 mg/cap/d 2023 down 11.8% falling
22 Nepal 7.4 mg/cap/d 2023 up 7.2% rising
23 Botswana 7.2 mg/cap/d 2023 down 2.7% falling
23 El Salvador 7.2 mg/cap/d 2023 up 9.1% rising
23 Turkmenistan 7.2 mg/cap/d 2023 down 6.5% falling
26 Finland 7.1 mg/cap/d 2023 up 31.5% rising
27 Armenia 7 mg/cap/d 2023 down 2.8% falling
27 Mexico 7 mg/cap/d 2023 up 6.1% rising
29 Iceland 6.9 mg/cap/d 2023 up 115.6% rising
30 Cameroon 6.8 mg/cap/d 2023 up 7.9% rising
30 Romania 6.8 mg/cap/d 2023 up 4.6% rising
30 Tajikistan 6.8 mg/cap/d 2023 down 2.9% flat
30 Russian Federation 6.8 mg/cap/d 2023 up 3.0% flat
34 Malawi 6.7 mg/cap/d 2023 down 13.0% falling
34 Poland 6.7 mg/cap/d 2023 down 11.8% falling
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.6 mg/cap/d 2023 down 13.2% falling
36 Chile 6.6 mg/cap/d 2023 down 2.9% flat
36 Eswatini 6.6 mg/cap/d 2023 up 22.2% rising
39 Guatemala 6.5 mg/cap/d 2023 up 6.6% rising
40 Namibia 6.4 mg/cap/d 2023 up 4.9% rising
40 Pakistan 6.4 mg/cap/d 2023 down 4.5% flat
42 Lesotho 6.3 mg/cap/d 2023 down 33.0% falling
43 Argentina 6.2 mg/cap/d 2023 up 5.1% flat
43 Djibouti 6.2 mg/cap/d 2023 down 7.5% falling
43 Trinidad and Tobago 6.2 mg/cap/d 2023 up 1.6% rising
46 Italy 6.1 mg/cap/d 2023 down 3.2% flat
46 Philippines 6.1 mg/cap/d 2023 up 32.6% rising
46 Qatar 6.1 mg/cap/d 2023 rising
49 India 6 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
49 Lebanon 6 mg/cap/d 2023 up 13.2% rising
49 Slovenia 6 mg/cap/d 2023 up 5.3% flat
52 Latvia 5.9 mg/cap/d 2023 down 19.2% falling
52 Nicaragua 5.9 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
52 Paraguay 5.9 mg/cap/d 2023 up 20.4% rising
55 Cyprus 5.8 mg/cap/d 2023 down 13.4% falling
55 Guinea 5.8 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
55 Jordan 5.8 mg/cap/d 2023 down 3.3% falling
55 Mauritius 5.8 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
59 United Arab Emirates 5.7 mg/cap/d 2023 down 1.7% falling
59 Lithuania 5.7 mg/cap/d 2023 down 19.7% falling
59 Uruguay 5.7 mg/cap/d 2023 up 1.8% flat
62 Nigeria 5.6 mg/cap/d 2023 down 15.2% falling
62 New Zealand 5.6 mg/cap/d 2023 up 21.7% rising
62 Ukraine 5.6 mg/cap/d 2023 down 11.1% falling
65 Ireland 5.5 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
65 Kyrgyzstan 5.5 mg/cap/d 2023 down 22.5% falling
65 Montenegro 5.5 mg/cap/d 2023 up 7.8% rising
68 Austria 5.4 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
68 Gambia 5.4 mg/cap/d 2023 down 30.8% falling
68 Honduras 5.4 mg/cap/d 2023 down 3.6% flat
68 Israel 5.4 mg/cap/d 2023 down 8.5% falling
72 Belize 5.3 mg/cap/d 2023 up 8.2% rising
72 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.3 mg/cap/d 2023 up 15.2% rising
74 Hungary 5.2 mg/cap/d 2023 up 10.6% rising
74 Kuwait 5.2 mg/cap/d 2023 down 7.1% falling
74 Malta 5.2 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
74 Zambia 5.2 mg/cap/d 2023 down 16.1% falling
78 Guinea-Bissau 5.1 mg/cap/d 2023 up 6.2% rising
78 Indonesia 5.1 mg/cap/d 2023 down 12.1% falling
78 Yemen 5.1 mg/cap/d 2023 down 29.2% falling
78 Zimbabwe 5.1 mg/cap/d 2023 down 3.8% flat
82 France 5 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
82 Kazakhstan 5 mg/cap/d 2023 down 7.4% flat
82 Libya 5 mg/cap/d 2023 down 27.5% falling
82 Sri Lanka 5 mg/cap/d 2023 down 3.8% rising
82 Madagascar 5 mg/cap/d 2023 up 4.2% flat
82 Myanmar 5 mg/cap/d 2023 up 28.2% rising
82 Portugal 5 mg/cap/d 2023 down 3.8% falling
82 Sweden 5 mg/cap/d 2023 up 11.1% rising
90 Bahrain 4.9 mg/cap/d 2023 flat
90 Norway 4.9 mg/cap/d 2023 up 2.1% flat
90 Nauru 4.9 mg/cap/d 2023 rising
90 Peru 4.9 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
94 Bangladesh 4.8 mg/cap/d 2023 down 4.0% flat
94 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4.8 mg/cap/d 2023 up 14.3% rising
96 Barbados 4.7 mg/cap/d 2023 up 6.8% rising
96 Greece 4.7 mg/cap/d 2023 down 6.0% falling
96 Mozambique 4.7 mg/cap/d 2023 down 4.1% falling
96 Thailand 4.7 mg/cap/d 2023 up 14.6% rising
100 Belarus 4.6 mg/cap/d 2023 down 13.2% falling
100 Colombia 4.6 mg/cap/d 2023 up 31.4% rising
100 Denmark 4.6 mg/cap/d 2023 down 6.1% falling
100 Kenya 4.6 mg/cap/d 2023 down 16.4% falling
100 Uganda 4.6 mg/cap/d 2023 up 24.3% rising
105 Bulgaria 4.5 mg/cap/d 2023 down 25.0% falling
105 Brazil 4.5 mg/cap/d 2023 up 2.3% flat
105 Canada 4.5 mg/cap/d 2023 down 6.2% falling
105 Panama 4.5 mg/cap/d 2023 up 12.5% rising
109 Albania 4.4 mg/cap/d 2023 down 27.9% falling
109 Croatia 4.4 mg/cap/d 2023 down 6.4% falling
109 Republic of Korea 4.4 mg/cap/d 2023 down 10.2% falling
112 Germany 4.3 mg/cap/d 2023 down 17.3% falling
112 Spain 4.3 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
112 Gabon 4.3 mg/cap/d 2023 up 7.5% flat
112 Haiti 4.3 mg/cap/d 2023 up 26.5% rising
112 Jamaica 4.3 mg/cap/d 2023 down 6.5% flat
112 Mongolia 4.3 mg/cap/d 2023 down 12.2% falling
112 Seychelles 4.3 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged falling
119 Ghana 4.2 mg/cap/d 2023 up 27.3% rising
119 Malaysia 4.2 mg/cap/d 2023 down 4.5% flat
119 New Caledonia 4.2 mg/cap/d 2023 up 16.7% rising
119 Rwanda 4.2 mg/cap/d 2023 up 35.5% rising
123 Costa Rica 4.1 mg/cap/d 2023 up 7.9% rising
123 Saint Lucia 4.1 mg/cap/d 2023 down 4.7% flat
123 Luxembourg 4.1 mg/cap/d 2023 down 2.4% flat
123 Maldives 4.1 mg/cap/d 2023 down 8.9% falling
123 Sierra Leone 4.1 mg/cap/d 2023 up 13.9% rising
128 Australia 4 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
128 Belgium 4 mg/cap/d 2023 down 14.9% falling
128 Switzerland 4 mg/cap/d 2023 up 21.2% rising
128 Cuba 4 mg/cap/d 2019 down 9.1% falling
128 Ecuador 4 mg/cap/d 2023 down 2.4% flat
128 Cambodia 4 mg/cap/d 2023 up 2.6% flat
128 Liberia 4 mg/cap/d 2023 up 25.0% rising
128 Suriname 4 mg/cap/d 2023 up 2.6% flat
136 China, Taiwan Province of 3.9 mg/cap/d 2023 down 4.9% flat
137 Czechia 3.8 mg/cap/d 2023 down 20.8% falling
137 Guyana 3.8 mg/cap/d 2023 down 17.4% falling
137 Sao Tome and Principe 3.8 mg/cap/d 2023 down 7.3% rising
137 Slovak Republic 3.8 mg/cap/d 2023 down 20.8% falling
137 Tuvalu 3.8 mg/cap/d 2023 rising
137 Samoa 3.8 mg/cap/d 2023 up 26.7% rising
143 Estonia 3.7 mg/cap/d 2023 down 44.8% falling
143 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.7 mg/cap/d 2023 down 22.9% falling
145 Fiji 3.6 mg/cap/d 2023 down 10.0% falling
146 Comoros 3.4 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
147 Angola 3.3 mg/cap/d 2023 down 2.9% rising
147 Kiribati 3.3 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged falling
147 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.3 mg/cap/d 2023 down 2.9% falling
147 French Polynesia 3.3 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
147 Vanuatu 3.3 mg/cap/d 2023 up 26.9% rising
152 Marshall Islands 3.2 mg/cap/d 2023 falling
152 Oman 3.2 mg/cap/d 2023 down 28.9% falling
152 Tonga 3.2 mg/cap/d 2023 falling
155 Dominican Republic 3 mg/cap/d 2023 up 25.0% rising
156 Antigua and Barbuda 2.9 mg/cap/d 2023 down 9.4% flat
157 China, Hong Kong SAR 2.7 mg/cap/d 2023 down 18.2% falling
157 China, Macao SAR 2.7 mg/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
159 Grenada 2.6 mg/cap/d 2023 down 38.1% falling
160 Congo 2.4 mg/cap/d 2023 up 20.0% rising
160 Papua New Guinea 2.4 mg/cap/d 2023 up 41.2% rising
160 Solomon Islands 2.4 mg/cap/d 2023 down 4.0% falling
163 Bahamas 1.9 mg/cap/d 2023 down 20.8% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Cereals and their products — Iron supply — Value
Unit
mg/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
179 places, 2,425 data points, 2010–2023
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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.