Cereals and their products — Zinc 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 — Zinc supply — Value is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 8.91 mg/cap/d in China, mainland; the lowest is 1.28 mg/cap/d in Bahamas.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.93 mg/cap/d, and the mean is 4.29 mg/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 93.2%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 42.8%).
Cereals and their products — Zinc supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, mainland | 8.91 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 2 | China | 8.79 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 3 | South Africa | 8.64 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 4 | Bhutan | 8.62 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 5 | Niger | 8.24 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 7.88 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 7 | Egypt | 7.75 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 8 | Morocco | 7.56 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 9 | Serbia | 7.16 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 10 | Burkina Faso | 7.13 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 11 | Senegal | 7.11 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 12 | Nepal | 6.8 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 13 | Algeria | 6.78 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 14 | Myanmar | 6.62 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 6.62 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 6.48 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 17 | Tunisia | 6.04 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 6 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 19 | Azerbaijan | 5.98 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | Iraq | 5.95 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 5.94 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 5.91 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 22 | Madagascar | 5.91 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 24 | Gambia | 5.81 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 25 | Cambodia | 5.79 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 26 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.78 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 27 | Mauritania | 5.76 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 28 | Thailand | 5.59 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 29 | Indonesia | 5.57 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 30 | India | 5.44 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 31 | Qatar | 5.27 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 32 | Botswana | 5.14 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 33 | Djibouti | 5.1 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 34 | Guinea | 5.09 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 5.04 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 36 | North Macedonia | 5.03 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 37 | Nicaragua | 5.01 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 5 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 39 | Finland | 4.97 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 40 | Pakistan | 4.92 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 41 | Eswatini | 4.89 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 42 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.88 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 43 | Turkmenistan | 4.84 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 44 | Georgia | 4.81 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 45 | Mexico | 4.8 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 46 | Cameroon | 4.79 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 47 | El Salvador | 4.76 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 48 | Liberia | 4.71 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 49 | Russian Federation | 4.7 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 50 | Namibia | 4.68 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 51 | Lebanon | 4.67 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 4.64 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 53 | Poland | 4.63 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 4.61 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 55 | Malawi | 4.6 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 56 | Mauritius | 4.57 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 57 | Romania | 4.56 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 58 | Chile | 4.55 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 59 | Armenia | 4.54 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 60 | Malaysia | 4.43 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.37 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 62 | Kuwait | 4.35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 62 | Latvia | 4.35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 64 | Guatemala | 4.34 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 64 | Lesotho | 4.34 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 66 | Bahrain | 4.32 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 67 | Republic of Korea | 4.29 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 68 | Nigeria | 4.25 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 69 | New Zealand | 4.24 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 69 | Panama | 4.24 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 71 | Iceland | 4.23 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 72 | Austria | 4.22 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 73 | Jordan | 4.12 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 74 | Argentina | 4.1 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 74 | Italy | 4.1 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 76 | Peru | 4.09 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 77 | Paraguay | 4.03 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 78 | Lithuania | 4.02 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 79 | Slovenia | 4 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 80 | Belize | 3.97 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 81 | Cuba | 3.94 mg/cap/d | 2019 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 82 | Israel | 3.93 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 83 | Uruguay | 3.9 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 84 | Haiti | 3.87 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 85 | Suriname | 3.85 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 3.84 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Honduras | 3.83 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 88 | Ukraine | 3.81 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 89 | Nauru | 3.76 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 90 | Ghana | 3.75 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.73 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 92 | Maldives | 3.72 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 93 | Comoros | 3.7 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 94 | Cyprus | 3.69 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 94 | Portugal | 3.69 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 96 | Ireland | 3.65 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 96 | Malta | 3.65 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 98 | Colombia | 3.64 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 98 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.64 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 100 | Guyana | 3.63 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 3.6 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 101 | Mozambique | 3.6 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 101 | China, Taiwan Province of | 3.6 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 104 | Gabon | 3.59 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 105 | Sweden | 3.58 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 105 | Tuvalu | 3.58 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 105 | Zambia | 3.58 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 108 | Montenegro | 3.57 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 109 | Brazil | 3.56 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 110 | Yemen | 3.55 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 111 | Hungary | 3.54 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 112 | Ecuador | 3.53 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 112 | Kiribati | 3.53 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 114 | Barbados | 3.51 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 115 | Rwanda | 3.47 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 116 | France | 3.46 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 3.43 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 117 | Kenya | 3.43 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 117 | Seychelles | 3.43 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 120 | Libya | 3.42 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 121 | Denmark | 3.41 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 122 | Albania | 3.4 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 123 | Canada | 3.37 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 124 | Norway | 3.35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 124 | Vanuatu | 3.35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 126 | Jamaica | 3.32 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 127 | Australia | 3.3 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 127 | Belarus | 3.3 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 127 | Uganda | 3.3 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 130 | Samoa | 3.28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 131 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.25 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 132 | Greece | 3.19 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 133 | Saint Lucia | 3.17 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 133 | New Caledonia | 3.17 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 135 | Mongolia | 3.1 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 136 | Fiji | 3.09 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 137 | Germany | 3.06 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 138 | Bulgaria | 3.04 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 139 | Spain | 2.99 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 140 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.96 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 141 | Estonia | 2.95 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 142 | Dominican Republic | 2.93 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 142 | Croatia | 2.93 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 144 | Marshall Islands | 2.89 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 145 | Oman | 2.86 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 146 | Luxembourg | 2.85 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 147 | Belgium | 2.84 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 148 | French Polynesia | 2.81 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 149 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.76 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 150 | Switzerland | 2.69 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 151 | Czechia | 2.67 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 152 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.59 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 2.58 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 153 | Slovakia | 2.58 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 155 | China, Macao SAR | 2.5 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 156 | Angola | 2.43 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 157 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2.38 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 158 | Papua New Guinea | 2.19 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 159 | Tonga | 2.16 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.12 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 161 | Grenada | 1.89 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 162 | Congo | 1.79 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 163 | Bahamas | 1.28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.4% | flat |
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 3.19 mg/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 5.01 mg/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 4.29 mg/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.