Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in India
India: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply was 1,360 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in India, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in India stood at 1,360 kcal/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in India peaked at 1,364 kcal/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,301 kcal/cap/d, in 2018.
That places India 29th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in India, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,345 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,364 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1,329 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 1,353 kcal/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 1,339 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 1,305 kcal/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 1,349 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 1,341 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,301 kcal/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 1,303 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,330 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 1,317 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 1,319 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,360 kcal/cap/d | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,333 kcal/cap/d | 1,301 kcal/cap/d | 1,364 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,331 kcal/cap/d | 1,317 kcal/cap/d | 1,360 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals - excluding beer — food supply in India?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food supply in India was 1,360 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1,364 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,301 kcal/cap/d in 2018.
- How does India rank for cereals - excluding beer — food supply?
- India ranks 29th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food supply rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.