Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Vietnam
Vietnam: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply was 1,566 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Vietnam, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Vietnam recorded 1,566 kcal/cap/d for cereals - excluding beer — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Vietnam peaked at 1,722 kcal/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,566 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Vietnam ranks 18th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,683 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,676 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,671 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,655 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 1,722 kcal/cap/d | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 1,705 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,697 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,694 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,639 kcal/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 1,664 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 1,690 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1,634 kcal/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 1,571 kcal/cap/d | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 1,566 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 1,566 kcal/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,065 kcal/cap/d, 1.5× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 1,566 kcal/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,020 kcal/cap/d, 1.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,681 kcal/cap/d | 1,639 kcal/cap/d | 1,722 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,615 kcal/cap/d | 1,566 kcal/cap/d | 1,690 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
- 15 China 1,595 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Burkina Faso 1,592 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Saudi Arabia 1,582 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Viet Nam 1,566 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Tunisia 1,561 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,559 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 Laos 1,559 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Vietnam
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1164 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 589.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0489 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6117 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 11.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 11.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Vietnam?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Vietnam was 1,566 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 Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 1,722 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,566 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Vietnam rank for cereals - excluding beer — food supply?
- Vietnam ranks 18th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food supply rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vietnam 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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About this data
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.