Cereals, other — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) by country
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...
What the numbers show
Cereals, other — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 447.22 kcal/cap/d in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0 kcal/cap/d in Solomon Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.9 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 13.12 kcal/cap/d.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 491,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).
Cereals, other — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethiopia | 447.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 2 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 119.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 3 | Cyprus | 119.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5,438.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Georgia | 103.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 192.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Ireland | 80.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,011.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Guinea | 57.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 7 | Belgium | 51.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8,689.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 49.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 9 | Liberia | 49.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 491,900.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Trinidad and Tobago | 49.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 135.6% | rising |
| 11 | Serbia | 46.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 12 | Uruguay | 42.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 222.4% | volatile |
| 13 | New Zealand | 38.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 14 | Lithuania | 37.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 379.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Ukraine | 34.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.2% | falling |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 31.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 17 | Armenia | 28.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 18 | Montenegro | 27.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 197.8% | rising |
| 18 | Türkiye | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Poland | 24.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 20 | Chile | 23.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 95.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Bhutan | 21.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 22 | Botswana | 20.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 23 | Mauritania | 18.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 378.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Estonia | 16.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 25 | Australia and New Zealand | 15.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 26 | Argentina | 15.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 27 | Guatemala | 14.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,916.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Slovenia | 14.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 14.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Belarus | 12.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 31 | Mongolia | 12.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Italy | 12.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 33 | Iraq | 12.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17,214.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Finland | 12.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 34 | Fiji | 12.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Peru | 11.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 37 | Qatar | 11.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Uganda | 11.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 39 | China, Macao SAR | 10.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 40 | Australia | 10.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 40 | Czechia | 10.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Lesotho | 10.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Slovakia | 10.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 9.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Samoa | 9.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 189.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Mexico | 9.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 47 | Tajikistan | 9.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 659.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Switzerland | 8.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 49 | Latvia | 8.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 82.9% | falling |
| 50 | Belize | 8.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 51 | Malta | 8.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 215.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Sierra Leone | 8.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 53 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 8.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 8.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 55 | Djibouti | 8.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 506.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Suriname | 8.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 256.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Oman | 7.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Romania | 7.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 59 | Naoero | 7.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | South Africa | 7.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 61 | Senegal | 7.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 867.5% | volatile |
| 62 | El Salvador | 7.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 222.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Azerbaijan | 6.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 64 | Thailand | 6.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 6.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 94.2% | rising |
| 66 | Zambia | 6.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 579.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Tuvalu | 6.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Canada | 6.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 70 | Tunisia | 6.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 71 | Seychelles | 6.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 107.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Yemen | 5.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7,375.0% | volatile |
| 73 | China, Taiwan Province of | 5.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 74 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 234.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Malaysia | 5.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 5.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 77 | France | 5.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 297.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Nicaragua | 5.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 79 | Barbados | 5.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 80 | Bahrain | 5.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 81 | Hungary | 5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 82 | Maldives | 4.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 225.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 84 | Republic of Korea | 4.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 85 | Brazil | 4.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 85 | Guyana | 4.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Nepal | 4.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 88 | Portugal | 4.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 89 | Marshall Islands | 3.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Haiti | 3.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 371.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Cambodia | 3.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 516.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Austria | 3.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2,133.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Eswatini | 3.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 244.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Ghana | 3.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Congo | 2.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14,700.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Comoros | 2.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 474.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Nigeria | 2.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 100 | China | 2.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 101 | China, mainland | 2.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 102 | Panama | 2.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Niger | 2.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Bahamas | 2.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Gambia | 2.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Germany | 2.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Israel | 2.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 109 | Myanmar | 1.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 110 | Mauritius | 1.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 111 | Greece | 1.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 83.7% | falling |
| 112 | Zimbabwe | 1.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 1.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 184.9% | volatile |
| 114 | New Caledonia | 1.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 115 | Colombia | 1.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 123.0% | rising |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 1.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 101.7% | rising |
| 117 | Denmark | 1.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 197.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Pakistan | 0.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Grenada | 0.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Kuwait | 0.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 121 | Sweden | 0.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.2% | flat |
| 122 | Albania | 0.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 90.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Ecuador | 0.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 124 | French Polynesia | 0.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Tonga | 0.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Cuba | 0.78 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Cameroon | 0.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 0.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Libya | 0.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Madagascar | 0.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 172.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Turkmenistan | 0.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 84.8% | falling |
| 133 | Namibia | 0.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Dominican Republic | 0.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 67.6% | falling |
| 135 | Norway | 0.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 136 | Honduras | 0.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 92.4% | falling |
| 137 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Lebanon | 0.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 139 | Jamaica | 0.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 140 | United Arab Emirates | 0.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Gabon | 0.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Iceland | 0.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Kenya | 0.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,900.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Afghanistan | 0.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Jordan | 0.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Croatia | 0.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Bangladesh | 0.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Philippines | 0.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Mozambique | 0.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 91.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Algeria | 0.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Vanuatu | 0.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Sri Lanka | 0.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Spain | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Paraguay | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Indonesia | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Kiribati | 0.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Angola | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Morocco | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 159 | India | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Egypt | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Malawi | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Saint Lucia | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Rwanda | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Africa 122.34 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 62.67 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 112.43 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 56.89 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 61.66 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 43.59 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 45.04 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 22.66 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 37.1 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 17.66 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 26.15 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 9.02 kcal/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 20.39 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 7.77 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 17.66 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 6.15 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 17.13 kcal/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 4.35 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 16.65 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 3.93 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 13.95 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 2.14 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 12.83 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.06 kcal/cap/d
- World 12.22 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia 1.6 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 10.38 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.72 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 9.76 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.35 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 8.93 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.09 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 8.77 kcal/cap/d
- Viet Nam 0.07 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 8.66 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.02 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 7.99 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 7.88 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 7.86 kcal/cap/d
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.