Dates — 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
Dates — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 320.11 kcal/cap/d in Oman; the lowest is 0 kcal/cap/d in Timor-Leste.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.475 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 9.18 kcal/cap/d.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 18,800.0%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 100.0%).
Dates — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 320.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 282.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 3 | Kuwait | 144.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 4 | Algeria | 128.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 5 | Libya | 80.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 6 | Egypt | 79.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 7 | Qatar | 72.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 8 | Tunisia | 69.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 202.0% | rising |
| 9 | Bahrain | 57.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 53.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.2% | falling |
| 11 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 38.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 12 | Mauritania | 30.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 13 | Iraq | 30.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 14 | Albania | 26.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 15 | Israel | 24.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 186.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Morocco | 21.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 17 | Niger | 18.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 18 | Jordan | 17.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 19 | Yemen | 11.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 20 | Maldives | 10.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 142.0% | rising |
| 21 | Turkey | 10.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 225.1% | rising |
| 21 | Türkiye | 10.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 225.1% | rising |
| 23 | Djibouti | 9.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 112.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Pakistan | 9.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 25 | Lebanon | 8.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 7.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 164.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 4.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,184.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Iceland | 4.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 29 | Malta | 4.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 348.9% | rising |
| 30 | Syria | 3.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 111.1% | rising |
| 30 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 111.1% | rising |
| 32 | North Macedonia | 2.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 146.7% | rising |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 318.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Cyprus | 2.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.1% | flat |
| 35 | Montenegro | 2.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 495.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Denmark | 2.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 37 | Malaysia | 2.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.8% | flat |
| 38 | Canada | 2.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 2.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 39 | Sweden | 2.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 41 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 535.3% | volatile |
| 42 | France | 2.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 43 | Armenia | 2.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 140.7% | rising |
| 44 | Belgium | 2.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 1.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18,800.0% | volatile |
| 46 | India | 1.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 47 | Switzerland | 1.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 47 | Norway | 1.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 79.4% | rising |
| 47 | Senegal | 1.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Lithuania | 1.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 159.4% | rising |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 1.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 129.2% | rising |
| 52 | Austria | 1.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 53 | United Kingdom | 1.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 53 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 55 | Spain | 1.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 56 | Georgia | 1.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 220.5% | rising |
| 57 | Italy | 1.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 147.2% | rising |
| 58 | Australia | 1.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 58 | Germany | 1.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 124.1% | rising |
| 60 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 303.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Luxembourg | 1.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 287.9% | rising |
| 62 | Slovenia | 1.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 135.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Finland | 1.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 64 | Eswatini | 1.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 65 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 66 | Indonesia | 1.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 74.6% | rising |
| 67 | Serbia | 1.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 890.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Croatia | 1.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 472.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Latvia | 1.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 70 | Greece | 0.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 273.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 187.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Czechia | 0.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 73 | United States | 0.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 74 | Ireland | 0.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 211.1% | rising |
| 74 | Mauritius | 0.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 76 | Kenya | 0.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 97.6% | rising |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 0.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Barbados | 0.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 155.6% | rising |
| 79 | Bangladesh | 0.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3,300.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Poland | 0.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 209.1% | rising |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 466.7% | volatile |
| 82 | China, mainland | 0.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 83 | China | 0.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 84 | Estonia | 0.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 85 | Moldova | 0.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 375.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Republic of Moldova | 0.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 375.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Ukraine | 0.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 88 | Bahamas | 0.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 173.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Hungary | 0.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 89 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 173.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Ethiopia | 0.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 336.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Fiji | 0.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 94 | Portugal | 0.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 158.8% | rising |
| 94 | Russia | 0.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 94 | Cabo Verde | 0.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 144.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Russian Federation | 0.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 94 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 99 | Mongolia | 0.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,750.0% | volatile |
| 99 | New Zealand | 0.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 101 | Comoros | 0.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Nauru | 0.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Romania | 0.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 102 | Nauru | 0.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 105 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Gabon | 0.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 416.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Botswana | 0.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 108 | New Caledonia | 0.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 109 | Belize | 0.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Marshall Islands | 0.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 111 | Namibia | 0.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 112 | French Polynesia | 0.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 113 | Lesotho | 0.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Gambia | 0.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Uruguay | 0.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 116 | Belarus | 0.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 63.2% | rising |
| 116 | Guyana | 0.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Grenada | 0.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Paraguay | 0.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Cameroon | 0.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 121 | Seychelles | 0.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Burkina Faso | 0.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Thailand | 0.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Polynesia | 0.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Panama | 0.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Brazil | 0.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 600.0% | rising |
| 126 | Honduras | 0.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Cambodia | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Afghanistan | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Argentina | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 130 | Guinea | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Liberia | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Mozambique | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Suriname | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Caribbean | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Dominican Republic | 0.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Nepal | 0.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Micronesia | 0.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Melanesia | 0.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 142 | Bhutan | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Jamaica | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Turkmenistan | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Vietnam | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Republic of Korea | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Viet Nam | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 142 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 142 | China, Macao SAR | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Congo | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 150 | Ghana | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Nigeria | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Sierra Leone | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 150 | El Salvador | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Uganda | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Vanuatu | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Chile | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Colombia | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 158 | Cuba | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Ecuador | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Guatemala | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Madagascar | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Malawi | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Samoa | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Zambia | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 158 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Angola | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Haiti | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Kiribati | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Saint Lucia | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Mexico | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Nicaragua | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Peru | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Philippines | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Papua New Guinea | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Rwanda | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Slovakia | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 168 | East Timor | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Tonga | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | South Africa | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Timor-Leste | 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.
- Northern Africa 72.66 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 53.28 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 13.98 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 9.52 kcal/cap/d
- World 5.97 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 5.49 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 4.27 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3.67 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.3 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 3.06 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 1.8 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.7 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 1.65 kcal/cap/d
- Western Africa 1.61 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 1.59 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 1.34 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 1.23 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 0.99 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 0.85 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 0.81 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 0.63 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 0.59 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 0.58 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.56 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 0.51 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 0.39 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.17 kcal/cap/d
- South America 0.05 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 0.04 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 0.01 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.