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...

Countries reporting
184
Highest
320.11 kcal/cap/d
Oman
Lowest
0 kcal/cap/d
Timor-Leste
Median
0.475 kcal/cap/d
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,942

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Dates — Food supply (kcal/capita/day)
Unit
kcal/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
221 places, 2,942 data points, 2010–2023
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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.