Dates — Food supply (kcal) 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) is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 3.44 million million Kcal in Saudi Arabia; the lowest is 0 million Kcal in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 734.42 million Kcal, and the mean is 91,793 million Kcal.
Over the past decade 138 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (up 47,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Kiribati (down 100.0%).
Dates — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 3.44 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 2 | Egypt | 3.32 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 3 | Algeria | 2.17 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.29 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 5 | India | 979,259 million Kcal | 2023 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 851,583 million Kcal | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 7 | Oman | 589,961 million Kcal | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 8 | Iraq | 434,789 million Kcal | 2023 | down 35.0% | flat |
| 9 | China | 343,679 million Kcal | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 10 | China, mainland | 342,524 million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 11 | Turkey | 338,722 million Kcal | 2023 | up 271.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Türkiye | 338,722 million Kcal | 2023 | up 271.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Tunisia | 310,202 million Kcal | 2023 | up 230.6% | rising |
| 14 | Morocco | 302,381 million Kcal | 2023 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 15 | Kuwait | 255,315 million Kcal | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 16 | Libya | 213,517 million Kcal | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 207,783 million Kcal | 2023 | up 139.5% | rising |
| 18 | Niger | 175,136 million Kcal | 2023 | up 171.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Yemen | 167,672 million Kcal | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 20 | Indonesia | 113,403 million Kcal | 2023 | up 93.9% | rising |
| 21 | United States | 106,457 million Kcal | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 22 | Israel | 83,771 million Kcal | 2023 | up 241.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Qatar | 79,206 million Kcal | 2023 | — | rising |
| 24 | Jordan | 73,948 million Kcal | 2023 | up 93.9% | rising |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 57,177 million Kcal | 2023 | up 205.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Mauritania | 56,787 million Kcal | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 27 | France | 51,591 million Kcal | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 42,563 million Kcal | 2023 | up 3,311.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Germany | 40,079 million Kcal | 2023 | up 132.3% | rising |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 37,966 million Kcal | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 30 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 37,966 million Kcal | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 32 | Bahrain | 33,069 million Kcal | 2023 | — | flat |
| 33 | Canada | 32,301 million Kcal | 2023 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 34 | Malaysia | 29,620 million Kcal | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 35 | Italy | 28,375 million Kcal | 2023 | up 139.9% | rising |
| 36 | Albania | 27,579 million Kcal | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 37 | Syria | 26,216 million Kcal | 2023 | up 130.5% | rising |
| 37 | Syrian Arab Republic | 26,216 million Kcal | 2023 | up 130.5% | rising |
| 39 | Spain | 25,564 million Kcal | 2023 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 24,560 million Kcal | 2023 | up 30,409.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Russia | 23,309 million Kcal | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 41 | Russian Federation | 23,309 million Kcal | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 22,325 million Kcal | 2023 | up 451.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 18,327 million Kcal | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 45 | Lebanon | 17,673 million Kcal | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 46 | Kenya | 16,434 million Kcal | 2023 | up 142.4% | rising |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 15,973 million Kcal | 2023 | up 1,299.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Australia and New Zealand | 13,237 million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 49 | Australia | 12,545 million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 50 | Senegal | 11,501 million Kcal | 2023 | up 145.2% | volatile |
| 51 | United Republic of Tanzania | 10,668 million Kcal | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 52 | Poland | 9,605 million Kcal | 2023 | up 219.9% | rising |
| 53 | Belgium | 8,599 million Kcal | 2023 | up 74.0% | rising |
| 54 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 8,543 million Kcal | 2023 | up 329.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Sweden | 8,415 million Kcal | 2023 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 56 | Ukraine | 7,646 million Kcal | 2023 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 57 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5,925 million Kcal | 2023 | up 258.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5,925 million Kcal | 2023 | up 258.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Brazil | 5,757 million Kcal | 2023 | up 468.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Switzerland | 5,618 million Kcal | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,564 million Kcal | 2023 | up 672.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Denmark | 5,380 million Kcal | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 63 | Austria | 5,134 million Kcal | 2023 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 4,097 million Kcal | 2023 | up 114.1% | rising |
| 65 | Djibouti | 4,064 million Kcal | 2023 | up 149.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Greece | 3,617 million Kcal | 2023 | up 247.6% | rising |
| 67 | Czechia | 3,610 million Kcal | 2023 | up 257.8% | rising |
| 68 | Norway | 3,515 million Kcal | 2023 | up 95.0% | rising |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,113 million Kcal | 2023 | up 266.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Tajikistan | 2,906 million Kcal | 2023 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Serbia | 2,707 million Kcal | 2023 | up 867.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Finland | 2,563 million Kcal | 2023 | up 102.8% | rising |
| 73 | Romania | 2,461 million Kcal | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 74 | Thailand | 2,440 million Kcal | 2023 | up 183.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Armenia | 2,224 million Kcal | 2023 | up 142.9% | rising |
| 76 | Maldives | 2,101 million Kcal | 2023 | up 218.0% | rising |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 1,978 million Kcal | 2023 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 78 | Georgia | 1,962 million Kcal | 2023 | up 220.7% | rising |
| 79 | Hungary | 1,847 million Kcal | 2023 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 80 | Lithuania | 1,729 million Kcal | 2023 | up 150.4% | rising |
| 81 | Portugal | 1,672 million Kcal | 2023 | up 164.5% | rising |
| 82 | Ireland | 1,593 million Kcal | 2023 | up 247.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Croatia | 1,464 million Kcal | 2023 | up 413.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Nigeria | 1,408 million Kcal | 2023 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Cyprus | 1,233 million Kcal | 2023 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 86 | Cameroon | 1,165 million Kcal | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 87 | Slovenia | 983.07 million Kcal | 2023 | up 141.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Vietnam | 950.81 million Kcal | 2023 | up 588.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Viet Nam | 950.81 million Kcal | 2023 | up 588.7% | volatile |
| 90 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 908.66 million Kcal | 2023 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Argentina | 835.11 million Kcal | 2023 | up 194.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Afghanistan | 829.91 million Kcal | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Malta | 786.47 million Kcal | 2023 | up 458.3% | rising |
| 94 | Caribbean | 772.95 million Kcal | 2023 | up 434.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Burkina Faso | 770.91 million Kcal | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Latvia | 697.93 million Kcal | 2023 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 97 | New Zealand | 691.89 million Kcal | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 98 | Mozambique | 598.56 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Iceland | 578.79 million Kcal | 2023 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 100 | Montenegro | 577.26 million Kcal | 2023 | up 497.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Eswatini | 535.82 million Kcal | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 102 | Moldova | 532.67 million Kcal | 2023 | up 320.2% | rising |
| 102 | Republic of Moldova | 532.67 million Kcal | 2023 | up 320.2% | rising |
| 104 | Republic of Korea | 514.88 million Kcal | 2023 | up 136.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Mongolia | 462.15 million Kcal | 2023 | up 2,505.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Belarus | 454.53 million Kcal | 2023 | down 64.9% | rising |
| 107 | Cambodia | 399.45 million Kcal | 2023 | up 89.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Nepal | 393.03 million Kcal | 2023 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Mauritius | 391.49 million Kcal | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 373.05 million Kcal | 2023 | up 515.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Uganda | 358.25 million Kcal | 2023 | up 165.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Estonia | 320.67 million Kcal | 2023 | up 83.1% | rising |
| 113 | Luxembourg | 311.64 million Kcal | 2023 | up 369.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Paraguay | 295.73 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Ghana | 285.13 million Kcal | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Gabon | 278.24 million Kcal | 2023 | up 526.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Honduras | 276.01 million Kcal | 2023 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Botswana | 272.92 million Kcal | 2023 | up 307.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Guinea | 256.11 million Kcal | 2023 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Colombia | 242.26 million Kcal | 2023 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 121 | China, Taiwan Province of | 237.11 million Kcal | 2023 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Namibia | 220.39 million Kcal | 2023 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Melanesia | 194.51 million Kcal | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 124 | Uruguay | 179.39 million Kcal | 2023 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 125 | Fiji | 158.81 million Kcal | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 126 | Dominican Republic | 158.51 million Kcal | 2023 | up 785.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Lesotho | 153.99 million Kcal | 2023 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Gambia | 145.44 million Kcal | 2023 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Philippines | 127.14 million Kcal | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 130 | Panama | 125.69 million Kcal | 2023 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Madagascar | 123.31 million Kcal | 2023 | up 371.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Comoros | 112.3 million Kcal | 2023 | up 1,014.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Costa Rica | 110.72 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Malawi | 102.97 million Kcal | 2023 | up 293.6% | rising |
| 135 | Liberia | 100.97 million Kcal | 2023 | up 641.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 98.34 million Kcal | 2023 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Chile | 95.01 million Kcal | 2023 | up 2,524.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Turkmenistan | 90.52 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Myanmar | 87.76 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Cabo Verde | 84.47 million Kcal | 2023 | up 149.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 83.68 million Kcal | 2023 | up 4,063.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Bahamas | 80.91 million Kcal | 2023 | up 23,697.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Barbados | 70.85 million Kcal | 2023 | up 156.4% | rising |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 65.39 million Kcal | 2023 | up 1,522.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Guatemala | 49.66 million Kcal | 2023 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Angola | 45.23 million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Congo | 42.9 million Kcal | 2023 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 42.37 million Kcal | 2023 | up 21,085.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Guyana | 41.8 million Kcal | 2023 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 150 | El Salvador | 40.94 million Kcal | 2023 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Zambia | 39.6 million Kcal | 2023 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Ecuador | 38.4 million Kcal | 2023 | up 281.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Belize | 35.4 million Kcal | 2023 | up 1,182.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Antigua and Barbuda | 31.29 million Kcal | 2023 | up 207.4% | volatile |
| 155 | New Caledonia | 29.89 million Kcal | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 156 | Jamaica | 29.52 million Kcal | 2023 | up 197.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Cuba | 24.43 million Kcal | 2019 | up 1,121.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Polynesia | 20.41 million Kcal | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 159 | French Polynesia | 19.62 million Kcal | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 160 | Suriname | 12.49 million Kcal | 2023 | up 6,473.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Nicaragua | 11.82 million Kcal | 2023 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Rwanda | 9.87 million Kcal | 2023 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Zimbabwe | 9.63 million Kcal | 2023 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 164 | China, Macao SAR | 8.52 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Bhutan | 7.69 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Grenada | 5.71 million Kcal | 2023 | up 185.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Micronesia | 4.72 million Kcal | 2023 | up 47,100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Seychelles | 4.45 million Kcal | 2023 | up 8,800.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Papua New Guinea | 3.05 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Marshall Islands | 3.04 million Kcal | 2023 | — | rising |
| 171 | East Timor | 2.5 million Kcal | 2023 | up 224.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Timor-Leste | 2.5 million Kcal | 2023 | up 224.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 2.34 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Nauru | 1.52 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Nauru | 1.52 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.82 million Kcal | 2023 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Samoa | 0.69 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Solomon Islands | 0.41 million Kcal | 2023 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.34 million Kcal | 2023 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.23 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Laos | 0.21 million Kcal | 2023 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.21 million Kcal | 2023 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Tonga | 0.1 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Haiti | 0.06 million Kcal | 2023 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Kiribati | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Saint Lucia | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Mexico | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Peru | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Slovakia | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 185 | South Africa | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 17.57 million million Kcal
- Asia 9.56 million million Kcal
- Africa 7.52 million million Kcal
- Northern Africa 7.11 million million Kcal
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 6.30 million million Kcal
- Western Asia 5.79 million million Kcal
- Southern Asia 3.18 million million Kcal
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.42 million million Kcal
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.40 million million Kcal
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 358,444 million Kcal
- Eastern Asia 348,911 million Kcal
- Europe 334,614 million Kcal
- Western Africa 261,622 million Kcal
- European Union (27) 220,272 million Kcal
- Americas 147,776 million Kcal
- South-Eastern Asia 147,031 million Kcal
- Northern America 138,757 million Kcal
- Western Europe 119,876 million Kcal
- Eastern Africa 111,317 million Kcal
- United States of America 106,457 million Kcal
- Southern Europe 98,415 million Kcal
- Central Asia 90,298 million Kcal
- Northern Europe 62,759 million Kcal
- Eastern Europe 53,564 million Kcal
- Middle Africa 41,460 million Kcal
- Oceania 13,456 million Kcal
- South America 7,596 million Kcal
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 3,821 million Kcal
- Southern Africa 1,183 million Kcal
- Central America 650.25 million Kcal
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.