Demersal Fish — 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
Demersal Fish — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 31.93 kcal/cap/d in Portugal; the lowest is 0 kcal/cap/d in Myanmar.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.6 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 4.44 kcal/cap/d.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 16,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).
Demersal Fish — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal | 31.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 2 | Norway | 31.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 3 | Republic of Korea | 26.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 4 | Oman | 19.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 5 | Kiribati | 17.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 6 | Spain | 16.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 7 | France | 15.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 15.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 9 | New Zealand | 13.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 10 | Malaysia | 13.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 10 | Cabo Verde | 5.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 11 | Iceland | 13.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 11 | Türkiye | 1.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 12 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 12.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 12.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 14 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 85.3% | rising |
| 15 | Belgium | 10.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 0.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,033.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Ireland | 10.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 0.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 17 | Indonesia | 10.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 18 | Sweden | 10.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 19 | Italy | 9.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 20 | Congo | 9.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 9.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 22 | Greece | 9.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 23 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 24 | Bahrain | 9.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 9.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 26 | Germany | 9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 27 | Gambia | 8.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 28 | Fiji | 8.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.9% | rising |
| 29 | Malta | 8.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 30 | Denmark | 8.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 31 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 7.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 32 | Qatar | 7.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 33 | Gabon | 7.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 34 | Uruguay | 7.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 156.5% | rising |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 7.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 36 | Cyprus | 7.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 37 | Vanuatu | 7.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 710.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Tunisia | 7.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 39 | Egypt | 7.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 40 | China, Taiwan Province of | 6.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 41 | Australia and New Zealand | 6.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 42 | Senegal | 6.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 6.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 172.4% | rising |
| 44 | Canada | 6.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 45 | Poland | 6.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 46 | Estonia | 6.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 47 | Croatia | 6.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 48 | Mauritius | 5.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.6% | falling |
| 49 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 50 | Angola | 5.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 51 | Australia | 5.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 52 | Cameroon | 4.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 53 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 54 | Libya | 4.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 55 | Marshall Islands | 4.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 56 | Austria | 4.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.9% | flat |
| 57 | Philippines | 4.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 58 | Ukraine | 4.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 59 | Israel | 4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 60 | Slovakia | 3.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 61 | Grenada | 3.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 62 | Bahamas | 3.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 63 | Saint Lucia | 3.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 124.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Guinea | 3.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 65 | Argentina | 3.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 65 | Finland | 3.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 67 | Switzerland | 3.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 68 | Morocco | 3.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 69 | Seychelles | 3.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Comoros | 3.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16,400.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Ecuador | 3.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 138.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Czechia | 3.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 73 | China | 3.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 74 | Slovenia | 3.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 75 | Kuwait | 3.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 76 | South Africa | 3.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 77 | China, mainland | 3.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 78 | Montenegro | 2.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 79 | Latvia | 2.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 80 | Belarus | 2.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 81 | North Macedonia | 2.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 82 | French Polynesia | 2.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 170.8% | rising |
| 83 | Saudi Arabia | 2.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.8% | flat |
| 84 | Tonga | 2.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 85 | China, Macao SAR | 2.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 138.0% | rising |
| 86 | Guyana | 2.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 87 | Peru | 2.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 88 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 89 | Ghana | 2.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 90 | Brazil | 2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 90 | Barbados | 2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 92 | Hungary | 1.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 93 | Mexico | 1.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 94 | Namibia | 1.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 95 | Serbia | 1.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 96 | Chile | 1.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 1.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 95.7% | rising |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 1.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 99 | Nigeria | 1.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Belize | 1.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 101 | Liberia | 1.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 101 | New Caledonia | 1.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 103 | Romania | 1.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 118.7% | rising |
| 104 | Albania | 1.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 1.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 106 | Georgia | 1.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 107 | Suriname | 1.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 108 | Jamaica | 1.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 547.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Tuvalu | 1.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 111 | Thailand | 1.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 112 | Jordan | 1.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 179.5% | rising |
| 112 | Eswatini | 1.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 114 | Lithuania | 0.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 116 | Kazakhstan | 0.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 196.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Bangladesh | 0.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 117 | Yemen | 0.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 119 | Haiti | 0.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 120 | Djibouti | 0.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 121 | Cuba | 0.58 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 122 | Lebanon | 0.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 0.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 266.7% | rising |
| 124 | Panama | 0.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Iraq | 0.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 126 | Maldives | 0.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 127 | Algeria | 0.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 0.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Kenya | 0.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 185.7% | rising |
| 129 | Samoa | 0.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 89.6% | volatile |
| 131 | India | 0.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.6% | flat |
| 132 | Botswana | 0.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 133 | Lesotho | 0.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Colombia | 0.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 113.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Mozambique | 0.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Papua New Guinea | 0.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 137 | Mauritania | 0.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 0.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Naoero | 0.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 141 | Solomon Islands | 0.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Armenia | 0.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 143 | Madagascar | 0.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 143 | El Salvador | 0.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 145 | Uzbekistan | 0.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Cambodia | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 147 | Pakistan | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 70.6% | falling |
| 147 | Zambia | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Niger | 0.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | 0.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Guatemala | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 152 | Nepal | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Paraguay | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | Burkina Faso | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Mongolia | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Rwanda | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Afghanistan | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Honduras | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Myanmar | 0 kcal/cap/d | 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.
- Southern Europe 12.49 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia 8.81 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 12.04 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5.56 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 11.3 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 5.46 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 11.01 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 2.79 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 10.42 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 2.28 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 9.63 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 2.15 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 5.97 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.83 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 5.91 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 1.77 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 5.76 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.75 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.45 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 5.02 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 4.73 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 1.06 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 4.02 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.98 kcal/cap/d
- World 3.45 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.69 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 3.37 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 2.81 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 2.57 kcal/cap/d
- South America 1.93 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.09 kcal/cap/d
- Western Africa 1.92 kcal/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 1.92 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 1.85 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 1.82 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 1.49 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.22 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.75 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.