Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of undernourishment (kcal/cap/day) — Value by country
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture...
Countries reporting
163
Highest
3,921 kcal/cap/d
Belgium
Lowest
1,728 kcal/cap/d
Somalia
Median
2,981 kcal/cap/d
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,760
What the numbers show
Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of undernourishment (kcal/cap/day) — Value is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 3,921 kcal/cap/d in Belgium; the lowest is 1,728 kcal/cap/d in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,981 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 2,962 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 22.0%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 21.8%).
Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 3,921 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 1 | Ireland | 3,921 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 1 | Polynesia | 3,166 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 3,021 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 3 | Serbia | 3,879 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 4 | Austria | 3,756 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 2,991 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 5 | Israel | 3,754 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2,864 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 6 | Italy | 3,753 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 6 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2,799 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 7 | Denmark | 3,734 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 8 | Poland | 3,730 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 8 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,588 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 9 | Iceland | 3,681 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 9 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2,533 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 10 | Montenegro | 3,669 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 3,660 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2,340 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 12 | Romania | 3,649 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 12 | Timor-Leste | 2,277 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 3,590 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 13 | Melanesia | 2,272 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 14 | Australia | 3,562 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 15 | Portugal | 3,553 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 15 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2,213 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 16 | Hungary | 3,549 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,077 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 17 | Germany | 3,535 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 17 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1,981 kcal/cap/d | 2018 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 3,528 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 19 | China, mainland | 3,527 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 3,522 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 21 | France | 3,490 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 22 | China | 3,483 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,931 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 23 | Australia and New Zealand | 3,482 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 24 | North Macedonia | 3,476 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 24 | Norway | 3,476 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 25 | Cabo Verde | 2,794 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 26 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3,467 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 27 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,458 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 28 | Croatia | 3,448 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 29 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3,435 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 30 | Tunisia | 3,432 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 31 | Republic of Korea | 3,430 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 32 | Malta | 3,407 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 33 | Switzerland | 3,402 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 34 | Belarus | 3,396 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 34 | Brazil | 3,396 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 34 | Algeria | 3,396 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 37 | Czechia | 3,384 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 38 | Greece | 3,382 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 39 | Argentina | 3,381 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 40 | Spain | 3,377 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 41 | Sweden | 3,367 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 42 | Lithuania | 3,348 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 43 | Finland | 3,346 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 44 | Latvia | 3,342 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 3,339 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 46 | Uruguay | 3,323 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 47 | Morocco | 3,321 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 48 | Guyana | 3,318 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 3,313 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 50 | Mexico | 3,309 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 51 | Uzbekistan | 3,297 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 52 | Estonia | 3,287 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 53 | Mauritius | 3,256 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 54 | Albania | 3,238 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 55 | Slovenia | 3,200 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 56 | Egypt | 3,194 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 57 | Dominica | 3,140 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 14.1% | flat |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 3,136 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 59 | Armenia | 3,129 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 60 | Kiribati | 3,126 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 61 | New Zealand | 3,122 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 62 | Ghana | 3,120 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 63 | Barbados | 3,118 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 64 | Samoa | 3,117 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 65 | Guinea | 3,115 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 66 | Panama | 3,105 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 67 | Colombia | 3,096 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 68 | Paraguay | 3,091 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 3,061 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 70 | Chile | 3,057 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 71 | French Polynesia | 3,045 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 72 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3,043 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 73 | Mongolia | 3,031 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 74 | New Caledonia | 3,016 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 3,000 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 75 | Georgia | 3,000 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 77 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2,984 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 78 | Malaysia | 2,983 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 79 | Oman | 2,981 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 80 | Philippines | 2,965 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,946 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 82 | Fiji | 2,938 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 83 | Nepal | 2,927 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 84 | Mauritania | 2,909 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 84 | Vanuatu | 2,909 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 86 | Indonesia | 2,904 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 87 | El Salvador | 2,896 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 88 | Jamaica | 2,892 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 89 | Peru | 2,876 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 90 | Senegal | 2,871 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 91 | Myanmar | 2,864 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 92 | Guatemala | 2,859 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 93 | Cameroon | 2,855 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 94 | Benin | 2,839 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 95 | Belize | 2,832 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 96 | Lebanon | 2,828 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 97 | Burkina Faso | 2,814 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 2,814 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 99 | Thailand | 2,806 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 100 | Mali | 2,801 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 2,798 kcal/cap/d | 2022 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 102 | Tajikistan | 2,775 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,763 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 104 | Libya | 2,752 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 2,751 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 106 | Iraq | 2,744 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 107 | Botswana | 2,741 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 108 | Djibouti | 2,721 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 109 | India | 2,717 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 110 | Ukraine | 2,715 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 111 | Jordan | 2,698 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 112 | Niger | 2,697 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 113 | Ecuador | 2,663 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 114 | South Africa | 2,650 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 115 | Bangladesh | 2,633 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 116 | Sudan | 2,625 kcal/cap/d | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 117 | Honduras | 2,620 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 118 | Gabon | 2,610 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 119 | Togo | 2,603 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 120 | Eswatini | 2,574 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,560 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 122 | Suriname | 2,539 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 123 | Ethiopia | 2,538 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 124 | Pakistan | 2,517 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 125 | Namibia | 2,500 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 126 | Malawi | 2,487 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 127 | South Sudan | 2,458 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | — | flat |
| 128 | Nigeria | 2,443 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 129 | Uganda | 2,442 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 130 | Rwanda | 2,420 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 131 | Zimbabwe | 2,414 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 2,405 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 133 | Gambia | 2,402 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 134 | Comoros | 2,390 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 135 | Angola | 2,365 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 136 | Afghanistan | 2,310 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 137 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,279 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 138 | Congo | 2,241 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 139 | Mozambique | 2,217 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 140 | Kenya | 2,190 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 141 | Solomon Islands | 2,166 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 142 | Papua New Guinea | 2,163 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 143 | Chad | 2,101 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 144 | Liberia | 2,100 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 145 | Haiti | 2,001 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 146 | Zambia | 1,985 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 147 | Madagascar | 1,952 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 148 | Somalia | 1,728 kcal/cap/d | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 3,947 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 3,924 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America and Europe 3,666 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 2,996 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 3,611 kcal/cap/d
- High-income economies 3,578 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 3,577 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 3,531 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 2,687 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 3,481 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 3,465 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 3,412 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2,454 kcal/cap/d
- Upper-middle-income economies 3,287 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 3,265 kcal/cap/d
- South America 3,196 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 3,174 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 2,250 kcal/cap/d
- Latin America and the Caribbean 3,167 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 3,133 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 3,113 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 3,083 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 3,028 kcal/cap/d
- World 3,026 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 2,977 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 2,913 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 2,810 kcal/cap/d
- Lower-middle-income economies 2,714 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 2,703 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 2,687 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 2,646 kcal/cap/d
- Western Africa 2,639 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2,625 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 2,574 kcal/cap/d
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2,461 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2,380 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 2,359 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 2,313 kcal/cap/d
- Low-income economies 2,263 kcal/cap/d
About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.