Fats, Animals, Raw — 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
Fats, Animals, Raw — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 292.27 kcal/cap/d in Austria; the lowest is 0.79 kcal/cap/d in Kuwait.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.2 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 38.56 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 370.
Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 1,712.3%), and the largest decrease in Sweden (down 83.5%).
Fats, Animals, Raw — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 292.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 2 | Slovakia | 275.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 3 | Hungary | 237.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 4 | Czechia | 163.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 115.4% | rising |
| 5 | Croatia | 152.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 6 | Belgium | 142.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 7 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 138.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 95.6% | rising |
| 8 | Latvia | 131.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 129.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 10 | New Zealand | 124.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 11 | Ireland | 123.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 12 | Canada | 122.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 118.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 14 | France | 107.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 15 | Portugal | 106.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 16 | Argentina | 101.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 121.6% | rising |
| 17 | Romania | 101.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 18 | Brazil | 93.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 18 | Türkiye | 1.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Denmark | 88.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 20 | Slovenia | 86.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 21 | Ecuador | 81.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 22 | Saint Lucia | 81.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.9% | rising |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 80.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 24 | Paraguay | 80.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 25 | China, Macao SAR | 79.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.2% | rising |
| 26 | Armenia | 77.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 74.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 28 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 69.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 29 | Switzerland | 68.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 30 | Estonia | 68.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 510.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Uruguay | 68.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 32 | Panama | 67.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 66.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 34 | Lithuania | 65.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 35 | Mongolia | 63.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 36 | Georgia | 62.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 85.8% | rising |
| 37 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 61.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 38 | Norway | 60.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 39 | Azerbaijan | 57.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,712.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Italy | 56.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 41 | Belarus | 55.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 42 | Guatemala | 51.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 288.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Malta | 50.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 44 | China, Taiwan Province of | 49.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 45 | Cuba | 48.08 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 46 | Barbados | 46.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 47 | Philippines | 46.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 48 | Samoa | 45.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 107.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Jamaica | 42.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 50 | Malaysia | 41.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 51 | Australia and New Zealand | 40.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 52 | Chile | 40.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 53 | Marshall Islands | 39.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 54 | Albania | 38.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.8% | falling |
| 55 | Mexico | 38.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 56 | Serbia | 38.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 318.1% | rising |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 58 | Republic of Korea | 36.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 59 | Finland | 35.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Tonga | 35.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 61 | Tuvalu | 35.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 62 | Spain | 33.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 33.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.2% | flat |
| 64 | Jordan | 33.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 65 | Ukraine | 33.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 66 | El Salvador | 32.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 67 | Turkmenistan | 31.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 68 | Iceland | 29.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 69 | Namibia | 29.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 70 | Tajikistan | 29.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 71 | Iraq | 29.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 740.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Montenegro | 28.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 114.7% | rising |
| 73 | China | 26.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 74 | Uzbekistan | 26.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 25.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.8% | rising |
| 76 | China, mainland | 25.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 25.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 78 | Australia | 23.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 79 | Luxembourg | 22.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 80 | North Macedonia | 21.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Greece | 21.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 236.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Malawi | 21.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 161.0% | rising |
| 83 | Solomon Islands | 21.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 86.9% | rising |
| 84 | Belize | 20.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 84 | Thailand | 20.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 184.0% | rising |
| 86 | Colombia | 20.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 87 | Burkina Faso | 19.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 109.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Tunisia | 18.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 89 | Eswatini | 17.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 125.4% | rising |
| 90 | Pakistan | 17.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 91 | Bahrain | 16.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 92 | French Polynesia | 16.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 403.7% | volatile |
| 93 | New Caledonia | 16.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 94 | Oman | 16.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 95 | Botswana | 15.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.3% | flat |
| 96 | Honduras | 15.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 97 | Vanuatu | 14.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 99 | Grenada | 13.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 233.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Kiribati | 12.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 74.9% | rising |
| 101 | United Arab Emirates | 12.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 102 | Angola | 11.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 103 | Cambodia | 11.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 104 | Mauritania | 10.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 105 | Peru | 10.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 106 | Papua New Guinea | 9.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 107 | Haiti | 9.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 108 | Myanmar | 9.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 109 | Seychelles | 9.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 110 | Bhutan | 9.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Zambia | 8.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 112 | Cyprus | 8.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 113 | Israel | 8.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 114 | Fiji | 8.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Nigeria | 8.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 116 | Kazakhstan | 7.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 117 | Sweden | 7.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 83.5% | falling |
| 118 | Djibouti | 7.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 119 | Nepal | 7.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 97.3% | rising |
| 121 | Lebanon | 7.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 122 | Nauru | 7.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 123 | Comoros | 7.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 291.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Senegal | 7.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 125 | Cameroon | 6.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 126 | Afghanistan | 6.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 127 | Yemen | 6.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 128 | Uganda | 6.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 129 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 130 | Saudi Arabia | 5.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 131 | Morocco | 5.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 132 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 133 | Ethiopia | 5.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 134 | Algeria | 4.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 135 | Guinea | 4.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 136 | Ghana | 4.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 74.5% | rising |
| 136 | Mozambique | 4.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 138 | Kenya | 3.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 139 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 140 | South Africa | 3.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 141 | Lesotho | 3.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 142 | Libya | 3.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 143 | Guyana | 3.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 144 | Egypt | 3.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 145 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Niger | 2.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Bangladesh | 2.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 148 | Rwanda | 2.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 149 | Gabon | 2.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 150 | Liberia | 2.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 151 | Madagascar | 1.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 152 | Gambia | 1.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.6% | falling |
| 153 | Indonesia | 1.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 154 | Suriname | 1.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 155 | Bahamas | 1.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Qatar | 1.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 157 | Mauritius | 1.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 158 | Congo | 1.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 159 | Sri Lanka | 1.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.6% | flat |
| 160 | Maldives | 1.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 207.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Sierra Leone | 1.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 162 | India | 1.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 163 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 164 | Kuwait | 0.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.2% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 123.36 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 60.61 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 102.55 kcal/cap/d
- Viet Nam 44.6 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 85.94 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 35.75 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 85.21 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 30.3 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 75.81 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 28.24 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 70.46 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 23.69 kcal/cap/d
- South America 69.36 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18.4 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 64.55 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia 16.66 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 60.82 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 14.68 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 50.63 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 14.53 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 39.56 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 14.13 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 31.6 kcal/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 11.45 kcal/cap/d
- World 26.07 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 10.41 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 25.42 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6.74 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 21.02 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 6.14 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 20.68 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 5.92 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 17.83 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 5.2 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 14.79 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 14.23 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.72 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 8.3 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.18 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 8.04 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.