Fats, Animals, Raw — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) 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 quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 14.99 kg/cap in Slovakia; the lowest is 0.04 kg/cap in Kuwait.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.11 kg/cap, and the mean is 2.04 kg/cap.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 375.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 1,852.9%), and the largest decrease in Sweden (down 84.6%).
Fats, Animals, Raw — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovakia | 14.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 2 | Austria | 12.6 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 3 | Hungary | 12.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 4 | Czechia | 10.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 122.0% | rising |
| 5 | Croatia | 9.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 6 | Belgium | 7.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.1% | flat |
| 7 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 7.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 92.3% | rising |
| 8 | Poland | 7.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 9 | Latvia | 6.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 10 | Ireland | 6.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 11 | Canada | 6.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 12 | Portugal | 5.53 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 13 | Germany | 5.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 14 | Romania | 5.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 15 | France | 5.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 16 | Argentina | 5.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 111.8% | rising |
| 17 | Slovenia | 4.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.9% | flat |
| 18 | Armenia | 4.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 18 | Brazil | 4.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 4.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 20 | New Zealand | 4.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 22 | Ecuador | 4.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 23 | Denmark | 4.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 24 | Paraguay | 4.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 25 | China, Macao SAR | 4.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 137.4% | rising |
| 26 | Switzerland | 4.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 3.99 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 28 | Saint Lucia | 3.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 29 | Italy | 3.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 3.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 31 | Panama | 3.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 32 | Uruguay | 3.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 33 | Mongolia | 3.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 34 | Lithuania | 3.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 35 | Georgia | 3.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 71.5% | rising |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 3.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 37 | Azerbaijan | 3.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,852.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Estonia | 3.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 543.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Belarus | 2.91 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 40 | Barbados | 2.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 40 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 42 | Guatemala | 2.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 285.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Malta | 2.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 42 | Norway | 2.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 45 | Philippines | 2.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 46 | Cuba | 2.44 kg/cap | 2019 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 47 | Samoa | 2.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 94.2% | rising |
| 48 | Malaysia | 2.23 kg/cap | 2023 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 49 | Albania | 2.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 50 | Chile | 2.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 51 | Jamaica | 2.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 52 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 53 | Marshall Islands | 2.04 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 54 | Mexico | 1.98 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 55 | Republic of Korea | 1.97 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 56 | El Salvador | 1.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 57 | Tonga | 1.91 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 58 | Tuvalu | 1.88 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 59 | Finland | 1.87 kg/cap | 2023 | up 107.8% | rising |
| 60 | Serbia | 1.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 304.3% | rising |
| 61 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.79 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.6% | flat |
| 63 | Jordan | 1.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 1.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 65 | Spain | 1.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 65 | Zimbabwe | 1.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Ukraine | 1.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 68 | Uzbekistan | 1.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 69 | Namibia | 1.59 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 70 | Iraq | 1.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 680.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Tajikistan | 1.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 72 | Montenegro | 1.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 113.9% | rising |
| 73 | Iceland | 1.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 74 | Luxembourg | 1.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 75 | Greece | 1.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 288.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 1.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 77 | China | 1.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 78 | Australia | 1.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 79 | China, mainland | 1.32 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 1.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 81 | Malawi | 1.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 160.0% | rising |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 1.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Thailand | 1.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 182.1% | rising |
| 84 | Belize | 1.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 84 | Colombia | 1.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 86 | Burkina Faso | 1.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 87 | New Caledonia | 1.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 88 | Solomon Islands | 0.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 89 | Eswatini | 0.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 127.9% | rising |
| 90 | Pakistan | 0.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.3% | flat |
| 91 | United Arab Emirates | 0.93 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 91 | Bahrain | 0.93 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 93 | Botswana | 0.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.4% | flat |
| 93 | French Polynesia | 0.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 388.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Oman | 0.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 96 | Tunisia | 0.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 97 | Vanuatu | 0.79 kg/cap | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 98 | Grenada | 0.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 234.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.73 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 100 | Honduras | 0.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 101 | Cyprus | 0.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 88.9% | rising |
| 102 | Kiribati | 0.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Angola | 0.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 104 | Cambodia | 0.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 105 | Mauritania | 0.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 106 | Peru | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 106 | Papua New Guinea | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 106 | Seychelles | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 109 | Israel | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 109 | Myanmar | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 111 | Bhutan | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Haiti | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 96.0% | rising |
| 111 | Zambia | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 115 | Kazakhstan | 0.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 116 | Fiji | 0.45 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Nigeria | 0.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 118 | Djibouti | 0.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 118 | Lebanon | 0.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 120 | Naoero | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 121 | Comoros | 0.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 290.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Nepal | 0.39 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 123 | Senegal | 0.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 124 | Sweden | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 84.6% | falling |
| 125 | Cameroon | 0.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 126 | Afghanistan | 0.34 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 126 | Uganda | 0.34 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 126 | Yemen | 0.34 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 129 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 130 | Saudi Arabia | 0.32 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 131 | Morocco | 0.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 131 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 133 | Algeria | 0.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 133 | Ethiopia | 0.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.7% | falling |
| 135 | Guinea | 0.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 136 | Mozambique | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 137 | South Africa | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 139 | Lesotho | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 140 | Guyana | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 140 | Kenya | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 142 | Libya | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 143 | Egypt | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 143 | Ghana | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.4% | flat |
| 143 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Bangladesh | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 146 | Niger | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 146 | Rwanda | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 149 | Gabon | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 150 | Liberia | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 151 | Gambia | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.9% | falling |
| 151 | Madagascar | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 153 | Indonesia | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 153 | Suriname | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 155 | Bahamas | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Mauritius | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Congo | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 157 | Sri Lanka | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 157 | Qatar | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 160 | India | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 160 | Maldives | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 164 | Kuwait | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 5.94 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.42 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 5.35 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 2.42 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 4.59 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 1.95 kg/cap
- Europe 4.33 kg/cap
- Polynesia 1.59 kg/cap
- Northern America 3.93 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.55 kg/cap
- United States of America 3.68 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 1.26 kg/cap
- South America 3.53 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.02 kg/cap
- Americas 3.32 kg/cap
- Micronesia 0.89 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 3.07 kg/cap
- Asia 0.77 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.77 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 2.4 kg/cap
- Central America 2.05 kg/cap
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.76 kg/cap
- Oceania 1.46 kg/cap
- Timor-Leste 0.63 kg/cap
- World 1.35 kg/cap
- Melanesia 0.56 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 1.31 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.37 kg/cap
- Central Asia 1.26 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.33 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 1.13 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 0.32 kg/cap
- Caribbean 0.91 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.29 kg/cap
- Western Asia 0.82 kg/cap
- Türkiye 0.08 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.8 kg/cap
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.04 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.45 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.01 kg/cap
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.