Fish, Liver Oil — 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
Fish, Liver Oil — Food supply (kcal) is currently reported for 44 countries. The highest value is 34,025 million Kcal in France; the lowest is 0.09 million Kcal in Belize.
The median across all reporting countries is 122.33 million Kcal, and the mean is 1,358 million Kcal.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Antigua and Barbuda (up 445.7%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 99.9%).
Fish, Liver Oil — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 34,025 million Kcal | 2023 | up 417.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Indonesia | 3,287 million Kcal | 2023 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Poland | 3,110 million Kcal | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 4 | Portugal | 2,477 million Kcal | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 5 | Italy | 2,025 million Kcal | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 6 | China | 1,924 million Kcal | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 7 | China, mainland | 1,895 million Kcal | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 8 | Malaysia | 1,510 million Kcal | 2023 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Germany | 1,467 million Kcal | 2023 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 10 | Iceland | 1,027 million Kcal | 2023 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 11 | Ireland | 975.98 million Kcal | 2023 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 12 | Australia | 926.66 million Kcal | 2023 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia and New Zealand | 926.66 million Kcal | 2023 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 826.92 million Kcal | 2023 | up 45.8% | flat |
| 15 | Finland | 605.86 million Kcal | 2023 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 540 million Kcal | 2017 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 323.72 million Kcal | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 18 | Thailand | 279.04 million Kcal | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 19 | South Africa | 266.45 million Kcal | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 20 | Uruguay | 185.35 million Kcal | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Trinidad and Tobago | 132.51 million Kcal | 2023 | up 145.4% | rising |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 127.2 million Kcal | 2019 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 23 | North Macedonia | 117.45 million Kcal | 2023 | up 63.1% | falling |
| 24 | Belgium | 104.31 million Kcal | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Argentina | 100.01 million Kcal | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Yemen | 88.81 million Kcal | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62.41 million Kcal | 2023 | down 42.2% | rising |
| 28 | Slovenia | 58.77 million Kcal | 2023 | up 226.5% | rising |
| 29 | Hungary | 53.87 million Kcal | 2023 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Antigua and Barbuda | 49.11 million Kcal | 2023 | up 445.7% | rising |
| 31 | Ecuador | 45 million Kcal | 2016 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Austria | 33.42 million Kcal | 2023 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 33 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 28.84 million Kcal | 2023 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Estonia | 18.45 million Kcal | 2023 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 35 | China, Taiwan Province of | 18 million Kcal | 2018 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 35 | El Salvador | 18 million Kcal | 2016 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 37 | Paraguay | 15.39 million Kcal | 2020 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Cyprus | 15.16 million Kcal | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 38 | Pakistan | 15.16 million Kcal | 2023 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 14.41 million Kcal | 2023 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 41 | Morocco | 5.61 million Kcal | 2023 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Jamaica | 3.66 million Kcal | 2023 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | 1.89 million Kcal | 2020 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Belize | 0.09 million Kcal | 2023 | down 99.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 56,275 million Kcal
- European Union (27) 45,008 million Kcal
- Western Europe 35,629 million Kcal
- South-Eastern Asia 5,076 million Kcal
- Southern Europe 4,780 million Kcal
- Türkiye 7.61 million Kcal
- Eastern Europe 3,163 million Kcal
- Northern Europe 2,627 million Kcal
- Eastern Asia 1,924 million Kcal
- Americas 1,298 million Kcal
- Oceania 926.66 million Kcal
- Central America 827.01 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.