Fish, shellfish and their products — Energy supply — Value by country

The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics...

Countries reporting
177
Highest
161 kcal/cap/d
Iceland
Lowest
1 kcal/cap/d
Ethiopia
Median
30 kcal/cap/d
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,425

What the numbers show

Fish, shellfish and their products — Energy supply — Value is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 161 kcal/cap/d in Iceland; the lowest is 1 kcal/cap/d in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 30 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 36.64 kcal/cap/d.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 161.

Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 266.7%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 60.0%).

Fish, shellfish and their products — Energy supply — Value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 161 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 5.9% rising
2 Maldives 156 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 52.1% falling
3 Kiribati 146 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 0.7% rising
4 Tuvalu 113 kcal/cap/d 2023 rising
5 Samoa 107 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 16.3% rising
6 Micronesia (Federated States of) 101 kcal/cap/d 2023 flat
7 Antigua and Barbuda 97 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 3.2% flat
8 Barbados 95 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 21.8% rising
9 French Polynesia 93 kcal/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
9 China, Hong Kong SAR 93 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 1.1% flat
11 Republic of Korea 91 kcal/cap/d 2023 unchanged falling
12 Cambodia 90 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 1.1% rising
12 Malaysia 90 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 14.3% falling
14 Myanmar 88 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 15.4% falling
15 Marshall Islands 86 kcal/cap/d 2023 rising
15 Seychelles 86 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 3.4% falling
15 China, Macao SAR 86 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 4.9% flat
18 Norway 84 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 1.2% falling
19 Indonesia 83 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 10.7% rising
20 Portugal 80 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 8.1% rising
21 Viet Nam 71 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 18.3% rising
22 Spain 70 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 11.4% falling
23 Saint Kitts and Nevis 66 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 8.2% flat
24 Solomon Islands 65 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 4.8% flat
24 Thailand 65 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 25.0% rising
26 Tonga 64 kcal/cap/d 2023 flat
26 Vanuatu 64 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 14.7% falling
28 China 63 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 14.5% rising
28 China, mainland 63 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 14.5% rising
30 Latvia 61 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 29.8% rising
30 Lao People's Democratic Republic 61 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 32.6% rising
32 Fiji 58 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 4.9% falling
32 Lithuania 58 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 7.9% falling
32 Malta 58 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 4.9% flat
32 Mauritius 58 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 20.8% rising
36 Finland 57 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 10.9% falling
36 Gabon 57 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 12.3% falling
38 Sierra Leone 56 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 18.8% falling
39 Jamaica 55 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 14.6% rising
39 Sri Lanka 55 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 17.9% falling
39 Philippines 55 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 6.8% falling
42 Bangladesh 54 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 25.6% rising
43 Denmark 52 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 7.1% falling
43 Italy 52 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 20.9% rising
43 Sweden 52 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 5.5% flat
46 France 51 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 2.0% flat
47 Bahamas 50 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 3.8% falling
47 Ghana 50 kcal/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
47 Saint Lucia 50 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 4.2% flat
47 Peru 50 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 16.3% rising
51 Sao Tome and Principe 49 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 7.5% falling
52 Nauru 48 kcal/cap/d 2023 rising
53 China, Taiwan Province of 47 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 9.6% falling
54 Grenada 45 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 19.6% falling
54 Luxembourg 45 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 6.2% flat
54 Oman 45 kcal/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
54 Russian Federation 45 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 4.3% falling
54 Côte d'Ivoire 45 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 87.5% rising
59 Guyana 44 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 2.2% falling
60 Israel 43 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 2.3% rising
60 New Caledonia 43 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 4.4% falling
62 United Arab Emirates 42 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 20.8% falling
63 Costa Rica 41 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 70.8% rising
63 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 41 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 13.9% rising
65 Congo 40 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 7.0% rising
65 New Zealand 40 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 7.0% falling
67 Australia 39 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 7.1% flat
67 Egypt 39 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 5.4% rising
69 Belgium 38 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 2.7% flat
69 Gambia 38 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 13.6% falling
69 Republic of Moldova 38 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 26.7% rising
72 Croatia 36 kcal/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
72 Qatar 36 kcal/cap/d 2023 falling
74 Cameroon 34 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 10.5% falling
74 Comoros 34 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 9.7% flat
74 Ireland 34 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 5.6% flat
74 Trinidad and Tobago 34 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 24.4% falling
78 Morocco 33 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 5.7% rising
78 Suriname 33 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 5.7% flat
80 Bahrain 32 kcal/cap/d 2023 falling
80 Greece 32 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 23.1% rising
80 Uganda 32 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 14.3% rising
80 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 32 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 15.8% falling
80 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 32 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 15.8% falling
85 Canada 31 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 18.4% falling
85 Dominican Republic 31 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 181.8% rising
85 Panama 31 kcal/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
85 Tunisia 31 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 19.2% rising
89 Angola 30 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 34.8% falling
89 Ukraine 30 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 3.4% rising
91 Cyprus 29 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 12.1% falling
92 Libya 28 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 44.0% falling
93 Switzerland 27 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 6.9% flat
94 Austria 26 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 3.7% flat
94 Germany 26 kcal/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
94 Mexico 26 kcal/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
94 Senegal 26 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 49.0% falling
98 Poland 25 kcal/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
99 Kuwait 24 kcal/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
99 Mozambique 24 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 26.3% rising
99 Saudi Arabia 24 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 7.7% rising
99 Zambia 24 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 33.3% rising
103 Guinea 23 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 20.7% flat
103 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 23 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 15.0% rising
103 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 23 kcal/cap/d 2018 up 43.8% rising
106 Belize 22 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 4.8% flat
106 Chile 22 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 10.0% rising
106 Colombia 22 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 46.7% rising
109 Belarus 21 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 27.6% falling
109 Montenegro 21 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 4.5% rising
109 Slovakia 21 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 23.5% rising
109 Uruguay 21 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 75.0% rising
113 Burkina Faso 20 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 42.9% rising
113 Georgia 20 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 17.6% rising
113 Slovenia 20 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 5.3% rising
116 Estonia 19 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 9.5% rising
116 Namibia 19 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 9.5% falling
118 Czechia 18 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 5.9% rising
118 India 18 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 50.0% rising
118 Serbia 18 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 20.0% rising
121 Albania 17 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 21.4% rising
121 Malawi 17 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 13.3% rising
123 North Macedonia 16 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 45.5% rising
123 Romania 16 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 45.5% rising
123 Cabo Verde 16 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 27.3% falling
123 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 16 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 23.8% falling
127 Bulgaria 15 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 7.1% rising
127 Mauritania 15 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 28.6% falling
127 Papua New Guinea 15 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 53.1% falling
127 El Salvador 15 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 15.4% rising
131 Brazil 14 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 12.5% falling
131 Bhutan 14 kcal/cap/d 2023 flat
131 Timor-Leste 14 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 7.7% rising
134 Hungary 13 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 30.0% rising
134 Nigeria 13 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 40.9% falling
134 United Republic of Tanzania 13 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 13.3% flat
137 Argentina 12 kcal/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 20.0% rising
137 Djibouti 12 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 71.4% rising
137 Haiti 12 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 20.0% rising
141 Cuba 11 kcal/cap/d 2019 unchanged rising
141 Ecuador 11 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 31.2% falling
141 Nicaragua 11 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 10.0% flat
141 Paraguay 11 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 10.0% rising
141 Rwanda 11 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 10.0% rising
141 Uzbekistan 11 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 266.7% volatile
147 Armenia 10 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 11.1% rising
148 Honduras 9 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 125.0% rising
148 Jordan 9 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 18.2% falling
148 Lebanon 9 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 47.1% falling
148 Liberia 9 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 25.0% falling
148 Nepal 9 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 80.0% rising
148 Türkiye 9 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 18.2% falling
154 Kazakhstan 8 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 20.0% falling
154 Eswatini 8 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 60.0% rising
156 Guatemala 7 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 40.0% rising
156 Madagascar 7 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 12.5% falling
156 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 22.2% falling
159 Algeria 6 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 25.0% falling
160 Botswana 5 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 37.5% falling
160 Guinea-Bissau 5 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 66.7% rising
160 Iraq 5 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 28.6% falling
160 Kenya 5 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 28.6% falling
160 Turkmenistan 5 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 28.6% falling
160 Zimbabwe 5 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 50.0% falling
166 Azerbaijan 4 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 33.3% falling
166 Lesotho 4 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 33.3% rising
166 Niger 4 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 33.3% falling
166 Yemen 4 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 55.6% falling
166 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 20.0% flat
171 Kyrgyzstan 3 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 40.0% falling
171 Mongolia 3 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 50.0% rising
171 Pakistan 3 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 25.0% falling
174 Tajikistan 2 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 100.0% rising
174 Syrian Arab Republic 2 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 60.0% falling
176 Afghanistan 1 kcal/cap/d 2023 volatile
176 Ethiopia 1 kcal/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Fish, shellfish and their products — Energy supply — Value
Unit
kcal/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
179 places, 2,425 data points, 2010–2023
Last refreshed

The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.