Grand Total — 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
Grand Total — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 3,921 kcal/cap/d in Belgium; the lowest is 1,811 kcal/cap/d in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,016 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 3,010 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 22.0%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 19.9%).
Grand Total — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 3,921 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 3,892 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 2 | Ireland | 3,921 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | 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 |
| 5 | Israel | 3,754 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 6 | Italy | 3,753 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 7 | Denmark | 3,734 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 8 | Poland | 3,730 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 9 | Iceland | 3,681 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 10 | Montenegro | 3,669 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 3,660 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 12 | Romania | 3,649 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 3,590 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 14 | Australia | 3,562 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 15 | Portugal | 3,553 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 16 | Hungary | 3,549 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 17 | Germany | 3,535 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 3,528 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 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 | China | 3,514 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 22 | Australia and New Zealand | 3,490 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 23 | France | 3,490 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 24 | Norway | 3,476 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 25 | North Macedonia | 3,476 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | 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 3.1% | 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% | flat |
| 32 | Brazil | 3,423 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 33 | Bahrain | 3,423 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 34 | Malta | 3,407 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 35 | Switzerland | 3,402 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 36 | Belarus | 3,396 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 37 | Algeria | 3,396 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 38 | Cuba | 3,385 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 39 | Czechia | 3,384 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 40 | Greece | 3,382 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 41 | Spain | 3,377 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 42 | Sweden | 3,367 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 43 | Argentina | 3,360 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 44 | Morocco | 3,354 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 45 | Lithuania | 3,348 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 46 | Finland | 3,346 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 47 | Latvia | 3,342 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 3,339 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 49 | Uruguay | 3,323 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 50 | Marshall Islands | 3,322 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 51 | Guyana | 3,318 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 3,313 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 53 | Mexico | 3,305 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 54 | Tuvalu | 3,301 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 3,297 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 56 | Estonia | 3,287 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 57 | Mauritius | 3,256 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 58 | Qatar | 3,251 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 59 | Albania | 3,238 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 60 | Slovenia | 3,200 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 3,136 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 62 | Kuwait | 3,136 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 63 | Armenia | 3,129 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 64 | Colombia | 3,126 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 65 | Kiribati | 3,126 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 3,125 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 67 | Ghana | 3,125 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 68 | New Zealand | 3,122 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 69 | Barbados | 3,118 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 70 | Samoa | 3,117 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 71 | Bhutan | 3,107 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 72 | Panama | 3,105 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 73 | Egypt | 3,094 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 74 | Nauru | 3,087 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 75 | Paraguay | 3,067 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 3,061 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 77 | Tonga | 3,059 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 78 | Chile | 3,057 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 79 | French Polynesia | 3,045 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 80 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3,043 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 81 | Mongolia | 3,031 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 82 | New Caledonia | 3,016 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 83 | Georgia | 3,000 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 3,000 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 85 | Philippines | 2,983 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 86 | Oman | 2,981 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 87 | Slovakia | 2,980 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 88 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2,958 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 89 | Guinea | 2,948 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 90 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,946 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 91 | Fiji | 2,938 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 92 | China, Macao SAR | 2,929 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 93 | Malaysia | 2,927 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 94 | Nepal | 2,920 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritania | 2,909 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 96 | Vanuatu | 2,909 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 97 | Cameroon | 2,901 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 98 | Indonesia | 2,900 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 99 | El Salvador | 2,896 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 100 | Jamaica | 2,892 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 101 | Seychelles | 2,889 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 102 | Cyprus | 2,876 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 103 | Libya | 2,867 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 104 | Thailand | 2,855 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 105 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,854 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 106 | Senegal | 2,848 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 107 | Belize | 2,832 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 108 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2,828 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 109 | Lebanon | 2,828 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 110 | Grenada | 2,827 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 111 | Guatemala | 2,823 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 112 | Turkmenistan | 2,814 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 113 | Peru | 2,811 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 114 | Myanmar | 2,809 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 115 | Burkina Faso | 2,791 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 116 | Ukraine | 2,786 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 117 | Iraq | 2,764 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 118 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,763 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 119 | Nicaragua | 2,760 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 120 | Djibouti | 2,721 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 121 | Botswana | 2,714 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 122 | Tajikistan | 2,712 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 123 | South Africa | 2,694 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 124 | Gabon | 2,686 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 2,675 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 126 | Bahamas | 2,672 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 127 | Maldives | 2,671 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 128 | India | 2,668 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 129 | Saint Lucia | 2,654 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 130 | Niger | 2,654 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 131 | Cambodia | 2,643 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 132 | Honduras | 2,628 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 133 | Ecuador | 2,621 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 134 | Malawi | 2,618 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 135 | Bangladesh | 2,588 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 136 | Namibia | 2,581 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 137 | Eswatini | 2,574 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,560 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 139 | Ethiopia | 2,558 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 140 | Jordan | 2,556 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,544 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 142 | Suriname | 2,539 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 143 | Pakistan | 2,514 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 144 | Nigeria | 2,470 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 145 | Sierra Leone | 2,437 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 146 | Rwanda | 2,405 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 147 | Gambia | 2,402 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 148 | Angola | 2,399 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | 2,393 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 150 | Comoros | 2,390 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 151 | Uganda | 2,378 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 152 | Afghanistan | 2,315 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 153 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,279 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 154 | Congo | 2,187 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 155 | Mozambique | 2,186 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 2,177 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 157 | Zambia | 2,170 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 2,166 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 159 | Kenya | 2,146 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 160 | Liberia | 2,135 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 161 | Madagascar | 1,978 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 162 | Haiti | 1,959 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 163 | Lesotho | 1,873 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 164 | Yemen | 1,811 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
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 3,911 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,188 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 3,562 kcal/cap/d
- Viet Nam 3,086 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 3,546 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 3,077 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 3,540 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 2,991 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 3,490 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 2,991 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 3,460 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia 2,912 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 3,438 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,875 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 3,429 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2,800 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 3,418 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,633 kcal/cap/d
- South America 3,205 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 2,578 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 3,169 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 2,518 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 3,137 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2,419 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 3,091 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,374 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 3,088 kcal/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 2,277 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 3,023 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 2,269 kcal/cap/d
- World 3,016 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 2,259 kcal/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 2,938 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 2,230 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 2,926 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,015 kcal/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 2,794 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,981 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 2,662 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.