Grand Total — Food supply in Belgium
Belgium: Grand Total — Food supply was 3,921 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Grand Total — Food supply in Belgium, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 3,921 kcal/cap/d for grand total — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Belgium peaked at 3,921 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,698 kcal/cap/d, in 2012.
Belgium ranks 1st of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Grand Total — Food supply in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,707 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 3,705 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 3,698 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 3,718 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 3,795 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 3,808 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 3,776 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 3,795 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 3,808 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 3,855 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 3,866 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 3,912 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 3,918 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 3,921 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,766 kcal/cap/d | 3,698 kcal/cap/d | 3,855 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,904 kcal/cap/d | 3,866 kcal/cap/d | 3,921 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grand total — food supply in Belgium?
- Grand total — food supply in Belgium was 3,921 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grand total — food supply recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 3,921 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,698 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- How does Belgium rank for grand total — food supply?
- Belgium ranks 1st out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grand Total — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.