Grand Total — Food supply in China, mainland
China, mainland: Grand Total — Food supply was 3,527 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Grand Total — Food supply in China, mainland, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 3,527 kcal/cap/d for grand total — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in China, mainland peaked at 3,527 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,041 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
That places China, mainland 19th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Grand Total — Food supply in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,041 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 3,088 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 3,103 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 3,100 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 3,200 kcal/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 3,236 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 3,227 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 3,264 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 3,280 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 3,308 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 3,330 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 3,418 kcal/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 3,472 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 3,527 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,185 kcal/cap/d | 3,041 kcal/cap/d | 3,308 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,437 kcal/cap/d | 3,330 kcal/cap/d | 3,527 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 16 Hungary 3,549 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Melanesia 2,269 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Germany 3,535 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Syrian Arab Republic 2,259 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Côte d'Ivoire 2,938 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Russian Federation 3,528 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,015 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Cabo Verde 2,794 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,981 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Luxembourg 3,522 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 China 3,514 kcal/cap/d compare
- 22 Australia and New Zealand 3,490 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for China, mainland
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 0.8659 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.0059 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 0.6859 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -3.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -6.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -5.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate -2.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.5899 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grand total — food supply in China, mainland?
- Grand total — food supply in China, mainland was 3,527 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 3,527 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,041 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does China, mainland rank for grand total — food supply?
- China, mainland ranks 19th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.