Grand Total — Food supply in China
China: Grand Total — Food supply was 3,514 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Grand Total — Food supply in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grand total — food supply in China is 3,514 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in China peaked at 3,514 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,040 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
China ranks 21st of 164 countries on this measure, 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, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,040 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 3,086 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 3,100 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 3,097 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 3,195 kcal/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 3,230 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 3,222 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 3,258 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 3,275 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 3,302 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 3,323 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 3,409 kcal/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 3,461 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 3,514 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,180 kcal/cap/d | 3,040 kcal/cap/d | 3,302 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,427 kcal/cap/d | 3,323 kcal/cap/d | 3,514 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 18 Russian Federation 3,528 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 China, mainland 3,527 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 Luxembourg 3,522 kcal/cap/d compare
- 22 Australia and New Zealand 3,490 kcal/cap/d compare
- 23 France 3,490 kcal/cap/d compare
- 24 Norway 3,476 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grand total — food supply in China?
- Grand total — food supply in China was 3,514 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?
- The highest recorded value was 3,514 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,040 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does China rank for grand total — food supply?
- China ranks 21st out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.