Honey — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) 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
Honey — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 156 countries. The highest value is 5.57 kg/cap in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Zambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.265 kg/cap, and the mean is 0.4299 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 5,470.0%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 100.0%).
Honey — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 5.57 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5,470.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Croatia | 2.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 266.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Greece | 2.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 4 | Albania | 1.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 5 | Lithuania | 1.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 160.9% | rising |
| 6 | Serbia | 1.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 128.8% | rising |
| 7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 8 | North Macedonia | 1.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 197.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Austria | 1.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 9 | Switzerland | 1.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 11 | Slovenia | 1.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 12 | Ireland | 1.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 12 | Romania | 1.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 90.2% | rising |
| 14 | Montenegro | 1.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 15 | Portugal | 1.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 17 | Germany | 0.95 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 17 | Estonia | 0.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 19 | Latvia | 0.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 20 | Belgium | 0.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 21 | Cyprus | 0.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 22 | Finland | 0.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 23 | Barbados | 0.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 105.3% | rising |
| 24 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 25 | Samoa | 0.75 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 26 | Slovakia | 0.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 26 | Sweden | 0.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 26 | Seychelles | 0.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 491.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Czechia | 0.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 30 | Armenia | 0.67 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 30 | Bahamas | 0.67 kg/cap | 2023 | up 103.0% | rising |
| 32 | France | 0.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 33 | Poland | 0.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 0.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 33 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 0.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 152.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 0.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 44.2% | falling |
| 37 | Israel | 0.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 39 | Angola | 0.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 39 | New Caledonia | 0.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 41 | Spain | 0.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 42 | Qatar | 0.57 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 42 | Republic of Korea | 0.57 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 44 | Australia | 0.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 45 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 0.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2,450.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Denmark | 0.51 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 46 | Uruguay | 0.51 kg/cap | 2023 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Tuvalu | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 50 | Fiji | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 88.5% | rising |
| 50 | Luxembourg | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 50 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 53 | Maldives | 0.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 54 | Georgia | 0.46 kg/cap | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 54 | Italy | 0.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 54 | Norway | 0.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 57 | Tajikistan | 0.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 58 | French Polynesia | 0.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 58 | Russian Federation | 0.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 60 | Iceland | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 60 | Rwanda | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 62 | Malta | 0.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 63 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 63 | Azerbaijan | 0.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 63 | New Zealand | 0.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 76.8% | flat |
| 66 | Oman | 0.37 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 66 | Uzbekistan | 0.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 105.6% | rising |
| 66 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.37 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 70 | Tunisia | 0.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 71 | Chile | 0.34 kg/cap | 2023 | up 142.9% | rising |
| 72 | Kuwait | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 72 | Libya | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 74 | Kenya | 0.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 75 | Mexico | 0.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 0.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 76 | Paraguay | 0.28 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 78 | Bahrain | 0.27 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 79 | Mauritius | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 80 | Jamaica | 0.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 81 | Morocco | 0.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 82 | Belarus | 0.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 82 | Lebanon | 0.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 84 | El Salvador | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2,000.0% | volatile |
| 85 | China | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 85 | Senegal | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 85 | China, mainland | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 89 | Cuba | 0.18 kg/cap | 2019 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 90 | Guatemala | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 91 | Cameroon | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 91 | Marshall Islands | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 93 | Nepal | 0.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 94 | Belize | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 94 | Colombia | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 116.7% | rising |
| 96 | Algeria | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 96 | Madagascar | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Brazil | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 57.1% | falling |
| 99 | Guyana | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Turkmenistan | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Bhutan | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 104 | Botswana | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Tonga | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 107 | Jordan | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 107 | Malaysia | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 107 | Panama | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Mongolia | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Namibia | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 110 | South Africa | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 114 | Djibouti | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Guinea | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 114 | Suriname | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 114 | Yemen | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 114 | China, Macao SAR | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 119 | Grenada | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Dominican Republic | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 120 | Ecuador | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 120 | Hungary | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Myanmar | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Peru | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 120 | Thailand | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 126 | Afghanistan | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 126 | Honduras | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Mauritania | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Ukraine | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Gabon | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Haiti | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 131 | Iraq | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 131 | Lesotho | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Mozambique | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Papua New Guinea | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 131 | Eswatini | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Burkina Faso | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Congo | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 138 | Egypt | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Gambia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Indonesia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 138 | Philippines | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 138 | Vanuatu | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Argentina | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Comoros | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | India | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Cambodia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Kiribati | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Saint Lucia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Sri Lanka | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Naoero | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Pakistan | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Uganda | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Zambia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Türkiye 1.14 kg/cap
- Western Europe 0.85 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 0.84 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.83 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 0.78 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 0.78 kg/cap
- Polynesia 0.48 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.44 kg/cap
- Northern America 0.76 kg/cap
- Timor-Leste 0.41 kg/cap
- United States of America 0.73 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 0.34 kg/cap
- Europe 0.68 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 0.22 kg/cap
- Western Asia 0.53 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.2 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 0.44 kg/cap
- Asia 0.13 kg/cap
- Oceania 0.39 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.11 kg/cap
- Americas 0.37 kg/cap
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.1 kg/cap
- Central Asia 0.31 kg/cap
- Melanesia 0.06 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.06 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 0.29 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.26 kg/cap
- Micronesia 0.02 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.02 kg/cap
- Central America 0.25 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.23 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 0 kg/cap
- World 0.22 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 0.22 kg/cap
- Africa 0.18 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.15 kg/cap
- Western Africa 0.12 kg/cap
- South America 0.1 kg/cap
- Caribbean 0.09 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 0.09 kg/cap
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.