Infant food — Fat supply quantity (g/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
Infant food — Fat supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 1.04 g/cap/d in China, Macao SAR; the lowest is 0 g/cap/d in Australia and New Zealand.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.08 g/cap/d, and the mean is 0.1267 g/cap/d.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 1,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 100.0%).
Infant food — Fat supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, Macao SAR | 1.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Suriname | 0.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 273.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Malaysia | 0.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 4 | French Polynesia | 0.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 0.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.3% | flat |
| 6 | New Caledonia | 0.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 8 | Greece | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 9 | Gabon | 0.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 10 | Libya | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 11 | Grenada | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 325.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Mauritius | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 13 | Nicaragua | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 15 | Cyprus | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 15 | Guyana | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 17 | Finland | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 17 | Kuwait | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 19 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 19 | Djibouti | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 108.3% | rising |
| 19 | Panama | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 22 | Italy | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 23 | Canada | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 23 | Iraq | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Jamaica | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 26 | Seychelles | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 26 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 28 | Qatar | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 29 | Bahrain | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 30 | Belize | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 30 | Algeria | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 30 | Lebanon | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 33 | Honduras | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 33 | Namibia | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 750.0% | volatile |
| 33 | El Salvador | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 36 | Gambia | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Latvia | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 38 | Barbados | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 67.4% | falling |
| 38 | Israel | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,400.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Botswana | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Montenegro | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 40 | Oman | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 40 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 40 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 72.5% | falling |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 45 | Slovakia | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 48 | Jordan | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 49 | Guatemala | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 49 | Iceland | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 49 | North Macedonia | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 49 | Malta | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 49 | Norway | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 49 | Samoa | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Congo | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 56 | Georgia | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 56 | Cambodia | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Sweden | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.9% | falling |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 60 | Bahamas | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 87.3% | falling |
| 60 | Comoros | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Czechia | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 60 | Kiribati | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Liberia | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 60 | Lithuania | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Armenia | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 69 | Cameroon | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 69 | Ecuador | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 69 | Sierra Leone | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 74 | Albania | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Senegal | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 74 | Yemen | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 78 | Mauritania | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Naoero | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 78 | Peru | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 78 | Eswatini | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Uruguay | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 84 | China | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 84 | Colombia | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 84 | Guinea | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Morocco | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 84 | Maldives | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 84 | Mozambique | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Romania | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 84 | Slovenia | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Tunisia | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 84 | China, mainland | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 94 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 94 | Lesotho | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Mongolia | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 94 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 98 | Angola | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Bhutan | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 98 | Egypt | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 98 | Haiti | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 98 | Hungary | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 98 | Kenya | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Paraguay | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 98 | Ukraine | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 98 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Russian Federation | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 108 | Afghanistan | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 108 | Austria | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Saint Lucia | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Myanmar | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 108 | Papua New Guinea | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 108 | Tonga | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Zambia | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 118 | Burkina Faso | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 118 | Bangladesh | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 118 | Cuba | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 118 | Ethiopia | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 118 | Madagascar | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Marshall Islands | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Malawi | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 118 | Niger | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Nigeria | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Nepal | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 118 | Pakistan | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 118 | Zimbabwe | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Australia | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Brazil | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Estonia | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Ghana | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Indonesia | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Philippines | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Rwanda | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Solomon Islands | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Serbia | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Thailand | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Turkmenistan | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Australia and New Zealand | 0 g/cap/d | 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.
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.88 g/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 0.46 g/cap/d
- Polynesia 0.32 g/cap/d
- Caribbean 0.18 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 0.16 g/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.15 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 0.13 g/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.1 g/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 0.1 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 0.12 g/cap/d
- Central Asia 0.09 g/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.09 g/cap/d
- South America 0.08 g/cap/d
- Türkiye 0.07 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 0.06 g/cap/d
- Europe 0.06 g/cap/d
- Americas 0.06 g/cap/d
- Northern Africa 0.06 g/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 0.06 g/cap/d
- Viet Nam 0.05 g/cap/d
- Asia 0.04 g/cap/d
- Micronesia 0.04 g/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.04 g/cap/d
- Melanesia 0.03 g/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.03 g/cap/d
- Central America 0.05 g/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 0.05 g/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 0.05 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.02 g/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 0.01 g/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.01 g/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.01 g/cap/d
- World 0.04 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.04 g/cap/d
- Africa 0.03 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 0.03 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.03 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.03 g/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 g/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 0 g/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.