Infant food — 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
Infant food — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 3.01 kg/cap in China, Macao SAR; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Australia and New Zealand.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.205 kg/cap, and the mean is 0.3495 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritania (up 1,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 100.0%).
Infant food — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, Macao SAR | 3.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Suriname | 2.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 275.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Malaysia | 2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 4 | French Polynesia | 1.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 1.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 59.2% | flat |
| 6 | New Caledonia | 1.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 1.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 7 | Türkiye | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 8 | Greece | 1.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 9 | Gabon | 1.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 10 | Libya | 1.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 11 | Grenada | 0.97 kg/cap | 2023 | up 340.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Mauritius | 0.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 13 | Nicaragua | 0.94 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 0.91 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 15 | Cyprus | 0.78 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 15 | Guyana | 0.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 17 | Finland | 0.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 18 | Kuwait | 0.75 kg/cap | 2023 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 19 | Panama | 0.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 20 | Djibouti | 0.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 97.2% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 0.69 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 23 | Iraq | 0.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 364.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Jamaica | 0.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 25 | Canada | 0.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 26 | Seychelles | 0.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 27 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.6 kg/cap | 2023 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 28 | Qatar | 0.58 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 29 | Bahrain | 0.54 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 30 | Algeria | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 30 | Lebanon | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 32 | Belize | 0.51 kg/cap | 2023 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 32 | Honduras | 0.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Namibia | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 34 | El Salvador | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 36 | Gambia | 0.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 327.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Latvia | 0.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 38 | Barbados | 0.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 38 | Israel | 0.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 975.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Montenegro | 0.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 40 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 42 | Botswana | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 135.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Oman | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 42 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 73.0% | falling |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 0.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 45 | Slovakia | 0.38 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 48 | Jordan | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Norway | 0.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 49 | Samoa | 0.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Iceland | 0.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 52 | Guatemala | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 52 | Malta | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 56 | Cambodia | 0.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Congo | 0.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 57 | Georgia | 0.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 57 | Sweden | 0.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.8% | falling |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 0.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 60 | Bahamas | 0.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 86.8% | falling |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 62 | Liberia | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 62 | Lithuania | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Comoros | 0.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Czechia | 0.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 66 | Kiribati | 0.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 257.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 0.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 70 | Cameroon | 0.23 kg/cap | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 71 | Armenia | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 71 | Ecuador | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 71 | Sierra Leone | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 175.0% | rising |
| 71 | Tajikistan | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 75 | Yemen | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Albania | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Senegal | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 171.4% | rising |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 78 | Mauritania | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,700.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Naoero | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 78 | Eswatini | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Uruguay | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 83 | China | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 83 | Guinea | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Morocco | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 83 | Peru | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 83 | Slovenia | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Colombia | 0.15 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 88 | Maldives | 0.15 kg/cap | 2023 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 88 | Romania | 0.15 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 88 | China, mainland | 0.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 92 | Mozambique | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 366.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Mongolia | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 93 | Tunisia | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 95 | Lesotho | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 96 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 98 | Paraguay | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 98 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 100 | Haiti | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 100 | Hungary | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 100 | Ukraine | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 100 | Russian Federation | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 104 | Angola | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Bhutan | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 104 | Egypt | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 104 | Kenya | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 108 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Saint Lucia | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Papua New Guinea | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 110 | Tonga | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Zambia | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 115 | Afghanistan | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 115 | Myanmar | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 117 | Austria | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Burkina Faso | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Marshall Islands | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 120 | Bangladesh | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 120 | Madagascar | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Nigeria | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Nepal | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 120 | Zimbabwe | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Cuba | 0.02 kg/cap | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Malawi | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 125 | Niger | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Pakistan | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 125 | Vanuatu | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Ethiopia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Fiji | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Philippines | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Turkmenistan | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Uganda | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Australia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Belarus | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Brazil | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Estonia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Ghana | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Indonesia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Portugal | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Rwanda | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Solomon Islands | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Serbia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Thailand | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | South Africa | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Australia and New Zealand | 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.
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.55 kg/cap
- Cabo Verde 1.32 kg/cap
- Polynesia 0.93 kg/cap
- Caribbean 0.51 kg/cap
- Western Asia 0.46 kg/cap
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.43 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 0.38 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.29 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 0.29 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 0.35 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.27 kg/cap
- Central Asia 0.26 kg/cap
- South America 0.22 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 0.19 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 0.15 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 0.17 kg/cap
- Europe 0.17 kg/cap
- Côte d'Ivoire 0.17 kg/cap
- Micronesia 0.12 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.11 kg/cap
- Asia 0.1 kg/cap
- Americas 0.16 kg/cap
- Melanesia 0.08 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 0.08 kg/cap
- Central America 0.14 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 0.14 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 0.14 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.05 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.12 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.02 kg/cap
- World 0.11 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 0.1 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 0 kg/cap
- Africa 0.08 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.08 kg/cap
- Northern America 0.07 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.07 kg/cap
- Western Africa 0.06 kg/cap
- Oceania 0.04 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.