Lemons, Limes and products — Food supply (kcal/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
Lemons, Limes and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 25.59 kcal/cap/d in Bahamas; the lowest is 0 kcal/cap/d in Sierra Leone.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.53 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 2.37 kcal/cap/d.
Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 5,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 99.3%).
Lemons, Limes and products — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahamas | 25.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 14.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 388.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Tonga | 16.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 2 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Mexico | 13.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 4.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 4 | Lebanon | 13.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 4 | Polynesia | 3.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 491.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Argentina | 10.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 5 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 6 | Chile | 8.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 7 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 84.2% | rising |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 1.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 8 | Guyana | 8.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,153.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Uruguay | 7.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 155.1% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Spain | 6.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 137.6% | rising |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.1% | falling |
| 11 | Colombia | 6.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 243.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Jamaica | 6.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 12 | Melanesia | 0.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 566.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Italy | 6.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 13 | Micronesia | 0.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Maldives | 5.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 99.7% | rising |
| 14 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 5.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 16 | Bahrain | 5.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 5.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 285.1% | rising |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | Israel | 5.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 18 | Cabo Verde | 1.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 18 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Peru | 5.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 20 | Montenegro | 5.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 21 | Guatemala | 4.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 22 | Greece | 4.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 23 | Oman | 4.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 24 | Iraq | 4.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 192.1% | rising |
| 25 | Jordan | 4.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 26 | Barbados | 4.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 27 | Brazil | 4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 3.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 216.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Croatia | 3.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Belgium | 3.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 136.7% | rising |
| 31 | Albania | 3.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 176.3% | rising |
| 32 | Tunisia | 3.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 33 | Austria | 3.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 34 | Qatar | 3.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 35 | North Macedonia | 3.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 87.2% | rising |
| 36 | Djibouti | 3.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 37 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 38 | Mauritius | 3.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 39 | New Caledonia | 3.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 279.8% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia | 3.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 42 | Sweden | 2.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 43 | Canada | 2.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 44 | Poland | 2.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 2.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 233.7% | volatile |
| 46 | El Salvador | 2.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 134.4% | rising |
| 47 | Portugal | 2.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 48 | Libya | 2.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 49 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 50 | Slovenia | 2.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,363.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Romania | 2.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 52 | Slovakia | 2.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 53 | Denmark | 2.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 53 | Luxembourg | 2.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 55 | Czechia | 2.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 55 | Vanuatu | 2.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Panama | 2.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4,720.0% | volatile |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 2.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.0% | rising |
| 59 | Grenada | 2.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 2.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.9% | rising |
| 60 | Iceland | 2.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 62 | Malta | 2.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.6% | rising |
| 63 | Kuwait | 2.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 64 | China, Macao SAR | 2.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 65 | Australia | 2.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 2.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 390.5% | rising |
| 67 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 68 | Switzerland | 2.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 69 | Cyprus | 2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 70 | Germany | 1.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 70 | Lithuania | 1.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 72 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 73 | France | 1.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 73 | Norway | 1.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 75 | India | 1.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 76 | Honduras | 1.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 208.2% | rising |
| 77 | Nepal | 1.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 97.8% | rising |
| 78 | Latvia | 1.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 79 | Estonia | 1.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 80 | Thailand | 1.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 81 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 81 | French Polynesia | 1.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3,850.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Russian Federation | 1.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 84 | Algeria | 1.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 85 | Yemen | 1.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 160.3% | rising |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 87 | Armenia | 1.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Paraguay | 1.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 89 | Malaysia | 1.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 90 | Hungary | 1.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 90 | Saint Lucia | 1.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 92 | Namibia | 1.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 92 | China, mainland | 1.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 94 | China | 1.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 95 | Ireland | 1.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 96 | Finland | 1.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 97 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 82.7% | falling |
| 98 | Ecuador | 1.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 99 | Ukraine | 1.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 100 | Egypt | 1.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 101 | Marshall Islands | 0.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 101 | New Zealand | 0.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 103 | Malawi | 0.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Belarus | 0.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 105 | Kenya | 0.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 88.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Georgia | 0.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.6% | flat |
| 107 | Congo | 0.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 108 | Ghana | 0.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 108 | Morocco | 0.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 160.9% | rising |
| 110 | Naoero | 0.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 111 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 112 | Seychelles | 0.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 113 | Fiji | 0.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5,200.0% | volatile |
| 114 | South Africa | 0.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Sri Lanka | 0.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 119.0% | rising |
| 116 | Bangladesh | 0.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 117 | Senegal | 0.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Belize | 0.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Rwanda | 0.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 312.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Cuba | 0.32 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | down 22.0% | flat |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | 0.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,400.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Pakistan | 0.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 124 | Kazakhstan | 0.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 124 | Suriname | 0.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Republic of Korea | 0.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 127 | Botswana | 0.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Cambodia | 0.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 129 | Lesotho | 0.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Haiti | 0.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Mauritania | 0.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Tajikistan | 0.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 75.9% | falling |
| 133 | Philippines | 0.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Mozambique | 0.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 135 | Madagascar | 0.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 136 | Nicaragua | 0.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Comoros | 0.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Mongolia | 0.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Papua New Guinea | 0.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Afghanistan | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Gabon | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 140 | Indonesia | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Myanmar | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 144 | Angola | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Ethiopia | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 146 | Burkina Faso | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 146 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 146 | Eswatini | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Turkmenistan | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Tuvalu | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Samoa | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Zambia | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Cameroon | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Guinea | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Gambia | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Kiribati | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Liberia | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Niger | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Nigeria | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central America 10.86 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 7.5 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 7.02 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 6.78 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 6.68 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 5.84 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.97 kcal/cap/d
- South America 4.99 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 3.47 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 1.55 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 2.77 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 2.52 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 2.27 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.53 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 2.15 kcal/cap/d
- World 2.14 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 2.04 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 1.77 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.08 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 1.62 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 1.48 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 1.1 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.75 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.72 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 0.58 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 0.52 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.44 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 0.3 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 0.29 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 0.25 kcal/cap/d
- Western Africa 0.16 kcal/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.