Lemons, Limes and products — 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
Lemons, Limes and products — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 80.08 kg/cap in Bahamas; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.86 kg/cap, and the mean is 3.22 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 22,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 100.0%).
Lemons, Limes and products — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahamas | 80.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 16.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 388.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Tonga | 19.67 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 3 | Mexico | 17.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 4 | Argentina | 12.97 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 5 | Lebanon | 12.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 6 | Maldives | 11.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 275.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Chile | 10.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 8 | Uruguay | 9.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 158.8% | rising |
| 9 | Guyana | 9.69 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,158.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Italy | 8.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 8.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 245.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Jamaica | 8.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 13 | Bahrain | 7.72 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 14 | Spain | 7.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 105.3% | rising |
| 15 | Barbados | 7.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 136.9% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 16 | Greece | 7.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 6.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 18 | Mauritius | 6.92 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,016.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Cabo Verde | 1.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 6.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 290.6% | rising |
| 20 | Israel | 6.51 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 21 | Montenegro | 6.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 22 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.9% | flat |
| 23 | Guatemala | 6.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 24 | Iraq | 5.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 191.3% | rising |
| 25 | Oman | 5.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 26 | Peru | 5.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 27 | Brazil | 4.83 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 28 | Belgium | 4.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 145.1% | rising |
| 29 | Albania | 4.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 177.0% | rising |
| 30 | Tunisia | 4.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 31 | Croatia | 4.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 32 | Namibia | 4.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 68.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 4.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 34 | North Macedonia | 4.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 86.7% | rising |
| 35 | Qatar | 4.05 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 36 | Djibouti | 3.92 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 37 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 38 | Canada | 3.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 39 | Grenada | 3.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Austria | 3.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 41 | Libya | 3.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 42 | Serbia | 3.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 90.5% | rising |
| 43 | Portugal | 3.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 43 | Romania | 3.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 89.4% | rising |
| 45 | Poland | 3.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 46 | Slovakia | 3.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 47 | Denmark | 3.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 48 | Slovenia | 3.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,500.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Zimbabwe | 3.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 239.8% | volatile |
| 50 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 3.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 51 | Sweden | 3.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 52 | El Salvador | 2.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 117.5% | rising |
| 53 | Czechia | 2.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 54 | Panama | 2.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4,750.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Vanuatu | 2.91 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | New Caledonia | 2.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Jordan | 2.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 2.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 58 | Malta | 2.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 82.7% | rising |
| 60 | United Arab Emirates | 2.63 kg/cap | 2023 | down 46.0% | rising |
| 60 | Luxembourg | 2.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 2.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 398.0% | rising |
| 63 | Cyprus | 2.46 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 64 | Kuwait | 2.45 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 65 | Germany | 2.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 66 | Lithuania | 2.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 67 | China, Macao SAR | 2.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 68 | France | 2.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 69 | Honduras | 2.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 206.8% | rising |
| 70 | Fiji | 2.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22,000.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Nepal | 2.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 95.5% | rising |
| 72 | India | 2.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 73 | Latvia | 2.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 74 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 75 | Iceland | 2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 76 | Australia | 1.97 kg/cap | 2023 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 76 | Switzerland | 1.97 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 78 | Estonia | 1.92 kg/cap | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 78 | Norway | 1.92 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 80 | French Polynesia | 1.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2,022.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Algeria | 1.9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 81 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 83 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 84 | Russian Federation | 1.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 85 | Ireland | 1.74 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 87 | Yemen | 1.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 146.4% | rising |
| 88 | Paraguay | 1.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 89 | Armenia | 1.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 409.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Malaysia | 1.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 168.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Saint Lucia | 1.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 1.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 92.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Thailand | 1.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 94 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 95 | China | 1.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 96 | China, mainland | 1.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 97 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 82.6% | falling |
| 98 | Hungary | 1.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 99 | Ecuador | 1.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 99 | Ghana | 1.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 101 | Egypt | 1.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 102 | Ukraine | 1.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 103 | Finland | 1.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 104 | Seychelles | 1.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 95.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Malawi | 1.1 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Belarus | 1.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 106 | New Zealand | 1.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 108 | Kenya | 1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 88.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Georgia | 0.88 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.6% | flat |
| 109 | Naoero | 0.88 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 111 | Marshall Islands | 0.83 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 112 | Congo | 0.78 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 113 | Morocco | 0.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 153.3% | rising |
| 114 | South Africa | 0.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 287.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Sri Lanka | 0.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 124.0% | rising |
| 116 | Bangladesh | 0.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 117 | Belize | 0.46 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Senegal | 0.45 kg/cap | 2023 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Rwanda | 0.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 120 | Republic of Korea | 0.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 122 | Cuba | 0.39 kg/cap | 2019 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 123 | Pakistan | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 123 | Uzbekistan | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Kazakhstan | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 126 | Suriname | 0.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Botswana | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 75.7% | falling |
| 129 | Haiti | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Cambodia | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 129 | Philippines | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Mozambique | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 132 | Mauritania | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Madagascar | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 135 | Nicaragua | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Comoros | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Lesotho | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 138 | Mongolia | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Papua New Guinea | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Afghanistan | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 140 | Angola | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Gabon | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 140 | Indonesia | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Myanmar | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 145 | Burkina Faso | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Ethiopia | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 145 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 145 | Tuvalu | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Zambia | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Sierra Leone | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Eswatini | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Turkmenistan | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Cameroon | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Guinea | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Gambia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Kiribati | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Liberia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Niger | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Nigeria | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Samoa | 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.
- United States of America 16.88 kg/cap
- Northern America 15.54 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 6.34 kg/cap
- Central America 13.47 kg/cap
- Polynesia 4.24 kg/cap
- Americas 10.74 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.82 kg/cap
- Western Asia 7.69 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.92 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 6.97 kg/cap
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 2.84 kg/cap
- South America 6 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 1.99 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 4.15 kg/cap
- Asia 1.74 kg/cap
- Caribbean 3.58 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.4 kg/cap
- Europe 3.26 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.77 kg/cap
- World 2.85 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.63 kg/cap
- Western Europe 2.7 kg/cap
- Melanesia 0.33 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 2.62 kg/cap
- Micronesia 0.14 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.14 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 2.18 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 2.11 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 0.09 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 1.8 kg/cap
- Oceania 1.42 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 1.26 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.87 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.85 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 0.72 kg/cap
- Africa 0.71 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.51 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 0.36 kg/cap
- Central Asia 0.3 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.