Meat — Food supply in Iceland
Iceland: Meat — Food supply was 69,054 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Food supply in Iceland, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 69,054 million Kcal for meat — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — food supply in Iceland peaked at 69,054 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 53,828 million Kcal, in 2010.
Iceland ranks 163rd of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Meat — Food supply in Iceland, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 53,828 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 54,113 million Kcal | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 53,951 million Kcal | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 56,335 million Kcal | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 57,998 million Kcal | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 58,913 million Kcal | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 60,166 million Kcal | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 64,580 million Kcal | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 63,852 million Kcal | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 65,632 million Kcal | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 64,281 million Kcal | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 62,801 million Kcal | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 65,568 million Kcal | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 69,054 million Kcal | +5.3% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 69,054 million Kcal is below the median for high income countries, which is 638,541 million Kcal, 11% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 69,054 million Kcal is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 940,168 million Kcal, 7% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 58,937 million Kcal | 53,828 million Kcal | 65,632 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,426 million Kcal | 62,801 million Kcal | 69,054 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0365 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 3,593 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8983 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat — food supply in Iceland?
- Meat — food supply in Iceland was 69,054 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — food supply recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 69,054 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat — food supply recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 53,828 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Iceland rank for meat — food supply?
- Iceland ranks 163rd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — food supply rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.