Milk and milk products — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value by country
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics...
What the numbers show
Milk and milk products — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 50 g/cap/d in Ireland; the lowest is 0.4 g/cap/d in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.6 g/cap/d, and the mean is 13.43 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 125.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 260.4%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 74.7%).
Milk and milk products — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 50 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 2 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 43.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 3 | Belarus | 42.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.9% | rising |
| 4 | Estonia | 37.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 5 | Belgium | 37.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 77.5% | rising |
| 5 | Denmark | 37.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 5 | Turkmenistan | 37.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 33.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 33.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 10 | Poland | 32.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 260.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Finland | 32.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 12 | Albania | 32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 13 | Germany | 31.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 14 | Montenegro | 31.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 15 | Pakistan | 30.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 29.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.6% | flat |
| 17 | Italy | 27.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 179.8% | rising |
| 18 | Sweden | 27.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 19 | Romania | 26.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 20 | Maldives | 25.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 21 | Cyprus | 25.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 22 | Portugal | 25.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 23 | Mongolia | 25.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 24 | Serbia | 25.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 24.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 23.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 27 | Georgia | 23.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 23.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 29 | Brazil | 22.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 30 | Lithuania | 22.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 31 | Uruguay | 22.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 32 | Spain | 21.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 33 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 21.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 34 | Armenia | 20.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 20.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 36 | Grenada | 20.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 37 | Algeria | 19.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 38 | Iceland | 19.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 39 | Australia | 19.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 41 | Switzerland | 18.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 41 | Oman | 18.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.0% | flat |
| 43 | Croatia | 18.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 44 | Norway | 18.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 45 | Malta | 17.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 46 | India | 17.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 47 | Ukraine | 17.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 48 | France | 17.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 48 | Mauritania | 17.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 50 | Tunisia | 17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 51 | Slovenia | 16.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 52 | Jordan | 16.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 96.4% | rising |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 16.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 53 | Greece | 16.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 55 | Czechia | 16.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 56 | Latvia | 15.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.6% | falling |
| 57 | Hungary | 15.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 57 | North Macedonia | 15.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 59 | Guyana | 15.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 60 | Nauru | 15 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 61 | Bahrain | 14.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 61 | Canada | 14.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 61 | Mauritius | 14.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 14.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 65 | Austria | 14.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 66 | Colombia | 14.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Israel | 14.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 68 | Mexico | 13.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 68 | Malaysia | 13.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 70 | Tajikistan | 13.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 71 | Libya | 13.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 72 | Argentina | 13.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 13.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 74 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 75 | Slovakia | 12.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 76 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 76 | Chile | 12.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 12.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 79 | Kenya | 12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 80 | Jamaica | 11.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 81 | Cuba | 11.7 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 82 | El Salvador | 11.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 83 | New Caledonia | 11.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 84 | Nicaragua | 11.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 85 | Bahamas | 10.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 86 | Qatar | 10.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 86 | Seychelles | 10.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 123.4% | rising |
| 88 | Ecuador | 10.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 88 | Lesotho | 10.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 90 | Bangladesh | 10.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 251.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Nepal | 9.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 91 | Peru | 9.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 93 | Honduras | 8.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 93 | Kuwait | 8.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 95 | Barbados | 8.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 96 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 74.7% | falling |
| 96 | French Polynesia | 8.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 98 | Paraguay | 8.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 100 | Marshall Islands | 8.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 100 | Namibia | 8.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 102 | Belize | 7.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 102 | Djibouti | 7.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 104 | Gambia | 7.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 7.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 105 | Uganda | 7.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 105 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 7.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 108 | Afghanistan | 7.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 108 | Lebanon | 7.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 110 | Fiji | 7.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 102.9% | rising |
| 110 | Tonga | 7.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 112 | Panama | 6.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.7% | flat |
| 113 | Eswatini | 6.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 113 | China, Taiwan Province of | 6.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 115 | Gabon | 6.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 115 | Tuvalu | 6.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 117 | Niger | 6.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 118 | Samoa | 6.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 119 | Botswana | 6.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 119 | Morocco | 6.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 121 | South Africa | 6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 122 | Vanuatu | 5.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.1% | flat |
| 123 | New Zealand | 5.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 124 | Suriname | 5.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 125 | China, Macao SAR | 5.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 126 | Saint Lucia | 5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 127 | Bhutan | 4.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 127 | China | 4.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 127 | Guatemala | 4.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 127 | China, mainland | 4.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 131 | Ethiopia | 4.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 132 | Iraq | 4.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 82.6% | rising |
| 132 | Yemen | 4.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 134 | Thailand | 4.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 135 | Egypt | 4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 136 | Kiribati | 3.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Zimbabwe | 3.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 138 | Burkina Faso | 3.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 138 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 140 | Republic of Korea | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 141 | Philippines | 2.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 142 | Rwanda | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 142 | Senegal | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 144 | Comoros | 2.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.3% | rising |
| 145 | Guinea | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 146 | Madagascar | 2.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 148 | Indonesia | 1.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 149 | Cameroon | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 150 | Cambodia | 1.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 150 | Myanmar | 1.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 150 | Malawi | 1.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.3% | flat |
| 154 | Sierra Leone | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 155 | Ghana | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 156 | Angola | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 156 | Haiti | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 158 | Congo | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 159 | Zambia | 0.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 160 | Nigeria | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 161 | Liberia | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 161 | Mozambique | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
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 18.8 g/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 13.4 g/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 1 g/cap/d
About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.