Milk and milk products — Potassium 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 — Potassium supply — Value is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 1,096 mg/cap/d in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 9 mg/cap/d in Mozambique.
The median across all reporting countries is 301 mg/cap/d, and the mean is 357.51 mg/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 122.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 270.2%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 59.1%).
Milk and milk products — Potassium supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 1,096 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 2 | Estonia | 1,074 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 3 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,038 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus | 1,016 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 120.9% | rising |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 995 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 6 | Albania | 973 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 7 | Denmark | 950 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 8 | Belgium | 941 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 907 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 270.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Pakistan | 878 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 11 | Ireland | 875 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 858 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 13 | Finland | 846 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 14 | Italy | 801 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 163.5% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 795 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 16 | Romania | 780 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 775 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.0% | flat |
| 18 | Montenegro | 773 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 19 | Mongolia | 752 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 20 | Cyprus | 736 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 697 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 689 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 685 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 24 | Sweden | 681 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 25 | Uruguay | 672 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 26 | Georgia | 659 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 27 | Lithuania | 645 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 28 | Brazil | 644 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 29 | Algeria | 634 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 30 | Armenia | 606 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 31 | Serbia | 599 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 32 | Iceland | 592 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 33 | Portugal | 571 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 34 | Australia | 565 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 35 | Switzerland | 556 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 36 | Norway | 543 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 36 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 543 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 38 | Croatia | 525 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 38 | Oman | 525 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 521 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 41 | India | 517 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 42 | Ukraine | 515 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 43 | Greece | 508 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 44 | Mauritania | 501 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 45 | Tunisia | 497 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 46 | Spain | 491 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 483 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 48 | Mauritius | 466 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 49 | Slovenia | 457 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 50 | Canada | 454 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 51 | Malta | 451 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 443 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 53 | Guyana | 440 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 54 | Jamaica | 438 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 55 | Colombia | 432 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 56 | Israel | 431 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 57 | Kenya | 422 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 418 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 59 | Argentina | 408 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 60 | Mexico | 404 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 61 | Czechia | 401 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 61 | Hungary | 401 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 63 | Tajikistan | 399 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 396 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 65 | Latvia | 391 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.2% | flat |
| 66 | Bahrain | 389 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 67 | France | 384 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 68 | Maldives | 381 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 69 | Libya | 372 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 69 | Nauru | 372 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 71 | El Salvador | 355 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 72 | Cuba | 352 mg/cap/d | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 73 | Nicaragua | 338 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 74 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 334 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | flat |
| 75 | Jordan | 327 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.3% | flat |
| 76 | Slovak Republic | 317 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 77 | Austria | 313 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 77 | Qatar | 313 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 79 | Bangladesh | 311 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 180.2% | rising |
| 80 | Ecuador | 308 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 81 | Grenada | 302 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 301 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 83 | Lesotho | 298 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 297 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 85 | Kuwait | 288 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 86 | Peru | 283 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 87 | Nepal | 276 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 88 | Djibouti | 264 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 89 | New Caledonia | 258 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 90 | Honduras | 250 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 91 | Chile | 247 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 92 | Paraguay | 244 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 93 | Antigua and Barbuda | 240 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 94 | French Polynesia | 238 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 95 | Lebanon | 230 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 96 | Seychelles | 229 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 95.7% | rising |
| 97 | Fiji | 226 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 121.6% | rising |
| 98 | Afghanistan | 216 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 98 | Bahamas | 216 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 100 | Namibia | 215 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 101 | Uganda | 214 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 102 | Niger | 209 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 103 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 198 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 104 | Trinidad and Tobago | 195 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 105 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 194 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 105 | China, Taiwan Province of | 194 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 107 | Panama | 191 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.7% | flat |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | 187 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 109 | Morocco | 186 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 110 | New Zealand | 178 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 111 | Samoa | 175 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 112 | South Africa | 173 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 113 | Barbados | 170 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 114 | Gambia | 165 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 114 | Eswatini | 165 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 116 | Suriname | 158 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 117 | Tonga | 156 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 118 | Belize | 155 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 119 | Bhutan | 147 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 119 | Marshall Islands | 147 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 121 | China (People's Republic of) | 140 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 122 | China, mainland | 139 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 123 | Guatemala | 138 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 124 | Ethiopia | 137 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 125 | Saint Lucia | 132 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 125 | Yemen | 132 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 127 | Thailand | 126 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 128 | Botswana | 125 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 129 | Egypt | 124 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 130 | Gabon | 120 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 131 | Tuvalu | 115 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 132 | Iraq | 114 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 132 | Malaysia | 114 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 134 | China, Macao SAR | 112 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 135 | Zimbabwe | 106 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 136 | Burkina Faso | 93 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 90 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 137 | Republic of Korea | 90 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 139 | Rwanda | 79 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 140 | Kiribati | 76 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 74 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 142 | Philippines | 73 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 143 | Senegal | 71 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 68 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 145 | Guinea | 63 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 146 | Comoros | 60 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 147 | Indonesia | 59 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 148 | Madagascar | 57 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 149 | Cameroon | 52 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 149 | Malawi | 52 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 225.0% | rising |
| 151 | Myanmar | 42 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 39 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 36 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 154 | Cambodia | 30 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 155 | Ghana | 29 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 156 | Haiti | 28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 157 | Angola | 27 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Congo | 24 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 159 | Nigeria | 20 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 159 | Zambia | 20 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 161 | Liberia | 13 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 162 | Papua New Guinea | 10 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 163 | Mozambique | 9 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 59.1% | 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 499 mg/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.