Milk - Excluding Butter — 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
Milk - Excluding Butter — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 496.49 kg/cap in Denmark; the lowest is 3.3 kg/cap in Liberia.
The median across all reporting countries is 110.83 kg/cap, and the mean is 122.09 kg/cap.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 150.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 245.8%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 65.4%).
Milk - Excluding Butter — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 496.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 186.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 2 | Montenegro | 443.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 3 | Estonia | 339.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 4 | Ireland | 324.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 310.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 6 | Lithuania | 292.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 149.8% | rising |
| 7 | Albania | 290.98 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 8 | Switzerland | 289.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 9 | Turkmenistan | 278.57 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 275.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 11 | Malta | 272.83 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 12 | Latvia | 259.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 13 | France | 258.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 14 | Finland | 257.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 15 | Greece | 257.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 257.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 17 | Oman | 255.69 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 18 | El Salvador | 250.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 19 | Portugal | 239.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 20 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 236.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 21 | Romania | 233.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 22 | Italy | 232.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 23 | Australia | 227.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 24 | Germany | 226.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 25 | Uruguay | 223.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 26 | Sweden | 220.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 27 | Slovakia | 218.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 28 | Austria | 216.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 213.87 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 30 | Armenia | 210.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 31 | Poland | 206.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 32 | Belgium | 204.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 33 | Iceland | 202.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 34 | Slovenia | 200.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 35 | Australia and New Zealand | 200.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 198.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 37 | Bahrain | 194.06 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 193.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 39 | Spain | 191.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 191.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia | 189.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 42 | Hungary | 189 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 43 | Georgia | 188.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 44 | Mongolia | 186.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 85.8% | rising |
| 45 | Canada | 185.9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 46 | Croatia | 184.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 47 | Norway | 184.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 48 | Bulgaria | 179.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 49 | Argentina | 178.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 50 | Israel | 175.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 51 | Czechia | 173.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 172.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 53 | Belarus | 170.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 153.9% | rising |
| 54 | Cyprus | 168.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.6% | flat |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 165.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 56 | Brazil | 163.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 57 | North Macedonia | 156.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 58 | Mauritius | 154.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 59 | Grenada | 149.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 93.7% | rising |
| 60 | Ukraine | 148.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 61 | Algeria | 145.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 62 | Libya | 141.74 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 63 | Kuwait | 141.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.8% | flat |
| 64 | French Polynesia | 138.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 65 | Nicaragua | 135 kg/cap | 2023 | up 110.8% | rising |
| 66 | Maldives | 132.9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 67 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 131.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 68 | Bahamas | 130.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 69 | Pakistan | 129.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 70 | New Caledonia | 129.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 71 | Guyana | 129.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 72 | Mexico | 121.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 73 | Mauritania | 117.97 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 74 | Antigua and Barbuda | 117.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 75 | Colombia | 116.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 76 | Ecuador | 115.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 77 | Tunisia | 114.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 113.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 84.4% | rising |
| 79 | Lebanon | 111.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 80 | Barbados | 111.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 81 | Tajikistan | 111.57 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 110.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 83 | Jamaica | 107.23 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 84 | Cuba | 106.16 kg/cap | 2019 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 85 | Chile | 105.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 86 | Jordan | 103.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 87 | Seychelles | 101.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 88 | Qatar | 99.79 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 89 | Belize | 99.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 90 | Peru | 89.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 91 | Botswana | 89.37 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 92 | Kenya | 87.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 93 | India | 87.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 94 | Lesotho | 83.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 95 | Nauru | 83.3 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 96 | Guatemala | 82.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 97 | Saudi Arabia | 80.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 98 | Bangladesh | 76.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 245.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Saint Lucia | 69.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 100 | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 101 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 67.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 102 | Honduras | 65.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 103 | Bhutan | 63.52 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 104 | New Zealand | 61.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 105 | Djibouti | 61.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 106 | Paraguay | 59.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 107 | Fiji | 58.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 106.1% | rising |
| 108 | China, Taiwan Province of | 57.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 109 | Namibia | 57.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 110 | Eswatini | 54.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 111 | Uganda | 53.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 112 | Iraq | 53.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 148.9% | rising |
| 113 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 101.2% | rising |
| 114 | South Africa | 52.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 115 | Tonga | 52.11 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 116 | Marshall Islands | 50.7 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 117 | Samoa | 49.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 118 | Egypt | 48.44 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 119 | Suriname | 47.73 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 120 | Malaysia | 44.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 43.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 122 | Nepal | 42.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 123 | Gambia | 42.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 124 | China, Macao SAR | 41.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 125 | Afghanistan | 37.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 126 | Panama | 36.35 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 127 | Niger | 36.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 128 | Morocco | 35.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 129 | China | 35.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 130 | China, mainland | 34.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 131 | Yemen | 32.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 132 | Thailand | 31.93 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 133 | Gabon | 31.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 134 | Ethiopia | 30.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 135 | Republic of Korea | 28.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 136 | Zimbabwe | 27.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 26.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 138 | Tuvalu | 25.96 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 139 | Philippines | 23.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 140 | Burkina Faso | 20.93 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19.73 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 142 | Senegal | 18.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 143 | Comoros | 17.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 16.98 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 145 | Madagascar | 15.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 146 | Indonesia | 14.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 147 | Guinea | 14.9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 148 | Rwanda | 13.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 149 | Cameroon | 12.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 150 | Malawi | 10.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 177.2% | rising |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 9.92 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 152 | Cambodia | 9.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 134.4% | rising |
| 153 | Myanmar | 8.82 kg/cap | 2023 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 154 | Sierra Leone | 8.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 155 | Zambia | 8.1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 156 | Angola | 7.82 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 157 | Kiribati | 7.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 158 | Haiti | 6.95 kg/cap | 2023 | down 65.4% | falling |
| 159 | Congo | 6.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 160 | Papua New Guinea | 6.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 161 | Ghana | 5.9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 162 | Mozambique | 4.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 163 | Nigeria | 4.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 164 | Liberia | 3.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Europe 255.17 kg/cap
- Western Europe 246.02 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 124.63 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 232.83 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 120.27 kg/cap
- Central Asia 228.22 kg/cap
- Polynesia 90.38 kg/cap
- United States of America 226.3 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 73.46 kg/cap
- Northern America 222.16 kg/cap
- Asia 64.4 kg/cap
- Europe 221.08 kg/cap
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 52.48 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 218.13 kg/cap
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 48.59 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 192.32 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 40.25 kg/cap
- Americas 164.23 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 39.06 kg/cap
- Oceania 144.9 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 37.38 kg/cap
- South America 141.34 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 36.15 kg/cap
- Central America 119 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 31.45 kg/cap
- Western Asia 117.38 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 26.5 kg/cap
- Cabo Verde 100.19 kg/cap
- Micronesia 17.24 kg/cap
- World 87.28 kg/cap
- Melanesia 13.65 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 86.73 kg/cap
- Timor-Leste 12.59 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 74.64 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 10.65 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 67.7 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 10.15 kg/cap
- Caribbean 61.77 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3.5 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 59.04 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.