Miscellaneous — Energy 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
Miscellaneous — Energy supply — Value is currently reported for 149 countries. The highest value is 172 kcal/cap/d in Grenada; the lowest is 0 kcal/cap/d in Russian Federation.
The median across all reporting countries is 12 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 24.05 kcal/cap/d.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 2,766.7%), and the largest decrease in United Republic of Tanzania (down 100.0%).
Miscellaneous — Energy supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grenada | 172 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2,766.7% | volatile |
| 1 | Cabo Verde | 54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 92.9% | rising |
| 1 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 2 | Barbados | 150 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 2 | Timor-Leste | 31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 3 | Nauru | 129 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 117 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 105.3% | rising |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 127.3% | rising |
| 5 | Marshall Islands | 109 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 5 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 450.0% | volatile |
| 6 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 108 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 7 | Bahamas | 105 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 8 | New Caledonia | 102 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 3 kcal/cap/d | 2018 | — | rising |
| 9 | Belize | 89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 71.2% | rising |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 10 | China, Macao SAR | 87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 11 | French Polynesia | 82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 11 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 12 | Tonga | 79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 13 | Seychelles | 78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 14 | Montenegro | 77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 70 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 159.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Norway | 68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 72.9% | falling |
| 17 | Iceland | 64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 18 | Cyprus | 58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 19 | Jamaica | 54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 315.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 20 | Tuvalu | 53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 22 | Botswana | 51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 23 | Djibouti | 45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 24 | Maldives | 43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 25 | Finland | 41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 26 | Ireland | 39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 225.0% | rising |
| 27 | Guyana | 37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 184.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Kuwait | 36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 28 | Qatar | 36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 28 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 31 | Saint Lucia | 35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 32 | Georgia | 34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 33 | Suriname | 32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 34 | Australia | 31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 35 | Chile | 30 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Panama | 30 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 37 | Slovenia | 29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 39 | Samoa | 27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 41 | Fiji | 24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 140.0% | rising |
| 41 | Mauritius | 24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 41 | Sweden | 24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 155.6% | rising |
| 44 | Eswatini | 23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Belarus | 22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 46 | Estonia | 22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Cambodia | 22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Nicaragua | 22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 50 | Honduras | 21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 50 | Solomon Islands | 21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 52 | Libya | 20 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 53 | Albania | 19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 53 | Mongolia | 19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 55 | Armenia | 18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 55 | Canada | 18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 55 | Czechia | 18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 55 | El Salvador | 18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 59 | Antigua and Barbuda | 16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 59 | Kiribati | 16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Namibia | 16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 59 | Uruguay | 16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | Vanuatu | 16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 64 | Romania | 15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 65 | Switzerland | 14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 65 | Iraq | 14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 67 | Gabon | 13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 67 | Kazakhstan | 13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 69 | Gambia | 12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Latvia | 12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 71 | France | 11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 71 | Lesotho | 11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 10 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 73 | Comoros | 10 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 76 | Bhutan | 9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 76 | Mauritania | 9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 76 | Philippines | 9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 76 | Paraguay | 9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 82 | Guinea | 8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 82 | Liberia | 8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 84 | Israel | 7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Ghana | 6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Haiti | 6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Lebanon | 6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Oman | 6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Yemen | 6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 92 | Congo | 5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | flat |
| 92 | Ecuador | 5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 92 | Jordan | 5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 96 | Afghanistan | 4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 96 | Burkina Faso | 4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 96 | Cuba | 4 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 96 | Guinea-Bissau | 4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 96 | Rwanda | 4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 96 | Zambia | 4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Algeria | 3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 102 | Niger | 3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 102 | Portugal | 3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Uzbekistan | 3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 106 | Angola | 2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 77.8% | rising |
| 106 | Cameroon | 2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Colombia | 2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Nigeria | 2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 106 | New Zealand | 2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Peru | 2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 81.8% | falling |
| 114 | United Arab Emirates | 1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 114 | China | 1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Ethiopia | 1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Kenya | 1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Madagascar | 1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Mozambique | 1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 114 | Malawi | 1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Nepal | 1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 114 | Uganda | 1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Austria | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Bangladesh | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Dominican Republic | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Greece | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Sri Lanka | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Lithuania | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Morocco | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Mexico | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Myanmar | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Slovakia | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 124 | South Africa | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Russian Federation | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
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.