Miscellaneous — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) 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
Miscellaneous — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 172.35 kcal/cap/d in Grenada; the lowest is 0 kcal/cap/d in Russian Federation.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.23 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 23.83 kcal/cap/d.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 2,601.4%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Miscellaneous — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grenada | 172.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2,601.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Barbados | 150.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 3 | Naoero | 128.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 116.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 103.2% | rising |
| 5 | Marshall Islands | 109.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 6 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 108.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 7 | Bahamas | 104.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 8 | New Caledonia | 102.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 9 | Belize | 89.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 10 | China, Macao SAR | 87.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 11 | French Polynesia | 82.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 12 | Tonga | 78.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 13 | Seychelles | 77.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 14 | Montenegro | 76.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 69.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 157.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Norway | 67.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 73.1% | falling |
| 17 | Iceland | 63.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 18 | Cyprus | 58.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 19 | Jamaica | 53.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 300.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 21 | Tuvalu | 52.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 22 | Botswana | 50.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 23 | Djibouti | 44.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 127.4% | rising |
| 24 | Maldives | 43.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 25 | Finland | 41.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 26 | Ireland | 38.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 229.3% | rising |
| 27 | Guyana | 36.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 176.7% | volatile |
| 28 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 36.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 29 | Qatar | 36.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 30 | Kuwait | 36.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 31 | Saint Lucia | 34.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 32 | Georgia | 33.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 33 | Suriname | 32.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 34 | Australia | 30.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 35 | Chile | 30.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 118.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Panama | 29.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 37 | Slovenia | 28.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 27.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 39 | Samoa | 27.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 41 | Australia and New Zealand | 26.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 42 | Fiji | 24.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 144.7% | rising |
| 43 | Sweden | 24.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 44 | Mauritius | 23.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 45 | Eswatini | 23.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 46 | North Macedonia | 23.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 157.0% | rising |
| 47 | Cambodia | 22.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 869.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Belarus | 21.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 48 | Estonia | 21.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 21.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 51 | Honduras | 21.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 52 | Solomon Islands | 20.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 53 | Libya | 19.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 54 | Albania | 19.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 55 | Mongolia | 18.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 56 | El Salvador | 18.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 57 | Armenia | 18.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 90.1% | rising |
| 58 | Canada | 17.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 59 | Czechia | 17.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 165.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Antigua and Barbuda | 16.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 61 | Kiribati | 16.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 113.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Namibia | 16.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 63 | Vanuatu | 16.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 64 | Uruguay | 16.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 65 | Romania | 15.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 66 | Iraq | 14.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 67 | Switzerland | 13.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Gabon | 13.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 12.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 70 | Latvia | 11.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 71 | Gambia | 11.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,481.3% | volatile |
| 72 | France | 11.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 73 | Lesotho | 10.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 10.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 76 | Comoros | 9.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.7% | falling |
| 78 | Bhutan | 9.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 79 | Paraguay | 8.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 80 | Philippines | 8.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 161.4% | rising |
| 81 | Mauritania | 8.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 8.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 83 | Liberia | 8.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 84 | Guinea | 8.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 85 | Israel | 7.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 131.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 7.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 244.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Papua New Guinea | 6.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 88 | Yemen | 6.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 89 | Lebanon | 6.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 97.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Ghana | 5.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 144.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Haiti | 5.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 204.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Oman | 5.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Zimbabwe | 5.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 94 | Ecuador | 5.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 95 | Congo | 5.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.7% | flat |
| 96 | Jordan | 4.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 97 | Cuba | 4.44 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | up 124.2% | rising |
| 98 | Burkina Faso | 4.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 99 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 100 | Rwanda | 3.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 126.6% | rising |
| 101 | Afghanistan | 3.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 102 | Zambia | 3.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 92.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Algeria | 3.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 104 | Niger | 3.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 105 | Portugal | 3.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Uzbekistan | 2.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 2.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 73.4% | rising |
| 108 | Cameroon | 2.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 109 | New Zealand | 2.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 2.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 93.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Peru | 2.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 112 | Nigeria | 2.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 85.6% | rising |
| 113 | Colombia | 1.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 114 | Angola | 1.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 70.8% | falling |
| 115 | Uganda | 1.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 116 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 117 | China, mainland | 1.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 113.6% | rising |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 1.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Mozambique | 1.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Madagascar | 1.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 121 | Kenya | 0.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 122 | Ethiopia | 0.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 132.4% | rising |
| 123 | Malawi | 0.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 124 | China (People’s Republic of) | 0.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 125 | Nepal | 0.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.3% | flat |
| 126 | Bangladesh | 0.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 142.1% | rising |
| 127 | Dominican Republic | 0.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Myanmar | 0.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Austria | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Bahrain | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Egypt | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Greece | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Hungary | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Lithuania | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Morocco | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Mexico | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Pakistan | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Serbia | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Slovakia | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | South Africa | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Russian Federation | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Cabo Verde 53.5 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 33.74 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 22.56 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 10.26 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 9.07 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 6.62 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 4.88 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 4.58 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 4.05 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 3.63 kcal/cap/d
- Western Africa 3.39 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 3.3 kcal/cap/d
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.