Miscellaneous — Phosphorus 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 — Phosphorus supply — Value is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 548 mg/cap/d in Grenada; the lowest is 0 mg/cap/d in Russian Federation.
The median across all reporting countries is 36 mg/cap/d, and the mean is 75.58 mg/cap/d.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 2,640.0%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Miscellaneous — Phosphorus supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grenada | 548 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2,640.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Cabo Verde | 170 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 88.9% | rising |
| 1 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 133 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 2 | Barbados | 478 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 2 | Timor-Leste | 98 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.5% | flat |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 3 | Nauru | 409 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 92 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 371 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 102.7% | rising |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 81 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 131.4% | rising |
| 5 | Marshall Islands | 347 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 5 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 34 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 385.7% | volatile |
| 6 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 345 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 78.8% | rising |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 17 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 7 | Bahamas | 333 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 13 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 8 | New Caledonia | 326 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 10 mg/cap/d | 2018 | — | rising |
| 9 | Belize | 284 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 10 | China, Macao SAR | 278 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 11 | French Polynesia | 261 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 11 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 12 | Tonga | 251 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 13 | Seychelles | 248 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 14 | Montenegro | 245 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 120.7% | rising |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 222 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 158.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Norway | 215 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 73.1% | falling |
| 17 | Iceland | 202 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 18 | Cyprus | 185 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 19 | Jamaica | 170 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 295.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 170 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 21 | Tuvalu | 168 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 22 | Botswana | 162 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 23 | Djibouti | 143 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 127.0% | rising |
| 24 | Maldives | 138 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 25 | Finland | 131 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 26 | Ireland | 123 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 232.4% | rising |
| 27 | Guyana | 118 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 181.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Qatar | 116 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 28 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 116 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 30 | Kuwait | 115 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 31 | Saint Lucia | 111 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 32 | Georgia | 107 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 72.6% | rising |
| 33 | Suriname | 103 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 34 | Australia | 98 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 35 | Chile | 96 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 118.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Panama | 95 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 37 | Slovenia | 92 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 88 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 39 | Samoa | 87 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 86 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 41 | Fiji | 78 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 143.8% | rising |
| 42 | Sweden | 77 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 43 | Mauritius | 75 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 43 | Eswatini | 75 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 73 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 151.7% | rising |
| 46 | Cambodia | 71 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 914.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Belarus | 69 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 47 | Estonia | 69 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Nicaragua | 69 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 50 | Honduras | 68 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 51 | Solomon Islands | 66 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 52 | Libya | 63 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 53 | Albania | 62 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 54 | Mongolia | 60 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 55 | Armenia | 58 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 93.3% | rising |
| 55 | El Salvador | 58 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 57 | Canada | 57 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 57 | Czechia | 57 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 216.7% | rising |
| 59 | Antigua and Barbuda | 52 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 60 | Kiribati | 51 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Namibia | 51 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 60 | Uruguay | 51 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Vanuatu | 51 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 64 | Romania | 48 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 65 | Iraq | 45 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 66 | Switzerland | 43 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 67 | Gabon | 42 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 68 | Kazakhstan | 41 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 69 | Gambia | 38 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,800.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Latvia | 38 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 71 | France | 36 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 72 | Lesotho | 34 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 33 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 73 | Sao Tome and Principe | 33 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 75 | Comoros | 30 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Kyrgyzstan | 30 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.9% | falling |
| 77 | Bhutan | 29 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 78 | Mauritania | 28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 78 | Philippines | 28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 154.5% | rising |
| 78 | Paraguay | 28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 81 | Liberia | 27 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 81 | Tajikistan | 27 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 83 | Guinea | 26 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 84 | Israel | 23 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 130.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 23 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 228.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Papua New Guinea | 21 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 87 | Lebanon | 20 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Yemen | 20 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 89 | Ghana | 19 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 137.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Haiti | 18 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Oman | 18 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Congo | 17 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.7% | flat |
| 92 | Ecuador | 17 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 17 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 95 | Jordan | 15 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 96 | Cuba | 14 mg/cap/d | 2019 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 97 | Burkina Faso | 13 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 98 | Afghanistan | 12 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 98 | Guinea-Bissau | 12 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.5% | rising |
| 98 | Rwanda | 12 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 140.0% | rising |
| 101 | Zambia | 11 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Algeria | 10 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 102 | Niger | 10 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 102 | Portugal | 10 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Uzbekistan | 9 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 8 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 73.3% | rising |
| 106 | Cameroon | 8 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 106 | New Zealand | 8 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Nigeria | 7 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 109 | Peru | 7 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 109 | Turkmenistan | 7 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 79.4% | falling |
| 112 | Angola | 5 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 112 | Colombia | 5 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 112 | Uganda | 5 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 115 | United Arab Emirates | 4 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Madagascar | 4 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Mozambique | 4 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 115 | China, Taiwan Province of | 4 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Ethiopia | 3 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 119 | Kenya | 3 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 121 | China | 2 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 121 | Malawi | 2 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 121 | Nepal | 2 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.0% | rising |
| 124 | Bangladesh | 1 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 124 | Dominican Republic | 1 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Myanmar | 1 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Austria | 0 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Egypt | 0 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Greece | 0 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Hungary | 0 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Sri Lanka | 0 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Lithuania | 0 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Morocco | 0 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Mexico | 0 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Slovakia | 0 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 127 | South Africa | 0 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Russian Federation | 0 mg/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.