Oats — 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
Oats — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 55.46 kcal/cap/d in Belarus; the lowest is 0 kcal/cap/d in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.78 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 6.03 kcal/cap/d.
Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 18,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 100.0%).
Oats — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 55.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 2 | Mongolia | 43.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 211.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Denmark | 40.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 4 | Germany | 37.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 202.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Norway | 37.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 31.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 225.4% | volatile |
| 7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 30.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 8 | New Zealand | 26.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 9 | Estonia | 23.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 10 | Iceland | 22.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 11 | Cyprus | 21.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 562.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Ireland | 21.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 18.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 14 | Ecuador | 17.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 15 | Nicaragua | 16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 182.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Austria | 15.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 17 | Saint Lucia | 14.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 18 | North Macedonia | 13.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 19 | Peru | 13.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9,300.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Barbados | 12.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 130.6% | rising |
| 20 | Jamaica | 12.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 12.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 23 | Finland | 11.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 24 | Portugal | 10.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 25 | Slovakia | 10.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 26 | Georgia | 10.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 27 | Guatemala | 10.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Israel | 9.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 29 | Poland | 9.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 30 | Serbia | 9.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 9.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 32 | China, Taiwan Province of | 9.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 33 | Colombia | 9.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,136.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Canada | 9.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Panama | 9.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 36 | Armenia | 8.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 116.1% | rising |
| 37 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 8.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 38 | Switzerland | 8.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 39 | Luxembourg | 8.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 40 | Grenada | 8.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 7.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5,106.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Uruguay | 7.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 686.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Malta | 7.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 44 | Chile | 7.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Greece | 7.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 389.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Latvia | 6.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 75.3% | falling |
| 47 | Slovenia | 6.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 178.5% | rising |
| 48 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 429.5% | rising |
| 49 | South Africa | 6.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 50 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 51 | Bahamas | 6.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 52 | China, Macao SAR | 5.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 205.1% | volatile |
| 53 | France | 5.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 54 | Hungary | 5.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 55 | Australia and New Zealand | 5.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.8% | flat |
| 56 | Qatar | 5.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 57 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Argentina | 5.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 59 | Maldives | 5.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 692.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Suriname | 5.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 61 | Seychelles | 5.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 62 | Malaysia | 5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 4.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Mauritius | 4.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 107.5% | rising |
| 65 | Fiji | 4.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 66 | El Salvador | 4.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 137.4% | rising |
| 67 | Croatia | 4.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 382.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Saudi Arabia | 3.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 69 | Belize | 3.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 3.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 119.3% | rising |
| 71 | Italy | 3.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 164.7% | rising |
| 72 | Bahrain | 3.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 73 | Ukraine | 3.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Honduras | 3.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 75 | Morocco | 3.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 545.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Montenegro | 3.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2,900.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Sweden | 3.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 63.4% | flat |
| 78 | Namibia | 3.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 79 | Oman | 3.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 80 | Djibouti | 2.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 145.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Romania | 2.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 118.9% | rising |
| 82 | Ethiopia | 2.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 314.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Ghana | 2.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 102.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Liberia | 2.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 86 | Libya | 1.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3,183.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Kuwait | 1.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 88 | Senegal | 1.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18,400.0% | volatile |
| 89 | China | 1.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 90 | Australia | 1.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Mexico | 1.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 92 | China, mainland | 1.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 114.5% | rising |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 1.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 105.1% | rising |
| 94 | Paraguay | 1.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 181.8% | rising |
| 95 | Eswatini | 1.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Albania | 1.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Lesotho | 1.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Republic of Korea | 1.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13,600.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Lebanon | 1.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 186.7% | rising |
| 100 | Marshall Islands | 1.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 101 | Congo | 1.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 102 | Gabon | 1.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 103 | Tonga | 1.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 104 | Philippines | 1.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 105 | Botswana | 1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Tunisia | 0.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9,800.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 108 | Uzbekistan | 0.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 109 | Algeria | 0.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,825.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Samoa | 0.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Guyana | 0.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6,600.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Angola | 0.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 866.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Belgium | 0.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 114 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Thailand | 0.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 462.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Gambia | 0.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 425.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Iraq | 0.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Indonesia | 0.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 95.2% | rising |
| 118 | Jordan | 0.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 95.2% | rising |
| 120 | Kenya | 0.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 120 | Nepal | 0.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3,900.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 0.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 178.6% | volatile |
| 123 | India | 0.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 124 | Bhutan | 0.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 125 | Naoero | 0.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 126 | Zambia | 0.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 127 | Sierra Leone | 0.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 128 | French Polynesia | 0.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Nigeria | 0.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 130 | Kiribati | 0.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Yemen | 0.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Haiti | 0.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 750.0% | rising |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | 0.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Tuvalu | 0.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Vanuatu | 0.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Egypt | 0.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Turkmenistan | 0.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Afghanistan | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | New Caledonia | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Pakistan | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 400.0% | rising |
| 141 | Rwanda | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Myanmar | 0.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | 0.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Cameroon | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Madagascar | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Malawi | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 145 | Tajikistan | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 149 | Guinea | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Cambodia | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Mozambique | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Cuba | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Mauritania | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Uganda | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Burkina Faso | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Czechia | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 157 | Spain | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 157 | Lithuania | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 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.
- United States of America 28.66 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 11.12 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 26.67 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8.63 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 26.03 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.36 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 21.68 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 2.76 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 16.24 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.45 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 13.86 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 1 kcal/cap/d
- South America 13.39 kcal/cap/d
- Viet Nam 0.6 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 12.85 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 0.54 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 9.18 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.41 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 5.86 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 0.35 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 4.16 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia 0.25 kcal/cap/d
- World 4.14 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.19 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 3.82 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.17 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 3.78 kcal/cap/d
- Türkiye 0.08 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 3.62 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.07 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 1.88 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.06 kcal/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 1.77 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.05 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 1.69 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.02 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.5 kcal/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 0 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 1.46 kcal/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 1.31 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.