Offals — 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
Offals — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 32.51 kg/cap in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.07 kg/cap in Maldives.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.3 kg/cap, and the mean is 3.2 kg/cap.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 464.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Sweden (up 1,550.0%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 91.7%).
Offals — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 32.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 2 | New Zealand | 12.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 207.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Belgium | 10.93 kg/cap | 2023 | up 234.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Argentina | 10.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 86.2% | rising |
| 5 | Timor-Leste | 10.34 kg/cap | 2023 | up 988.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Ireland | 9.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 213.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Belarus | 9.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 641.5% | rising |
| 8 | Australia and New Zealand | 9.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 9 | Sweden | 9.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,550.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 9.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,115.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Serbia | 9.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 79.9% | rising |
| 12 | Australia | 8.93 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 13 | Libya | 8.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 582.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Liberia | 8.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 877.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Congo | 7.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 237.2% | rising |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 6.97 kg/cap | 2023 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 17 | Panama | 6.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 125.7% | rising |
| 18 | China, Macao SAR | 6.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.6% | falling |
| 19 | Republic of Korea | 6.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 6.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 312.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Turkmenistan | 6.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 149.4% | rising |
| 23 | Tajikistan | 5.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 240.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Mexico | 5.69 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 25 | Philippines | 5.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 26 | Armenia | 5.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 27 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 28 | Russian Federation | 5.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 29 | Albania | 5.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 30 | France | 5.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 5.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 5.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 4.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 33 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 4.98 kg/cap | 2023 | down 79.6% | falling |
| 35 | Azerbaijan | 4.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 122.5% | rising |
| 36 | Brazil | 4.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 115.9% | rising |
| 37 | Gabon | 4.54 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 38 | Botswana | 4.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 39 | Croatia | 4.34 kg/cap | 2023 | up 106.7% | rising |
| 40 | China, mainland | 4.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 41 | China | 4.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 42 | Latvia | 4.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 4.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 154.2% | rising |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 4.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 45 | Austria | 4.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 194.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.01 kg/cap | 2023 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 3.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Estonia | 3.93 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 49 | Portugal | 3.88 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 50 | Slovenia | 3.84 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 51 | Jamaica | 3.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 51 | Paraguay | 3.82 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 53 | French Polynesia | 3.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 54 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 55 | Mauritania | 3.67 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 56 | Iceland | 3.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 53.2% | flat |
| 56 | Israel | 3.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 58 | Bahrain | 3.6 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 59 | Romania | 3.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 60 | Lithuania | 3.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 61 | Namibia | 3.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 203.6% | rising |
| 62 | Georgia | 3.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 63 | Ecuador | 3.35 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 64 | Germany | 3.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 332.9% | rising |
| 65 | Peru | 3.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 66 | Spain | 3.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 67 | Greece | 3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 68 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 69 | Lesotho | 2.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 70 | Uruguay | 2.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 71 | Kuwait | 2.81 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 72 | Polynesia | 2.8 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 73 | Fiji | 2.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 74 | Oman | 2.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 75 | Finland | 2.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 98.6% | rising |
| 76 | Colombia | 2.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 77 | Bahamas | 2.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 79 | Czechia | 2.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 2.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 81 | Grenada | 2.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 81 | Türkiye | 2.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 83 | Morocco | 2.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 84 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 85 | Slovakia | 2.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 85 | Cabo Verde | 2.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 146.5% | rising |
| 87 | New Caledonia | 2.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 88 | Montenegro | 2.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 89 | Eswatini | 2.35 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 90 | Italy | 2.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 91 | Switzerland | 2.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 91 | Senegal | 2.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 93 | Ukraine | 2.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 94 | Egypt | 2.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.7% | flat |
| 94 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 96 | Cuba | 2.21 kg/cap | 2019 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 97 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 178.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Samoa | 2.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 222.1% | rising |
| 100 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 101 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 102 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 2.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 104 | Nauru | 2.06 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 105 | Thailand | 2.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 106 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 107 | Burkina Faso | 1.96 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 108 | Haiti | 1.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 108 | Cambodia | 1.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 110 | Barbados | 1.93 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 110 | Bhutan | 1.93 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Nicaragua | 1.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 112 | Nepal | 1.91 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.1% | flat |
| 114 | Saudi Arabia | 1.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 115 | Angola | 1.84 kg/cap | 2023 | up 127.2% | rising |
| 116 | Djibouti | 1.82 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 117 | Guinea | 1.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 118 | Pakistan | 1.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 119 | Ghana | 1.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 119 | Mauritius | 1.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 119 | Zambia | 1.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 122 | Tonga | 1.64 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 123 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.59 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 124 | Norway | 1.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 125 | Algeria | 1.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 126 | Vanuatu | 1.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 127 | Tunisia | 1.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 128 | Malawi | 1.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 84.0% | rising |
| 129 | Marshall Islands | 1.48 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 130 | United Arab Emirates | 1.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 131 | Kenya | 1.32 kg/cap | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 132 | Jordan | 1.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 134 | Ethiopia | 1.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 134 | Malta | 1.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 136 | Uganda | 1.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 137 | Guatemala | 1.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 137 | Republic of Moldova | 1.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 139 | Cameroon | 1.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 140 | Sierra Leone | 1.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 91.4% | rising |
| 140 | Melanesia | 1.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 142 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 143 | Cyprus | 1.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 143 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 289.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Lebanon | 1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 145 | El Salvador | 1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 145 | Yemen | 1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 148 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.99 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 149 | Seychelles | 0.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 150 | Afghanistan | 0.96 kg/cap | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 150 | Papua New Guinea | 0.96 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 152 | Honduras | 0.95 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.1% | flat |
| 153 | Guyana | 0.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 154 | Poland | 0.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 155 | Comoros | 0.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Micronesia | 0.84 kg/cap | 2023 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Belize | 0.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 158 | Niger | 0.79 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 159 | Myanmar | 0.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 160 | Tuvalu | 0.71 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 161 | Rwanda | 0.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 162 | Gambia | 0.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 40.4% | falling |
| 162 | Malaysia | 0.66 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 164 | Indonesia | 0.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 164 | Suriname | 0.63 kg/cap | 2023 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 166 | India | 0.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 107.1% | rising |
| 166 | Qatar | 0.58 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 166 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.58 kg/cap | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Hungary | 0.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Bangladesh | 0.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 171 | Chile | 0.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 171 | Nigeria | 0.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 152.6% | rising |
| 174 | Denmark | 0.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Iraq | 0.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 174 | Kiribati | 0.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Solomon Islands | 0.42 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 178 | Canada | 0.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 179 | Mozambique | 0.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 180 | Sri Lanka | 0.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 180 | Madagascar | 0.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Maldives | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 7.38 kg/cap
- Oceania 7.01 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 6.88 kg/cap
- Central Asia 5.28 kg/cap
- Western Europe 4.92 kg/cap
- South America 4.58 kg/cap
- Central America 4.57 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 4.22 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 4.03 kg/cap
- Europe 4 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 3.83 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 3.28 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.