Oilcrops — 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
Oilcrops — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 716.12 kcal/cap/d in Kiribati; the lowest is 1.56 kcal/cap/d in Pakistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 37.05 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 67.23 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 459.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 794.4%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 95.5%).
Oilcrops — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiribati | 716.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 2 | Marshall Islands | 626.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 3 | Vanuatu | 519.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 422.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 5 | Nauru | 338.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 6 | Comoros | 275.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 241.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 8 | Niger | 224.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 9 | Myanmar | 191.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 10 | Indonesia | 173.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | 171.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 11 | Türkiye | 62.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 12 | Senegal | 159.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 13 | China, mainland | 152.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 14 | China | 151.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 15 | Nigeria | 145.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 94.2% | rising |
| 16 | Gabon | 144.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 17 | Samoa | 144.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Tonga | 139.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 19 | Ghana | 136.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 20 | French Polynesia | 134.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 21 | Greece | 131.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 118.6% | rising |
| 22 | Belize | 131.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 247.7% | rising |
| 23 | Israel | 130.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 24 | Seychelles | 125.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.7% | rising |
| 25 | Zambia | 123.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 120.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 27 | Fiji | 116.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 199.8% | rising |
| 28 | China, Taiwan Province of | 115.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 29 | Solomon Islands | 114.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.1% | flat |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 105.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 205.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 101.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 173.3% | rising |
| 32 | Cameroon | 99.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 33 | Canada | 97.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 34 | Republic of Korea | 96.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 35 | New Caledonia | 91.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 89.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 115.6% | rising |
| 37 | Grenada | 83.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 156.3% | rising |
| 38 | Austria | 82.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 39 | Guinea | 78.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 40 | Gambia | 77.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 41 | Libya | 76.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 42 | Barbados | 75.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 43 | Saint Lucia | 74.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 329.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Malaysia | 69.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 45 | Uganda | 63.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 46 | New Zealand | 61.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 47 | North Macedonia | 61.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 61.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 49 | India | 60.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 50 | Lebanon | 59.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 51 | Jordan | 57.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 54.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 217.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Tunisia | 53.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 52.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 55 | Norway | 49.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 56 | Albania | 48.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 57 | Cyprus | 47.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 58 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 46.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 59 | Angola | 45.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 44.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 43.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 485.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Portugal | 43.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 171.8% | rising |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 42.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 121.6% | rising |
| 64 | Mauritius | 42.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 65 | El Salvador | 42.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 66 | Brazil | 41.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 67 | Panama | 41.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 68 | Guatemala | 40.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 40.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 70 | Bahrain | 40.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 71 | Malawi | 39.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 72 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 39.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 73 | Ireland | 38.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 74 | Maldives | 38.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 366.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Oman | 37.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 76 | Guyana | 37.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.4% | falling |
| 77 | Germany | 37.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 78 | Thailand | 37.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 79 | Iceland | 37.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 80 | Peru | 37.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 81 | Malta | 37.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 82 | China, Macao SAR | 37.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 83 | Slovenia | 36.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 84 | Spain | 36.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 85 | Bahamas | 35.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.1% | flat |
| 86 | Serbia | 34.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 87 | Australia and New Zealand | 34.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 88 | Qatar | 34.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 89 | Philippines | 34.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 90 | Botswana | 34.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 82.7% | rising |
| 91 | France | 33.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 92 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 33.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 93 | Luxembourg | 33.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 94 | Croatia | 32.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 95 | Sweden | 32.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 96 | Congo | 31.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 97 | Eswatini | 31.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 98 | Montenegro | 31.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 90.6% | rising |
| 99 | Antigua and Barbuda | 31.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 100 | Rwanda | 30.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 101 | Algeria | 30.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 102 | Australia | 29.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 103 | Czechia | 28.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 104 | Latvia | 28.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 105 | Suriname | 28.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 106 | Kuwait | 27.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 107 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 108 | Chile | 25.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 109 | Egypt | 25.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 110 | Italy | 25.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 111 | Costa Rica | 24.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 112 | Switzerland | 24.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 113 | Romania | 24.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 114 | Lithuania | 24.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 115 | Paraguay | 23.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 116 | Finland | 23.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 117 | Iraq | 23.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 103.3% | rising |
| 118 | Uruguay | 22.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 119 | Liberia | 22.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 120 | Mexico | 22.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 121 | Kazakhstan | 21.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 122 | South Africa | 21.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 123 | Haiti | 21.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 124 | Djibouti | 20.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 336.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Cuba | 20.04 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 126 | Slovakia | 20.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 127 | Jamaica | 19.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 128 | Denmark | 18.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 129 | Georgia | 18.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 130 | Ecuador | 16.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 131 | Russian Federation | 16.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 132 | Cambodia | 16.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Colombia | 16.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 134 | Mozambique | 16.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 135 | Afghanistan | 15.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 127.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Belgium | 15.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 137 | Morocco | 15.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 207.0% | rising |
| 138 | Armenia | 15.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 139 | Kenya | 15.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 140 | Estonia | 14.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 141 | Turkmenistan | 14.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 207.8% | rising |
| 142 | Ethiopia | 13.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 143 | Poland | 13.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 144 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Bangladesh | 13.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 146 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 158.5% | rising |
| 147 | Azerbaijan | 10.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 159.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Hungary | 9.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 149 | Belarus | 9.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.9% | rising |
| 150 | Yemen | 8.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 151 | Mongolia | 8.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 291.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Nepal | 8.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 153 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 794.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Namibia | 7.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 155 | Mauritania | 7.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 156 | Argentina | 7.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Uzbekistan | 5.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 215.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Honduras | 5.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 159 | Bhutan | 5.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 160 | Lesotho | 5.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 161 | Ukraine | 3.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 75.1% | falling |
| 162 | Nicaragua | 2.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Madagascar | 2.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 164 | Pakistan | 1.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Micronesia 601.86 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 145.18 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 573.72 kcal/cap/d
- Western Africa 133.34 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 170.44 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 117.53 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 143.56 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 78.36 kcal/cap/d
- Viet Nam 113.44 kcal/cap/d
- World 75.69 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 90.38 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 73.17 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 79.48 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 73.12 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 79.45 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 70.34 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 72.86 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 61.31 kcal/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 67.59 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 56.37 kcal/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 50.35 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 61.25 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 46.97 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 46.59 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 44.7 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 45.13 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 43.15 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 44.53 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 37.46 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 43.27 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 28.25 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 41.62 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 25.53 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 39.07 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 15.74 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 39.02 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14.87 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 36.53 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.62 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 36.24 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.