Oilcrops Oil, Other — 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 Oil, Other — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 197.38 kcal/cap/d in Belize; the lowest is 0.11 kcal/cap/d in Zambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 27.99 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 42.41 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,794.
Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Czechia (up 6,587.7%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 98.0%).
Oilcrops Oil, Other — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belize | 197.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 87.9% | rising |
| 1 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 139.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 2 | Bahamas | 189.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 2 | Polynesia | 30.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 3 | Switzerland | 185.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 70.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 29.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 4 | Canada | 181 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 5 | Saint Lucia | 153.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 5 | Türkiye | 22.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 149.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 6 | Micronesia | 20.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 395.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Antigua and Barbuda | 129.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.7% | flat |
| 7 | Timor-Leste | 15.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 123.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 8 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 13.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2,425.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 122.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 117.1% | rising |
| 9 | Melanesia | 10.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 10 | Finland | 119.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 367.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 9.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 127.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Czechia | 119.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6,587.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 45.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 9.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Mauritius | 115.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 267.2% | volatile |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 9.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 13 | Serbia | 113.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 13 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 9.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 14 | Tunisia | 109.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 15 | Australia and New Zealand | 109.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 16 | Kenya | 107.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 16 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Israel | 105 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 17 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 4.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 18 | El Salvador | 104.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 106.1% | rising |
| 19 | Gambia | 103.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 19 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 20 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 100.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 20 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.52 kcal/cap/d | 2018 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Trinidad and Tobago | 96.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 90.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 23 | Uruguay | 89.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 24 | Grenada | 86.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 25 | Greece | 85.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 26 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 83.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 27 | Brazil | 83.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 28 | Ireland | 83.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 29 | Estonia | 82.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 30 | Italy | 82.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 91.3% | rising |
| 31 | New Caledonia | 79.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 32 | Latvia | 79.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 33 | Spain | 75.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 34 | Jamaica | 74.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 35 | Lithuania | 73.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 36 | Djibouti | 72.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 37 | Guyana | 71.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 38 | Naoero | 71.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 39 | Germany | 70.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 372.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Iceland | 69.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 310.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Poland | 68.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.2% | rising |
| 42 | Malta | 68.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 43 | North Macedonia | 64.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 44 | Romania | 64.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 62.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 333.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Ukraine | 61.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 47 | Russian Federation | 61.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 48 | Cuba | 59.42 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | up 139.8% | rising |
| 49 | Guatemala | 55.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.7% | flat |
| 50 | Sweden | 54.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 51 | Panama | 53.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 52 | Georgia | 53.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 53 | Namibia | 53.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 54 | Belgium | 53.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 55 | Algeria | 53.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 50.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 57 | Norway | 48.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 143.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Fiji | 45.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 59 | Seychelles | 44.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.5% | rising |
| 60 | Montenegro | 43.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 61 | Suriname | 43.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 41.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 63 | Barbados | 41.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 64 | Mongolia | 41.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 40.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 91.8% | rising |
| 66 | Armenia | 39.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 67 | Marshall Islands | 39.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Ghana | 38.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 69 | Ecuador | 36.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 70 | Chile | 36.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 71 | Eswatini | 35.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,277.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Bahrain | 34.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 73 | New Zealand | 34.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 363.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Tuvalu | 34.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 75 | French Polynesia | 34.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.3% | flat |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 77 | Gabon | 33.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 78 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 32.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 79 | Lesotho | 32.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 97.7% | rising |
| 80 | Peru | 31.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 84.4% | rising |
| 81 | Jordan | 31.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 82 | Samoa | 30.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 296.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Bulgaria | 29.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 167.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Albania | 29.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.6% | falling |
| 85 | Lebanon | 29.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 86 | Oman | 28.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Indonesia | 27.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 181.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Slovakia | 27.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 92.8% | rising |
| 89 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 27.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 99.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Colombia | 27.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 91 | United Arab Emirates | 26.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.6% | falling |
| 92 | Austria | 26.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 93 | China, Macao SAR | 26.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 94 | Maldives | 25.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 25.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.2% | flat |
| 96 | Republic of Korea | 24.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 97 | Kuwait | 24.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 98 | Vanuatu | 23.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 99 | Belarus | 23.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 100 | South Africa | 22.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 658.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Tonga | 22.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 22.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 103 | Honduras | 22.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 22.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 105 | Bhutan | 22.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 106 | Botswana | 22.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 107 | Sao Tome and Principe | 21.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 21.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 109 | Libya | 20.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 110 | France | 19.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 111 | Croatia | 18.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 112 | Nigeria | 18.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 113 | Cyprus | 17.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 114 | Malaysia | 17.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Nepal | 17.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 116 | Saudi Arabia | 17.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 117 | Qatar | 17.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 15.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 965.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Senegal | 15.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 120 | Kiribati | 14.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 241.2% | volatile |
| 121 | China, Taiwan Province of | 13.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 147.2% | rising |
| 122 | Morocco | 13.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 123 | Argentina | 12.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 137.7% | rising |
| 124 | Ethiopia | 11.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 125 | Hungary | 11.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 198.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Angola | 10.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 127 | Liberia | 10.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.6% | falling |
| 128 | Egypt | 10.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 129 | Congo | 10.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Mauritania | 9.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 131 | Haiti | 9.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Mexico | 8.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 133 | Mozambique | 8.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 134 | Solomon Islands | 8.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Iraq | 7.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 81.4% | falling |
| 136 | Uganda | 7.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 137 | Sri Lanka | 7.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 138 | Portugal | 6.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Slovenia | 6.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 86.8% | rising |
| 140 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 72.9% | falling |
| 141 | Papua New Guinea | 5.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 142 | Denmark | 5.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 143 | Dominican Republic | 4.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 3.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 145 | Pakistan | 3.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Paraguay | 3.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 147 | Niger | 3.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Guinea | 2.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 149 | Comoros | 2.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Cameroon | 2.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 67.8% | falling |
| 151 | Madagascar | 2.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 152 | China | 2.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 153 | Rwanda | 1.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 160.6% | volatile |
| 154 | China, mainland | 1.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 155 | India | 1.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 156 | Myanmar | 1.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 157 | Burkina Faso | 1.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 80.4% | falling |
| 158 | Cambodia | 1.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Philippines | 0.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3,350.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Bangladesh | 0.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 161 | Thailand | 0.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,266.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Yemen | 0.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Malawi | 0.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Zambia | 0.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 82.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Oceania 79.84 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 71.51 kcal/cap/d
- South America 61.41 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 26.52 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 60.92 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 60.14 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 59.06 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 58.33 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 47.81 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 45.47 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 40.95 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 40.28 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 27.09 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 7.88 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 24.93 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 7.18 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 24.63 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 22.96 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 22.06 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 4.2 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 21.78 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 21 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 20.33 kcal/cap/d
- Western Africa 20.26 kcal/cap/d
- World 19.88 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 19.07 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 15.68 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 15.21 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 14.21 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 7.07 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 2.64 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.