Oilcrops Oil, Other — 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
Oilcrops Oil, Other — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 9.31 kg/cap in Belize; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Zambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.29 kg/cap, and the mean is 1.99 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 1,640.0%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 100.0%).
Oilcrops Oil, Other — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belize | 9.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 93.6% | rising |
| 2 | Canada | 8.74 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 2 | Cabo Verde | 3.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 3 | Saint Lucia | 8.23 kg/cap | 2023 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 5 | Switzerland | 8.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 6 | Bahamas | 8.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 7 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.1% | flat |
| 7 | Türkiye | 0.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 5.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 108.7% | rising |
| 8 | Timor-Leste | 0.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 9 | Mauritius | 5.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 265.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Australia | 5.66 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 11 | Tunisia | 5.39 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 12 | Serbia | 5.34 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 0.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 95.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Kenya | 5.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 14 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 5.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 15 | Australia and New Zealand | 4.91 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 16 | Israel | 4.9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 17 | Grenada | 4.81 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 18 | El Salvador | 4.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 102.6% | rising |
| 19 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 19 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 4.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 21 | Gambia | 4.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 22 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 23 | Greece | 4.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 24 | Brazil | 4.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 25 | Uruguay | 4.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 26 | Estonia | 3.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 27 | New Caledonia | 3.93 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 28 | Latvia | 3.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 29 | Italy | 3.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 30 | Ireland | 3.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 31 | Lithuania | 3.55 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 32 | Spain | 3.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 94.5% | rising |
| 33 | Guyana | 3.51 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 34 | Naoero | 3.35 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 35 | Malta | 3.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 36 | Romania | 3.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 37 | North Macedonia | 3.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 38 | Russian Federation | 3.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 39 | Ukraine | 2.99 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 40 | Iceland | 2.97 kg/cap | 2023 | up 249.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Djibouti | 2.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 42 | Germany | 2.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 380.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Jamaica | 2.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 44 | Poland | 2.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 2.67 kg/cap | 2023 | up 276.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Georgia | 2.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 47 | Namibia | 2.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 48 | Panama | 2.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 49 | Guatemala | 2.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.8% | flat |
| 50 | Zimbabwe | 2.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 51 | Cuba | 2.42 kg/cap | 2019 | up 139.6% | rising |
| 52 | Fiji | 2.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 53 | Algeria | 2.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 54 | Belgium | 2.23 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 54 | Seychelles | 2.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 56 | Montenegro | 2.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 57 | Sweden | 2.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 58 | Mongolia | 2.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 59 | Norway | 2.01 kg/cap | 2023 | up 145.1% | rising |
| 60 | Suriname | 2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 61 | Ecuador | 1.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 62 | Armenia | 1.95 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 63 | Bahrain | 1.94 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 63 | Uzbekistan | 1.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 65 | Luxembourg | 1.92 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 66 | France | 1.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 67 | Kuwait | 1.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 121.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Chile | 1.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 69 | Eswatini | 1.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,640.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Ghana | 1.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 70 | Tuvalu | 1.71 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 72 | Barbados | 1.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 72 | Marshall Islands | 1.7 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 74 | French Polynesia | 1.68 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 76 | Gabon | 1.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 77 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 78 | Samoa | 1.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 294.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Peru | 1.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 80 | Albania | 1.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 81 | Oman | 1.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Lesotho | 1.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 90.1% | rising |
| 83 | Jordan | 1.34 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 84 | Lebanon | 1.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 85 | Colombia | 1.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 86 | China, Macao SAR | 1.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 87 | Tajikistan | 1.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 88 | Indonesia | 1.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 149.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 1.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 185.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Maldives | 1.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 90 | Vanuatu | 1.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 92 | United Arab Emirates | 1.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 47.5% | falling |
| 93 | Belarus | 1.15 kg/cap | 2023 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 94 | Finland | 1.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 94 | Honduras | 1.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 94 | Slovakia | 1.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 97 | South Africa | 1.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 753.8% | volatile |
| 97 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 101.8% | rising |
| 99 | Botswana | 1.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 99 | New Zealand | 1.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 336.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Austria | 1.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 101 | Tonga | 1.07 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 1.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 1.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 106 | Republic of Korea | 1.01 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 107 | Cyprus | 0.92 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 107 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.92 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 109 | Libya | 0.91 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 110 | Bhutan | 0.9 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 111 | Qatar | 0.83 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 111 | Saudi Arabia | 0.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 113 | Nigeria | 0.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 114 | Croatia | 0.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 114 | Nepal | 0.74 kg/cap | 2023 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 116 | Kiribati | 0.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 260.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Malaysia | 0.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 0.67 kg/cap | 2023 | up 857.1% | volatile |
| 118 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.67 kg/cap | 2023 | up 139.3% | rising |
| 120 | Senegal | 0.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 121 | Czechia | 0.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 771.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Argentina | 0.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 123 | Liberia | 0.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 124 | Dominican Republic | 0.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 292.3% | rising |
| 124 | Haiti | 0.51 kg/cap | 2023 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Congo | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Angola | 0.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 128 | Egypt | 0.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 128 | Ethiopia | 0.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 128 | Mauritania | 0.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 131 | Hungary | 0.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Solomon Islands | 0.41 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 133 | Iraq | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 81.3% | falling |
| 134 | Mozambique | 0.37 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 135 | Sri Lanka | 0.35 kg/cap | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 135 | Mexico | 0.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 137 | Uganda | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 138 | Portugal | 0.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 107.1% | rising |
| 139 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 72.8% | falling |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 0.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 141 | Philippines | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Slovenia | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 143 | Denmark | 0.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 144 | Morocco | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 216.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 146 | Paraguay | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 73.4% | falling |
| 147 | Pakistan | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 148 | Comoros | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Guinea | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 150 | Niger | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Madagascar | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Cameroon | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 73.0% | falling |
| 153 | Rwanda | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 154 | China | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 155 | India | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 156 | Myanmar | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 156 | China, mainland | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 158 | Burkina Faso | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 159 | Cambodia | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Bangladesh | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | Thailand | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Malawi | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Yemen | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Zambia | 0 kg/cap | 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.
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6.68 kg/cap
- Oceania 3.61 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 2.27 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 3.3 kg/cap
- Polynesia 1.5 kg/cap
- South America 2.95 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 1.47 kg/cap
- Western Europe 2.83 kg/cap
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 1.26 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 2.66 kg/cap
- Europe 2.66 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 2.66 kg/cap
- Micronesia 1.04 kg/cap
- Central Asia 2.29 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.63 kg/cap
- Americas 2.13 kg/cap
- Melanesia 0.54 kg/cap
- Côte d'Ivoire 1.93 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.44 kg/cap
- Northern America 1.85 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 1.48 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.41 kg/cap
- Caribbean 1.27 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 1.27 kg/cap
- Asia 0.36 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.33 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 1.19 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.25 kg/cap
- United States of America 1.06 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 0.19 kg/cap
- Western Asia 1.05 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.17 kg/cap
- Africa 0.93 kg/cap
- Central America 0.93 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.02 kg/cap
- World 0.92 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 0.92 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.91 kg/cap
- Western Africa 0.86 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.83 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.