Olives (including preserved) — 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
Olives (including preserved) — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 145 countries. The highest value is 34.17 kg/cap in Greece; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.31 kg/cap, and the mean is 1.66 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 1,671.7%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 100.0%).
Olives (including preserved) — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | 34.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 274.7% | rising |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 10.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,671.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Libya | 10.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 4 | Albania | 10.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 5 | Portugal | 9.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 312.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Malta | 9.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 7 | North Macedonia | 8.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 8 | Algeria | 7.23 kg/cap | 2023 | up 132.5% | rising |
| 9 | Romania | 6.93 kg/cap | 2023 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 6.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 11 | Lebanon | 5.63 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 12 | Tunisia | 5.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 394.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Luxembourg | 5.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 243.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Belgium | 4.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 166.8% | rising |
| 15 | France | 4.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 16 | Italy | 4.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 17 | Peru | 4.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 226.2% | rising |
| 18 | Montenegro | 4.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 178.8% | rising |
| 19 | Armenia | 3.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 20 | Latvia | 3.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 21 | Sweden | 3.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 22 | Jordan | 3.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 23 | Ireland | 3.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 24 | Czechia | 2.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 25 | Switzerland | 2.93 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 26 | Kuwait | 2.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 27 | Morocco | 2.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 307.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Austria | 2.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 29 | Denmark | 2.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 30 | Egypt | 2.42 kg/cap | 2023 | down 48.8% | rising |
| 31 | Lithuania | 2.32 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 33 | Australia | 2.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 34 | Iceland | 2.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 35 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 36 | Brazil | 2.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 37 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 38 | Croatia | 2.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Hungary | 1.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 203.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Finland | 1.88 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 41 | Slovenia | 1.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 42 | Norway | 1.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 43 | Israel | 1.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 107.6% | rising |
| 44 | Chile | 1.46 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 45 | Iraq | 1.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 95.9% | rising |
| 46 | Maldives | 1.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 47 | Estonia | 1.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates | 1.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 49 | Russian Federation | 1.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 50 | New Zealand | 1.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 51 | Slovakia | 1.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 52 | Cyprus | 1.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 53 | Germany | 0.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 54 | Bahrain | 0.85 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 55 | Uruguay | 0.79 kg/cap | 2023 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Canada | 0.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 57 | Qatar | 0.72 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 58 | Seychelles | 0.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 244.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Argentina | 0.6 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Georgia | 0.6 kg/cap | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 61 | Poland | 0.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 114.8% | rising |
| 62 | Panama | 0.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 63 | Marshall Islands | 0.55 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 65 | Belarus | 0.51 kg/cap | 2023 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Spain | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 83.6% | falling |
| 67 | Oman | 0.45 kg/cap | 2023 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 68 | French Polynesia | 0.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 70 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Serbia | 0.34 kg/cap | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 72 | Bahamas | 0.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 73 | El Salvador | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 74 | Ukraine | 0.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 144.4% | rising |
| 76 | Grenada | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Mexico | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 78 | Barbados | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Namibia | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 78 | Paraguay | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 81 | Mauritius | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 81 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 83 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 84 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 85 | Cuba | 0.13 kg/cap | 2019 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 85 | Republic of Korea | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 87 | Botswana | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 89 | New Caledonia | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Honduras | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 91 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 92 | Ecuador | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 92 | Fiji | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 95 | Gabon | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 95 | Senegal | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 95 | China, Macao SAR | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Jamaica | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 99 | Mauritania | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Malaysia | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 99 | Suriname | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Djibouti | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 103 | Guatemala | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 103 | Guyana | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 103 | South Africa | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 110 | Angola | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Colombia | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 110 | Mongolia | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 110 | Yemen | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Afghanistan | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Congo | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 114 | Gambia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Cambodia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Saint Lucia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Lesotho | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Mozambique | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Nauru | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Pakistan | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Philippines | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Rwanda | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Eswatini | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Thailand | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Vanuatu | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 114 | Samoa | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Burkina Faso | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Belize | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 131 | Bhutan | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 131 | Cameroon | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Comoros | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Guinea | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Haiti | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Kiribati | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Madagascar | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Niger | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Solomon Islands | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Tajikistan | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 131 | Tonga | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Europe 5.35 kg/cap
- Türkiye 2.34 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 3.59 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 2.33 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 3.17 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 0.96 kg/cap
- Europe 2.77 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.64 kg/cap
- Western Europe 2.71 kg/cap
- Western Asia 2.71 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.24 kg/cap
- Polynesia 0.2 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 2.39 kg/cap
- Asia 0.19 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 1.6 kg/cap
- Micronesia 0.07 kg/cap
- United States of America 1.49 kg/cap
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 0.05 kg/cap
- South America 1.48 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.02 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.02 kg/cap
- Oceania 1.43 kg/cap
- Northern America 1.41 kg/cap
- Timor-Leste 0.01 kg/cap
- Melanesia 0.01 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 0.01 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 0.01 kg/cap
- Americas 1.17 kg/cap
- World 0.63 kg/cap
- Africa 0.58 kg/cap
- Cabo Verde 0.44 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.35 kg/cap
- Central America 0.17 kg/cap
- Central Asia 0.15 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.08 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.06 kg/cap
- Caribbean 0.04 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 0.04 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 0.03 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.