Onions — 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
Onions — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 60.88 kcal/cap/d in Tajikistan; the lowest is 0 kcal/cap/d in Lesotho.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.37 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 12.32 kcal/cap/d.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in New Caledonia (up 6,200.0%), and the largest decrease in China, Hong Kong SAR (down 86.0%).
Onions — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tajikistan | 60.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 2 | Niger | 53.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 46.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 4 | Albania | 42.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 5 | Algeria | 38.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 6 | North Macedonia | 35.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 7 | Senegal | 33.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 8 | Maldives | 32.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 32.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 28.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 11 | Libya | 27.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 27.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 13 | Egypt | 27.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 267.8% | rising |
| 13 | Ukraine | 27.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.8% | flat |
| 15 | Republic of Korea | 27.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 16 | Belarus | 27.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 17 | Guyana | 25.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 110.3% | rising |
| 18 | Naoero | 25.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 19 | Kuwait | 25.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 20 | Qatar | 23.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 23.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3,861.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Oman | 23.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 23 | Bahrain | 23.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 24 | Djibouti | 23.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 25 | Malta | 20.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 26 | Chile | 20.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 20.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 19.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 103.8% | rising |
| 29 | Mauritius | 19.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 30 | India | 18.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 31 | Myanmar | 17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 32 | Malaysia | 16.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 16.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 34 | Croatia | 16.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 35 | Germany | 16.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 36 | Poland | 16.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 16.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 16.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 39 | Mauritania | 16.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 16.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 41 | Seychelles | 15.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.7% | flat |
| 42 | Lithuania | 15.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 43 | China, mainland | 15.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 44 | Ireland | 15.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.1% | flat |
| 45 | Czechia | 15.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 46 | China | 15.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 47 | Slovenia | 15.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | flat |
| 47 | Tunisia | 15.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 49 | Lebanon | 14.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.3% | flat |
| 50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 51 | Canada | 14.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 52 | Malawi | 14.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 125.8% | rising |
| 53 | Russian Federation | 13.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 54 | Greece | 13.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 55 | Romania | 13.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 56 | Mongolia | 13.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 57 | Montenegro | 13.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 58 | Israel | 13.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 59 | Turkmenistan | 13.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 60 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 61 | Estonia | 13.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 62 | Barbados | 12.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 63 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 12.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Portugal | 12.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 65 | Luxembourg | 12.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 66 | Cameroon | 12.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 67 | Jordan | 12.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 103.7% | rising |
| 68 | Colombia | 11.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 69 | Argentina | 11.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 70 | Latvia | 11.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.9% | flat |
| 71 | Sweden | 11.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 72 | Australia | 11.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 72 | Georgia | 11.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 11.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 75 | Denmark | 11.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 76 | Austria | 11.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 77 | Armenia | 10.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 10.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 79 | France | 10.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 112.9% | rising |
| 80 | Guatemala | 10.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 81 | Iceland | 10.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 82 | Mozambique | 9.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 120.6% | rising |
| 83 | Mexico | 9.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 84 | Panama | 9.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 85 | Italy | 9.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 86 | Uruguay | 9.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 87 | Australia and New Zealand | 9.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 88 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 89 | Fiji | 9.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 90 | Bahamas | 9.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 91 | Suriname | 9.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 92 | South Africa | 8.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 93 | Finland | 8.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 94 | Indonesia | 8.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 102.5% | rising |
| 95 | Brazil | 8.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 96 | Pakistan | 8.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 97 | Cuba | 7.84 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 98 | Samoa | 7.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 7.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 87.1% | rising |
| 100 | Slovakia | 7.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 101 | Hungary | 7.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 102 | Namibia | 7.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 7.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.8% | rising |
| 104 | Afghanistan | 7.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 105 | Nigeria | 7.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 106 | Uganda | 7.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 107 | El Salvador | 7.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 108 | Peru | 6.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 109 | Switzerland | 6.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 110 | Saint Lucia | 6.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 111 | Grenada | 6.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 136.9% | rising |
| 112 | Bhutan | 6.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 113 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 114 | China, Macao SAR | 5.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 115 | Cyprus | 5.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 116 | China, Taiwan Province of | 5.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 117 | Jamaica | 5.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 118 | Guinea | 5.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 119 | Ghana | 4.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.7% | flat |
| 120 | Eswatini | 4.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Nepal | 4.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 122 | French Polynesia | 4.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 123 | Paraguay | 4.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 124 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 125 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 126 | Iraq | 3.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.5% | rising |
| 127 | Belize | 3.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 128 | Belgium | 3.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 93.9% | rising |
| 129 | Comoros | 3.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 130 | Yemen | 3.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 131 | Botswana | 3.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 132 | Kenya | 2.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 133 | Philippines | 2.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 104.5% | rising |
| 134 | Rwanda | 2.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 96.1% | rising |
| 135 | Ethiopia | 2.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 135 | Serbia | 2.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Gabon | 2.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.2% | flat |
| 138 | Sierra Leone | 2.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 139 | Tuvalu | 2.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 140 | Norway | 2.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 141 | Congo | 2.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 142 | Zambia | 1.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 143 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 144 | Thailand | 1.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 145 | Haiti | 1.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 146 | Marshall Islands | 1.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Honduras | 1.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 148 | Tonga | 1.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 149 | New Caledonia | 0.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6,200.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Solomon Islands | 0.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Ecuador | 0.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Kiribati | 0.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Vanuatu | 0.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Angola | 0.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Madagascar | 0.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 0.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Cambodia | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Lesotho | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Asia 35.75 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 24.4 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 28.12 kcal/cap/d
- Türkiye 23.78 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22.19 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 17.23 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 16.15 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 15.29 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 15.42 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 12 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 14.49 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 9.26 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 14.31 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6.81 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 14.27 kcal/cap/d
- Viet Nam 6.73 kcal/cap/d
- World 13.55 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 5.17 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 13.39 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 4.66 kcal/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 13.03 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 4.27 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 12.7 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3.47 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 12.18 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 3.22 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 12.05 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 2.34 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 11.88 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia 1.85 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 11.62 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 0.9 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 10.23 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.64 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 10 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.11 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 9.99 kcal/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 0 kcal/cap/d
- Western Africa 9.45 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 9.17 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.