Oranges, Mandarines — 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
Oranges, Mandarines — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 52.37 kcal/cap/d in Panama; the lowest is 0.02 kcal/cap/d in Sierra Leone.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.72 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 11.72 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,618.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 100,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 93.5%).
Oranges, Mandarines — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama | 52.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 347.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Paraguay | 38.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 3 | Italy | 38.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 4 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 38.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.5% | flat |
| 5 | Tunisia | 32.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 165.5% | rising |
| 6 | Mexico | 31.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 7 | Algeria | 31.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 8 | Spain | 31.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 9 | Uruguay | 30.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.8% | falling |
| 10 | Portugal | 30.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 11 | Ireland | 29.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 12 | Eswatini | 29.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 13 | Antigua and Barbuda | 28.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 14 | Guyana | 27.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 556.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Montenegro | 27.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 16 | Naoero | 25.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 24.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 18 | Brazil | 24.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 19 | Jamaica | 24.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 20 | Lebanon | 23.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 21 | Egypt | 23.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 22 | Argentina | 23.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 23 | Morocco | 23.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 24 | Peru | 23.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 25 | Greece | 23.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 26 | Maldives | 22.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 27 | Vanuatu | 21.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2,152.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Oman | 21.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 29 | Suriname | 21.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 30 | China, mainland | 20.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 31 | China | 20.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 32 | Norway | 20.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 33 | France | 19.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 34 | Sweden | 19.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 35 | Bahamas | 19.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 36 | Colombia | 18.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 146.4% | rising |
| 37 | Finland | 17.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 38 | Ghana | 17.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 39 | Bahrain | 17.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 40 | El Salvador | 16.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 41 | Malta | 16.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 42 | Denmark | 16.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 43 | Switzerland | 16.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 44 | Croatia | 16.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 45 | Malawi | 16.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23,285.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Iceland | 16.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 47 | Seychelles | 16.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 109.8% | rising |
| 48 | Albania | 15.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 49 | Canada | 15.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 50 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 15.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 51 | Tonga | 15.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 52 | Slovenia | 14.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 53 | Austria | 14.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 54 | Germany | 14.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 55 | Barbados | 14.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 55 | Israel | 14.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 148.7% | rising |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 13.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 58 | Australia | 13.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.5% | flat |
| 59 | Qatar | 13.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 12.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 61 | Republic of Korea | 12.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 62 | Honduras | 12.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 63 | Australia and New Zealand | 12.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.6% | flat |
| 64 | New Caledonia | 12.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 65 | Estonia | 12.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 66 | Iraq | 12.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 67 | China, Macao SAR | 11.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 68 | Belgium | 11.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 210.0% | volatile |
| 69 | China, Taiwan Province of | 11.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 70 | Grenada | 11.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 71 | Czechia | 11.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 71 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 111.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Serbia | 11.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 74 | Bulgaria | 11.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 88.4% | rising |
| 74 | Djibouti | 11.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 281.9% | rising |
| 76 | Lithuania | 11.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 77 | Armenia | 11.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 169.8% | rising |
| 78 | Slovakia | 11.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 79 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 10.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 81 | Guinea | 10.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100,200.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Indonesia | 9.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 83 | Poland | 9.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 84 | Guatemala | 9.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 85 | Jordan | 9.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 86 | Russian Federation | 9.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 87 | Cyprus | 8.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 88 | Ecuador | 8.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 105.3% | rising |
| 89 | Thailand | 8.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 8.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 91 | Latvia | 8.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 92 | Libya | 8.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 93 | Saint Lucia | 8.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 94 | Mauritius | 8.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 95 | Botswana | 8.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 95 | Romania | 8.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 97 | Bhutan | 8.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 98 | Haiti | 7.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 99 | United Arab Emirates | 7.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.0% | rising |
| 100 | New Zealand | 7.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 7.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 126.9% | rising |
| 102 | Kuwait | 6.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 71.9% | falling |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 6.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 59.1% | falling |
| 104 | India | 6.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 105 | Kazakhstan | 6.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 106 | French Polynesia | 6.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 107 | Pakistan | 5.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 108 | Ukraine | 5.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.8% | flat |
| 109 | Zimbabwe | 5.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 110 | Namibia | 5.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 111 | Georgia | 5.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 74.7% | falling |
| 112 | Belarus | 5.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 113 | Belize | 5.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Cambodia | 5.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.9% | flat |
| 115 | Nepal | 5.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 116 | Mauritania | 4.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3,700.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Fiji | 4.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 118 | Hungary | 4.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 119 | Malaysia | 4.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 120 | Marshall Islands | 4.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 121 | Yemen | 4.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Senegal | 3.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.7% | flat |
| 124 | Afghanistan | 3.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 125 | Lesotho | 3.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 192.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Cuba | 3.25 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 51.4% | falling |
| 128 | Chile | 3.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 129 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 89.0% | falling |
| 131 | Costa Rica | 2.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Kenya | 2.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 133 | Mongolia | 2.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Uzbekistan | 2.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2,145.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Madagascar | 2.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 136 | South Africa | 2.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 137 | Tuvalu | 2.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 138 | Mozambique | 1.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 139 | Samoa | 1.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 140 | Gabon | 1.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 141 | Tajikistan | 1.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 547.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Kiribati | 1.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Liberia | 1.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 144 | Bangladesh | 1.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 145 | Congo | 0.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 145 | Philippines | 0.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 0.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 148 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 149 | Burkina Faso | 0.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Comoros | 0.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 370.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Zambia | 0.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 152 | Myanmar | 0.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 0.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 154 | Gambia | 0.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Rwanda | 0.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 0.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 0.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 0.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Angola | 0.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Niger | 0.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 161 | Cameroon | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Nigeria | 0.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Uganda | 0.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Türkiye 41.72 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 30.96 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 28.87 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 26.58 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 27.82 kcal/cap/d
- South America 21.54 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 26.11 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 21.38 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 21.01 kcal/cap/d
- Viet Nam 18.16 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 20.82 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 13.35 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 20.52 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 12.05 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 20.12 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.23 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 20.01 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 7.37 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 18.93 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 7.25 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 18.13 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 6.12 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 16.84 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 4.9 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 16.74 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2.57 kcal/cap/d
- World 12.55 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia 2.23 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 9.24 kcal/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 2.03 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 9.09 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 1.35 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 8.55 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.34 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 8.34 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.28 kcal/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 7.56 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.93 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 6.89 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.05 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.