Palm Oil — 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
Palm Oil — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 371.23 kcal/cap/d in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0 kcal/cap/d in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 43 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 70.41 kcal/cap/d.
Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 11,678.9%), and the largest decrease in Switzerland (down 100.0%).
Palm Oil — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 371.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 243.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 2 | Honduras | 359.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 2 | Türkiye | 165.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 3 | Indonesia | 291.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 268.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 280.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ecuador | 270.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 6 | Djibouti | 256.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 254.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 8 | Yemen | 243.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.4% | flat |
| 9 | Bahrain | 240.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 75.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 10 | Nigeria | 235.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 11 | Sweden | 230.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 12 | Liberia | 230.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 13 | Colombia | 229 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 14 | Congo | 214.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea | 187.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 21.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 119.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Mauritania | 171.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 17 | South Africa | 165.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 18 | Rwanda | 163.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 230.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Guinea | 161.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 19 | Cabo Verde | 40.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3,096.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Cameroon | 160.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 21 | Malaysia | 157.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 22 | Afghanistan | 151.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 23 | Sao Tome and Principe | 147.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 157.6% | rising |
| 24 | Trinidad and Tobago | 143.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 25 | Philippines | 139.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 523.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Costa Rica | 135.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 27 | Nicaragua | 134.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 28 | Uganda | 128.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 29 | Angola | 125.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 30 | Republic of Korea | 123.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 31 | Comoros | 120.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 32 | Oman | 118.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 33 | Hungary | 114.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 34 | Samoa | 112.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Niger | 104.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 36 | China, Taiwan Province of | 101.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 37 | Thailand | 98.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 97.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 39 | Brazil | 94.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 40 | Guatemala | 94.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 169.4% | rising |
| 41 | Mozambique | 93.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 42 | Peru | 90.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 43 | Panama | 90.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Mexico | 89.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 45 | Kuwait | 88.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 86.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 83.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4,959.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Solomon Islands | 79.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 49 | Gabon | 77.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 50 | Israel | 77.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 51 | Haiti | 77.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 52 | Senegal | 76.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 53 | Tuvalu | 76.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 54 | Sierra Leone | 74.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 72.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 56 | Jordan | 72.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 70.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 69.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 248.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Cambodia | 63.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 83.1% | rising |
| 60 | Italy | 62.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 61 | Naoero | 62.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 62 | Grenada | 60.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Australia | 56.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 64 | Tunisia | 53.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.7% | flat |
| 65 | Australia and New Zealand | 52.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 66 | Guinea-Bissau | 52.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 67 | Iraq | 50.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 68 | Germany | 48.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 69 | China | 48.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 70 | China, mainland | 48.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 71 | Zambia | 46.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 72 | Belgium | 46.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 73 | Serbia | 45.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 195.5% | rising |
| 74 | Suriname | 44.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11,678.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Poland | 43.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 76 | Gambia | 43.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 77 | Croatia | 43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 78 | Kenya | 42.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.0% | flat |
| 79 | Eswatini | 41.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 604.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Ghana | 41.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 86.7% | rising |
| 82 | Mongolia | 36.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 109.6% | rising |
| 83 | Portugal | 35.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 84 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 34.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Zimbabwe | 34.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 223.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Nepal | 33.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 74.9% | rising |
| 87 | India | 33.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 88 | New Zealand | 32.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 125.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Tonga | 31.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 90 | Romania | 31.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 91 | Qatar | 30.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 92 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 28.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 93 | Austria | 28.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 350.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Georgia | 28.29 kcal/cap/d | 2020 | up 781.3% | rising |
| 95 | Malta | 27.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 96 | Madagascar | 26.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.5% | rising |
| 97 | Marshall Islands | 25.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 25.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 99 | Armenia | 24.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 141.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Myanmar | 22.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 101 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 338.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Malawi | 19.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 152.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Denmark | 17.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 76.3% | falling |
| 104 | Mauritius | 17.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 17.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 106 | Paraguay | 14.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 107 | Bhutan | 13.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | China, Macao SAR | 13.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Montenegro | 12.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Cuba | 12.45 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | up 4,346.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Algeria | 11.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 112 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Albania | 9.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 444.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Kiribati | 9.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 114 | Lesotho | 9.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 491.1% | volatile |
| 116 | New Caledonia | 9.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 117 | Guyana | 8.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 118 | Fiji | 7.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 160.6% | rising |
| 119 | Barbados | 7.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Belize | 6.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4,486.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Libya | 6.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 882.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 123 | Jamaica | 5.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 153.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Namibia | 5.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Botswana | 4.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 126 | Lebanon | 4.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 529.7% | volatile |
| 127 | France | 4.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 128 | Slovenia | 4.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 4.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 130 | Belarus | 4.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 249.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Latvia | 4.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Ireland | 3.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Chile | 3.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 406.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Luxembourg | 2.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 130.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Norway | 2.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Finland | 2.55 kcal/cap/d | 2022 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Czechia | 2.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 93.5% | falling |
| 138 | Morocco | 1.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Estonia | 1.08 kcal/cap/d | 2018 | up 103.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Cyprus | 0.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Egypt | 0.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Turkmenistan | 0.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 180.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Azerbaijan | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Bahamas | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Uzbekistan | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Canada | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Switzerland | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Greece | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Iceland | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | El Salvador | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Seychelles | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 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.
- Western Africa 172.08 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 168.92 kcal/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 161.56 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 161.26 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 146.5 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 93.16 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 143.31 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 83.89 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 105.39 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 81.22 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 99.35 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 78.5 kcal/cap/d
- South America 97.69 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 76.16 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 96.89 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 83.13 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 74.81 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 78.98 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 56.97 kcal/cap/d
- World 74.65 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 46.51 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 69.88 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia 40.12 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 65.5 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 29.07 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 61.45 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 61.44 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 17.01 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 57.85 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4.32 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 48.59 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 3.73 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.16 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 35.95 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 31.89 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 31.09 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 28.85 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 23.69 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 17.95 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.