Palm Oil — 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
Palm Oil — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 15.09 kg/cap in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Tajikistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.95 kg/cap, and the mean is 3.63 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Cuba (up 4,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 100.0%).
Palm Oil — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 15.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 2 | Honduras | 14.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 3 | Indonesia | 11.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 269.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Türkiye | 5.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 11.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ecuador | 11.01 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 6 | Djibouti | 10.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 9.59 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 8 | Yemen | 9.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.6% | falling |
| 9 | Liberia | 9.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 10 | Colombia | 9.23 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 11 | Bahrain | 8.93 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 12 | Congo | 8.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 13 | Pakistan | 8.69 kg/cap | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 14 | Papua New Guinea | 7.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 15 | Mauritania | 6.97 kg/cap | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 16 | South Africa | 6.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 17 | Rwanda | 6.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 229.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Guinea | 6.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 19 | Cameroon | 6.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 6.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 21 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 158.2% | rising |
| 22 | Malaysia | 5.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 23 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 24 | Philippines | 5.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 522.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 5.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 26 | Angola | 5.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 27 | Uganda | 5.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 28 | Comoros | 4.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 29 | Nicaragua | 4.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 30 | Republic of Korea | 4.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 93.6% | rising |
| 31 | Oman | 4.75 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 32 | Niger | 4.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 33 | China, Taiwan Province of | 4.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 34 | Samoa | 3.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Brazil | 3.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | 3.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 37 | Guatemala | 3.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 169.0% | rising |
| 38 | Mozambique | 3.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 39 | Peru | 3.67 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 40 | Thailand | 3.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 41 | Mexico | 3.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 42 | Kuwait | 3.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 3.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 44 | Vanuatu | 3.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4,757.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Haiti | 3.15 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 46 | Gabon | 3.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 47 | Solomon Islands | 3.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 48 | Senegal | 3.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 49 | Panama | 3.1 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 49 | Tuvalu | 3.1 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 51 | Sierra Leone | 3.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 52 | Israel | 3.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 53 | Jordan | 2.95 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 54 | Burkina Faso | 2.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 54 | Ethiopia | 2.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 56 | Nauru | 2.52 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 57 | Cambodia | 2.34 kg/cap | 2023 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 58 | Grenada | 2.32 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 2.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 250.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Italy | 2.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 39.9% | rising |
| 61 | Tunisia | 2.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.9% | flat |
| 62 | Australia | 2.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 63 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 64 | Iraq | 2.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 65 | China | 1.92 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 66 | China, mainland | 1.89 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 67 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 68 | Gambia | 1.78 kg/cap | 2023 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 69 | Suriname | 1.77 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 69 | Zambia | 1.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 71 | Ghana | 1.69 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.9% | flat |
| 72 | Eswatini | 1.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 579.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Kenya | 1.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 74 | Mongolia | 1.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 119.7% | rising |
| 75 | Nepal | 1.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 1.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 220.9% | volatile |
| 77 | India | 1.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 78 | Tonga | 1.28 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 79 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 80 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.12 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Madagascar | 1.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 147.7% | rising |
| 82 | Marshall Islands | 1.03 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 83 | Myanmar | 0.92 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 83 | Romania | 0.92 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 85 | Malta | 0.88 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 86 | Malawi | 0.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 154.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Mauritius | 0.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 87 | Paraguay | 0.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 89 | Bhutan | 0.54 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 89 | China, Macao SAR | 0.54 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Cuba | 0.5 kg/cap | 2019 | up 4,900.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Qatar | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 93 | Kiribati | 0.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 94 | Algeria | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | New Caledonia | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 96 | Lesotho | 0.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 450.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Barbados | 0.29 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Botswana | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 100 | France | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 101 | Sri Lanka | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 74.6% | falling |
| 102 | Guyana | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 103 | Luxembourg | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 104 | Bahamas | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 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.
- Timor-Leste 9.87 kg/cap
- Western Africa 6.99 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 6.8 kg/cap
- Melanesia 6.4 kg/cap
- Côte d'Ivoire 6.55 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 5.95 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 3.78 kg/cap
- Western Asia 5.45 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.37 kg/cap
- Central America 4.22 kg/cap
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 3.22 kg/cap
- South America 3.95 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 3.09 kg/cap
- Africa 3.91 kg/cap
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.06 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3.77 kg/cap
- Asia 3.04 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.04 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3.16 kg/cap
- Oceania 3.1 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 2.32 kg/cap
- World 2.87 kg/cap
- Polynesia 1.66 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 2.78 kg/cap
- Micronesia 1.63 kg/cap
- Americas 2.47 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 0.86 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 2.43 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.43 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.65 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.18 kg/cap
- Caribbean 2.3 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.15 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 1.91 kg/cap
- Cabo Verde 1.4 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 0.88 kg/cap
- Central Asia 0.56 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 0.4 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 0.36 kg/cap
- Europe 0.25 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.