Pepper — 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...

Countries reporting
183
Highest
3.1 kg/cap
Burkina Faso
Lowest
0 kg/cap
United Republic of Tanzania
Median
0.06 kg/cap
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
3,014

What the numbers show

Pepper — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 3.1 kg/cap in Burkina Faso; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in United Republic of Tanzania.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.06 kg/cap, and the mean is 0.144 kg/cap.

Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 9,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 100.0%).

Pepper — Food supply quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burkina Faso 3.1 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
2 Tajikistan 2.15 kg/cap 2023 up 7,066.7% volatile
3 Sri Lanka 1.24 kg/cap 2023 up 93.8% rising
4 Zimbabwe 1.22 kg/cap 2023 up 1,120.0% volatile
5 Iraq 0.98 kg/cap 2023 up 9,700.0% volatile
6 Vietnam 0.89 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
6 Viet Nam 0.89 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
8 Malaysia 0.81 kg/cap 2023 up 47.3% rising
9 Antigua and Barbuda 0.67 kg/cap 2023 up 116.1% volatile
10 Jordan 0.47 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
11 Bahamas 0.43 kg/cap 2023 up 2.4% volatile
12 Costa Rica 0.39 kg/cap 2023 up 34.5% rising
13 Barbados 0.38 kg/cap 2023 down 7.3% falling
13 Guyana 0.38 kg/cap 2023 up 72.7% rising
15 French Polynesia 0.37 kg/cap 2023 up 640.0% volatile
15 Seychelles 0.37 kg/cap 2023 up 1,133.3% volatile
17 Maldives 0.33 kg/cap 2023 up 37.5% rising
18 China, Macao SAR 0.29 kg/cap 2023 down 31.0% falling
19 Bahrain 0.26 kg/cap 2023 — falling
20 Austria 0.23 kg/cap 2023 up 109.1% rising
21 Qatar 0.22 kg/cap 2023 — falling
22 Fiji 0.21 kg/cap 2023 up 16.7% flat
22 Ireland 0.21 kg/cap 2023 up 10.5% rising
24 Morocco 0.2 kg/cap 2023 up 1,900.0% volatile
24 Polynesia 0.2 kg/cap 2023 up 122.2% volatile
26 Libya 0.19 kg/cap 2023 up 1,800.0% volatile
27 Cyprus 0.18 kg/cap 2023 up 125.0% rising
27 Mauritania 0.18 kg/cap 2023 up 200.0% volatile
27 Rwanda 0.18 kg/cap 2023 down 10.0% falling
27 Saudi Arabia 0.18 kg/cap 2023 down 5.3% falling
31 Canada 0.17 kg/cap 2023 up 13.3% rising
31 Kuwait 0.17 kg/cap 2023 down 19.0% falling
31 United States 0.17 kg/cap 2023 down 10.5% rising
34 Estonia 0.16 kg/cap 2023 down 30.4% rising
35 Ghana 0.15 kg/cap 2023 up 36.4% rising
35 Namibia 0.15 kg/cap 2023 down 16.7% falling
37 United Kingdom 0.14 kg/cap 2023 down 26.3% flat
37 Iceland 0.14 kg/cap 2023 down 30.0% falling
37 North Macedonia 0.14 kg/cap 2023 up 75.0% rising
37 New Zealand 0.14 kg/cap 2023 unchanged flat
37 China, Taiwan Province of 0.14 kg/cap 2023 up 7.7% rising
37 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.14 kg/cap 2023 down 26.3% flat
43 Denmark 0.13 kg/cap 2023 down 23.5% falling
43 Indonesia 0.13 kg/cap 2023 down 7.1% falling
43 Lebanon 0.13 kg/cap 2023 up 62.5% rising
43 Lithuania 0.13 kg/cap 2023 up 18.2% rising
43 Niger 0.13 kg/cap 2023 up 550.0% volatile
43 Oman 0.13 kg/cap 2023 down 35.0% falling
43 Sweden 0.13 kg/cap 2023 down 18.8% falling
43 Australia and New Zealand 0.13 kg/cap 2023 up 8.3% rising
51 Australia 0.12 kg/cap 2023 up 9.1% rising
51 Ecuador 0.12 kg/cap 2023 up 33.3% falling
51 Croatia 0.12 kg/cap 2023 up 20.0% rising
51 Jamaica 0.12 kg/cap 2023 up 71.4% rising
51 Poland 0.12 kg/cap 2023 up 9.1% rising
56 Czechia 0.11 kg/cap 2023 up 37.5% rising
56 Greece 0.11 kg/cap 2023 up 22.2% rising
56 Lesotho 0.11 kg/cap 2023 up 450.0% volatile
56 Marshall Islands 0.11 kg/cap 2023 — rising
56 Nauru 0.11 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
56 Nauru 0.11 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
62 Brazil 0.1 kg/cap 2023 up 100.0% rising
62 Dominican Republic 0.1 kg/cap 2023 up 233.3% rising
62 Israel 0.1 kg/cap 2023 up 42.9% volatile
62 Mexico 0.1 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
62 Slovenia 0.1 kg/cap 2023 up 25.0% rising
67 Armenia 0.09 kg/cap 2023 up 200.0% rising
67 Belgium 0.09 kg/cap 2023 down 35.7% falling
67 Switzerland 0.09 kg/cap 2023 down 10.0% falling
67 Germany 0.09 kg/cap 2023 down 57.1% falling
67 Finland 0.09 kg/cap 2023 unchanged rising
67 France 0.09 kg/cap 2023 unchanged rising
67 Hungary 0.09 kg/cap 2023 down 10.0% rising
67 Malta 0.09 kg/cap 2023 down 25.0% falling
67 Norway 0.09 kg/cap 2023 unchanged rising
67 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.09 kg/cap 2023 up 80.0% rising
77 Georgia 0.08 kg/cap 2023 up 33.3% rising
77 Luxembourg 0.08 kg/cap 2023 down 20.0% volatile
77 Trinidad and Tobago 0.08 kg/cap 2023 down 20.0% volatile
77 Turkey 0.08 kg/cap 2023 up 100.0% rising
77 Samoa 0.08 kg/cap 2023 down 46.7% volatile
77 Türkiye 0.08 kg/cap 2023 up 100.0% rising
83 Kazakhstan 0.07 kg/cap 2023 up 40.0% rising
83 Romania 0.07 kg/cap 2023 down 12.5% rising
83 Senegal 0.07 kg/cap 2023 up 16.7% rising
83 Thailand 0.07 kg/cap 2023 up 16.7% rising
83 Yemen 0.07 kg/cap 2023 up 133.3% volatile
88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.06 kg/cap 2023 up 20.0% rising
88 Egypt 0.06 kg/cap 2023 down 14.3% rising
88 Kyrgyzstan 0.06 kg/cap 2023 up 100.0% rising
88 Montenegro 0.06 kg/cap 2023 up 50.0% rising
88 Mauritius 0.06 kg/cap 2023 up 50.0% volatile
88 Panama 0.06 kg/cap 2023 up 50.0% rising
88 Philippines 0.06 kg/cap 2023 up 20.0% rising
88 Ukraine 0.06 kg/cap 2023 unchanged falling
88 Cabo Verde 0.06 kg/cap 2023 up 100.0% rising
97 Djibouti 0.05 kg/cap 2023 down 94.9% volatile
97 India 0.05 kg/cap 2023 up 150.0% rising
97 Italy 0.05 kg/cap 2023 up 66.7% rising
97 Pakistan 0.05 kg/cap 2023 up 66.7% rising
97 Peru 0.05 kg/cap 2023 up 66.7% rising
97 Portugal 0.05 kg/cap 2023 up 66.7% rising
97 Caribbean 0.05 kg/cap 2023 up 66.7% rising
104 Argentina 0.04 kg/cap 2023 up 33.3% rising
104 Azerbaijan 0.04 kg/cap 2023 up 300.0% volatile
104 Cambodia 0.04 kg/cap 2023 down 66.7% volatile
104 Moldova 0.04 kg/cap 2023 unchanged rising
104 New Caledonia 0.04 kg/cap 2023 down 69.2% falling
104 El Salvador 0.04 kg/cap 2023 up 300.0% rising
104 Serbia 0.04 kg/cap 2023 down 20.0% falling
104 Suriname 0.04 kg/cap 2023 up 300.0% volatile
104 Uganda 0.04 kg/cap 2023 unchanged falling
104 Uruguay 0.04 kg/cap 2023 unchanged rising
104 Republic of Moldova 0.04 kg/cap 2023 unchanged rising
115 Albania 0.03 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
115 China 0.03 kg/cap 2023 unchanged rising
115 Algeria 0.03 kg/cap 2023 down 62.5% falling
115 Spain 0.03 kg/cap 2023 down 40.0% falling
115 Ethiopia 0.03 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
115 Honduras 0.03 kg/cap 2023 down 40.0% volatile
115 Slovakia 0.03 kg/cap 2023 down 66.7% falling
115 East Timor 0.03 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
115 Tunisia 0.03 kg/cap 2023 down 62.5% falling
115 Uzbekistan 0.03 kg/cap 2023 up 200.0% volatile
115 Timor-Leste 0.03 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
115 China, mainland 0.03 kg/cap 2023 up 50.0% rising
115 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.03 kg/cap 2023 down 88.9% volatile
128 Botswana 0.02 kg/cap 2023 down 93.9% volatile
128 Chile 0.02 kg/cap 2023 unchanged rising
128 Cote d'Ivoire 0.02 kg/cap 2023 up 100.0% flat
128 Gabon 0.02 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
128 Nicaragua 0.02 kg/cap 2023 up 100.0% falling
128 Turkmenistan 0.02 kg/cap 2023 unchanged rising
128 South Africa 0.02 kg/cap 2023 down 33.3% volatile
128 Micronesia 0.02 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
128 Melanesia 0.02 kg/cap 2023 unchanged volatile
128 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.02 kg/cap 2023 up 100.0% falling
128 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.02 kg/cap 2023 up 100.0% volatile
128 Côte d'Ivoire 0.02 kg/cap 2023 up 100.0% flat
140 United Arab Emirates 0.01 kg/cap 2023 down 98.5% volatile
140 Bangladesh 0.01 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
140 Belize 0.01 kg/cap 2023 down 85.7% falling
140 Cameroon 0.01 kg/cap 2023 unchanged volatile
140 Congo 0.01 kg/cap 2023 unchanged rising
140 Colombia 0.01 kg/cap 2023 unchanged flat
140 Comoros 0.01 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
140 Cuba 0.01 kg/cap 2019 — volatile
140 Gambia 0.01 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
140 Liberia 0.01 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
140 Saint Lucia 0.01 kg/cap 2023 down 98.8% volatile
140 Latvia 0.01 kg/cap 2023 down 66.7% volatile
140 Mongolia 0.01 kg/cap 2023 down 50.0% rising
140 Malawi 0.01 kg/cap 2023 down 66.7% volatile
140 Nepal 0.01 kg/cap 2023 down 83.3% volatile
140 Paraguay 0.01 kg/cap 2023 unchanged rising
140 Russia 0.01 kg/cap 2023 down 83.3% falling
140 Sao Tome and Principe 0.01 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
140 Eswatini 0.01 kg/cap 2023 down 66.7% falling
140 Syria 0.01 kg/cap 2023 unchanged volatile
140 Vanuatu 0.01 kg/cap 2023 down 66.7% volatile
140 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.01 kg/cap 2023 unchanged volatile
140 Republic of Korea 0.01 kg/cap 2023 down 88.9% rising
140 Russian Federation 0.01 kg/cap 2023 down 83.3% falling
140 Syrian Arab Republic 0.01 kg/cap 2023 unchanged volatile
165 Afghanistan 0 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
165 Belarus 0 kg/cap 2023 down 100.0% falling
165 Bhutan 0 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
165 Guinea 0 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
165 Guinea-Bissau 0 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
165 Grenada 0 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
165 Guatemala 0 kg/cap 2023 down 100.0% volatile
165 Haiti 0 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
165 Kiribati 0 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
165 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
165 Laos 0 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
165 Madagascar 0 kg/cap 2023 down 100.0% volatile
165 Myanmar 0 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
165 Mozambique 0 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
165 Papua New Guinea 0 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
165 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
165 Zambia 0 kg/cap 2023 down 100.0% volatile
165 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 kg/cap 2023 — volatile
165 United Republic of Tanzania 0 kg/cap 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Pepper — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr)
Unit
kg/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
223 places, 3,014 data points, 2010–2023
Last refreshed

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.