Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value by country

The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture...

Countries reporting
163
Highest
227 kcal/cap/d
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Lowest
4 kcal/cap/d
Lithuania
Median
30 kcal/cap/d
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
4,843

What the numbers show

Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 227 kcal/cap/d in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of); the lowest is 4 kcal/cap/d in Lithuania.

The median across all reporting countries is 30 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 36.01 kcal/cap/d.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 57.

Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (up 773.1%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 93.8%).

Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 227 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 773.1% volatile
1 Sri Lanka 185 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 330.2% volatile
1 Cabo Verde 51 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 2.0% rising
2 Uganda 118 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 247.1% volatile
2 Timor-Leste 62 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 121.4% volatile
3 Guinea-Bissau 114 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 5.6% volatile
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 46 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 100.0% volatile
3 Caribbean 40 kcal/cap/d 2025 up 166.7% falling
4 Albania 111 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 428.6% volatile
4 Polynesia 39 kcal/cap/d 2025 up 116.7% rising
4 Republic of Moldova 39 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 56.0% rising
5 Rwanda 106 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 86.0% rising
6 Georgia 73 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 78.0% falling
6 Syrian Arab Republic 37 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 26.0% falling
6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 37 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 94.7% rising
7 Jordan 71 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 108.8% rising
8 North Macedonia 70 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 150.0% falling
8 United Republic of Tanzania 31 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 19.2% volatile
9 Afghanistan 69 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 81.6% falling
9 Israel 69 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 305.9% falling
10 Viet Nam 29 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 52.6% falling
11 Sierra Leone 66 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 69.2% falling
11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 25 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 127.3% volatile
12 Saudi Arabia 63 kcal/cap/d 2024 unchanged volatile
12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 21 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 62.5% volatile
13 Malta 62 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 31.9% volatile
13 Solomon Islands 62 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 93.8% rising
13 Sao Tome and Principe 62 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 113.8% flat
13 Côte d'Ivoire 21 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 22.2% volatile
14 Melanesia 19 kcal/cap/d 2025 unchanged volatile
15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 15 kcal/cap/d 2018 down 51.6% falling
16 Kyrgyzstan 59 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 353.8% volatile
17 Haiti 57 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 185.0% falling
17 Ireland 57 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 54.1% falling
19 Australia 56 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 143.5% flat
20 Togo 55 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 17.0% falling
21 Madagascar 54 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 116.0% flat
21 Pakistan 54 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 315.4% volatile
23 Kenya 52 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 126.1% rising
23 Mongolia 52 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 62.5% rising
23 Niger 52 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 8.3% rising
26 Tunisia 49 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 122.7% volatile
26 Uzbekistan 49 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 308.3% volatile
26 Australia and New Zealand 49 kcal/cap/d 2025 up 122.7% flat
29 Botswana 48 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 54.8% falling
29 Chile 48 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 65.5% rising
29 Zambia 48 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 200.0% rising
32 Angola 47 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 4.4% falling
32 Sudan 47 kcal/cap/d 2021 up 88.0% rising
32 Slovenia 47 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 135.0% volatile
35 Romania 46 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 64.3% falling
35 Samoa 46 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 119.0% falling
37 Ecuador 45 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 7.1% falling
38 Comoros 42 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 121.1% rising
38 China, mainland 42 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 82.6% rising
40 French Polynesia 41 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 41.4% rising
41 China 40 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 81.8% rising
42 Armenia 39 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 32.8% falling
42 Denmark 39 kcal/cap/d 2024 unchanged volatile
42 Mozambique 39 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 32.8% volatile
42 Russian Federation 39 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 62.5% falling
46 Gambia 38 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 11.8% falling
47 Egypt 36 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 12.2% falling
47 Spain 36 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 89.5% falling
47 Jamaica 36 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 33.3% rising
50 Germany 35 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 52.2% falling
50 Malawi 35 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 133.3% falling
50 Namibia 35 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 57.8% falling
50 El Salvador 35 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 59.1% volatile
50 Tajikistan 35 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 12.5% rising
55 Azerbaijan 34 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 34.6% volatile
55 Myanmar 34 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 30.6% falling
57 Bangladesh 33 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 65.0% flat
57 Switzerland 33 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 10.8% falling
57 Dominica 33 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 83.3% volatile
57 Montenegro 33 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 63.3% volatile
57 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 33 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 94.1% volatile
57 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 33 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 22.2% rising
63 Fiji 32 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 52.4% rising
63 Mexico 32 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 100.0% falling
63 Ukraine 32 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 33.3% volatile
66 Congo 31 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 55.7% volatile
66 Libya 31 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 40.4% volatile
68 Barbados 30 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 21.1% falling
68 Costa Rica 30 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 42.9% falling
68 Latvia 30 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 15.4% volatile
68 Mauritania 30 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 20.0% falling
68 Malaysia 30 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 50.0% falling
68 Philippines 30 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 42.9% volatile
74 Austria 29 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 21.6% falling
74 Ethiopia 29 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 11.5% rising
74 France 29 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 222.2% volatile
77 Djibouti 28 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 30.0% falling
77 Kiribati 28 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 86.7% rising
77 Luxembourg 28 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 3.4% volatile
77 Nigeria 28 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 16.7% volatile
77 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 28 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 133.3% volatile
82 Finland 27 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 28.9% falling
82 Greece 27 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 22.7% falling
82 South Africa 27 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 6.9% rising
82 Republic of Korea 27 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 46.0% falling
86 Ghana 26 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 60.6% rising
86 Iceland 26 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 42.2% volatile
86 Nepal 26 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 73.3% falling
86 Eswatini 26 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 72.3% falling
90 Argentina 25 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 19.0% volatile
90 Brazil 25 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 19.4% falling
90 Canada 25 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 41.9% falling
90 Thailand 25 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 47.1% falling
90 China, Taiwan Province of 25 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 127.3% volatile
95 Suriname 24 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 51.0% falling
96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 43.9% falling
96 Belize 23 kcal/cap/d 2024 unchanged rising
96 Morocco 23 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 53.3% falling
96 Panama 23 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 27.8% volatile
100 Burkina Faso 22 kcal/cap/d 2024 unchanged volatile
100 Czechia 22 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 120.0% volatile
100 Guatemala 22 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 31.2% falling
100 New Zealand 22 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 68.6% rising
100 Papua New Guinea 22 kcal/cap/d 2024 unchanged falling
100 Poland 22 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 52.2% volatile
106 Cameroon 21 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 31.2% falling
106 Dominican Republic 21 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 200.0% volatile
106 Kazakhstan 21 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 43.2% falling
106 Mauritius 21 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 55.3% falling
106 Nicaragua 21 kcal/cap/d 2022 down 12.5% falling
106 Oman 21 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 86.7% volatile
106 Serbia 21 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 61.5% rising
113 Estonia 20 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 65.5% falling
113 Indonesia 20 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 81.8% volatile
113 Peru 20 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 33.3% volatile
113 Sweden 20 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 42.9% rising
113 Trinidad and Tobago 20 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 55.6% volatile
113 Zimbabwe 20 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 31.0% rising
119 Bulgaria 19 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 38.7% volatile
120 Belarus 18 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 28.0% falling
120 Algeria 18 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 53.8% rising
120 Turkmenistan 18 kcal/cap/d 2024 unchanged falling
123 Gabon 17 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 43.3% volatile
123 Honduras 17 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 26.1% falling
123 Chad 17 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 34.6% falling
126 Norway 16 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 59.0% rising
126 Senegal 16 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 73.8% falling
128 Colombia 15 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 71.7% falling
128 Guinea 15 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 71.2% falling
128 New Caledonia 15 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 34.8% falling
128 Uruguay 15 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 11.8% falling
132 Belgium 14 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 7.7% volatile
132 India 14 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 36.4% falling
132 Italy 14 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 55.6% rising
135 Iraq 13 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 72.9% falling
135 Lebanon 13 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 71.1% volatile
135 Liberia 13 kcal/cap/d 2024 unchanged volatile
135 Mali 13 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 50.0% falling
135 Paraguay 13 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 66.7% falling
140 Guyana 12 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 67.6% rising
141 Benin 11 kcal/cap/d 2024 up 120.0% volatile
142 Portugal 10 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 41.2% volatile
143 Hungary 7 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 78.8% volatile
143 Somalia 7 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 83.7% rising
143 Vanuatu 7 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 84.8% volatile
146 Croatia 6 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 77.8% falling
147 Lithuania 4 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 93.8% volatile

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Indicator
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value
Unit
kcal/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
201 places, 4,843 data points, 2000–2025
Last refreshed

The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.