Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in China, mainland
China, mainland: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 42 kcal/cap/d in 2024. ▲ Rising
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in China, mainland, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 42 kcal/cap/d for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 31.2% on the previous year and up 82.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in China, mainland peaked at 42 kcal/cap/d in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13 kcal/cap/d, in 2008.
That places China, mainland 38th out of 147 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 23 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2002 | 17 kcal/cap/d | -26.1% |
| 2003 | 14 kcal/cap/d | -17.6% |
| 2004 | 18 kcal/cap/d | +28.6% |
| 2005 | 20 kcal/cap/d | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 17 kcal/cap/d | -15.0% |
| 2007 | 19 kcal/cap/d | +11.8% |
| 2008 | 13 kcal/cap/d | -31.6% |
| 2009 | 15 kcal/cap/d | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 14 kcal/cap/d | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 20 kcal/cap/d | +42.9% |
| 2012 | 23 kcal/cap/d | +15.0% |
| 2013 | 16 kcal/cap/d | -30.4% |
| 2014 | 23 kcal/cap/d | +43.8% |
| 2015 | 25 kcal/cap/d | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 28 kcal/cap/d | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 29 kcal/cap/d | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 29 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 27 kcal/cap/d | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 26 kcal/cap/d | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 16 kcal/cap/d | -38.5% |
| 2022 | 21 kcal/cap/d | +31.2% |
| 2023 | 32 kcal/cap/d | +52.4% |
| 2024 | 42 kcal/cap/d | +31.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.33 kcal/cap/d | 13 kcal/cap/d | 23 kcal/cap/d | 9 |
| 2010s | 23.4 kcal/cap/d | 14 kcal/cap/d | 29 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.4 kcal/cap/d | 16 kcal/cap/d | 42 kcal/cap/d | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in China, mainland?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in China, mainland was 42 kcal/cap/d in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 42 kcal/cap/d in 2024.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 kcal/cap/d in 2008.
- How does China, mainland rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- China, mainland ranks 38th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.