Pigmeat — 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
Pigmeat — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 61.06 kg/cap in Croatia; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.31 kg/cap, and the mean is 16.04 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 12,300.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).
Pigmeat — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatia | 61.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 2 | Montenegro | 58.97 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 57.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 132.6% | rising |
| 4 | China, Macao SAR | 57.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 5 | Spain | 53.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 52.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 7 | Serbia | 50.59 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 8 | Lithuania | 48.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 9 | Hungary | 47.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 10 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 46.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 11 | Czechia | 44.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 12 | China, mainland | 42.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 13 | China | 42.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 14 | Latvia | 41.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 15 | Slovakia | 41.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 16 | Austria | 40.86 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 17 | Republic of Korea | 39.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 18 | Portugal | 39.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 19 | Romania | 39.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 20 | Belarus | 39.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 21 | China, Taiwan Province of | 39.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 22 | Germany | 38.67 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 23 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 36.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 24 | Estonia | 35.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 25 | Naoero | 35.02 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 26 | Italy | 34.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 27 | Cyprus | 33.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 28 | Tonga | 32.9 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 29 | Bulgaria | 32.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 30 | Bahamas | 32.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 31.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 32 | Marshall Islands | 31.54 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 31.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 34 | Chile | 31.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 35 | France | 31.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 36 | Ireland | 31.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 37 | Belgium | 30.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 38 | New Caledonia | 28.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 39 | Finland | 27.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 40 | Greece | 27.82 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 41 | Sweden | 27.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 42 | Canada | 25.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.2% | flat |
| 43 | Switzerland | 25.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 44 | Australia | 25.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 45 | Norway | 24.87 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 46 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 24.66 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 47 | Australia and New Zealand | 24.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 48 | Malta | 24.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 49 | Uruguay | 23.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 50 | Cuba | 22.82 kg/cap | 2019 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 51 | New Zealand | 22.46 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 52 | Mexico | 22.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 53 | Grenada | 22.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 131.0% | rising |
| 54 | Iceland | 21.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 55 | Tuvalu | 20.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 56 | Slovenia | 19.34 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 57 | French Polynesia | 19.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 59 | Samoa | 18.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 60 | Ukraine | 17.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 61 | Malawi | 17.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 294.3% | volatile |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 17.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 72.6% | rising |
| 63 | Argentina | 17.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 64 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 16.81 kg/cap | 2023 | up 140.5% | rising |
| 64 | Saint Lucia | 16.81 kg/cap | 2023 | up 85.5% | rising |
| 66 | Brazil | 16.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 16.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 68 | Belize | 16.01 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 69 | Georgia | 16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 15.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 71 | Kiribati | 14.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 72 | Philippines | 14.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 73 | Colombia | 13.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 106.0% | rising |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 75 | Seychelles | 13.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 76 | Thailand | 12.67 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 77 | Panama | 12.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 78 | Ecuador | 11.94 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 79 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 80 | Vanuatu | 11.82 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 81 | Barbados | 11.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 82 | Armenia | 10.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 83 | Paraguay | 9.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 84 | Gabon | 9.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 85 | Papua New Guinea | 8.68 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 86 | Congo | 8.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 317.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Burkina Faso | 8.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 247.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Suriname | 7.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 89 | Albania | 7.51 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 90 | Malaysia | 7.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 91 | Honduras | 7.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 92 | Guyana | 7.01 kg/cap | 2023 | up 187.3% | rising |
| 93 | Angola | 6.79 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 6.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 95 | Kazakhstan | 6.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 97 | Cambodia | 6.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 98 | Myanmar | 5.91 kg/cap | 2023 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 99 | Guatemala | 5.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 100 | Lesotho | 5.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 203.8% | volatile |
| 101 | El Salvador | 5.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 102 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 103 | South Africa | 5.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 104 | Peru | 5.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 105 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 106 | Haiti | 4.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 107 | Mauritius | 4.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 108 | Solomon Islands | 4.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 109 | Namibia | 3.53 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 110 | Mozambique | 3.37 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 111 | Jamaica | 3.35 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 112 | Uganda | 2.8 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 113 | Liberia | 2.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 114 | Mongolia | 2.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Bhutan | 2.15 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 116 | Eswatini | 2.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 117 | Cameroon | 1.83 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.4% | flat |
| 118 | Nigeria | 1.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 119 | Fiji | 1.34 kg/cap | 2023 | down 69.2% | falling |
| 120 | Zambia | 1.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 121 | Oman | 1.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12,300.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Senegal | 1.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 72.5% | falling |
| 124 | Ghana | 1.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 125 | Israel | 1.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 126 | Nepal | 1.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 127 | Madagascar | 1.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 128 | Zimbabwe | 1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 129 | Lebanon | 0.97 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 130 | Azerbaijan | 0.93 kg/cap | 2023 | up 342.9% | rising |
| 131 | Gambia | 0.84 kg/cap | 2023 | up 500.0% | rising |
| 132 | Maldives | 0.82 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 133 | Kenya | 0.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 157.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Sierra Leone | 0.68 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 135 | Bahrain | 0.64 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 135 | Rwanda | 0.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 137 | Indonesia | 0.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 138 | Botswana | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 139 | Iraq | 0.48 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 0.39 kg/cap | 2023 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 141 | Guinea | 0.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 117.6% | rising |
| 142 | India | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 143 | Djibouti | 0.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 108.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Qatar | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Uzbekistan | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Comoros | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Turkmenistan | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Niger | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 149 | Sri Lanka | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 62.5% | rising |
| 150 | Ethiopia | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 150 | Morocco | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 152 | Bangladesh | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Egypt | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Jordan | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 152 | Libya | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 152 | Tunisia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Afghanistan | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | United Arab Emirates | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Algeria | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Mauritania | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Yemen | 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.
- Southern Europe 40.26 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 34.37 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 39.87 kg/cap
- Polynesia 21.06 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 39.35 kg/cap
- Micronesia 18.9 kg/cap
- Western Europe 35 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 18.49 kg/cap
- Europe 34.85 kg/cap
- Asia 15.5 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 34.39 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 13.64 kg/cap
- United States of America 29.13 kg/cap
- Timor-Leste 12.12 kg/cap
- Northern America 28.8 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 12.06 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 28.28 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10.58 kg/cap
- Americas 20.43 kg/cap
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 9 kg/cap
- Oceania 19.98 kg/cap
- Melanesia 8.4 kg/cap
- Central America 18.21 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4.99 kg/cap
- World 15.41 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.78 kg/cap
- South America 14.97 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 2.27 kg/cap
- Cabo Verde 13.91 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.75 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 10.16 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.72 kg/cap
- Caribbean 9.39 kg/cap
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.61 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 5.18 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.17 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.42 kg/cap
- Türkiye 0 kg/cap
- Central Asia 1.9 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 1.68 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.