Pimento — Food supply (kcal) 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
Pimento — Food supply (kcal) is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 6.03 million million Kcal in India; the lowest is 0 million Kcal in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,862 million Kcal, and the mean is 87,835 million Kcal.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 31,210.1%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).
Pimento — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 6.03 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 92.2% | rising |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 2.00 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 360.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Thailand | 1.28 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 799,728 million Kcal | 2023 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 5 | China | 471,494 million Kcal | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 6 | China, mainland | 455,567 million Kcal | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 7 | Myanmar | 427,854 million Kcal | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 399,500 million Kcal | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 327,167 million Kcal | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 10 | Ghana | 319,702 million Kcal | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 11 | Pakistan | 298,380 million Kcal | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 12 | Nepal | 261,465 million Kcal | 2023 | up 154.5% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 206,019 million Kcal | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 14 | Egypt | 193,735 million Kcal | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 15 | Nigeria | 187,987 million Kcal | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 16 | Malaysia | 165,865 million Kcal | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 17 | Indonesia | 138,557 million Kcal | 2023 | up 142.1% | rising |
| 18 | Cameroon | 121,302 million Kcal | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 120,326 million Kcal | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 111,411 million Kcal | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 21 | Niger | 101,776 million Kcal | 2023 | up 194.5% | rising |
| 22 | Morocco | 76,072 million Kcal | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 75,781 million Kcal | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 75,661 million Kcal | 2023 | up 766.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Algeria | 66,984 million Kcal | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 63,920 million Kcal | 2023 | up 1,306.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Jamaica | 58,729 million Kcal | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 29 | Türkiye | 52,175 million Kcal | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 30 | Germany | 48,152 million Kcal | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 31 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 41,143 million Kcal | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 32 | Tunisia | 40,215 million Kcal | 2023 | up 321.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Cambodia | 39,765 million Kcal | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 34 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 37,735 million Kcal | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 35 | Canada | 29,628 million Kcal | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 29,042 million Kcal | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 37 | Russian Federation | 27,967 million Kcal | 2023 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 38 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 22,476 million Kcal | 2018 | — | falling |
| 39 | United Republic of Tanzania | 20,017 million Kcal | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 40 | Australia and New Zealand | 18,236 million Kcal | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 41 | Poland | 18,081 million Kcal | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 42 | France | 17,740 million Kcal | 2023 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 43 | Argentina | 16,244 million Kcal | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 44 | Australia | 16,158 million Kcal | 2023 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 15,615 million Kcal | 2023 | up 138.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Senegal | 15,468 million Kcal | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 13,048 million Kcal | 2023 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 48 | North Macedonia | 12,844 million Kcal | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 49 | Serbia | 12,242 million Kcal | 2023 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 50 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 11,483 million Kcal | 2023 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 51 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 11,262 million Kcal | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 52 | China, Taiwan Province of | 10,608 million Kcal | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 53 | Kenya | 9,402 million Kcal | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | 8,785 million Kcal | 2023 | up 161.9% | rising |
| 55 | Iraq | 8,463 million Kcal | 2023 | up 1,393.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Uganda | 8,144 million Kcal | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 57 | Austria | 8,012 million Kcal | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 58 | Italy | 7,255 million Kcal | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 59 | Czechia | 7,160 million Kcal | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 60 | Libya | 6,854 million Kcal | 2023 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Romania | 6,581 million Kcal | 2023 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Sweden | 6,315 million Kcal | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 63 | Ukraine | 6,107 million Kcal | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 64 | Switzerland | 6,067 million Kcal | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 65 | Qatar | 6,027 million Kcal | 2023 | — | rising |
| 66 | Oman | 5,927 million Kcal | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 67 | Israel | 5,897 million Kcal | 2023 | up 94.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 5,615 million Kcal | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 69 | Brazil | 5,516 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 5,259 million Kcal | 2023 | up 122.8% | rising |
| 71 | Madagascar | 5,248 million Kcal | 2023 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 72 | Hungary | 4,816 million Kcal | 2023 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Cabo Verde | 4,574 million Kcal | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 74 | Philippines | 4,504 million Kcal | 2023 | up 192.0% | rising |
| 75 | Slovakia | 4,422 million Kcal | 2023 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 76 | Kuwait | 4,158 million Kcal | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Chile | 3,925 million Kcal | 2023 | up 232.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Malawi | 3,815 million Kcal | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 79 | Guatemala | 3,740 million Kcal | 2023 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 80 | Slovenia | 3,175 million Kcal | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 81 | Denmark | 3,146 million Kcal | 2023 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 82 | Belgium | 3,134 million Kcal | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 83 | Portugal | 2,995 million Kcal | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 84 | Greece | 2,992 million Kcal | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 85 | Croatia | 2,988 million Kcal | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 86 | Albania | 2,665 million Kcal | 2023 | up 4,863.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 2,603 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Bahrain | 2,320 million Kcal | 2023 | — | falling |
| 89 | New Zealand | 2,078 million Kcal | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 90 | Ireland | 1,867 million Kcal | 2023 | up 746.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1,857 million Kcal | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 92 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,796 million Kcal | 2023 | up 371.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Maldives | 1,788 million Kcal | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 94 | Djibouti | 1,766 million Kcal | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 95 | El Salvador | 1,734 million Kcal | 2023 | up 91.4% | rising |
| 96 | Finland | 1,668 million Kcal | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 97 | Estonia | 1,641 million Kcal | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 98 | Lebanon | 1,428 million Kcal | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 99 | Armenia | 1,420 million Kcal | 2023 | up 616.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Georgia | 1,358 million Kcal | 2023 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 101 | Norway | 1,262 million Kcal | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 1,002 million Kcal | 2023 | up 548.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 936.36 million Kcal | 2023 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Mauritius | 877.45 million Kcal | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 105 | Lithuania | 843.54 million Kcal | 2023 | up 79.5% | rising |
| 106 | Uruguay | 795.18 million Kcal | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 107 | Guinea | 773.63 million Kcal | 2023 | up 2,659.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Bhutan | 723.7 million Kcal | 2023 | — | rising |
| 109 | Panama | 567.75 million Kcal | 2023 | up 176.1% | rising |
| 110 | Cuba | 492.51 million Kcal | 2019 | up 136.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Haiti | 466.52 million Kcal | 2023 | up 31,210.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Burkina Faso | 452.6 million Kcal | 2023 | up 272.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Yemen | 448.44 million Kcal | 2023 | up 2,161.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Tajikistan | 392.24 million Kcal | 2023 | up 81.9% | rising |
| 115 | Montenegro | 385.42 million Kcal | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 116 | Gambia | 326.99 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Republic of Moldova | 290.79 million Kcal | 2023 | up 188.6% | rising |
| 118 | Cyprus | 279.97 million Kcal | 2023 | up 172.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Dominican Republic | 252.93 million Kcal | 2023 | down 75.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Barbados | 235.34 million Kcal | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 121 | Belarus | 208.11 million Kcal | 2023 | down 55.5% | flat |
| 122 | Melanesia | 201.26 million Kcal | 2023 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 123 | Angola | 200.74 million Kcal | 2023 | up 230.6% | rising |
| 124 | Seychelles | 193.1 million Kcal | 2023 | up 221.9% | rising |
| 125 | Turkmenistan | 186.49 million Kcal | 2023 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 126 | Mongolia | 183.97 million Kcal | 2023 | up 595.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Latvia | 180.35 million Kcal | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Fiji | 167.82 million Kcal | 2023 | up 126.5% | rising |
| 129 | Guyana | 165.31 million Kcal | 2023 | up 1,193.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Malta | 141.07 million Kcal | 2023 | up 127.8% | rising |
| 131 | Uzbekistan | 128.17 million Kcal | 2023 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Liberia | 112.25 million Kcal | 2023 | up 606.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Iceland | 109.82 million Kcal | 2023 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 134 | Suriname | 105.56 million Kcal | 2023 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 99.63 million Kcal | 2023 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Luxembourg | 93.22 million Kcal | 2023 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 137 | Paraguay | 85.6 million Kcal | 2023 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 138 | Nicaragua | 84.11 million Kcal | 2023 | up 448.3% | volatile |
| 139 | China, Macao SAR | 59.51 million Kcal | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 140 | Antigua and Barbuda | 58.92 million Kcal | 2023 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Mauritania | 43.03 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Bahamas | 42.17 million Kcal | 2023 | up 384.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Grenada | 39.28 million Kcal | 2023 | down 87.7% | falling |
| 144 | Timor-Leste | 35.69 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 30.08 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Lesotho | 29.22 million Kcal | 2023 | up 318.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Congo | 22.96 million Kcal | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 20.93 million Kcal | 2023 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Botswana | 16.43 million Kcal | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Polynesia | 12.47 million Kcal | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Eswatini | 11.9 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 152 | French Polynesia | 11.62 million Kcal | 2023 | up 262.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Gabon | 8.4 million Kcal | 2023 | up 118.2% | volatile |
| 154 | New Caledonia | 7.2 million Kcal | 2023 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Micronesia | 6.3 million Kcal | 2023 | up 15,650.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Marshall Islands | 5.84 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Belize | 5.5 million Kcal | 2023 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 4.58 million Kcal | 2023 | up 158.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Saint Lucia | 3.38 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.26 million Kcal | 2023 | up 869.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Samoa | 0.84 million Kcal | 2023 | down 89.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Vanuatu | 0.72 million Kcal | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.15 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Kiribati | 0.13 million Kcal | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.05 million Kcal | 2023 | — | falling |
| 166 | Comoros | 0.02 million Kcal | 2023 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Tuvalu | 0.01 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Afghanistan | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Ecuador | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Spain | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Honduras | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | — | flat |
| 168 | Jordan | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | — | flat |
| 168 | Mozambique | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Namibia | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Peru | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Rwanda | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Zambia | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Zimbabwe | 0 million Kcal | 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.
- World 15.88 million million Kcal
- Asia 11.96 million million Kcal
- Southern Asia 8.73 million million Kcal
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5.14 million million Kcal
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.94 million million Kcal
- Africa 2.67 million million Kcal
- South-Eastern Asia 2.42 million million Kcal
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.58 million million Kcal
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.34 million million Kcal
- Western Africa 1.07 million million Kcal
- Americas 873,404 million Kcal
- Eastern Africa 870,774 million Kcal
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.