Plantains — 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...

Countries reporting
164
Highest
7.45 million million Kcal
Uganda
Lowest
0 million Kcal
China, Taiwan Province of
Median
696.47 million Kcal
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,431

What the numbers show

Plantains — Food supply (kcal) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 7.45 million million Kcal in Uganda; the lowest is 0 million Kcal in China, Taiwan Province of.

The median across all reporting countries is 696.47 million Kcal, and the mean is 180,415 million Kcal.

Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Polynesia (up 2,349,500.0%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).

Plantains — Food supply: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uganda 7.45 million million Kcal 2023 up 152.3% rising
2 Ghana 3.04 million million Kcal 2023 up 21.3% rising
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.77 million million Kcal 2023 up 21.7% rising
4 Philippines 2.14 million million Kcal 2023 down 1.0% flat
5 Colombia 1.45 million million Kcal 2023 down 25.8% falling
6 Cote d'Ivoire 1.26 million million Kcal 2023 up 30.6% rising
6 Côte d'Ivoire 1.26 million million Kcal 2023 up 30.6% rising
8 Caribbean 1.20 million million Kcal 2023 up 8.5% rising
9 Cameroon 1.16 million million Kcal 2023 up 41.7% rising
10 Myanmar 823,317 million Kcal 2023 up 32.2% rising
11 Dominican Republic 774,581 million Kcal 2023 up 29.3% rising
12 Rwanda 718,520 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
13 Cuba 520,879 million Kcal 2019 up 46.7% rising
14 Sri Lanka 519,190 million Kcal 2023 up 30.7% rising
15 Guinea 488,835 million Kcal 2023 up 51.0% rising
16 Ecuador 426,328 million Kcal 2023 up 51.1% rising
17 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 395,102 million Kcal 2023 up 16.7% rising
18 United Republic of Tanzania 344,312 million Kcal 2023 up 0.9% flat
19 United States 303,646 million Kcal 2023 up 39.8% rising
20 Guatemala 299,324 million Kcal 2023 up 651.8% volatile
21 Malawi 280,179 million Kcal 2023 up 13.4% rising
22 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 244,675 million Kcal 2023 up 33.6% rising
23 Gabon 202,007 million Kcal 2023 up 13.3% rising
24 Nicaragua 137,728 million Kcal 2023 up 378.4% volatile
25 Saudi Arabia 132,912 million Kcal 2023 up 58.8% volatile
26 Bangladesh 129,113 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
27 Panama 121,307 million Kcal 2023 up 86.6% rising
28 Haiti 117,377 million Kcal 2023 up 13.9% flat
29 Honduras 82,188 million Kcal 2023 up 17.5% rising
30 Congo 57,786 million Kcal 2023 down 0.6% flat
31 Guyana 57,242 million Kcal 2023 up 604.2% volatile
32 El Salvador 48,202 million Kcal 2023 down 20.9% rising
33 Costa Rica 46,896 million Kcal 2023 down 17.2% falling
34 Romania 42,244 million Kcal 2023 up 20.3% rising
35 Jamaica 40,922 million Kcal 2023 up 97.5% rising
36 Liberia 34,832 million Kcal 2023 up 8.1% rising
37 Guinea-Bissau 34,078 million Kcal 2023 up 11.5% rising
38 Sierra Leone 32,198 million Kcal 2023 up 11.3% rising
39 Sao Tome and Principe 25,670 million Kcal 2023 up 4.5% flat
40 United Kingdom 24,664 million Kcal 2023 up 39.7% rising
40 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 24,664 million Kcal 2023 up 39.7% rising
42 Kenya 23,273 million Kcal 2023 up 11.4% rising
43 France 21,479 million Kcal 2023 down 25.7% rising
44 Spain 21,236 million Kcal 2023 up 46.8% volatile
45 Canada 21,089 million Kcal 2023 up 88.3% rising
46 Italy 17,933 million Kcal 2023 up 89.1% volatile
47 North Macedonia 17,149 million Kcal 2023 up 74.5% rising
48 Bulgaria 16,908 million Kcal 2023 up 856.9% volatile
49 Afghanistan 16,446 million Kcal 2023 up 18,695.9% volatile
50 Qatar 15,636 million Kcal 2023 — falling
51 Belgium 14,279 million Kcal 2023 up 18.4% volatile
52 Hungary 13,500 million Kcal 2023 up 354.0% volatile
53 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 12,862 million Kcal 2023 down 6.7% falling
54 Senegal 9,607 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
55 Slovakia 9,233 million Kcal 2023 up 50.3% rising
56 Burkina Faso 8,939 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
57 Chile 8,637 million Kcal 2023 down 1.5% volatile
58 Melanesia 8,612 million Kcal 2023 up 10,390.9% volatile
59 Fiji 8,493 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
60 Mauritania 6,197 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
61 Germany 5,757 million Kcal 2023 up 502.7% volatile
62 Montenegro 5,511 million Kcal 2023 up 457.0% volatile
63 Bahrain 5,239 million Kcal 2023 — falling
64 Syria 4,432 million Kcal 2023 down 43.4% volatile
64 Syrian Arab Republic 4,432 million Kcal 2023 down 43.4% volatile
66 Trinidad and Tobago 3,667 million Kcal 2023 down 41.2% falling
67 Suriname 3,006 million Kcal 2023 down 77.0% falling
68 Portugal 2,262 million Kcal 2023 down 31.0% volatile
69 Belize 1,847 million Kcal 2023 up 44.0% rising
70 Namibia 1,796 million Kcal 2023 down 44.1% volatile
71 Argentina 1,674 million Kcal 2023 down 41.1% volatile
72 Polynesia 1,645 million Kcal 2023 up 2,349,500.0% volatile
73 Czechia 1,631 million Kcal 2023 down 70.6% volatile
74 Tonga 1,595 million Kcal 2023 — flat
75 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,537 million Kcal 2023 down 3.5% rising
76 Cyprus 1,496 million Kcal 2023 up 10,049.1% volatile
77 Switzerland 1,310 million Kcal 2023 up 38.2% rising
78 Oman 1,257 million Kcal 2023 down 75.6% volatile
79 Iceland 898 million Kcal 2023 down 56.1% volatile
80 Bahamas 885.61 million Kcal 2023 up 92.5% flat
81 Ireland 733.26 million Kcal 2023 down 91.4% volatile
82 Lithuania 724.73 million Kcal 2023 down 68.2% volatile
83 Lesotho 668.2 million Kcal 2023 down 10.2% volatile
84 Barbados 605.53 million Kcal 2023 down 14.5% rising
85 Saint Lucia 604.55 million Kcal 2023 up 4.2% rising
86 Malaysia 579.19 million Kcal 2023 up 2,896.3% volatile
87 Luxembourg 547.24 million Kcal 2023 up 3.4% rising
88 Iraq 501.97 million Kcal 2023 up 135,568.0% volatile
89 Uruguay 392.42 million Kcal 2023 down 57.5% volatile
90 Grenada 347.38 million Kcal 2023 down 36.3% volatile
91 Libya 334.63 million Kcal 2023 up 3,622.2% volatile
92 Croatia 264.38 million Kcal 2023 up 2,636.8% volatile
93 Norway 244.63 million Kcal 2023 up 377.0% volatile
94 Micronesia 221.63 million Kcal 2023 — flat
95 Micronesia (Federated States of) 210.49 million Kcal 2023 — flat
96 Saint Kitts and Nevis 206.76 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
97 Denmark 199.72 million Kcal 2023 down 64.9% volatile
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 178.98 million Kcal 2023 down 97.8% volatile
99 Botswana 176.81 million Kcal 2023 down 96.2% volatile
100 Antigua and Barbuda 169.67 million Kcal 2023 up 10.5% volatile
101 Maldives 149.3 million Kcal 2023 up 2,042.0% volatile
102 Austria 132.32 million Kcal 2023 down 79.5% volatile
103 Republic of Korea 125.28 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
104 New Caledonia 118.81 million Kcal 2023 up 44.7% rising
105 Finland 106.66 million Kcal 2023 up 192.8% volatile
106 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 75.14 million Kcal 2023 down 91.4% volatile
107 Sweden 74.84 million Kcal 2023 down 65.9% volatile
108 Niger 64.8 million Kcal 2023 down 94.2% volatile
109 Cabo Verde 51.26 million Kcal 2023 up 25,530.0% volatile
110 French Polynesia 49.43 million Kcal 2023 up 70,514.3% volatile
111 Georgia 36.17 million Kcal 2023 up 18.7% volatile
112 Malta 32.69 million Kcal 2023 down 86.9% volatile
113 China 30.1 million Kcal 2023 up 349.9% volatile
113 China, mainland 30.1 million Kcal 2023 up 1,920.1% volatile
115 Tunisia 27.76 million Kcal 2023 up 366.6% volatile
116 Nepal 21.37 million Kcal 2023 down 90.3% volatile
117 Australia and New Zealand 18.24 million Kcal 2023 down 99.9% volatile
118 Latvia 16.35 million Kcal 2023 down 98.3% volatile
119 New Zealand 14.29 million Kcal 2023 down 99.9% volatile
120 Kazakhstan 14.23 million Kcal 2023 down 99.7% volatile
121 Russia 12.99 million Kcal 2023 up 8,560.0% volatile
121 Russian Federation 12.99 million Kcal 2023 up 8,560.0% volatile
123 Marshall Islands 11.1 million Kcal 2023 — rising
124 Australia 3.95 million Kcal 2023 down 92.6% volatile
125 Estonia 3.55 million Kcal 2023 down 20.4% volatile
126 Belarus 1.18 million Kcal 2021 down 99.0% volatile
127 Slovenia 1.1 million Kcal 2023 up 48.6% volatile
128 Azerbaijan 0.52 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
129 Comoros 0.45 million Kcal 2023 down 36.6% volatile
130 Angola 0.39 million Kcal 2023 down 99.0% volatile
131 Vanuatu 0.18 million Kcal 2023 unchanged volatile
132 Algeria 0.16 million Kcal 2023 down 99.6% volatile
132 Serbia 0.16 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
134 Djibouti 0.03 million Kcal 2021 down 78.6% volatile
135 Albania 0 million Kcal 2018 — volatile
135 United Arab Emirates 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Armenia 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Egypt 0 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
135 Gambia 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Greece 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Israel 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Jordan 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Laos 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Lebanon 0 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
135 Morocco 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Moldova 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Mexico 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Mongolia 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Nigeria 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Poland 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Paraguay 0 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
135 Seychelles 0 million Kcal 2021 down 100.0% volatile
135 Thailand 0 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
135 Turkey 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Tuvalu 0 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
135 Ukraine 0 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
135 South Africa 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Zambia 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Zimbabwe 0 million Kcal 2023 — volatile
135 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Republic of Moldova 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Türkiye 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 million Kcal 2023 down 100.0% volatile
135 China, Taiwan Province of 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.

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Indicator
Plantains — Food supply (kcal)
Unit
million Kcal
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
194 places, 2,431 data points, 2010–2023
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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.