Plantains — 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
Plantains — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 124 countries. The highest value is 205.92 kg/cap in Uganda; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Australia and New Zealand.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.56 kg/cap, and the mean is 12.34 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 7,400.0%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).
Plantains — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 205.92 kg/cap | 2023 | up 83.2% | rising |
| 2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 149.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 3 | Ghana | 120.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 4 | Gabon | 109.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 5 | Guyana | 93.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 539.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 91.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 7 | Rwanda | 69.26 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Cuba | 62.54 kg/cap | 2019 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 9 | Cameroon | 54.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 10 | Guinea | 45.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 37.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 12 | Panama | 36.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 13 | Ecuador | 31.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.9% | falling |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 30.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 15 | Nicaragua | 27.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 319.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Philippines | 25.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 17 | Guatemala | 22.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 538.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Guinea-Bissau | 21.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 19 | Tonga | 20.52 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 20 | Myanmar | 20.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 21 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 22 | Jamaica | 19.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 93.6% | rising |
| 23 | Malawi | 17.86 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 24 | Haiti | 13.57 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 25 | North Macedonia | 12.59 kg/cap | 2023 | up 91.6% | rising |
| 26 | Congo | 12.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 12.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 27 | Fiji | 12.36 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Montenegro | 11.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 457.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Honduras | 10.39 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 31 | El Salvador | 10.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 32 | Liberia | 8.53 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 33 | Qatar | 7.06 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 34 | Suriname | 6.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 79.2% | falling |
| 35 | Belize | 6.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 36 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.95 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 5.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 5.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 4.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 40 | Bahrain | 4.49 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 41 | Grenada | 3.99 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 3.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 915.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 44 | Iceland | 3.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Bahamas | 2.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 82.8% | falling |
| 46 | Romania | 2.97 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 47 | Barbados | 2.89 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 48 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Slovakia | 2.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 50 | Hungary | 1.87 kg/cap | 2023 | up 367.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Mauritania | 1.66 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Belgium | 1.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Cyprus | 1.5 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7,400.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Luxembourg | 1.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 1.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.96 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 57 | Namibia | 0.82 kg/cap | 2023 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Canada | 0.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 59 | Senegal | 0.71 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Spain | 0.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Chile | 0.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Kenya | 0.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 63 | New Caledonia | 0.55 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 64 | Afghanistan | 0.53 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Burkina Faso | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 67 | France | 0.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 68 | Italy | 0.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 95.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Lesotho | 0.39 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Maldives | 0.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,800.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Marshall Islands | 0.38 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 72 | Lithuania | 0.34 kg/cap | 2023 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Oman | 0.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Portugal | 0.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 75 | French Polynesia | 0.24 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Switzerland | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 76 | Czechia | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Ireland | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Uruguay | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Botswana | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Germany | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Croatia | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Malta | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 89.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Libya | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Norway | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Argentina | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Denmark | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Finland | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Austria | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Iraq | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Malaysia | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Georgia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 93 | Latvia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Sweden | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Albania | 0 kg/cap | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 96 | United Arab Emirates | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Armenia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Belarus | 0 kg/cap | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Comoros | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Algeria | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Egypt | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Estonia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Gambia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Greece | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Jordan | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Morocco | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Mexico | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Mongolia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Niger | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Nigeria | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Nepal | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | New Zealand | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Poland | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Paraguay | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Serbia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Slovenia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Tunisia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Tuvalu | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Vanuatu | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | South Africa | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Australia and New Zealand | 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.
- Côte d'Ivoire 54.44 kg/cap
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 35.28 kg/cap
- Caribbean 40.72 kg/cap
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 28.8 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 27.84 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 24.54 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 26.88 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 20.42 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18.78 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 17.44 kg/cap
- Africa 16.43 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 15.51 kg/cap
- Western Africa 14.93 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 6.95 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 12.59 kg/cap
- Polynesia 3.61 kg/cap
- South America 8.03 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.51 kg/cap
- Americas 6.29 kg/cap
- Asia 1.07 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 5.84 kg/cap
- Micronesia 0.95 kg/cap
- Central America 5.46 kg/cap
- Melanesia 0.91 kg/cap
- World 4.48 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.25 kg/cap
- United States of America 1.19 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 0 kg/cap
- Northern America 1.14 kg/cap
- Western Asia 0.73 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 0.58 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 0.55 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 0.44 kg/cap
- Europe 0.42 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 0.39 kg/cap
- Western Europe 0.38 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 0.34 kg/cap
- Oceania 0.31 kg/cap
- Cabo Verde 0.13 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.