Potatoes and products — 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
Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 166.87 kg/cap in Belarus; the lowest is 0.22 kg/cap in Liberia.
The median across all reporting countries is 31.19 kg/cap, and the mean is 35.02 kg/cap.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 758.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 2,242.8%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 67.5%).
Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 166.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 2 | Ukraine | 146.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 102.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 51.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 4 | Nepal | 99.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 98.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 92.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 92.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 8 | Belgium | 90.79 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 9 | Peru | 89.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 10 | Ireland | 85.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 84.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 12 | Azerbaijan | 83.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 80.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 14 | North Macedonia | 77.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 75.96 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 16 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 72.1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 2.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 17 | Germany | 71.67 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.2% | flat |
| 18 | Estonia | 68.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.91 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 19 | Denmark | 68.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 20 | Australia | 66.97 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.4% | flat |
| 21 | Portugal | 65.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 22 | Armenia | 65.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 23 | Turkmenistan | 64.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 96.5% | rising |
| 24 | Australia and New Zealand | 63.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 25 | Sweden | 61.66 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 26 | Latvia | 60.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 27 | Spain | 60.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 28 | Romania | 59.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 29 | Czechia | 59.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 30 | Algeria | 58.88 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 31 | Finland | 58.44 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 32 | Lesotho | 58.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 33 | Slovakia | 57.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 34 | Colombia | 56.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 35 | Rwanda | 56.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 36 | Serbia | 56.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 37 | Barbados | 55.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 38 | Slovenia | 54.66 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 39 | France | 53.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 40 | Greece | 53.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 41 | Georgia | 52.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 42 | Lithuania | 52.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 43 | Albania | 51.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 44 | Croatia | 51.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 50.93 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 46 | French Polynesia | 49.69 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 47 | Chile | 48.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 48 | China, mainland | 48.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 49 | Lebanon | 48.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 50 | Italy | 48.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 51 | China | 48.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 52 | Kazakhstan | 47.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 53 | New Zealand | 46.99 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 54 | Mongolia | 46.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 55 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.7% | flat |
| 56 | Malta | 44.9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 57 | Switzerland | 44.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 58 | Austria | 42.53 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 59 | Iceland | 41.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 60 | Morocco | 40.97 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 40.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 62 | Oman | 40.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 63 | Seychelles | 39.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 41.2% | falling |
| 64 | Luxembourg | 39.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 65 | Kuwait | 39.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 66 | Hungary | 37.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 67 | Bahrain | 36.33 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 68 | Malawi | 36.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Argentina | 35.95 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 70 | Qatar | 35.89 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 71 | Uruguay | 35.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 35.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 73 | Egypt | 34.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 74 | United Arab Emirates | 33.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 130.2% | rising |
| 75 | Israel | 33.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 76 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 33.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 77 | Montenegro | 33.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 78 | New Caledonia | 33.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 79 | China, Macao SAR | 33.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 134.5% | rising |
| 80 | Cyprus | 33.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 81 | Zimbabwe | 32.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2,242.8% | volatile |
| 82 | South Africa | 31.86 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 83 | Jordan | 31.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.2% | flat |
| 84 | Fiji | 30.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 85 | Norway | 29.97 kg/cap | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 86 | Tunisia | 29.73 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 87 | Kenya | 29.68 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 88 | India | 27.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 89 | Libya | 27.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 90 | Maldives | 27.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 91 | Costa Rica | 26.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 92 | Pakistan | 26.55 kg/cap | 2023 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 93 | Afghanistan | 26.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 94 | Antigua and Barbuda | 25.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 95 | Bulgaria | 24.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 96 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 23.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 97 | Saint Lucia | 22.92 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 98 | Mauritius | 22.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 99 | Guatemala | 21.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 99.1% | rising |
| 100 | Grenada | 21.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 101 | Eswatini | 21.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 51.7% | flat |
| 102 | Guyana | 20.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 102 | Panama | 20.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 104 | Brazil | 19.68 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 105 | Malaysia | 19.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 106 | Djibouti | 18.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 107 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 108 | Suriname | 17.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 109 | El Salvador | 16.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 110 | Mexico | 16.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 111 | Dominican Republic | 16.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 177.6% | rising |
| 112 | Samoa | 16.23 kg/cap | 2023 | up 125.4% | rising |
| 113 | Jamaica | 16.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 114 | Guinea | 16.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 238.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Ecuador | 15.46 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 116 | Tonga | 15.42 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 117 | Republic of Korea | 15.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 118 | Bahamas | 15.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 74.2% | flat |
| 119 | Mozambique | 14.92 kg/cap | 2023 | up 91.3% | rising |
| 120 | Namibia | 14.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 121 | Bhutan | 13.7 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 122 | Belize | 12.8 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 123 | Botswana | 12.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 124 | Cuba | 10.78 kg/cap | 2019 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 125 | China, Taiwan Province of | 9.57 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 126 | Mauritania | 9.01 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 127 | Honduras | 8.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 71.2% | rising |
| 128 | Paraguay | 8.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 175.5% | rising |
| 129 | Angola | 8.78 kg/cap | 2023 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 130 | Nicaragua | 8.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 131 | Uganda | 8.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 93.5% | rising |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 7.94 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 133 | Senegal | 7.92 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 134 | Iraq | 7.86 kg/cap | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 135 | Ethiopia | 7.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 136 | Cameroon | 7.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 137 | Myanmar | 7.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 138 | Niger | 7.01 kg/cap | 2023 | up 132.1% | rising |
| 138 | Yemen | 7.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 140 | Tuvalu | 6.33 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 141 | Marshall Islands | 5.86 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 142 | Naoero | 5.78 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 143 | Comoros | 5.23 kg/cap | 2023 | up 251.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Thailand | 5.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 145 | Gabon | 5.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 4.87 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 147 | Madagascar | 4.58 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 148 | Indonesia | 4.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 149 | Nigeria | 3.86 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 150 | Philippines | 3.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 95.2% | rising |
| 151 | Zambia | 3.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 152 | Haiti | 2.68 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 153 | Gambia | 2.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 154 | Kiribati | 1.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 347.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Congo | 1.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 1.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 157 | Burkina Faso | 1.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 158 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 159 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Cambodia | 0.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 680.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Ghana | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Sierra Leone | 0.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 28.1% | flat |
| 164 | Liberia | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Europe 90.05 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 72.3 kg/cap
- Europe 72.96 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 65.44 kg/cap
- Central Asia 72.64 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 67.75 kg/cap
- Asia 32.51 kg/cap
- Western Europe 64.42 kg/cap
- Polynesia 31.3 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 62.61 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 23.94 kg/cap
- Northern America 58 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 23.37 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 55.52 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 17.62 kg/cap
- United States of America 55.42 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 17.03 kg/cap
- Oceania 46.16 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 16.01 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 44.53 kg/cap
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 10.05 kg/cap
- Americas 38.86 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 5.96 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 34.59 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 4.78 kg/cap
- South America 33.75 kg/cap
- Melanesia 4.38 kg/cap
- World 33.72 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 3.33 kg/cap
- Western Asia 33.16 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 31.11 kg/cap
- Micronesia 1.93 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 30.22 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 28.9 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.48 kg/cap
- Cabo Verde 26.06 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.03 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 21.38 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 16.76 kg/cap
- Central America 16.7 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.