Pulses, Other and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) 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
Pulses, Other and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 449.11 kcal/cap/d in Niger; the lowest is 0 kcal/cap/d in Estonia.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.93 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 27.18 kcal/cap/d.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Russian Federation (up 2,680.0%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 98.0%).
Pulses, Other and products — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 449.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 98.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 289.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 139.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 3 | Syrian Arab Republic | 59.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 4 | Nepal | 112.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 4 | Cabo Verde | 78.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 5 | Nigeria | 106.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 6 | Comoros | 105.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 26.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 7 | Malawi | 100.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 23.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 211.4% | volatile |
| 8 | India | 97.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 8 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 23.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 87.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 84.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 10 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 15.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 11 | Norway | 82.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 108.4% | rising |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 14.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 12 | Djibouti | 74.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 436.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 11.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 73.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 13 | Melanesia | 7.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 14 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 15 | Solomon Islands | 67.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 15 | Polynesia | 6.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 16 | Australia | 66.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 871.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 63.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 102.2% | rising |
| 17 | Micronesia | 0.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 18 | Qatar | 62.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 18 | Timor-Leste | 0.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Jordan | 60.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 19 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Australia and New Zealand | 60.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 688.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Cameroon | 59.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 22 | Cuba | 59.45 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 23 | Namibia | 59.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 24 | Algeria | 58.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.7% | flat |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | 57.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 26 | Tunisia | 57.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 27 | Myanmar | 56.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 28 | Iraq | 54.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.2% | rising |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 29 | Morocco | 50.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 30 | Kenya | 48.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 31 | Haiti | 48.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 46.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 33 | Mauritania | 43.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 34 | Seychelles | 43.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 35 | Oman | 43.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 42.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 37 | Bhutan | 42.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 37 | Pakistan | 42.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 39 | Senegal | 39.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 40 | Peru | 39.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 41 | Mauritius | 39.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 39.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 170.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Lebanon | 38.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 44 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 38.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 45 | Barbados | 37.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 46 | Grenada | 36.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 47 | Belgium | 36.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2,189.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Kuwait | 34.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 49 | Bahrain | 34.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 50 | Libya | 34.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 261.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Yemen | 32.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 52 | Guinea | 32.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 53 | Maldives | 29.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 29.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 55 | New Zealand | 29.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 146.0% | rising |
| 56 | Lithuania | 28.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 224.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Mozambique | 27.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 68.7% | falling |
| 58 | Italy | 25.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 59 | Israel | 23.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 23.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 61 | Guyana | 22.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 62 | Guatemala | 22.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 63 | Botswana | 22.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 64 | Panama | 19.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 65 | Malaysia | 17.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 118.7% | rising |
| 66 | Cyprus | 17.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 67 | Paraguay | 16.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 68 | Chile | 16.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 69 | Poland | 16.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,255.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Zambia | 16.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 72 | Colombia | 15.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 73 | Croatia | 15.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 868.2% | volatile |
| 74 | French Polynesia | 14.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 75 | Fiji | 14.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 76 | Liberia | 14.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 113.4% | rising |
| 77 | Eswatini | 14.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 78 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 79 | Greece | 13.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 80 | Egypt | 13.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 81 | Thailand | 13.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 82 | Mexico | 12.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 83 | Austria | 12.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 184.4% | rising |
| 84 | Uruguay | 11.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 11.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 87 | Ecuador | 10.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 88 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 89 | Gambia | 8.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 90 | North Macedonia | 8.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 91 | Armenia | 8.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 92 | China, mainland | 7.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 93 | China | 7.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 94 | Uzbekistan | 7.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 156.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Angola | 6.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 96 | France | 6.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 97 | Czechia | 6.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 98 | Latvia | 6.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,893.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 6.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 100 | Argentina | 6.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Tajikistan | 6.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 99.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Ghana | 6.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Luxembourg | 5.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 105 | Malta | 5.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 70.2% | falling |
| 106 | Costa Rica | 4.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 107 | Uganda | 4.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 108 | Afghanistan | 4.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 80.4% | falling |
| 108 | Madagascar | 4.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.7% | falling |
| 110 | Germany | 4.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 90.4% | rising |
| 111 | New Caledonia | 4.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 112 | Slovakia | 4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 113 | Switzerland | 3.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 114 | Marshall Islands | 3.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 115 | Albania | 3.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 116 | Republic of Korea | 3.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 105.3% | rising |
| 117 | Portugal | 3.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 73.5% | falling |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 3.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 119 | Jamaica | 3.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 120 | Serbia | 3.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 245.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,250.0% | volatile |
| 122 | China, Macao SAR | 3.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Mongolia | 3.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 124 | Hungary | 2.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 125 | Papua New Guinea | 2.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 126 | Sweden | 2.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 127 | Cambodia | 2.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 236.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Ukraine | 2.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 129 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Ireland | 2.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 851.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Philippines | 2.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 132 | Denmark | 2.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 133 | Georgia | 2.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Canada | 2.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 96.0% | falling |
| 135 | South Africa | 2.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 136 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 137 | Bahamas | 1.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 138 | Iceland | 1.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 139 | Romania | 1.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 126.4% | rising |
| 139 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 141 | Turkmenistan | 1.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 142 | Gabon | 1.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 143 | Russian Federation | 1.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2,680.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Lesotho | 1.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 145 | Brazil | 1.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 146 | Montenegro | 1.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 431.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Suriname | 0.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 148 | Slovenia | 0.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 149 | Indonesia | 0.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 150 | Finland | 0.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 151 | El Salvador | 0.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 152 | Naoero | 0.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Kiribati | 0.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Belarus | 0.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 155 | Congo | 0.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Vanuatu | 0.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Tonga | 0.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Rwanda | 0.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Honduras | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Belize | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Samoa | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Nicaragua | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 163 | Tuvalu | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Estonia | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Africa 106.88 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 83 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 63.47 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 81.93 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 43.31 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 61.87 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 29.8 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 61.64 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 60.09 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 56.93 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 53.5 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 17.28 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 45.09 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 44.38 kcal/cap/d
- World 39.52 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 37.81 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 21.78 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 12.61 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 12.51 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 11.82 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 11.4 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 11.07 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 10.16 kcal/cap/d
- South America 9.89 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 9.82 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 9.79 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 7.58 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 7.26 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 7.01 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 5.27 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 4.05 kcal/cap/d
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.