Pulses, seeds and nuts and their products — Calcium supply — Value by country
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics...
What the numbers show
Pulses, seeds and nuts and their products — Calcium supply — Value is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 261 mg/cap/d in Burkina Faso; the lowest is 4 mg/cap/d in Madagascar.
The median across all reporting countries is 30 mg/cap/d, and the mean is 38.7 mg/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 65.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 666.7%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 68.9%).
Pulses, seeds and nuts and their products — Calcium supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 261 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 210.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Niger | 233 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 3 | Israel | 188 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 4 | Myanmar | 180 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 5 | China, Taiwan Province of | 137 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 6 | Rwanda | 123 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 7 | Cameroon | 96 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 8 | Uganda | 93 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 9 | El Salvador | 83 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 10 | Tunisia | 78 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 11 | Comoros | 76 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 12 | Jordan | 75 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Korea | 75 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 14 | Cuba | 73 mg/cap/d | 2019 | up 19.7% | flat |
| 15 | Guatemala | 72 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 69 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 666.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Lebanon | 69 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 16 | Malawi | 69 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 19 | Indonesia | 68 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 20 | Belize | 67 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 20 | Kenya | 67 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 20 | Nigeria | 67 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 66 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 24 | Greece | 62 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 25 | Brazil | 61 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 25 | India | 61 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 59 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 28 | China | 57 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 28 | Libya | 57 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 96.6% | rising |
| 30 | Marshall Islands | 56 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 30 | China, mainland | 56 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 32 | Vanuatu | 55 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 33 | Honduras | 54 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 34 | Kiribati | 52 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 34 | Senegal | 52 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 116.7% | rising |
| 36 | Australia | 51 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 131.8% | rising |
| 37 | Norway | 50 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 38 | Canada | 49 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 39 | Paraguay | 48 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 40 | Cyprus | 47 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 40 | Morocco | 47 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | 47 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 46 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 46 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 46 | Austria | 45 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 46 | Oman | 45 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 275.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Zambia | 45 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 49 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 44 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 43 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 437.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Naoero | 42 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 51 | Solomon Islands | 42 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 41 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 53 | Qatar | 41 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 55 | North Macedonia | 40 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 40 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 207.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 38 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 322.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Latvia | 38 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 245.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Tuvalu | 38 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 37 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 61 | Barbados | 36 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 61 | Djibouti | 36 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 111.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Angola | 35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 63 | Bahrain | 35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 63 | Spain | 35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 63 | Ghana | 35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 63 | Kuwait | 35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 68 | Nepal | 34 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 69 | Albania | 33 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 69 | Iraq | 33 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 175.0% | rising |
| 69 | Italy | 33 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 69 | Maldives | 33 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 69 | Mexico | 33 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 69 | Mozambique | 33 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 69 | New Zealand | 33 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Seychelles | 33 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 77 | Haiti | 32 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 77 | Cambodia | 32 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 63.2% | falling |
| 77 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 80 | Thailand | 31 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 81 | Algeria | 30 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 81 | Grenada | 30 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.4% | flat |
| 83 | Mauritania | 29 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 83 | Peru | 29 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 85 | Belgium | 28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 85 | Mauritius | 28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 85 | Malaysia | 28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 115.4% | rising |
| 85 | Namibia | 28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 85 | Panama | 28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 85 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 91 | Switzerland | 27 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 91 | New Caledonia | 27 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 92.9% | rising |
| 91 | Serbia | 27 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 94 | Montenegro | 26 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 95 | Bangladesh | 25 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 96 | Guyana | 24 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 97 | Argentina | 23 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 475.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Chile | 23 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 97 | Germany | 23 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 97 | Guinea | 23 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 97 | Gambia | 23 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 97 | Saudi Arabia | 23 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 97 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 23 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 104 | Estonia | 22 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 104 | Croatia | 22 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 106 | Botswana | 21 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 106 | Guinea-Bissau | 21 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 106 | Malta | 21 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 106 | Portugal | 21 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 106 | Yemen | 21 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 106 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 21 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 112 | Afghanistan | 20 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 112 | Colombia | 20 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 112 | Lithuania | 20 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 122.2% | rising |
| 112 | Pakistan | 20 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 116 | Fiji | 19 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 116 | Saint Lucia | 19 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 116 | Samoa | 19 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 116 | China, Macao SAR | 19 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 120 | Bulgaria | 18 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 120 | Denmark | 18 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 120 | Gabon | 18 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 120 | Papua New Guinea | 18 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 120 | Slovenia | 18 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 125 | French Polynesia | 17 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 126 | Bhutan | 16 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 126 | Luxembourg | 16 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 126 | Romania | 16 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | 16 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 130 | Egypt | 15 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 130 | Finland | 15 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 130 | France | 15 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 130 | Eswatini | 15 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 134 | Poland | 14 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 134 | Sao Tome and Principe | 14 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 134 | Sweden | 14 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 134 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 14 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 138 | Antigua and Barbuda | 13 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | flat |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 13 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 138 | Czechia | 13 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 138 | Ireland | 13 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 142 | Armenia | 12 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 142 | Georgia | 12 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 140.0% | rising |
| 142 | Iceland | 12 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 142 | Jamaica | 12 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 142 | Slovakia | 12 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 142 | Tonga | 12 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 148 | Bahamas | 11 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 148 | Turkmenistan | 11 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 175.0% | rising |
| 148 | Uruguay | 11 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Liberia | 10 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 151 | Lesotho | 10 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 151 | Ukraine | 10 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 154 | Suriname | 9 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 155 | Congo | 8 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 155 | Hungary | 8 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 155 | Philippines | 8 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 155 | South Africa | 8 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 159 | Ecuador | 7 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 159 | Russian Federation | 7 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 161 | Mongolia | 6 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 162 | Belarus | 5 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 163 | Madagascar | 4 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Türkiye 78 mg/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 49 mg/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 73 mg/cap/d
- United States of America 33 mg/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 60 mg/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 12 mg/cap/d
- Viet Nam 59 mg/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 54 mg/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 53 mg/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 40 mg/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 34 mg/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 34 mg/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 31 mg/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 31 mg/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 27 mg/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 19 mg/cap/d
About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.