Pulses, seeds and nuts and their products — Carbohydrate (available) 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 — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 68.8 g/cap/d in Niger; the lowest is 0.7 g/cap/d in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.7 g/cap/d, and the mean is 9.65 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 98.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 1,546.7%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 69.5%).
Pulses, seeds and nuts and their products — Carbohydrate (available): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 68.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 46.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 3 | Rwanda | 39.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 4 | Norway | 29.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 122.9% | rising |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 26.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 6 | El Salvador | 25.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 7 | Kenya | 24.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 24.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,546.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Cameroon | 24.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 10 | Djibouti | 24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 11 | Malawi | 22.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 12 | Cuba | 22.2 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 18.1% | flat |
| 13 | Uganda | 21.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 14 | Comoros | 21.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 15 | Nauru | 20.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 16 | India | 20.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 19.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 18 | Marshall Islands | 18.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 18.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 20 | Honduras | 18.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 20 | Nigeria | 18.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 22 | Kiribati | 17.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 23 | Australia | 17.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 525.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 17.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 25 | Nepal | 16.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 26 | Brazil | 16.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 27 | Myanmar | 15.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 15.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 30 | Iraq | 14.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 262.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Estonia | 14.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 13.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 33 | Qatar | 13.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 34 | Guatemala | 12.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 35 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 36 | Tuvalu | 12.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 37 | Mozambique | 12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 38 | Solomon Islands | 11.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 39 | Mauritius | 11.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 40 | Spain | 11.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 40 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 364.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 43 | Seychelles | 11.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 44 | Mexico | 11.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 46 | Mauritania | 10.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 47 | Haiti | 10.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 47 | Italy | 10.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 49 | Peru | 10.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 50 | Grenada | 10.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 50 | Saint Lucia | 10.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 52 | Angola | 10.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 52 | Ghana | 10.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 54 | Albania | 10.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 55 | Finland | 10.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 368.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Algeria | 10.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 10.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 58 | Senegal | 10.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 59 | Jordan | 10 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 60 | Tunisia | 9.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 61 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 62 | Guyana | 9.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 62 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 64 | Argentina | 9.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 318.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Belize | 9.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 64 | Lebanon | 9.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 67 | Libya | 9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 68 | Bahrain | 8.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 8.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 70 | Barbados | 8.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 71 | Colombia | 8.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 72 | Oman | 8.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 73 | Greece | 8.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 74 | Morocco | 8.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 75 | Israel | 8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 75 | Pakistan | 8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 78 | Zimbabwe | 7.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 79 | Belgium | 7.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 79 | Paraguay | 7.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 81 | Bhutan | 7.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 81 | New Zealand | 7.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 83 | Maldives | 7.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 94.7% | rising |
| 83 | Zambia | 7.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 85 | Lithuania | 7.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 86 | China | 7.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 86 | Panama | 7.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 86 | China, mainland | 7.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 89 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 89 | Namibia | 7.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 7.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 238.1% | rising |
| 92 | Yemen | 7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 93 | Portugal | 6.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 94 | Indonesia | 6.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 95 | Malaysia | 6.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 96 | Montenegro | 6.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 96 | China, Taiwan Province of | 6.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 98 | Kuwait | 6.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 98 | Republic of Korea | 6.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 100 | French Polynesia | 5.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 101 | Cambodia | 5.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 101 | Papua New Guinea | 5.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 103 | Guinea | 5.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 104 | Serbia | 5.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 105 | Austria | 5.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 105 | Denmark | 5.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 136.4% | rising |
| 107 | Fiji | 4.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 109 | Cyprus | 4.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 109 | New Caledonia | 4.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 109 | Slovakia | 4.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 84.0% | rising |
| 109 | Samoa | 4.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 4.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 114 | Thailand | 4.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 115 | Chile | 4.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 115 | Croatia | 4.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 168.8% | rising |
| 117 | Armenia | 4.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 117 | Czechia | 4.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 119 | Canada | 4.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 119 | Switzerland | 4.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 119 | Poland | 4.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 122 | Eswatini | 4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 123 | Uruguay | 3.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 124 | Jamaica | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 124 | Turkmenistan | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 124 | China, Macao SAR | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 128 | Botswana | 3.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 128 | Gambia | 3.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 128 | Lesotho | 3.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 3.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 132 | Malta | 3.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 133 | Suriname | 3.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 134 | Afghanistan | 3.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 134 | Gabon | 3.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 136 | Azerbaijan | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 106.7% | rising |
| 136 | Congo | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 136 | France | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 136 | Hungary | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 136 | Liberia | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 121.4% | rising |
| 136 | Ukraine | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 136 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 143 | Sweden | 3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 144 | Philippines | 2.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 144 | Romania | 2.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 146 | Germany | 2.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 146 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 146 | Russian Federation | 2.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 149 | Tonga | 2.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 150 | Ecuador | 2.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 150 | Ireland | 2.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 152 | Egypt | 2.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 154 | Slovenia | 2.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 155 | Bahamas | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 155 | Iceland | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 155 | South Africa | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 158 | Belarus | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Latvia | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 142.9% | rising |
| 158 | Madagascar | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 161 | Uzbekistan | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 162 | Georgia | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 140.0% | rising |
| 163 | Mongolia | 0.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United Republic of Tanzania 25.1 g/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 15.9 g/cap/d
- Türkiye 20.4 g/cap/d
- United States of America 7.2 g/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 20 g/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 2.6 g/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 14.4 g/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 13.5 g/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13.3 g/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 13.1 g/cap/d
- Viet Nam 10.1 g/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 10 g/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 9.9 g/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.3 g/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.8 g/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.2 g/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.