Pulses, seeds and nuts and their products — Potassium 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 — Potassium supply — Value is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 2,005 mg/cap/d in Niger; the lowest is 26 mg/cap/d in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 240 mg/cap/d, and the mean is 315.02 mg/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 77.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 1,103.2%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 75.3%).
Pulses, seeds and nuts and their products — Potassium supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 2,005 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 1,506 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 3 | Rwanda | 1,334 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 4 | Kiribati | 887 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 5 | El Salvador | 858 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 6 | Marshall Islands | 855 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 7 | Malawi | 801 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 8 | Cameroon | 799 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 9 | Comoros | 778 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 10 | Kenya | 773 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 11 | Vanuatu | 761 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 746 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,103.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Cuba | 722 mg/cap/d | 2019 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 14 | Uganda | 706 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 702 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 16 | Naoero | 677 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 17 | Nigeria | 623 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 18 | Norway | 610 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 108.2% | rising |
| 19 | Belize | 596 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 20 | Honduras | 590 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 21 | Tuvalu | 580 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 22 | Indonesia | 572 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 23 | India | 561 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 24 | Brazil | 546 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 25 | Djibouti | 524 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 26 | Myanmar | 517 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 27 | Nicaragua | 498 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 495 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 491 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 483 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 456 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 32 | Australia | 450 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 265.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Guatemala | 426 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 418 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 35 | Zambia | 414 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 36 | China, mainland | 413 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 37 | China | 411 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 38 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 408 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 38 | Solomon Islands | 408 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 40 | China, Taiwan Province of | 380 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 41 | Mozambique | 375 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 42 | Kyrgyzstan | 369 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 344.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Ghana | 365 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 44 | Mexico | 358 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 44 | Tunisia | 358 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 46 | Nepal | 355 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 47 | Angola | 354 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 47 | Grenada | 354 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.8% | falling |
| 49 | Qatar | 352 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 50 | Seychelles | 347 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 51 | Senegal | 345 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 52 | Iraq | 334 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 259.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Republic of Korea | 333 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 54 | Sierra Leone | 331 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 55 | Albania | 330 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 56 | Estonia | 327 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 57 | Libya | 324 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 58 | Mauritania | 311 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 58 | Peru | 311 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 60 | Mauritius | 304 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 60 | Trinidad and Tobago | 304 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 62 | Italy | 303 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 63 | Austria | 302 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 289 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 65 | Jordan | 287 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 66 | Barbados | 284 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 66 | Haiti | 284 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 68 | Spain | 283 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 68 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 283 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 281 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 71 | Panama | 279 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 72 | Saint Lucia | 275 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.6% | flat |
| 73 | Argentina | 271 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 421.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Bangladesh | 271 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 75 | Lebanon | 265 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 76 | Israel | 264 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 77 | New Zealand | 262 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 78 | Papua New Guinea | 257 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 79 | Morocco | 254 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 80 | Guyana | 249 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 81 | Paraguay | 241 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 82 | Bahrain | 240 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 83 | Colombia | 238 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 81.7% | rising |
| 83 | Maldives | 238 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 85 | Algeria | 237 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 86 | Guinea-Bissau | 235 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 86 | New Caledonia | 235 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 88 | Belgium | 234 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 88 | Finland | 234 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 244.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Greece | 228 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 91 | Namibia | 218 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 92 | Tajikistan | 217 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 228.8% | rising |
| 93 | French Polynesia | 216 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 94 | Malaysia | 210 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 95 | Saudi Arabia | 208 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 96 | Samoa | 206 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Fiji | 205 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 97 | Oman | 205 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 99 | Canada | 203 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.0% | flat |
| 100 | Guinea | 201 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 101 | Montenegro | 199 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 101 | Thailand | 199 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 103 | Portugal | 195 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 104 | Lithuania | 193 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 104 | Serbia | 193 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 106 | Cambodia | 187 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 107 | Pakistan | 180 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 108 | Yemen | 178 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 109 | Bhutan | 176 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 110 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 175 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 111 | Botswana | 171 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 112 | Gabon | 166 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 113 | Kuwait | 164 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 114 | Cyprus | 155 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 114 | Tonga | 155 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 116 | Switzerland | 154 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 117 | Gambia | 152 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 117 | Croatia | 152 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 108.2% | rising |
| 119 | Sao Tome and Principe | 150 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 75.3% | falling |
| 120 | Chile | 149 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 121 | Denmark | 148 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 122 | Germany | 145 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 122 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 145 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 124 | Eswatini | 137 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 125 | China, Macao SAR | 134 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 126 | Czechia | 133 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 127 | Jamaica | 129 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 128 | Bulgaria | 124 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 129 | Malta | 121 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 130 | Turkmenistan | 119 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 142.9% | rising |
| 131 | Afghanistan | 118 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 132 | Armenia | 117 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 133 | Antigua and Barbuda | 116 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 134 | Slovakia | 115 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 135 | Poland | 114 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 136 | Lesotho | 112 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 137 | France | 111 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 138 | Uruguay | 110 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 139 | Slovenia | 108 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 140 | Azerbaijan | 107 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.4% | rising |
| 141 | Romania | 105 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 141 | Suriname | 105 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 141 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 105 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 144 | Sweden | 101 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 145 | Liberia | 99 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 146 | Philippines | 98 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 147 | Congo | 96 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 148 | Ukraine | 95 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 149 | Ireland | 91 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 150 | Bahamas | 86 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 151 | Iceland | 81 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 152 | South Africa | 79 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 153 | Hungary | 77 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 153 | Latvia | 77 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 102.6% | rising |
| 155 | Egypt | 75 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 156 | Luxembourg | 74 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 157 | Russian Federation | 72 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 158 | Ecuador | 69 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Georgia | 68 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 142.9% | rising |
| 160 | Uzbekistan | 53 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 161 | Belarus | 50 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 162 | Madagascar | 48 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 163 | Mongolia | 26 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 860 mg/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 476 mg/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 822 mg/cap/d
- United States of America 249 mg/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 542 mg/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 106 mg/cap/d
- Türkiye 519 mg/cap/d
- Viet Nam 517 mg/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 407 mg/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 363 mg/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 345 mg/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 330 mg/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 275 mg/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 215 mg/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 178 mg/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 102 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.