Rice 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
Rice and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 1,655 kcal/cap/d in Bangladesh; the lowest is 1.33 kcal/cap/d in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 160.51 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 311.59 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,244.
Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Samoa (up 4,784.2%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 95.1%).
Rice and products — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 1,655 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 2 | Myanmar | 1,635 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 1,326 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 3 | Cambodia | 1,506 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 3 | Timor-Leste | 774.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 4 | Philippines | 1,253 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 5 | Bhutan | 1,185 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 5 | Cabo Verde | 558.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 1,175 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 7 | Thailand | 1,157 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 8 | Madagascar | 1,145 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 1,138 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,134 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 11 | Indonesia | 1,130 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 12 | Liberia | 1,072 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 13 | Guinea | 966.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 14 | Gambia | 885.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 15 | China, mainland | 858.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 16 | China | 847.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 17 | Nepal | 841.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 102.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 18 | Senegal | 792.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 18 | Türkiye | 87.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 19 | Malaysia | 700.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 20 | Comoros | 676.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 21 | India | 646.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 22 | Kiribati | 642.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 23 | Panama | 632.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 24 | Qatar | 631.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 25 | Cuba | 603.88 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 26 | Republic of Korea | 582.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 27 | Guyana | 580.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 28 | Suriname | 575.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 29 | Vanuatu | 570.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 30 | Tuvalu | 560.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 31 | Nicaragua | 531.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 32 | Haiti | 514.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 33 | Djibouti | 513.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 34 | Iraq | 475.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 35 | Maldives | 472.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 36 | Solomon Islands | 466.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 37 | Peru | 457.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 38 | Mauritania | 456.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 448.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 40 | Kuwait | 447.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 430.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 42 | Bahrain | 423.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 43 | Ecuador | 423.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 44 | Sao Tome and Principe | 411.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 45 | China, Macao SAR | 407.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 46 | Gabon | 397.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 47 | China, Taiwan Province of | 390.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 48 | Samoa | 377.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4,784.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Fiji | 372.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 50 | Marshall Islands | 352.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 51 | Mauritius | 345.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 52 | Oman | 342.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 53 | Ghana | 342.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 54 | Burkina Faso | 332.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 55 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 326.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | 325.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 57 | Egypt | 317.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 58 | French Polynesia | 317.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 303.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 155.2% | rising |
| 60 | Seychelles | 285.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 276.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 62 | Brazil | 275.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 63 | Cameroon | 275.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 64 | Colombia | 271.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 65 | Nauru | 256.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 66 | Mozambique | 252.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 67 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 251.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 68 | Eswatini | 251.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 69 | Niger | 250.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 70 | Jamaica | 227.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 71 | Belize | 222.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 72 | Nigeria | 213.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 73 | Afghanistan | 205.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 74 | Jordan | 200.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 75 | New Caledonia | 188.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 76 | Kenya | 184.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 77 | Israel | 183.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 78 | Barbados | 179.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 175.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 80 | Saint Lucia | 174.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 81 | Rwanda | 166.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 157.5% | rising |
| 82 | Botswana | 160.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 79.8% | rising |
| 83 | South Africa | 151.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 84 | Mongolia | 147.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 113.4% | rising |
| 85 | Portugal | 145.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 86 | Canada | 143.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 87 | Antigua and Barbuda | 132.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 88 | Yemen | 130.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 89 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 128.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 121.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 121.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 92 | Honduras | 112.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 93 | Congo | 111.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 94 | Libya | 110.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.0% | flat |
| 95 | Belgium | 108.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 96 | New Zealand | 104.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 97 | Grenada | 101.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 98 | El Salvador | 100.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 99 | Angola | 96.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 100 | Malta | 92.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 113.7% | rising |
| 101 | Uruguay | 90.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 102 | Uganda | 90.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 91.0% | rising |
| 103 | Lebanon | 89.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 104 | Australia and New Zealand | 87.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 105 | Australia | 84.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 106 | Argentina | 82.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 107 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 80.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.6% | flat |
| 108 | Uzbekistan | 77.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 109 | Namibia | 75.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 110 | Chile | 72.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 111 | Bahamas | 71.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 72.9% | falling |
| 112 | Kazakhstan | 68.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 113 | Guatemala | 68.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 114 | Pakistan | 67.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 115 | France | 64.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 116 | Sweden | 64.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 117 | Italy | 63.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 118 | Spain | 62.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 119 | Turkmenistan | 61.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 120 | Finland | 60.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 121 | Cyprus | 59.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 122 | Albania | 57.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 123 | Luxembourg | 57.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 124 | Mexico | 55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 125 | Russian Federation | 54.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 53.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 154.8% | rising |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 52.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 128 | Ethiopia | 52.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 210.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Denmark | 49.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 130 | Ireland | 49.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 69.8% | rising |
| 131 | Norway | 46.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 132 | Hungary | 45.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 126.8% | rising |
| 133 | Czechia | 45.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 134 | Algeria | 44.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 85.8% | rising |
| 135 | Iceland | 41.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 136 | Lesotho | 41.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 82.0% | falling |
| 137 | Malawi | 40.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 138 | Austria | 38.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 139 | Greece | 38.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 140 | Slovenia | 37.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 141 | Germany | 37.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 142 | Lithuania | 36.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 143 | Armenia | 31.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 144 | Croatia | 30.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 145 | Zambia | 30.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 146 | Georgia | 29.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 147 | Slovakia | 28.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 148 | Paraguay | 28.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 149 | Bulgaria | 27.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 150 | Latvia | 27.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 151 | Switzerland | 27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 152 | Estonia | 25.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 153 | Morocco | 24.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 143.3% | rising |
| 154 | North Macedonia | 23.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 155 | Montenegro | 23.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 156 | Poland | 23.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 129.6% | rising |
| 157 | Romania | 22.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 159 | Ukraine | 19.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 160 | Serbia | 17.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 161 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 15.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 162 | Tunisia | 13.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 163 | Tonga | 5.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 164 | Belarus | 1.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 95.1% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,400 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 1,212 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 810.63 kcal/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 691.22 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 745.02 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 641.26 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 647.7 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 559.38 kcal/cap/d
- World 512.31 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 459.96 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 455.8 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 443.53 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia 434.88 kcal/cap/d
- Western Africa 378.98 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 360.43 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 322.55 kcal/cap/d
- South America 263.62 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 298.82 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 261.72 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 289.27 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 235.5 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 271.6 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 205.76 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 269.97 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 199.51 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 207.45 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 182.16 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 179.24 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 127.68 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 158.98 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 156.34 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 147.04 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 81.87 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 104.27 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 30.5 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 98.71 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 93.54 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 77.32 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 70.06 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 61.99 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.