Rice and products — Food supply (kcal) 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) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 449.87 million million Kcal in China (People’s Republic of); the lowest is 226.96 million Kcal in Tonga.
The median across all reporting countries is 333,216 million Kcal, and the mean is 11.09 million million Kcal.
Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Samoa (up 5,235.6%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 95.2%).
Rice and products — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (People’s Republic of) | 449.87 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 445.55 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 3 | India | 339.13 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 115.95 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 103.59 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 6 | Philippines | 52.55 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 7 | Myanmar | 32.30 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 8 | Thailand | 30.29 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 9 | Brazil | 21.22 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 10 | Nigeria | 17.72 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 11 | Egypt | 13.29 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 12 | Madagascar | 13.04 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 13 | Republic of Korea | 11.01 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 9.85 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 15 | Cambodia | 9.58 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 16 | Nepal | 9.12 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 17 | Malaysia | 8.98 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 18 | Iraq | 6.70 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 6.10 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 20 | Peru | 5.66 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 21 | Senegal | 5.23 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 22 | Colombia | 5.18 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 23 | Guinea | 5.08 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 24 | Ghana | 4.22 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 3.95 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 26 | Kenya | 3.72 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 137.9% | rising |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 3.51 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 28 | South Africa | 3.50 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 29 | China, Taiwan Province of | 3.33 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 3.12 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 31 | Mozambique | 3.11 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 2.90 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 33 | Cameroon | 2.85 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 2.79 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 35 | Ecuador | 2.78 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 36 | Mexico | 2.60 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 37 | Cuba | 2.47 million million Kcal | 2019 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 2.46 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 305.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Niger | 2.39 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 129.5% | rising |
| 40 | Haiti | 2.19 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 41 | Liberia | 2.15 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 42 | Canada | 2.06 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 43 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.02 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 44 | Yemen | 1.88 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 45 | Dominican Republic | 1.85 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 46 | Uganda | 1.61 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 163.0% | rising |
| 47 | France | 1.57 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 48 | Italy | 1.37 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 49 | Argentina | 1.37 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 1.32 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 51 | Angola | 1.29 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 52 | Germany | 1.15 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 53 | Papua New Guinea | 1.15 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 219.4% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 1.09 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 1.07 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 56 | Panama | 1.03 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 57 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.01 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 58 | Uzbekistan | 1.01 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 59 | Guinea-Bissau | 891,605 million Kcal | 2023 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 60 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 886,831 million Kcal | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 61 | Gambia | 871,532 million Kcal | 2023 | up 121.0% | rising |
| 62 | Rwanda | 848,703 million Kcal | 2023 | up 223.8% | rising |
| 63 | Mauritania | 835,947 million Kcal | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 64 | Jordan | 835,818 million Kcal | 2023 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 65 | Australia | 817,522 million Kcal | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 801,530 million Kcal | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 67 | Kuwait | 791,035 million Kcal | 2023 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 68 | Algeria | 749,772 million Kcal | 2023 | up 123.3% | rising |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 723,877 million Kcal | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 70 | Qatar | 686,340 million Kcal | 2023 | — | flat |
| 71 | Oman | 631,527 million Kcal | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 72 | Israel | 621,275 million Kcal | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 73 | Portugal | 552,661 million Kcal | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 74 | Chile | 520,812 million Kcal | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 509,750 million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.3% | flat |
| 76 | Belgium | 462,293 million Kcal | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 460,145 million Kcal | 2023 | up 108.1% | rising |
| 78 | Guatemala | 449,912 million Kcal | 2023 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 79 | Honduras | 436,045 million Kcal | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 80 | Gabon | 360,494 million Kcal | 2023 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 81 | Morocco | 341,257 million Kcal | 2023 | up 171.5% | rising |
| 82 | Bhutan | 340,075 million Kcal | 2023 | — | flat |
| 83 | Poland | 326,358 million Kcal | 2023 | up 132.5% | rising |
| 84 | Malawi | 310,198 million Kcal | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 85 | Libya | 295,102 million Kcal | 2023 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 86 | Ukraine | 271,153 million Kcal | 2023 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 87 | Congo | 250,841 million Kcal | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 88 | Sweden | 246,942 million Kcal | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 89 | Bahrain | 242,879 million Kcal | 2023 | — | falling |
| 90 | Jamaica | 236,127 million Kcal | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 91 | El Salvador | 232,267 million Kcal | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 92 | Zambia | 231,213 million Kcal | 2023 | up 96.4% | rising |
| 93 | Djibouti | 216,102 million Kcal | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 94 | Comoros | 209,941 million Kcal | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 203,063 million Kcal | 2023 | up 176.6% | rising |
| 96 | New Zealand | 197,254 million Kcal | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 97 | Lebanon | 189,486 million Kcal | 2023 | down 36.3% | flat |
| 98 | Mongolia | 184,846 million Kcal | 2023 | up 156.8% | rising |
| 99 | Czechia | 178,288 million Kcal | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 100 | Guyana | 175,001 million Kcal | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 101 | Turkmenistan | 165,445 million Kcal | 2023 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 102 | Mauritius | 160,798 million Kcal | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 103 | Hungary | 160,264 million Kcal | 2023 | up 122.1% | rising |
| 104 | Romania | 158,527 million Kcal | 2023 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 105 | Botswana | 145,309 million Kcal | 2023 | up 108.3% | rising |
| 106 | Greece | 143,222 million Kcal | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 107 | Solomon Islands | 136,132 million Kcal | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 135,082 million Kcal | 2023 | up 14.1% | flat |
| 109 | Suriname | 132,150 million Kcal | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 110 | Austria | 128,992 million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 111 | Fiji | 125,510 million Kcal | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 112 | Finland | 124,015 million Kcal | 2023 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 113 | Eswatini | 112,890 million Kcal | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 114 | Uruguay | 112,245 million Kcal | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 115 | Denmark | 108,154 million Kcal | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 116 | China, Macao SAR | 106,184 million Kcal | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 117 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 105,138 million Kcal | 2023 | down 37.3% | flat |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 96,127 million Kcal | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 119 | Norway | 93,534 million Kcal | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 120 | Ireland | 93,474 million Kcal | 2023 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 121 | Maldives | 90,704 million Kcal | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 122 | Switzerland | 87,415 million Kcal | 2023 | up 24.6% | falling |
| 123 | Namibia | 81,919 million Kcal | 2023 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 124 | Paraguay | 70,174 million Kcal | 2023 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 125 | Bulgaria | 68,529 million Kcal | 2023 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 126 | Vanuatu | 66,662 million Kcal | 2023 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 127 | Tunisia | 62,291 million Kcal | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 128 | Albania | 59,357 million Kcal | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 129 | Slovak Republic | 57,467 million Kcal | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 130 | Croatia | 43,795 million Kcal | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 131 | Serbia | 42,050 million Kcal | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 132 | Georgia | 41,208 million Kcal | 2023 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 133 | Lithuania | 37,672 million Kcal | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 134 | Sao Tome and Principe | 34,653 million Kcal | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 135 | Lesotho | 34,621 million Kcal | 2023 | up 104.6% | flat |
| 136 | Armenia | 34,296 million Kcal | 2023 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 137 | Belize | 33,388 million Kcal | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 138 | French Polynesia | 32,583 million Kcal | 2023 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 139 | Kiribati | 31,061 million Kcal | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 140 | Samoa | 29,819 million Kcal | 2023 | up 5,235.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Cyprus | 28,971 million Kcal | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 142 | Slovenia | 28,913 million Kcal | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24,802 million Kcal | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 144 | New Caledonia | 19,899 million Kcal | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 145 | Latvia | 18,807 million Kcal | 2023 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 146 | Barbados | 18,476 million Kcal | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 147 | Malta | 17,922 million Kcal | 2023 | up 165.7% | rising |
| 148 | North Macedonia | 15,784 million Kcal | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 149 | Luxembourg | 13,936 million Kcal | 2023 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 150 | Seychelles | 13,340 million Kcal | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 151 | Estonia | 12,673 million Kcal | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 11,395 million Kcal | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 153 | Bahamas | 10,486 million Kcal | 2023 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 154 | Iceland | 5,925 million Kcal | 2023 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 155 | Montenegro | 5,378 million Kcal | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 156 | Marshall Islands | 5,000 million Kcal | 2023 | — | falling |
| 157 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4,763 million Kcal | 2023 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 158 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4,496 million Kcal | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 159 | Belarus | 4,431 million Kcal | 2023 | down 95.2% | falling |
| 160 | Grenada | 4,321 million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 161 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4,296 million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 162 | Tuvalu | 2,008 million Kcal | 2023 | — | rising |
| 163 | Naoero | 1,110 million Kcal | 2023 | — | rising |
| 164 | Tonga | 226.96 million Kcal | 2023 | — | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Asia 491.17 million million Kcal
- Southern Asia 478.20 million million Kcal
- South-Eastern Asia 302.53 million million Kcal
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 293.44 million million Kcal
- Africa 126.67 million million Kcal
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 101.46 million million Kcal
- Americas 68.93 million million Kcal
- Western Africa 61.70 million million Kcal
- South America 41.64 million million Kcal
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 37.86 million million Kcal
- Eastern Africa 36.29 million million Kcal
- Türkiye 2.80 million million Kcal
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.