Rice and products — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) 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 quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 310.73 kg/cap in Gambia; the lowest is 0.21 kg/cap in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.41 kg/cap, and the mean is 50.49 kg/cap.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,480.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Samoa (up 4,785.5%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 95.4%).
Rice and products — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gambia | 310.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 98.3% | rising |
| 2 | Myanmar | 271.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 3 | Cambodia | 262.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 3 | Timor-Leste | 181.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 250.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 239.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 6 | Comoros | 228.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 79.9% | rising |
| 7 | Philippines | 200.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 191.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 9 | Indonesia | 186.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 184.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 11 | Thailand | 172.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 12 | Bhutan | 172.4 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 13 | Guinea | 168.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 14 | Cuba | 164.26 kg/cap | 2019 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 15 | Liberia | 162.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 16 | Madagascar | 150.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 17 | Nepal | 135.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 18 | China, mainland | 130.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 18 | Türkiye | 15.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 19 | China | 128.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 20 | Senegal | 124.01 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 21 | Malaysia | 117.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 22 | Panama | 114.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 23 | India | 101.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 24 | Suriname | 96.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 25 | Vanuatu | 95.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 26 | Qatar | 94.45 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 27 | Guyana | 90.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 90.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 29 | Solomon Islands | 89.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 30 | Tuvalu | 86.39 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 31 | Republic of Korea | 80.94 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 32 | Haiti | 80.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 33 | Mauritania | 79.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 34 | Iraq | 74.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 72.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 71.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 37 | Kuwait | 70.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 38 | Peru | 67.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 39 | Kiribati | 67.15 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 40 | Mauritius | 65.98 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 41 | Bahrain | 63.91 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 42 | Ecuador | 63.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 43 | Gabon | 62.84 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 44 | China, Taiwan Province of | 61.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 45 | Ghana | 59.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 46 | Papua New Guinea | 59.67 kg/cap | 2023 | up 175.9% | rising |
| 47 | Djibouti | 59.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 48 | Fiji | 58.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 49 | Samoa | 57.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4,785.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Marshall Islands | 54.95 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | 54.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 52 | Oman | 53.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 53 | Maldives | 51.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 54 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 51.35 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 48.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 56 | Egypt | 48.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 57 | Colombia | 46.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 58 | Seychelles | 44.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 59 | Belgium | 43.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 60 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 61 | Cameroon | 42.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 42.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 63 | China, Macao SAR | 42.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 64 | Naoero | 41.49 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 65 | Mozambique | 40.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 66 | Niger | 40.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 67 | Eswatini | 39.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 68 | Brazil | 36.85 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 69 | Jamaica | 36.34 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 70 | Belize | 35.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 71 | Botswana | 35.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 72 | Nigeria | 33.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 73 | French Polynesia | 33.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 74 | Afghanistan | 32.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 75 | Kenya | 30.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 76 | Barbados | 27.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 77 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 27.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 78 | Israel | 27.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 79 | Saint Lucia | 27.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 80 | Canada | 26.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 81 | Rwanda | 26.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 149.5% | rising |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 83 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 83 | South Africa | 24.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 85 | Mongolia | 23.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 86 | Portugal | 22.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 87 | Jordan | 20.94 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 88 | Yemen | 20.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 89 | New Caledonia | 20.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 19.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 91 | Honduras | 18.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 92 | Tajikistan | 18.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 93 | Congo | 17.68 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 94 | New Zealand | 16.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 95 | El Salvador | 16.18 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | Malta | 15.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 99.2% | rising |
| 97 | Namibia | 15.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 98 | Grenada | 15.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 99 | Angola | 14.99 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 100 | Australia and New Zealand | 14.67 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 101 | Uganda | 14.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 102 | Australia | 14.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 103 | Lebanon | 14.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 104 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13.51 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 105 | Uruguay | 13.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 106 | Finland | 13.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 107 | Sweden | 12.84 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.2% | flat |
| 108 | Slovenia | 12.51 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 12.5 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 110 | Uzbekistan | 12.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 111 | Argentina | 12.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 112 | Albania | 12.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 113 | Chile | 11.68 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 114 | Libya | 11.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 115 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 115 | Guatemala | 10.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 117 | Pakistan | 9.9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 70.3% | falling |
| 118 | Turkmenistan | 9.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 119 | France | 9.5 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 120 | Spain | 9.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 121 | Italy | 9.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 122 | Denmark | 9.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 123 | Bahamas | 9.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 74.1% | falling |
| 124 | Cyprus | 9.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 125 | Russian Federation | 8.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 126 | Luxembourg | 8.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 128 | Lesotho | 8.57 kg/cap | 2023 | up 263.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Austria | 8.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 130 | Ethiopia | 8.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 209.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Lithuania | 8.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 132 | Mexico | 8.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 133 | Azerbaijan | 8.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 154.3% | rising |
| 134 | Ireland | 7.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 135 | Norway | 7.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 136 | Hungary | 7.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 126.9% | rising |
| 137 | Czechia | 7.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 138 | Germany | 7.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 139 | Algeria | 6.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 85.8% | rising |
| 140 | Iceland | 6.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 141 | Malawi | 6.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 142 | Poland | 6.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 143 | Greece | 5.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 144 | Armenia | 5.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 145 | Zambia | 4.93 kg/cap | 2023 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 146 | Croatia | 4.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 147 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 4.74 kg/cap | 2023 | down 47.0% | rising |
| 148 | Latvia | 4.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 149 | Georgia | 4.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 150 | Paraguay | 4.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 151 | Slovakia | 4.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 152 | Estonia | 4.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 153 | Switzerland | 4.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 154 | Morocco | 3.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 149.0% | rising |
| 155 | Bulgaria | 3.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 155 | Serbia | 3.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 157 | Romania | 3.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 158 | North Macedonia | 3.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 159 | Montenegro | 3.54 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 160 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 161 | Ukraine | 3.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 162 | Tunisia | 1.46 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 163 | Tonga | 0.72 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 164 | Belarus | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 95.4% | 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 224.8 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 197.65 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 219.9 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 122.02 kg/cap
- Côte d'Ivoire 111.81 kg/cap
- Asia 115.73 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 99.68 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 96.2 kg/cap
- Caribbean 87.34 kg/cap
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 89.47 kg/cap
- Cabo Verde 87.13 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 88.08 kg/cap
- World 79.79 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 69.93 kg/cap
- Melanesia 61.49 kg/cap
- Western Africa 62.52 kg/cap
- Micronesia 54.91 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54.55 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 41.56 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 48.11 kg/cap
- South America 38.22 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 44.82 kg/cap
- Africa 37.39 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 43.37 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 31.02 kg/cap
- Polynesia 36.99 kg/cap
- Western Asia 30.59 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 34.44 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 28.78 kg/cap
- Oceania 28.41 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 20.3 kg/cap
- Americas 27.84 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 24.18 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 23.64 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 10.39 kg/cap
- Central America 16.85 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 5.06 kg/cap
- Northern America 15.16 kg/cap
- United States of America 13.83 kg/cap
- Central Asia 12.64 kg/cap
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.