Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre 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
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply — Value is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 46 g/cap/d in Ghana; the lowest is 0.3 g/cap/d in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.2 g/cap/d, and the mean is 4.7 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 153.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Guatemala (up 320.0%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 57.9%).
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana | 46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 38.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 36.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 2 | Angola | 20.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 2 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 10.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 19.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 9.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 4 | Guinea | 18.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 4 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 8.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 5 | Rwanda | 18.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 5 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 5.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 6 | Cameroon | 18.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 6 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 7 | Gabon | 18.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 2.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 8 | Mozambique | 17.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 8 | Uganda | 17.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 8 | Türkiye | 2.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 9 | Timor-Leste | 1.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.9 g/cap/d | 2018 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 10 | Nigeria | 17.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 11 | Congo | 17.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 12 | Fiji | 12.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 12 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 13 | Papua New Guinea | 12.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 14 | Cuba | 11.8 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 11.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 16 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 254.5% | rising |
| 17 | Paraguay | 11.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 18 | Malawi | 10.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 19 | Liberia | 10.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 20 | Comoros | 9.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 21 | Guyana | 9.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 203.2% | rising |
| 22 | Tonga | 9.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 23 | Jamaica | 8.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 23 | Cambodia | 8.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 23 | Namibia | 8.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 26 | Zambia | 8.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 27 | Madagascar | 8.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 7.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 29 | Peru | 7.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 30 | Samoa | 7.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 31 | Belarus | 6.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 31 | Vanuatu | 6.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 33 | Colombia | 6.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 33 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.1% | falling |
| 35 | Ukraine | 5.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 36 | Eswatini | 5.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 37 | Indonesia | 5.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 37 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 39 | Nepal | 4.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 41 | Kyrgyzstan | 4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 42 | Senegal | 3.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 254.5% | rising |
| 43 | Bhutan | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 43 | Kenya | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 46 | Belgium | 3.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 46 | Poland | 3.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | 3.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 48 | North Macedonia | 3.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 48 | China, mainland | 3.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 51 | Botswana | 3.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 51 | China | 3.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 51 | Zimbabwe | 3.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 118.8% | rising |
| 54 | Azerbaijan | 3.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 54 | Canada | 3.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 54 | Russian Federation | 3.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 57 | Haiti | 3.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 57 | Panama | 3.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 59 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 60 | Ecuador | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.0% | flat |
| 61 | Brazil | 3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 62 | Ireland | 2.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 63 | Barbados | 2.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 2.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 65 | Germany | 2.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 66 | Armenia | 2.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 2.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 66 | Uruguay | 2.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 69 | Australia | 2.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 69 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 71 | Algeria | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 71 | Saint Lucia | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Lesotho | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 71 | Latvia | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 71 | Philippines | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 71 | Portugal | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 71 | Romania | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 78 | Spain | 2.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 78 | Estonia | 2.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 80 | Bangladesh | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 80 | Czechia | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 80 | Finland | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 80 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 80 | French Polynesia | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 80 | Serbia | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 80 | Slovakia | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 80 | Sweden | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 88 | Denmark | 2.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | France | 2.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Guatemala | 2.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 320.0% | rising |
| 91 | Albania | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 91 | Georgia | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 91 | Lebanon | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 91 | New Zealand | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 91 | El Salvador | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 91 | Slovenia | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 91 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 98 | Chile | 1.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 98 | Greece | 1.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 98 | Kazakhstan | 1.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 98 | Lithuania | 1.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 98 | Niger | 1.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 103 | Argentina | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 103 | Switzerland | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 103 | Croatia | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 103 | Myanmar | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 103 | Montenegro | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 103 | Mongolia | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 110 | Ethiopia | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 110 | Italy | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 110 | Qatar | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 110 | Suriname | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 110 | Tajikistan | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 115 | Austria | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 115 | Egypt | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 115 | Iceland | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 115 | Morocco | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 115 | New Caledonia | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 115 | Tuvalu | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 121 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 121 | Bahrain | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 121 | Grenada | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 121 | Hungary | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 121 | Israel | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 121 | Luxembourg | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 121 | Malta | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 121 | Saudi Arabia | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 121 | Seychelles | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | flat |
| 121 | South Africa | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 131 | India | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 131 | Kuwait | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 131 | Oman | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 134 | Mauritius | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 134 | Pakistan | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 134 | Tunisia | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 137 | Afghanistan | 1.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 137 | Bulgaria | 1.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | flat |
| 137 | Bahamas | 1.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 137 | Cyprus | 1.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 137 | Honduras | 1.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 137 | Libya | 1.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 143 | United Arab Emirates | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 143 | Kiribati | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 143 | Maldives | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 143 | Norway | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 147 | Belize | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Jordan | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 147 | Malaysia | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 147 | Republic of Korea | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 147 | China, Macao SAR | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 152 | Mexico | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 152 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 154 | Burkina Faso | 0.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 155 | Mauritania | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 155 | Thailand | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Djibouti | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 157 | Gambia | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 157 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 160 | Naoero | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 161 | Iraq | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 161 | Marshall Islands | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 161 | Yemen | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 2.4 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.