Rye 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
Rye and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 176.87 kcal/cap/d in Poland; the lowest is 0 kcal/cap/d in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.15 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 12.56 kcal/cap/d.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Barbados (up 566.7%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 100.0%).
Rye and products — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 176.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 1 | Türkiye | 16.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 2 | Latvia | 167.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 3 | Finland | 157.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 4 | Belarus | 135.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 5 | Denmark | 100.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 6 | Lithuania | 92.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 7 | Sweden | 85.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Estonia | 73.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 9 | Austria | 66.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 10 | Germany | 54.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 11 | Czechia | 41.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 12 | Ukraine | 37.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 28.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 14 | Portugal | 23.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 15 | Serbia | 22.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 16 | Slovakia | 21.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 17 | Norway | 20.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 18 | Canada | 16.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 95.1% | rising |
| 19 | Slovenia | 11.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 20 | Mongolia | 9.01 kcal/cap/d | 2021 | up 140.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Romania | 8.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 8.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 206.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 7.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 24 | Belgium | 7.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.6% | flat |
| 26 | Croatia | 5.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.6% | flat |
| 27 | Iceland | 5.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Albania | 5.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 261.6% | rising |
| 29 | Ireland | 5.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 469.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | 5.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 31 | Switzerland | 4.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 32 | Armenia | 4.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 33 | Montenegro | 4.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 34 | Spain | 3.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 35 | Hungary | 3.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 36 | France | 3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 37 | Georgia | 2.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 90.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 39 | North Macedonia | 2.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 40 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.95 kcal/cap/d | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Italy | 1.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 152.3% | rising |
| 42 | Azerbaijan | 1.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 43 | Chile | 1.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 44 | Greece | 1.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 1.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 90.6% | volatile |
| 46 | New Zealand | 0.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 47 | China, mainland | 0.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 48 | China | 0.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 49 | Namibia | 0.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Barbados | 0.4 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | up 566.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Morocco | 0.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 52 | New Caledonia | 0.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 54 | Cyprus | 0.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Australia | 0.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 0.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | South Africa | 0.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 58 | Saint Lucia | 0.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Mauritius | 0.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Egypt | 0.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Samoa | 0.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 0.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Brazil | 0.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 62 | Uruguay | 0.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Tunisia | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Israel | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Tonga | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Republic of Korea | 0.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Mozambique | 0.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Gabon | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | China, Macao SAR | 0.03 kcal/cap/d | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Ecuador | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 72 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Grenada | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Peru | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 74 | Seychelles | 0.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Afghanistan | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Angola | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Burkina Faso | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Bahrain | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Bahamas | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Bhutan | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Botswana | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Congo | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Algeria | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Ethiopia | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Fiji | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Gambia | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Iraq | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Lebanon | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Libya | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Lesotho | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Madagascar | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Maldives | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Mexico | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Marshall Islands | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Malta | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Niger | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Nepal | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Oman | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Panama | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 78 | French Polynesia | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Rwanda | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Saudi Arabia | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Suriname | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Eswatini | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Thailand | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Turkmenistan | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Uzbekistan | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Yemen | 0 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Europe 50.76 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 37.34 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 11.46 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 34.94 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 0.57 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 33.12 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.15 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 27.88 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 0.04 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.04 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 7.65 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 6.6 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 0.01 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.01 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 5.2 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 5.06 kcal/cap/d
- World 3.76 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 0 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 0 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 2.87 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 1.31 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 0.65 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.39 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.29 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 0.18 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 0.15 kcal/cap/d
- South America 0.11 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 0.09 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 0.02 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.01 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 0 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 0 kcal/cap/d
- Western Africa 0 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 0 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 0 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.