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Share of dietary energy supply derived from cereals, roots and tubers (percent) (3-year average) — Value by country

The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture...

Countries reporting
183
Highest
82 %
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lowest
21 %
Bahamas
Median
42 %
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,679

What the numbers show

Share of dietary energy supply derived from cereals, roots and tubers (percent) (3-year average) — Value is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 82 % in Democratic Republic of the Congo; the lowest is 21 % in Bahamas.

The median across all reporting countries is 42 %, and the mean is 44.54 %.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 36.4%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 43.6%).

Share of dietary energy supply derived from cereals, roots and tubers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 82 % 2021 up 1.2% flat
1 Madagascar 81 % 2021 up 1.2% flat
1 Côte d'Ivoire 71 % 2021 up 2.9% rising
2 Cambodia 75 % 2021 up 2.7% rising
3 Sierra Leone 74 % 2021 up 7.2% rising
3 Togo 74 % 2007 down 1.3% flat
3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 68 % 2021 down 2.9% falling
3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 68 % 2016 down 1.4% flat
5 Ethiopia 73 % 2021 down 2.7% falling
5 Mozambique 73 % 2021 down 1.4% falling
6 Timor-Leste 62 % 2021 down 7.5% falling
7 Afghanistan 72 % 2021 down 1.4% falling
7 Benin 72 % 2007 unchanged flat
7 Bangladesh 72 % 2021 down 10.0% falling
7 Liberia 72 % 2021 up 10.8% rising
7 United Republic of Tanzania 60 % 2021 up 7.1% falling
8 Syrian Arab Republic 55 % 2021 up 14.6% rising
9 Viet Nam 54 % 2021 down 12.9% falling
10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 52 % 2021 up 4.0% falling
11 Mali 68 % 2007 unchanged flat
11 Zambia 68 % 2021 up 1.5% falling
12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 49 % 2021 up 2.1% falling
13 Ghana 67 % 2021 up 3.1% flat
13 Chad 67 % 2007 up 15.5% rising
13 Melanesia 46 % 2021 up 12.2% falling
14 Cabo Verde 51 % 2021 up 2.0% flat
15 Lesotho 66 % 2021 down 14.3% falling
15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 42 % 2021 up 16.7% flat
16 Malawi 65 % 2021 down 12.2% falling
16 Türkiye 39 % 2021 down 11.4% falling
17 Angola 64 % 2021 up 3.2% flat
17 Egypt 64 % 2021 unchanged flat
17 Guinea 64 % 2021 up 8.5% flat
17 Guinea-Bissau 64 % 2021 down 1.5% falling
17 Republic of Moldova 37 % 2021 up 8.8% falling
18 Polynesia 36 % 2021 up 12.5% rising
19 Micronesia 33 % 2021 unchanged falling
21 Myanmar 63 % 2021 up 23.5% falling
21 Nigeria 63 % 2021 down 3.1% flat
21 Nepal 63 % 2021 down 6.0% falling
24 Solomon Islands 62 % 2021 down 10.1% falling
25 Philippines 61 % 2021 up 1.7% flat
25 Senegal 61 % 2021 up 7.0% flat
27 Sri Lanka 60 % 2021 down 3.2% rising
27 Yemen 60 % 2021 down 3.2% flat
29 Burkina Faso 59 % 2021 down 9.2% falling
29 Cameroon 59 % 2021 up 7.3% rising
31 Congo 58 % 2021 down 3.3% flat
31 Morocco 58 % 2021 down 1.7% falling
33 Iraq 57 % 2021 down 3.4% falling
34 Gambia 56 % 2021 down 1.8% flat
34 Haiti 56 % 2021 up 12.0% flat
34 Niger 56 % 2021 down 9.7% falling
34 Rwanda 56 % 2021 up 1.8% rising
34 Eswatini 56 % 2021 up 5.7% flat
39 Comoros 55 % 2021 down 1.8% flat
39 Mauritania 55 % 2021 up 7.8% rising
39 Paraguay 55 % 2021 up 17.0% rising
42 Central African Republic 54 % 2007 down 1.8% flat
42 Indonesia 54 % 2021 down 21.7% falling
44 Djibouti 53 % 2021 down 10.2% falling
44 India 53 % 2021 down 10.2% falling
46 Namibia 52 % 2021 down 1.9% falling
47 Botswana 51 % 2021 down 5.6% rising
47 Nicaragua 51 % 2021 unchanged falling
47 Tajikistan 51 % 2021 down 13.6% falling
50 Azerbaijan 50 % 2021 down 13.8% falling
50 China 50 % 2021 down 5.7% falling
50 Gabon 50 % 2021 unchanged flat
50 Kenya 50 % 2021 down 15.3% flat
50 Peru 50 % 2021 down 3.8% falling
50 Serbia 50 % 2021 up 8.7% rising
50 Thailand 50 % 2021 up 2.0% flat
50 China, mainland 50 % 2021 down 7.4% falling
58 Algeria 49 % 2021 unchanged falling
59 Turkmenistan 48 % 2021 down 7.7% falling
60 El Salvador 47 % 2021 unchanged falling
60 Tunisia 47 % 2021 down 2.1% falling
60 Uganda 47 % 2021 unchanged flat
60 Zimbabwe 47 % 2021 down 2.1% falling
64 Georgia 46 % 2021 down 6.1% falling
64 Pakistan 46 % 2021 down 9.8% falling
64 Sao Tome and Principe 46 % 2021 up 9.5% falling
64 Vanuatu 46 % 2021 up 7.0% falling
64 South Africa 46 % 2021 down 9.8% falling
64 Brunei Darussalam 46 % 2007 down 8.0% falling
70 Kyrgyzstan 45 % 2021 down 16.7% falling
70 Papua New Guinea 45 % 2021 up 15.4% rising
70 Saudi Arabia 45 % 2021 up 4.7% falling
73 Suriname 44 % 2021 up 4.8% flat
73 Uzbekistan 44 % 2021 down 15.4% falling
75 Guatemala 43 % 2021 down 6.5% falling
75 Ukraine 43 % 2021 up 4.9% falling
77 Fiji 42 % 2021 down 8.7% falling
77 Honduras 42 % 2021 down 2.3% falling
77 Jordan 42 % 2021 down 2.3% falling
77 Mauritius 42 % 2021 down 4.5% falling
81 Cuba 41 % 2017 down 8.9% falling
81 Japan 41 % 2007 unchanged flat
81 Lebanon 41 % 2021 up 10.8% rising
81 Mexico 41 % 2021 unchanged falling
85 Kuwait 40 % 2021 up 2.6% flat
85 Maldives 40 % 2021 down 4.8% flat
85 Panama 40 % 2021 down 4.8% falling
85 Trinidad and Tobago 40 % 2021 up 5.3% rising
89 Armenia 39 % 2021 down 2.5% falling
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 39 % 2021 down 13.3% falling
89 Jamaica 39 % 2021 unchanged flat
89 Malaysia 39 % 2021 down 9.3% falling
89 Seychelles 39 % 2021 down 9.3% falling
89 Samoa 39 % 2021 up 34.5% rising
95 United Arab Emirates 38 % 2021 down 2.6% falling
95 Belize 38 % 2021 unchanged falling
95 Chile 38 % 2021 down 9.5% falling
95 Ecuador 38 % 2021 unchanged rising
95 Slovenia 38 % 2021 up 2.7% flat
95 Russian Federation 38 % 2021 down 2.6% falling
101 Guyana 37 % 2021 down 21.3% falling
101 Libya 37 % 2021 down 14.0% falling
101 Romania 37 % 2021 down 5.1% falling
104 Cyprus 36 % 2021 down 7.7% rising
104 Saint Lucia 36 % 2021 up 9.1% rising
104 New Caledonia 36 % 2021 up 12.5% flat
104 Uruguay 36 % 2021 down 5.3% falling
108 Colombia 35 % 2021 up 6.1% falling
108 Dominica 35 % 2007 up 6.1% rising
108 North Macedonia 35 % 2021 down 2.8% falling
108 Malta 35 % 2021 up 9.4% falling
108 Mongolia 35 % 2021 down 14.6% falling
113 Argentina 34 % 2021 down 5.6% falling
113 Finland 34 % 2021 up 9.7% flat
113 French Polynesia 34 % 2021 unchanged flat
116 Belarus 33 % 2021 down 8.3% falling
116 Kiribati 33 % 2021 unchanged falling
116 Montenegro 33 % 2021 up 3.1% falling
116 New Zealand 33 % 2021 up 22.2% rising
116 Republic of Korea 33 % 2021 down 23.3% falling
116 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 33 % 2021 up 3.1% rising
122 Barbados 32 % 2021 up 3.2% falling
122 Poland 32 % 2021 down 15.8% falling
124 Brazil 31 % 2021 down 3.1% falling
124 Costa Rica 31 % 2021 down 3.1% falling
124 Israel 31 % 2021 down 8.8% falling
124 Italy 31 % 2021 down 3.1% falling
124 Norway 31 % 2021 up 6.9% flat
124 Oman 31 % 2021 down 16.2% falling
124 Portugal 31 % 2021 down 6.1% flat
124 China, Macao SAR 31 % 2021 up 6.9% falling
132 Bulgaria 30 % 2021 down 25.0% falling
132 Iceland 30 % 2021 up 36.4% rising
132 Kazakhstan 30 % 2021 down 11.8% falling
132 Lithuania 30 % 2021 down 21.1% falling
132 Sweden 30 % 2021 up 15.4% flat
137 Hungary 29 % 2021 down 3.3% flat
137 Luxembourg 29 % 2021 up 3.6% rising
137 Slovakia 29 % 2021 down 17.1% falling
137 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 29 % 2021 down 23.7% falling
137 China, Taiwan Province of 29 % 2021 down 6.5% flat
142 Canada 28 % 2021 down 6.7% flat
142 France 28 % 2021 down 3.4% flat
142 Greece 28 % 2021 down 6.7% falling
142 Croatia 28 % 2021 down 9.7% falling
142 Saint Kitts and Nevis 28 % 2021 down 3.4% flat
142 Latvia 28 % 2021 down 17.6% falling
142 China, Hong Kong SAR 28 % 2021 down 3.4% falling
149 Albania 27 % 2021 down 27.0% falling
149 Antigua and Barbuda 27 % 2021 unchanged falling
149 Switzerland 27 % 2021 up 22.7% rising
149 Dominican Republic 27 % 2021 down 6.9% falling
149 Ireland 27 % 2021 down 18.2% falling
154 Austria 26 % 2021 unchanged falling
154 Denmark 26 % 2021 down 3.7% falling
154 Spain 26 % 2021 down 3.7% flat
157 Australia and New Zealand 25 % 2021 up 4.2% falling
157 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 25 % 2021 down 7.4% rising
159 Bermuda 24 % 2007 up 4.3% rising
159 Germany 24 % 2021 down 11.1% falling
161 Australia 23 % 2021 unchanged falling
161 Belgium 23 % 2021 down 17.9% falling
161 Czechia 23 % 2021 down 23.3% falling
164 Estonia 22 % 2021 down 38.9% falling
164 Grenada 22 % 2021 down 43.6% flat
166 Bahamas 21 % 2021 down 8.7% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Share of dietary energy supply derived from cereals, roots and tubers (percent) (3-year average) — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
222 places, 4,679 data points, 2000–2021
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.