Sorghum and products — Food supply (kcal) by country
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What the numbers show
Sorghum and products — Food supply (kcal) is currently reported for 65 countries. The highest value is 16.75 million million Kcal in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 million Kcal in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 14,919 million Kcal, and the mean is 1.21 million million Kcal.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 740,950.0%), and the largest decrease in Gabon (down 100.0%).
Sorghum and products — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 16.75 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 2 | China | 12.65 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 12.65 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 4 | India | 10.45 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 9.40 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 6 | Niger | 3.72 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 3.30 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 8 | Cameroon | 2.84 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 9 | Egypt | 1.08 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 10 | Ghana | 874,347 million Kcal | 2023 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 11 | Senegal | 704,751 million Kcal | 2023 | up 190.6% | rising |
| 12 | Rwanda | 561,149 million Kcal | 2023 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 13 | Kenya | 541,386 million Kcal | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 14 | Yemen | 539,644 million Kcal | 2023 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 429,780 million Kcal | 2023 | up 25.4% | flat |
| 16 | Mozambique | 367,660 million Kcal | 2023 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 17 | Myanmar | 346,205 million Kcal | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 18 | El Salvador | 247,058 million Kcal | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 19 | Mauritania | 211,053 million Kcal | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 20 | Uganda | 178,193 million Kcal | 2023 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Malawi | 173,487 million Kcal | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 155,727 million Kcal | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 23 | Pakistan | 124,288 million Kcal | 2023 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 24 | South Africa | 117,213 million Kcal | 2023 | down 59.8% | rising |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 104,381 million Kcal | 2023 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 26 | Botswana | 83,125 million Kcal | 2023 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | 52,356 million Kcal | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 28 | Madagascar | 44,448 million Kcal | 2023 | up 847.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Guatemala | 26,474 million Kcal | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 30 | Haiti | 25,870 million Kcal | 2023 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Guinea | 22,450 million Kcal | 2023 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 32 | Honduras | 18,917 million Kcal | 2023 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 33 | Papua New Guinea | 14,919 million Kcal | 2023 | down 73.1% | falling |
| 34 | Zambia | 11,859 million Kcal | 2023 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 35 | Gambia | 11,826 million Kcal | 2023 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Tunisia | 9,839 million Kcal | 2023 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 37 | Lesotho | 9,639 million Kcal | 2023 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 8,898 million Kcal | 2023 | down 74.1% | falling |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 7,280 million Kcal | 2023 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Namibia | 7,138 million Kcal | 2023 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 41 | Eswatini | 7,072 million Kcal | 2023 | down 33.5% | flat |
| 42 | Belize | 5,160 million Kcal | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 43 | Algeria | 2,793 million Kcal | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Djibouti | 2,637 million Kcal | 2023 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Colombia | 2,583 million Kcal | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 46 | Qatar | 1,548 million Kcal | 2023 | — | falling |
| 47 | Bahrain | 1,400 million Kcal | 2023 | — | falling |
| 48 | Australia | 1,266 million Kcal | 2023 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,266 million Kcal | 2023 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Bangladesh | 734.74 million Kcal | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 51 | Morocco | 702.12 million Kcal | 2023 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 665.79 million Kcal | 2023 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Turkmenistan | 289.89 million Kcal | 2021 | up 241,475.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Afghanistan | 148.21 million Kcal | 2023 | up 740,950.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.44 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Nepal | 15.29 million Kcal | 2023 | up 145.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Georgia | 6.7 million Kcal | 2023 | up 94.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Seychelles | 5.66 million Kcal | 2023 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Gabon | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Liberia | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Mongolia | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Ukraine | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Uzbekistan | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Vanuatu | 0 million Kcal | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 84.43 million million Kcal
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 36.73 million million Kcal
- Africa 58.48 million million Kcal
- Asia 24.90 million million Kcal
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 40.00 million million Kcal
- Middle Africa 5.41 million million Kcal
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 39.04 million million Kcal
- United Republic of Tanzania 980,865 million Kcal
- Western Africa 29.26 million million Kcal
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 98,370 million Kcal
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 24.82 million million Kcal
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 78,287 million Kcal
- Eastern Africa 15.00 million million Kcal
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 24,887 million Kcal
- Eastern Asia 12.73 million million Kcal
- Melanesia 14,919 million Kcal
- Southern Asia 10.58 million million Kcal
- Viet Nam 2,140 million Kcal
- Northern Africa 8.58 million million Kcal
- Micronesia 56.17 million Kcal
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 56.17 million Kcal
- Americas 1.02 million million Kcal
- Western Asia 972,378 million Kcal
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 15.65 million Kcal
- Northern America 688,318 million Kcal
- United States of America 688,318 million Kcal
- South-Eastern Asia 615,502 million Kcal
- Central America 306,506 million Kcal
- Southern Africa 224,187 million Kcal
- Côte d'Ivoire 186,058 million Kcal
- Caribbean 25,870 million Kcal
- Oceania 16,241 million Kcal
- Europe 7,298 million Kcal
- Eastern Europe 7,280 million Kcal
- South America 2,583 million Kcal
- Central Asia 58.61 million Kcal
- Southern Europe 18 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.