Spices — Food supply in Belgium
Belgium: Spices — Food supply was 48,020 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Spices — Food supply in Belgium, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, spices — food supply in Belgium stood at 48,020 million Kcal. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 55.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spices — food supply in Belgium peaked at 48,020 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 25,058 million Kcal, in 2010.
Belgium ranks 64th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Spices — Food supply in Belgium, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 25,058 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 25,764 million Kcal | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 26,319 million Kcal | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 30,953 million Kcal | +17.6% |
| 2014 | 28,078 million Kcal | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 27,999 million Kcal | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 28,413 million Kcal | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 28,817 million Kcal | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 38,667 million Kcal | +34.2% |
| 2019 | 36,048 million Kcal | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 38,158 million Kcal | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 42,474 million Kcal | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 46,884 million Kcal | +10.4% |
| 2023 | 48,020 million Kcal | +2.4% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 48,020 million Kcal is above the median for high income countries, which is 13,443 million Kcal, 3.6× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 48,020 million Kcal is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13,324 million Kcal, 3.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spices — Food supply in Belgium changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +34.2% | 28,817 million Kcal | 38,667 million Kcal |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 29,612 million Kcal | 25,058 million Kcal | 38,667 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,884 million Kcal | 38,158 million Kcal | 48,020 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spices — food supply in Belgium?
- Spices — food supply in Belgium was 48,020 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spices — food supply recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 48,020 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest spices — food supply recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,058 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Belgium rank for spices — food supply?
- Belgium ranks 64th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is spices — food supply rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spices — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.