Spices, Other — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) 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
Spices, Other — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 21.05 kg/cap in Guyana; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Uganda.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.41 kg/cap, and the mean is 1.05 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 10,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 100.0%).
Spices, Other — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guyana | 21.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 515.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Bhutan | 7.27 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 3 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 162.3% | rising |
| 4 | Yemen | 6.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 5 | Nepal | 4.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 6 | Qatar | 4.81 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 7 | Seychelles | 4.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 190.1% | rising |
| 8 | Tonga | 4.26 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 3.69 kg/cap | 2023 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 10 | Bahrain | 3.67 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 11 | Grenada | 3.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 12 | Malaysia | 3.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 13 | India | 3.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 14 | Oman | 3.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 15 | Maldives | 3.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 2.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 17 | Nigeria | 2.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 2.92 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 19 | Kuwait | 2.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 20 | Bahamas | 2.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 47.2% | flat |
| 21 | Mauritius | 2.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 22 | China, Macao SAR | 2.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 350.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Fiji | 2.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 418.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Botswana | 2.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 25 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 123.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Eswatini | 2.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10,200.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 2.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.9% | flat |
| 28 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 83.9% | rising |
| 29 | Barbados | 1.57 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 30 | Namibia | 1.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 31 | Tunisia | 1.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 1.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 32 | Morocco | 1.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 34 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 35 | Libya | 1.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 195.6% | rising |
| 36 | Indonesia | 1.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 37 | Saint Lucia | 1.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 38 | Belgium | 1.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 38 | Thailand | 1.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 40 | Luxembourg | 1.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 41 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.15 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 42 | Denmark | 1.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 43 | Estonia | 1.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 160.0% | rising |
| 44 | Iceland | 1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 45 | Belize | 0.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 630.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Mexico | 0.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 47 | Lesotho | 0.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Canada | 0.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 49 | Pakistan | 0.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 50 | Jordan | 0.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 51 | New Zealand | 0.77 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 53 | Jamaica | 0.75 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 54 | Sweden | 0.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 55 | Austria | 0.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 56 | Malta | 0.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 93.9% | rising |
| 56 | Panama | 0.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 326.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Suriname | 0.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 226.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Tuvalu | 0.61 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Djibouti | 0.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Ireland | 0.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 60 | Marshall Islands | 0.6 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 60 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 64 | Cameroon | 0.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 64 | Samoa | 0.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 64 | Republic of Korea | 0.59 kg/cap | 2023 | up 84.4% | rising |
| 67 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.58 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.3% | flat |
| 68 | Australia | 0.57 kg/cap | 2023 | up 147.8% | rising |
| 68 | Germany | 0.57 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 70 | Switzerland | 0.55 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 70 | Latvia | 0.55 kg/cap | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 72 | Israel | 0.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 72 | North Macedonia | 0.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.0% | flat |
| 72 | Vanuatu | 0.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 75 | Portugal | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 477.8% | volatile |
| 76 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 77 | Cyprus | 0.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 77 | New Caledonia | 0.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 79 | Norway | 0.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 79 | Senegal | 0.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 633.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Kenya | 0.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 950.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Iraq | 0.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 485.7% | volatile |
| 83 | French Polynesia | 0.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 143.8% | rising |
| 84 | Colombia | 0.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 85 | Comoros | 0.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 288.9% | volatile |
| 86 | France | 0.34 kg/cap | 2023 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 87 | Lebanon | 0.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 87 | Poland | 0.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Burkina Faso | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 90 | Solomon Islands | 0.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 91 | Finland | 0.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 91 | Croatia | 0.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 190.0% | volatile |
| 93 | China | 0.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 93 | Algeria | 0.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 0.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 95 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 97 | Kazakhstan | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 420.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Philippines | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 97 | Slovakia | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 97 | China, mainland | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 101 | Afghanistan | 0.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 102 | Georgia | 0.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 102 | Greece | 0.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 102 | Lithuania | 0.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Slovenia | 0.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 23.3% | flat |
| 106 | Czechia | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 107 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 107 | Niger | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 72.7% | falling |
| 109 | Montenegro | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 216.7% | rising |
| 109 | Zambia | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 112 | Hungary | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 72.7% | falling |
| 112 | Sierra Leone | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Chile | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 115 | Ecuador | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 115 | Gabon | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,600.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Uruguay | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 112.5% | rising |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 119 | South Africa | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 0.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 121 | Belarus | 0.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 121 | Egypt | 0.15 kg/cap | 2023 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 121 | Italy | 0.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Kiribati | 0.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Russian Federation | 0.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Argentina | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 127 | Guatemala | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 127 | Naoero | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 127 | Peru | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 131 | Armenia | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Cuba | 0.13 kg/cap | 2019 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 131 | Spain | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 131 | Honduras | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 136 | Serbia | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 137 | Romania | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 137 | El Salvador | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 139 | Paraguay | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 140 | Brazil | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 140 | Ukraine | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 142 | Madagascar | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Myanmar | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 142 | Malawi | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 142 | Papua New Guinea | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 146 | Albania | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 146 | Zimbabwe | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 148 | Ghana | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 148 | Mozambique | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 148 | Nicaragua | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Congo | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Liberia | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Mauritania | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Rwanda | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Angola | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 156 | Gambia | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Haiti | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 158 | Mongolia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 158 | Turkmenistan | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Cambodia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Uganda | 0 kg/cap | 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.
- Türkiye 5.99 kg/cap
- Western Asia 3.39 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 2.66 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 1.77 kg/cap
- Western Africa 1.65 kg/cap
- Asia 1.6 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.23 kg/cap
- World 1.19 kg/cap
- Polynesia 1.12 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.96 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.11 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 0.91 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.91 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.73 kg/cap
- Africa 0.82 kg/cap
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.65 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.79 kg/cap
- Timor-Leste 0.34 kg/cap
- Central America 0.73 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.31 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 0.72 kg/cap
- Melanesia 0.27 kg/cap
- Western Europe 0.64 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 0.64 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 0.21 kg/cap
- Micronesia 0.15 kg/cap
- Northern America 0.58 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 0.12 kg/cap
- United States of America 0.55 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 0.11 kg/cap
- Oceania 0.51 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.07 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 0.45 kg/cap
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.04 kg/cap
- Americas 0.43 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.03 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 0.42 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.01 kg/cap
- Europe 0.38 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 kg/cap
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.