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Starchy Roots — 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...

Countries reporting
164
Highest
1,292 kcal/cap/d
Ghana
Lowest
11.63 kcal/cap/d
Marshall Islands
Median
95.57 kcal/cap/d
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,901

What the numbers show

Starchy Roots — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 1,292 kcal/cap/d in Ghana; the lowest is 11.63 kcal/cap/d in Marshall Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 95.57 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 156.01 kcal/cap/d.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 111.

Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 230.7%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 52.7%).

Starchy Roots — Food supply: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ghana 1,292 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 10.1% rising
2 Angola 885.39 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 2.0% flat
3 Congo 771.42 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 3.7% flat
4 Mozambique 665.73 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 8.0% falling
5 Nigeria 652.45 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 11.8% rising
6 Rwanda 652.05 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 4.9% flat
7 Solomon Islands 648.41 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 19.3% falling
8 Guinea 596.87 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 57.0% rising
9 Cameroon 555.68 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 12.5% rising
10 Zambia 530.87 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 112.2% rising
11 Paraguay 500.13 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 2.3% flat
12 Sierra Leone 483.8 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 6.6% falling
13 Fiji 444.6 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 25.5% rising
14 Papua New Guinea 424.14 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 13.4% falling
15 Malawi 422.08 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 7.3% falling
16 Gabon 398.62 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 14.7% falling
17 Peru 389.87 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 2.1% flat
18 Liberia 374.98 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 4.1% flat
19 Cambodia 361.71 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 9.8% rising
20 Comoros 345.17 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 0.8% falling
21 Madagascar 335.91 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 21.2% falling
22 Cuba 309.27 kcal/cap/d 2019 up 21.3% rising
23 Belarus 293.93 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 8.0% falling
24 Ukraine 258.8 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 10.1% flat
25 Tonga 254.56 kcal/cap/d 2023 — rising
26 Namibia 251.67 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 15.8% falling
27 Samoa 239.25 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 24.2% falling
28 Vanuatu 237.11 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 47.6% falling
29 Uganda 226.05 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 45.0% falling
30 Jamaica 221.71 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 25.8% rising
31 Indonesia 220.49 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 30.4% falling
32 Nepal 186.43 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 23.3% rising
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 179.37 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 35.3% rising
34 Kyrgyzstan 175.28 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 3.9% rising
35 Eswatini 173.44 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 24.1% rising
36 Colombia 170.87 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 24.0% falling
37 Guinea-Bissau 170.52 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 63.9% falling
38 Poland 166.74 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 8.9% falling
39 Uzbekistan 163.82 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 29.5% rising
40 Belgium 162.62 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 1.6% flat
41 Guyana 149.35 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 88.2% rising
42 Canada 148.7 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 12.1% falling
43 Russian Federation 148.44 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 24.8% falling
44 Azerbaijan 147 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 14.0% rising
45 Kenya 146.72 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 13.7% falling
46 China, mainland 143.93 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 1.8% flat
47 China 141.6 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 1.7% flat
48 Ireland 139.9 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 15.2% falling
49 Zimbabwe 138.75 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 139.5% rising
50 Senegal 138.33 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 230.7% rising
51 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 136.87 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 14.9% falling
52 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 133.32 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 9.0% falling
53 Brazil 131.67 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 10.3% falling
54 North Macedonia 128.79 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 19.9% rising
55 Germany 127.62 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 13.9% flat
56 Barbados 121.2 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 12.9% rising
57 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 120.8 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 33.2% falling
58 Haiti 120.73 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 52.1% falling
59 Denmark 119.29 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 9.0% rising
60 Estonia 117.84 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 19.9% falling
61 Australia 117.1 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 12.5% falling
62 Bhutan 116.52 kcal/cap/d 2023 — flat
63 Armenia 113.97 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 11.6% falling
64 Australia and New Zealand 113.65 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 8.4% falling
65 Turkmenistan 113.18 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 96.6% rising
66 Portugal 111.78 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 10.0% falling
67 Latvia 110.67 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 47.6% falling
68 Uruguay 109.25 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 5.0% flat
69 Botswana 108.53 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 12.9% flat
70 French Polynesia 108.17 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 16.4% falling
71 Spain 105.28 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 0.2% falling
72 Sweden 104.93 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 1.2% flat
73 Algeria 103.88 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 11.6% falling
74 Sao Tome and Principe 103.23 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 1.1% falling
75 Lesotho 102.84 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 5.2% rising
76 Romania 102.35 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 45.8% falling
77 Czechia 102.3 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 24.6% falling
78 Finland 100.32 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 12.9% falling
79 Dominican Republic 100.27 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 25.2% rising
80 Serbia 99.17 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 12.8% flat
81 Slovakia 98.73 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 27.0% rising
82 New Zealand 95.97 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 11.7% falling
83 Bangladesh 95.17 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 8.9% rising
84 Slovenia 94.12 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 5.0% falling
85 Greece 93.1 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 31.2% falling
86 France 92.57 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 0.0% flat
87 Lebanon 92.2 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 15.3% rising
88 Georgia 90.61 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 19.4% falling
89 Albania 90.14 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 18.0% rising
90 Lithuania 89.62 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 48.0% falling
91 Chile 88.27 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 22.4% falling
92 Trinidad and Tobago 87.59 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 6.5% falling
93 Croatia 86.39 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 14.6% flat
94 Kazakhstan 84.62 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 12.1% flat
95 Saint Lucia 84.07 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 8.4% rising
96 Italy 82.34 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 20.5% rising
97 Mongolia 80.96 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 5.8% falling
98 Switzerland 79.29 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 9.0% rising
99 Saint Kitts and Nevis 78.29 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 7.7% rising
100 Austria 77.44 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 27.4% falling
101 Argentina 75.27 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 20.0% falling
102 Malta 72.76 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 15.6% falling
103 Morocco 72.61 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 9.9% falling
104 Iceland 72.31 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 16.0% falling
105 Tajikistan 72.24 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 14.1% rising
106 Sri Lanka 71.91 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 42.5% rising
107 New Caledonia 71.11 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 5.0% falling
108 Niger 70.85 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 78.1% rising
109 Seychelles 69.28 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 36.3% flat
110 Egypt 68.04 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 17.6% rising
111 Oman 67.21 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 42.3% rising
112 Israel 65.43 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 13.7% falling
113 Luxembourg 64.47 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 32.7% falling
114 Kuwait 64.07 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 32.9% falling
115 El Salvador 63.27 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 0.2% rising
116 Hungary 62.49 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 26.4% falling
117 Qatar 61.79 kcal/cap/d 2023 — falling
118 India 60.39 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 7.7% flat
119 Ethiopia 59.75 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 15.1% falling
120 Bahrain 59.63 kcal/cap/d 2023 — flat
121 South Africa 59.52 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 0.6% rising
122 Suriname 57.87 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 19.5% falling
123 Mauritius 57.81 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 26.0% rising
124 Antigua and Barbuda 57.68 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 32.0% rising
125 Norway 57.06 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 39.6% falling
126 Panama 56.45 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 7.9% rising
127 Montenegro 56.38 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 14.8% rising
128 China, Macao SAR 56.27 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 16.3% rising
129 Saudi Arabia 56.08 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 32.4% rising
130 Tuvalu 53.34 kcal/cap/d 2023 — rising
131 Cyprus 53.27 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 5.0% falling
132 Tunisia 53.25 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 0.1% falling
133 Pakistan 51.9 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 78.7% rising
134 United Arab Emirates 51.43 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 84.3% rising
135 Jordan 51.41 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 24.1% falling
136 Ecuador 50.8 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 6.8% flat
137 Nicaragua 50.77 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 23.6% rising
138 Malaysia 49.94 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 59.8% rising
139 Costa Rica 49.64 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 11.8% falling
140 Grenada 48.88 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 6.7% flat
141 Maldives 48.5 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 17.9% flat
142 Libya 47.91 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 4.3% falling
143 China, Hong Kong SAR 47.16 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 29.2% rising
144 Afghanistan 46.7 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 82.4% rising
145 Philippines 46.29 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 12.9% rising
146 Bulgaria 42.27 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 0.3% falling
147 Republic of Korea 39.39 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 7.8% rising
148 Bahamas 38.95 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 17.7% falling
149 Guatemala 36.95 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 110.4% volatile
150 Thailand 36.93 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 2.5% flat
151 Kiribati 35.26 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 1.3% flat
152 Mexico 34.47 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 9.2% rising
153 China, Taiwan Province of 32.32 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 9.9% rising
154 Djibouti 27.86 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 16.2% rising
155 Belize 27.8 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 3.5% falling
156 Myanmar 24.97 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 51.2% falling
157 Honduras 24.64 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 40.5% rising
158 Mauritania 21.9 kcal/cap/d 2023 up 20.3% rising
159 Burkina Faso 20.92 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 40.0% falling
160 Naoero 19.59 kcal/cap/d 2023 — falling
161 Gambia 18.89 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 7.3% falling
162 Iraq 14.37 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 52.7% falling
163 Yemen 12.55 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 33.7% falling
164 Marshall Islands 11.63 kcal/cap/d 2023 — rising

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

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Indicator
Starchy Roots — Food supply (kcal/capita/day)
Unit
kcal/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
213 places, 2,901 data points, 2010–2023
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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.