Starchy Roots — Food supply (kcal) 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
194
Highest
75.15 million million Kcal
China
Lowest
84.9 million Kcal
Nauru
Median
273,078 million Kcal
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
3,046
What the numbers show
Starchy Roots — Food supply (kcal) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 75.15 million million Kcal in China; the lowest is 84.9 million Kcal in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 273,078 million Kcal, and the mean is 2.93 million million Kcal.
Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (up 883.0%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 51.0%).
Starchy Roots — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 75.15 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 2 | China, mainland | 74.73 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 3 | Nigeria | 54.27 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 52.09 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 5 | India | 31.70 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 6 | Indonesia | 22.63 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 7 | Ghana | 15.93 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 8 | United States | 12.89 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 9 | Angola | 11.88 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 10 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.77 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 10 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.77 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 12 | Brazil | 10.15 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 13 | United Republic of Tanzania | 9.13 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 14 | Mozambique | 8.17 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 15 | Russia | 7.88 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 7.88 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 5.96 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 18 | Cameroon | 5.75 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 19 | Peru | 4.82 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 20 | Pakistan | 4.69 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 109.5% | rising |
| 21 | Zambia | 4.02 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 185.6% | rising |
| 22 | Uganda | 4.01 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 23 | Germany | 3.94 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.9% | flat |
| 24 | Madagascar | 3.82 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 25 | Ukraine | 3.56 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 26 | Rwanda | 3.32 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 27 | Colombia | 3.26 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 28 | Malawi | 3.25 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 29 | Guinea | 3.14 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 102.1% | rising |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 3.03 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 30 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.03 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 32 | Kenya | 2.96 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 33 | Turkey | 2.87 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 33 | Türkiye | 2.87 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 35 | Egypt | 2.84 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 2.81 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 37 | Poland | 2.36 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 38 | Cambodia | 2.30 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 39 | France | 2.24 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 40 | Caribbean | 2.21 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 41 | Canada | 2.13 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 2.13 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 43 | Nepal | 2.02 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 44 | Melanesia | 1.98 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 45 | Philippines | 1.94 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 46 | Spain | 1.84 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 47 | Italy | 1.79 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 48 | Algeria | 1.75 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 49 | Vietnam | 1.75 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 49 | Viet Nam | 1.75 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 51 | Congo | 1.74 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 52 | Mexico | 1.63 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 53 | Laos | 1.61 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 53 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.61 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 1.61 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 1.49 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 57 | South Africa | 1.37 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 58 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.36 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 59 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.31 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 60 | Cuba | 1.26 million million Kcal | 2019 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 61 | Argentina | 1.25 million million Kcal | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 62 | Paraguay | 1.25 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 63 | Australia | 1.13 million million Kcal | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 64 | Morocco | 999,506 million Kcal | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 65 | Belarus | 977,969 million Kcal | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 66 | Thailand | 966,479 million Kcal | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 67 | Senegal | 912,777 million Kcal | 2023 | up 336.0% | rising |
| 68 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 903,871 million Kcal | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 69 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 837,535 million Kcal | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 827,551 million Kcal | 2023 | up 179.2% | rising |
| 71 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 806,473 million Kcal | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 72 | Liberia | 751,821 million Kcal | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 73 | Republic of Korea | 743,994 million Kcal | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 74 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 730,349 million Kcal | 2018 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 75 | Romania | 714,217 million Kcal | 2023 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 76 | Afghanistan | 706,621 million Kcal | 2023 | up 139.1% | rising |
| 77 | Belgium | 695,230 million Kcal | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 78 | Saudi Arabia | 680,838 million Kcal | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 79 | Niger | 676,462 million Kcal | 2023 | up 151.5% | rising |
| 80 | Malaysia | 640,342 million Kcal | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 81 | Chile | 633,372 million Kcal | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 627,886 million Kcal | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 602,965 million Kcal | 2023 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 553,622 million Kcal | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 85 | Haiti | 512,831 million Kcal | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 86 | Myanmar | 493,285 million Kcal | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 452,543 million Kcal | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 88 | Portugal | 425,576 million Kcal | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 414,716 million Kcal | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 90 | Sweden | 404,113 million Kcal | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 91 | Czechia | 403,617 million Kcal | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 92 | Gabon | 361,527 million Kcal | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 93 | Greece | 348,078 million Kcal | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 94 | Ecuador | 333,370 million Kcal | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 304,221 million Kcal | 2023 | up 143.7% | rising |
| 96 | China, Taiwan Province of | 275,075 million Kcal | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 273,971 million Kcal | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 98 | Namibia | 272,186 million Kcal | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 99 | Syria | 267,816 million Kcal | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 99 | Syrian Arab Republic | 267,816 million Kcal | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 101 | Ireland | 265,354 million Kcal | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 102 | Denmark | 258,995 million Kcal | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 103 | Austria | 258,093 million Kcal | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 104 | Switzerland | 256,715 million Kcal | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 105 | Serbia | 245,170 million Kcal | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 106 | Guatemala | 244,440 million Kcal | 2023 | up 147.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Tunisia | 237,131 million Kcal | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 108 | Jamaica | 229,803 million Kcal | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 109 | Israel | 221,062 million Kcal | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 110 | Hungary | 220,938 million Kcal | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 111 | Jordan | 214,671 million Kcal | 2023 | up 77.7% | rising |
| 112 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 208,530 million Kcal | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 113 | Finland | 205,107 million Kcal | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 114 | Iraq | 202,803 million Kcal | 2023 | down 39.6% | rising |
| 115 | United Arab Emirates | 199,761 million Kcal | 2023 | up 150.4% | rising |
| 116 | Slovakia | 198,856 million Kcal | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 117 | Lebanon | 194,285 million Kcal | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 118 | Solomon Islands | 189,337 million Kcal | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 119 | New Zealand | 181,197 million Kcal | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 120 | Yemen | 180,455 million Kcal | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 175,855 million Kcal | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 122 | Fiji | 149,969 million Kcal | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 123 | El Salvador | 145,721 million Kcal | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 124 | Uruguay | 135,103 million Kcal | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | 134,020 million Kcal | 2023 | up 108.1% | rising |
| 126 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 128,102 million Kcal | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 127 | Libya | 127,762 million Kcal | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 128 | Nicaragua | 126,461 million Kcal | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 129 | Georgia | 125,920 million Kcal | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 130 | Oman | 123,865 million Kcal | 2023 | up 87.4% | rising |
| 131 | Croatia | 122,849 million Kcal | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 132 | Armenia | 122,446 million Kcal | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 133 | Norway | 114,941 million Kcal | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 134 | Kuwait | 113,164 million Kcal | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 135 | Moldova | 109,089 million Kcal | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 135 | Republic of Moldova | 109,089 million Kcal | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 137 | Comoros | 107,137 million Kcal | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 138 | Bulgaria | 104,846 million Kcal | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 139 | Mongolia | 101,416 million Kcal | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 140 | Botswana | 98,250 million Kcal | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 141 | Honduras | 95,719 million Kcal | 2023 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 142 | Lithuania | 93,365 million Kcal | 2023 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 143 | Costa Rica | 92,513 million Kcal | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 144 | Albania | 92,502 million Kcal | 2023 | up 14.1% | flat |
| 145 | Panama | 91,869 million Kcal | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 146 | Lesotho | 86,761 million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 86,108 million Kcal | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 148 | Eswatini | 77,896 million Kcal | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 149 | Latvia | 76,038 million Kcal | 2023 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 150 | Slovenia | 72,776 million Kcal | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 151 | Qatar | 67,193 million Kcal | 2023 | — | flat |
| 152 | Estonia | 58,805 million Kcal | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 48,048 million Kcal | 2023 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 154 | Guyana | 45,047 million Kcal | 2023 | up 107.4% | rising |
| 155 | Mauritania | 40,138 million Kcal | 2023 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 156 | East Timor | 39,957 million Kcal | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 39,957 million Kcal | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 158 | Polynesia | 39,929 million Kcal | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 159 | Bahrain | 34,164 million Kcal | 2023 | — | flat |
| 160 | Bhutan | 33,443 million Kcal | 2023 | — | flat |
| 161 | Vanuatu | 27,730 million Kcal | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 162 | Mauritius | 26,873 million Kcal | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 163 | Cyprus | 26,149 million Kcal | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 164 | Samoa | 18,920 million Kcal | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 165 | Gambia | 18,604 million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 166 | Luxembourg | 15,650 million Kcal | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 167 | China, Macao SAR | 14,662 million Kcal | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 168 | Micronesia | 14,596 million Kcal | 2023 | up 883.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Malta | 14,153 million Kcal | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 170 | Suriname | 13,285 million Kcal | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 171 | Montenegro | 13,037 million Kcal | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 172 | Cabo Verde | 12,896 million Kcal | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 173 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 12,581 million Kcal | 2023 | — | falling |
| 174 | Barbados | 12,490 million Kcal | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 175 | Djibouti | 11,724 million Kcal | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 176 | French Polynesia | 11,099 million Kcal | 2023 | down 14.4% | flat |
| 177 | Iceland | 10,228 million Kcal | 2023 | up 38.8% | flat |
| 178 | Tonga | 9,719 million Kcal | 2023 | — | rising |
| 179 | Maldives | 9,311 million Kcal | 2023 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8,699 million Kcal | 2023 | up 18.2% | flat |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 7,523 million Kcal | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 182 | Bahamas | 5,679 million Kcal | 2023 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 183 | Saint Lucia | 5,501 million Kcal | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4,931 million Kcal | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 185 | Belize | 4,172 million Kcal | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 186 | Seychelles | 3,236 million Kcal | 2023 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 187 | Grenada | 2,089 million Kcal | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 188 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,964 million Kcal | 2023 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 189 | Kiribati | 1,706 million Kcal | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 190 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,336 million Kcal | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 191 | Tuvalu | 191.11 million Kcal | 2023 | — | rising |
| 192 | Marshall Islands | 164.89 million Kcal | 2023 | — | rising |
| 193 | Nauru | 84.9 million Kcal | 2023 | — | falling |
| 193 | Nauru | 84.9 million Kcal | 2023 | — | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 475.64 million million Kcal
- Africa 225.74 million million Kcal
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 171.23 million million Kcal
- Asia 168.74 million million Kcal
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 138.31 million million Kcal
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 127.04 million million Kcal
- Western Africa 95.21 million million Kcal
- Eastern Asia 79.25 million million Kcal
- Middle Africa 73.75 million million Kcal
- Eastern Africa 48.19 million million Kcal
- Southern Asia 47.07 million million Kcal
- Americas 43.20 million million Kcal
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 38.75 million million Kcal
- Europe 34.62 million million Kcal
- South-Eastern Asia 32.38 million million Kcal
- South America 23.53 million million Kcal
- European Union (27) 18.06 million million Kcal
- Eastern Europe 16.53 million million Kcal
- Northern America 15.02 million million Kcal
- United States of America 12.89 million million Kcal
- Western Europe 8.31 million million Kcal
- Northern Africa 6.67 million million Kcal
- Western Asia 6.25 million million Kcal
- Southern Europe 5.26 million million Kcal
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 4.66 million million Kcal
- Northern Europe 4.52 million million Kcal
- Central Asia 3.79 million million Kcal
- Oceania 3.35 million million Kcal
- Central America 2.43 million million Kcal
- Southern Africa 1.91 million 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.