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Starchy Roots — 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...

Countries reporting
164
Highest
443.74 kg/cap
Ghana
Lowest
6.53 kg/cap
Marshall Islands
Median
52.11 kg/cap
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,901

What the numbers show

Starchy Roots — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 443.74 kg/cap in Ghana; the lowest is 6.53 kg/cap in Marshall Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 52.11 kg/cap, and the mean is 69.93 kg/cap.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 68.

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 222.6%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 53.8%).

Starchy Roots — Food supply quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ghana 443.74 kg/cap 2023 up 9.0% rising
2 Angola 313.1 kg/cap 2023 up 2.7% flat
3 Nigeria 283.04 kg/cap 2023 up 14.0% rising
4 Congo 257.04 kg/cap 2023 down 3.7% flat
5 Solomon Islands 253.46 kg/cap 2023 down 19.5% falling
6 Rwanda 244.91 kg/cap 2023 down 14.4% falling
7 Zambia 213.65 kg/cap 2023 up 175.3% rising
8 Mozambique 208.98 kg/cap 2023 up 5.7% falling
9 Guinea 200.59 kg/cap 2023 up 60.6% rising
10 Fiji 189.06 kg/cap 2023 up 23.3% rising
11 Cameroon 188.58 kg/cap 2023 up 12.8% rising
12 Sierra Leone 180.34 kg/cap 2023 down 4.1% falling
13 Malawi 177.6 kg/cap 2023 down 17.0% falling
14 Paraguay 175.97 kg/cap 2023 down 0.6% rising
15 Papua New Guinea 166.9 kg/cap 2023 down 13.5% falling
16 Belarus 166.88 kg/cap 2023 down 7.7% falling
17 Gabon 163.47 kg/cap 2023 down 11.1% falling
18 Ukraine 146.96 kg/cap 2023 up 10.1% flat
19 Cambodia 134.94 kg/cap 2023 down 14.6% rising
20 Peru 133.77 kg/cap 2023 up 1.3% flat
21 Comoros 123.88 kg/cap 2023 up 10.1% rising
22 Liberia 118.39 kg/cap 2023 down 2.1% flat
23 Madagascar 115.23 kg/cap 2023 down 22.2% falling
24 Namibia 111.86 kg/cap 2023 down 16.0% falling
25 Samoa 109.89 kg/cap 2023 down 19.3% falling
26 Tonga 108.78 kg/cap 2023 — rising
27 Cuba 107.24 kg/cap 2019 up 7.2% rising
28 Nepal 104.01 kg/cap 2023 up 23.8% rising
29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 102.93 kg/cap 2023 up 36.0% rising
30 Kyrgyzstan 98.81 kg/cap 2023 up 4.0% rising
31 Jamaica 94.29 kg/cap 2023 up 26.3% rising
32 Poland 93.03 kg/cap 2023 down 10.6% falling
33 Uzbekistan 92.79 kg/cap 2023 up 29.4% rising
34 Belgium 90.82 kg/cap 2023 down 2.3% flat
35 Vanuatu 90.72 kg/cap 2023 down 53.8% falling
36 Ireland 85.33 kg/cap 2023 down 14.6% falling
37 Russian Federation 84.25 kg/cap 2023 down 24.8% falling
38 Azerbaijan 83.52 kg/cap 2023 up 14.2% rising
39 Canada 81.99 kg/cap 2023 down 14.2% falling
39 Colombia 81.99 kg/cap 2023 down 10.3% rising
41 Eswatini 78.62 kg/cap 2023 up 23.9% rising
42 Uganda 78.18 kg/cap 2023 down 42.1% falling
43 North Macedonia 77.27 kg/cap 2023 up 24.5% rising
44 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 77.09 kg/cap 2023 down 15.1% falling
45 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 72.32 kg/cap 2023 down 31.5% falling
46 Germany 71.67 kg/cap 2023 up 14.2% flat
47 Indonesia 70.37 kg/cap 2023 down 29.6% falling
48 Australia 70.11 kg/cap 2023 up 16.5% flat
49 China, mainland 69.67 kg/cap 2023 up 0.8% flat
50 Barbados 69.01 kg/cap 2023 up 9.9% rising
51 Estonia 68.61 kg/cap 2023 down 19.0% falling
52 China (People’s Republic of) 68.56 kg/cap 2023 up 1.0% flat
53 Denmark 68.25 kg/cap 2023 up 8.3% rising
54 Australia and New Zealand 66.89 kg/cap 2023 up 6.0% falling
55 Portugal 65.48 kg/cap 2023 down 9.0% falling
56 Armenia 65.03 kg/cap 2023 down 11.1% falling
57 Turkmenistan 64.17 kg/cap 2023 up 96.5% rising
58 Guyana 63.52 kg/cap 2023 up 71.5% rising
59 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 63.48 kg/cap 2023 down 2.2% flat
60 Sweden 61.78 kg/cap 2023 down 0.5% flat
61 Guinea-Bissau 61.73 kg/cap 2023 up 55.6% flat
62 French Polynesia 60.66 kg/cap 2023 down 8.1% flat
63 Kenya 60.58 kg/cap 2023 down 13.8% falling
64 Latvia 60.27 kg/cap 2023 down 49.2% falling
65 Spain 60.13 kg/cap 2023 down 0.0% flat
66 Romania 59.67 kg/cap 2023 down 44.7% falling
67 Zimbabwe 59.23 kg/cap 2023 up 222.6% rising
68 Czechia 59.06 kg/cap 2023 down 24.3% falling
69 Algeria 58.88 kg/cap 2023 down 11.6% falling
70 Finland 58.79 kg/cap 2023 down 9.7% falling
71 Lesotho 58.32 kg/cap 2023 up 5.2% rising
72 Slovak Republic 57.47 kg/cap 2023 up 27.7% rising
73 Serbia 57.26 kg/cap 2023 up 14.0% flat
74 Uruguay 55.14 kg/cap 2023 down 4.5% flat
75 Slovenia 54.71 kg/cap 2023 down 3.9% falling
76 Brazil 53.58 kg/cap 2023 down 9.5% falling
77 France 53.48 kg/cap 2023 down 0.7% flat
78 Bhutan 53.42 kg/cap 2023 — flat
79 Greece 53.06 kg/cap 2023 down 28.1% falling
80 Trinidad and Tobago 52.84 kg/cap 2023 up 15.3% flat
81 Bangladesh 52.65 kg/cap 2023 up 9.9% rising
82 Georgia 52.15 kg/cap 2023 down 18.3% falling
83 Lithuania 52.07 kg/cap 2023 down 46.9% falling
84 Botswana 51.91 kg/cap 2023 down 7.7% flat
85 Albania 51.8 kg/cap 2023 up 18.8% rising
86 Croatia 51.37 kg/cap 2023 up 17.4% rising
87 New Zealand 50.44 kg/cap 2023 down 35.7% falling
88 Chile 49.98 kg/cap 2023 down 22.5% falling
89 Haiti 49.31 kg/cap 2023 down 50.5% falling
90 Lebanon 49.21 kg/cap 2023 up 10.6% rising
91 Italy 48.43 kg/cap 2023 up 21.5% rising
92 Kazakhstan 47.48 kg/cap 2023 down 12.9% flat
93 Senegal 47.15 kg/cap 2023 up 196.2% rising
94 Mongolia 46.25 kg/cap 2023 down 1.0% flat
95 Malta 45.46 kg/cap 2023 down 15.9% falling
96 Saint Kitts and Nevis 45.21 kg/cap 2023 up 12.1% rising
97 Switzerland 44.61 kg/cap 2023 up 8.9% rising
98 Iceland 43.9 kg/cap 2023 up 16.6% falling
99 Austria 42.97 kg/cap 2023 down 26.5% falling
100 Sao Tome and Principe 42.39 kg/cap 2023 up 0.2% falling
101 Seychelles 41.65 kg/cap 2023 up 38.2% flat
102 Morocco 41.25 kg/cap 2023 down 9.3% falling
103 New Caledonia 41.09 kg/cap 2023 down 7.0% falling
104 Saint Lucia 41.04 kg/cap 2023 up 18.2% rising
105 Tajikistan 40.94 kg/cap 2023 up 14.4% rising
106 Dominican Republic 40.88 kg/cap 2023 up 43.9% rising
107 Oman 40.72 kg/cap 2023 up 52.5% rising
108 Argentina 40.24 kg/cap 2023 down 16.5% falling
109 Qatar 40.19 kg/cap 2023 — falling
110 Kuwait 39.89 kg/cap 2023 down 31.0% falling
111 Luxembourg 39.68 kg/cap 2023 down 31.1% falling
112 China, Macao SAR 39.54 kg/cap 2023 up 66.2% rising
113 Hungary 37.93 kg/cap 2023 down 23.7% falling
114 Bahrain 37.66 kg/cap 2023 — flat
115 Egypt 37.31 kg/cap 2023 up 19.7% rising
116 Saudi Arabia 35.59 kg/cap 2023 up 31.1% rising
117 United Arab Emirates 35.24 kg/cap 2023 up 124.7% rising
118 Israel 34.33 kg/cap 2023 down 14.9% falling
119 Montenegro 33.8 kg/cap 2023 up 19.6% rising
120 Cyprus 33.41 kg/cap 2023 up 7.3% falling
121 South Africa 32.94 kg/cap 2023 up 0.0% rising
122 Antigua and Barbuda 32.9 kg/cap 2023 up 44.1% rising
123 India 32.43 kg/cap 2023 up 9.5% flat
124 Panama 32.21 kg/cap 2023 up 30.4% rising
125 Maldives 32.15 kg/cap 2023 up 32.9% rising
126 El Salvador 32.13 kg/cap 2023 up 5.9% rising
126 Tuvalu 32.13 kg/cap 2023 — rising
128 Jordan 31.37 kg/cap 2023 up 28.9% flat
129 Norway 30.44 kg/cap 2023 down 42.5% falling
130 Mauritius 30.36 kg/cap 2023 up 27.8% rising
131 Tunisia 29.74 kg/cap 2023 down 0.1% falling
132 Costa Rica 29.47 kg/cap 2023 up 8.5% falling
133 Pakistan 28.65 kg/cap 2023 up 81.8% rising
134 Libya 27.88 kg/cap 2023 down 2.4% falling
135 Suriname 27.44 kg/cap 2023 down 17.8% falling
136 Grenada 27.22 kg/cap 2023 up 5.9% flat
137 Sri Lanka 26.62 kg/cap 2023 up 37.0% rising
138 Afghanistan 26.47 kg/cap 2023 up 82.4% rising
139 Ethiopia 26.11 kg/cap 2023 down 10.9% falling
140 Niger 25.72 kg/cap 2023 up 79.7% rising
141 Bulgaria 25.11 kg/cap 2023 up 1.0% falling
142 China, Hong Kong SAR 24.56 kg/cap 2023 up 16.3% flat
143 Malaysia 24.21 kg/cap 2023 up 59.8% rising
144 Ecuador 22.91 kg/cap 2023 down 5.7% falling
145 Bahamas 22.44 kg/cap 2023 up 33.3% falling
146 Guatemala 21.57 kg/cap 2023 up 95.4% rising
147 Republic of Korea 20.27 kg/cap 2023 up 15.1% rising
148 Nicaragua 20.01 kg/cap 2023 down 19.8% rising
149 Philippines 18.87 kg/cap 2023 up 10.6% rising
150 Djibouti 18.83 kg/cap 2023 up 38.7% rising
151 Mexico 18.25 kg/cap 2023 up 9.9% rising
152 China, Taiwan Province of 15.4 kg/cap 2023 up 14.0% rising
153 Belize 15.32 kg/cap 2023 down 4.2% falling
154 Kiribati 14.21 kg/cap 2023 down 4.1% flat
155 Thailand 13.35 kg/cap 2023 down 3.1% flat
156 Honduras 12.8 kg/cap 2023 up 59.4% rising
157 Mauritania 11.44 kg/cap 2023 up 17.1% rising
158 Myanmar 11.13 kg/cap 2023 down 44.6% falling
159 Burkina Faso 8.32 kg/cap 2023 down 41.9% falling
160 Iraq 8 kg/cap 2023 down 53.7% falling
161 Gambia 7.98 kg/cap 2023 up 0.4% falling
162 Naoero 7.15 kg/cap 2023 — falling
163 Yemen 7.03 kg/cap 2023 down 33.1% falling
164 Marshall Islands 6.53 kg/cap 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 quantity (kg/capita/yr)
Unit
kg/cap
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.