Sugar & Sweeteners — 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...
What the numbers show
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 593.75 kcal/cap/d in Guatemala; the lowest is 17.98 kcal/cap/d in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 299.05 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 291.73 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 33.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 117.1%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 68.9%).
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala | 593.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 2 | Belgium | 564.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 3 | Poland | 554.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 528.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 4 | Türkiye | 288.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 5 | Colombia | 519.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 6 | New Zealand | 498.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 7 | Hungary | 492.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 8 | Republic of Korea | 489.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 9 | Gambia | 488.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 10 | Ireland | 486.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 247.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 11 | Cuba | 476.25 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 12 | Denmark | 474.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 473.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 14 | Suriname | 458.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 456.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 109.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 16 | Bahrain | 455.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 17 | Chile | 445.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 18 | Canada | 443.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 19 | Australia and New Zealand | 442.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 20 | Kiribati | 442.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 31.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 21 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 441.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 21 | Cabo Verde | 192.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 22 | North Macedonia | 439.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 23 | Lebanon | 437.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 24 | Thailand | 435.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 25 | Naoero | 435.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 26 | Australia | 431.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 27 | Barbados | 426.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 28 | Malaysia | 422.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 29 | Lithuania | 420.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 30 | Israel | 419.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 419.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 32 | Honduras | 416.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 33 | Croatia | 415.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 34 | Malta | 414.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 35 | Germany | 410.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 36 | Mexico | 406.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 37 | Jamaica | 404.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 38 | Uruguay | 403.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 400.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 40 | Italy | 388.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 41 | Morocco | 387 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 42 | Argentina | 386.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 382.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 44 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 382.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 45 | Brazil | 381.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 46 | Mauritania | 378.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 47 | Austria | 377.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 48 | Jordan | 377.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 49 | Nicaragua | 375.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 50 | Georgia | 375.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 51 | Belarus | 366.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 52 | Czechia | 366.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 53 | Latvia | 362.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 54 | Ukraine | 362.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 55 | Trinidad and Tobago | 361.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 56 | Switzerland | 360.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 57 | Slovakia | 359.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 58 | Estonia | 352 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.2% | flat |
| 59 | Guyana | 350.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 347.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 61 | Belize | 347.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 62 | Grenada | 346.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 63 | Fiji | 345.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 64 | Namibia | 344.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 65 | France | 341.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 66 | Sweden | 340.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 67 | Libya | 337.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 68 | Panama | 336.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 69 | Greece | 334.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 70 | Iceland | 333.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 71 | El Salvador | 327.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 72 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 327.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 73 | Norway | 326.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 74 | Finland | 326.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 75 | Samoa | 326.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 325.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 77 | Ecuador | 322.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 78 | Djibouti | 319.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 79 | Mauritius | 315.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 80 | Spain | 312.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 81 | Eswatini | 307.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 307.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 83 | Iraq | 305.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 84 | Luxembourg | 304.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 85 | Montenegro | 299.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 86 | Botswana | 298.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 87 | Romania | 297.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 88 | China, Taiwan Province of | 297.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 89 | Seychelles | 295.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 90 | Algeria | 289.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 91 | Armenia | 289.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 92 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 285.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 93 | Pakistan | 283.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 94 | Slovenia | 280.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 95 | Indonesia | 279.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 96 | Kuwait | 277.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 97 | South Africa | 273.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 98 | Tunisia | 272.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 99 | Philippines | 269.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 100 | United Arab Emirates | 268.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 101 | Albania | 262.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 102 | Kazakhstan | 262.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 103 | Maldives | 260.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 104 | French Polynesia | 258.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 258.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 106 | Qatar | 256.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 107 | New Caledonia | 253.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 108 | Oman | 248.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 109 | Cyprus | 248.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 242.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 111 | Marshall Islands | 238.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 112 | Yemen | 238.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 113 | Antigua and Barbuda | 234.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 114 | China, Macao SAR | 228.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 115 | Paraguay | 217.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 116 | Egypt | 217.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 117 | Haiti | 216.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 118 | Kenya | 209.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 119 | Tonga | 206.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 120 | Peru | 203.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | 201.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 122 | Guinea | 198.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 123 | Bahamas | 197.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 124 | India | 196.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 125 | Mongolia | 191.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.4% | flat |
| 126 | Sao Tome and Principe | 190.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 127 | Senegal | 190.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 128 | Uzbekistan | 190.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 129 | Portugal | 189.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 130 | Zimbabwe | 188.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 131 | Myanmar | 176.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 132 | Turkmenistan | 168.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 133 | Tajikistan | 168.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 134 | Vanuatu | 165.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 135 | Gabon | 164.38 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 136 | Rwanda | 162.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 117.1% | rising |
| 137 | Cameroon | 155.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 138 | Cambodia | 155.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 139 | Congo | 145.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 140 | Serbia | 131.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 141 | Bhutan | 127.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 142 | Sierra Leone | 124.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 86.6% | rising |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | 120.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 144 | Lesotho | 119.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 145 | Uganda | 117.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 146 | Ghana | 108.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 147 | Afghanistan | 106.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 148 | Zambia | 105.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 149 | Comoros | 105.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 150 | Malawi | 99.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 151 | Angola | 96.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 152 | China | 92.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | 89.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 154 | Ethiopia | 89.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 155 | China, mainland | 88.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 156 | Burkina Faso | 79.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 157 | Madagascar | 75.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 158 | Nigeria | 74.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 159 | Bangladesh | 73.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 160 | Nepal | 72.73 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 161 | Mozambique | 62.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 162 | Liberia | 55.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 163 | Niger | 53.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 164 | Guinea-Bissau | 17.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 68.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 569.31 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 366.16 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 556.39 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 345.27 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 449.26 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia 335.93 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 421.9 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 416.85 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 281.63 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 396.79 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 277.85 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 389.23 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 276.86 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 383.69 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 262.66 kcal/cap/d
- South America 377.39 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 254.4 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 348.02 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 347.46 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 187.88 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 329.19 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 138.5 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 324.72 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 118.35 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 286.54 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 115.96 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 283.69 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 279.77 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 95.52 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 273.31 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 73.57 kcal/cap/d
- World 232.81 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 71.19 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 204.48 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 41.29 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 199.03 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 174.06 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 146.23 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 131.89 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 126.76 kcal/cap/d
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.