Sugar & Sweeteners — 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
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 178.82 kg/cap in Luxembourg; the lowest is 5.29 kg/cap in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 40.01 kg/cap, and the mean is 43.65 kg/cap.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 34.
Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 168.5%), and the largest decrease in Timor-Leste (down 53.2%).
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 178.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 2 | Montenegro | 126.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 3 | Suriname | 123.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 143.5% | rising |
| 4 | Fiji | 113.67 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 5 | Lithuania | 101.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 6 | Ireland | 98.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 7 | Ecuador | 97.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 8 | Iceland | 97.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 9 | China, Macao SAR | 90.37 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 29.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 10 | Mongolia | 88.57 kg/cap | 2023 | up 92.5% | rising |
| 10 | Türkiye | 28.93 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 11 | Nauru | 85.38 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 12 | Malta | 83.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 13 | Guatemala | 82.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 14 | Jordan | 81.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 115.2% | rising |
| 15 | Estonia | 80.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 13.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 53.2% | rising |
| 16 | Slovakia | 79.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.5% | flat |
| 16 | Cabo Verde | 31.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 17 | Botswana | 78.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 101.5% | rising |
| 18 | Namibia | 76.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 90.6% | rising |
| 19 | Guyana | 75.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 20 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 74.91 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 21 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.83 kg/cap | 2023 | up 76.7% | rising |
| 22 | Bahamas | 70.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 23 | Marshall Islands | 69.74 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 24 | Ukraine | 68.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 25 | Iraq | 67.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 162.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Lebanon | 67.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 66.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 28 | Cyprus | 66.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 29 | Norway | 65.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 30 | Panama | 65.57 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 31 | Belarus | 65.45 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 32 | Seychelles | 63.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 33 | Gambia | 63.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 34 | Latvia | 62.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 35 | Tuvalu | 61.8 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 36 | Hungary | 59.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 37 | North Macedonia | 59.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 38 | Croatia | 58.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 39 | Belgium | 57.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 39 | Honduras | 57.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 41 | Armenia | 57.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 42 | Slovenia | 56.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 43 | Poland | 55.83 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 44 | Israel | 55.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 45 | New Zealand | 55.1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 46 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 54.67 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 47 | Republic of Korea | 54.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 48 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 50 | Albania | 53.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 51 | Denmark | 53.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 52 | Thailand | 52.79 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 53 | Bahrain | 51.93 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 54 | Colombia | 51.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 51.69 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 56 | Barbados | 50.73 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 57 | Kiribati | 50.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 58 | Jamaica | 50.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 59 | Grenada | 50.34 kg/cap | 2023 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 60 | Nicaragua | 50.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 61 | Canada | 49.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 61 | Saint Lucia | 49.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 63 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 49.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 64 | Finland | 48.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 65 | Cuba | 48.61 kg/cap | 2019 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 48.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 67 | Eswatini | 48.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 68 | Antigua and Barbuda | 47.98 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 47.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 70 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 47.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 71 | Tonga | 47.22 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 72 | Uruguay | 46.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 73 | Sweden | 45.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 74 | Chile | 45.45 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 75 | Australia and New Zealand | 45.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 76 | Dominican Republic | 44.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 77 | Malaysia | 44.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 78 | Australia | 43.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 79 | Czechia | 42.54 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 80 | Mexico | 42.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 81 | Samoa | 41.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 82 | Libya | 41.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 83 | Germany | 41.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 84 | Italy | 40.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 85 | Belize | 40.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 86 | Mauritius | 39.75 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 87 | New Caledonia | 39.55 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 88 | Argentina | 39.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 89 | Kuwait | 39.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 90 | Brazil | 38.9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 91 | Morocco | 38.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 91 | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 93 | Greece | 38.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 94 | Cambodia | 38.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 38.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 96 | Georgia | 37.88 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.4% | flat |
| 97 | Mauritania | 37.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 98 | Austria | 37.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 99 | French Polynesia | 37.35 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 100 | Switzerland | 36.9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 101 | Qatar | 35.12 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 34.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 103 | South Africa | 34.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 104 | Djibouti | 34.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 105 | France | 34.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 106 | Spain | 32.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 107 | El Salvador | 32.67 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 108 | Maldives | 31.78 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 109 | United Arab Emirates | 31.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 110 | Sao Tome and Principe | 31.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 111 | Algeria | 31.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 112 | Romania | 30.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 112 | China, Taiwan Province of | 30.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 114 | Oman | 29.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 115 | Philippines | 28.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 116 | Indonesia | 28.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 117 | Pakistan | 28.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 118 | Zimbabwe | 27.6 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 119 | Tunisia | 27.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 120 | Paraguay | 26.85 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 121 | Kazakhstan | 26.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 122 | Lesotho | 26.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 123 | Yemen | 25.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 124 | Myanmar | 24.91 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 125 | Portugal | 23.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 126 | Gabon | 22.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 127 | Haiti | 21.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 128 | Egypt | 21.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 129 | Kenya | 21.23 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 130 | Rwanda | 20.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 168.5% | rising |
| 131 | Peru | 20.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 132 | Guinea | 20.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 133 | Senegal | 19.92 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 134 | Uzbekistan | 19.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 135 | India | 19.63 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 136 | Bhutan | 19.48 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 18.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 138 | Comoros | 18.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 139 | Tajikistan | 17.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 140 | Turkmenistan | 16.98 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 141 | Cameroon | 16.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 142 | Congo | 15.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 143 | Angola | 14.66 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 144 | Solomon Islands | 13.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 145 | Serbia | 13.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 146 | Sierra Leone | 13.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 147 | Uganda | 12.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.0% | flat |
| 148 | Ghana | 11.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 149 | Zambia | 10.69 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 150 | Afghanistan | 10.6 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 151 | Malawi | 10.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 152 | Bangladesh | 9.95 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 153 | China | 9.81 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 154 | Papua New Guinea | 9.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 155 | China, mainland | 9.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 156 | Ethiopia | 9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 157 | Burkina Faso | 8.69 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 158 | Madagascar | 7.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 159 | Nepal | 7.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 160 | Nigeria | 7.45 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 161 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 95.8% | rising |
| 162 | Mozambique | 6.98 kg/cap | 2023 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 163 | Liberia | 6.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 164 | Niger | 5.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 86.86 kg/cap
- United States of America 62.95 kg/cap
- Northern America 61.6 kg/cap
- Micronesia 58.17 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 61.27 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 55.43 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 53.25 kg/cap
- Polynesia 40.94 kg/cap
- Americas 50.46 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 39.61 kg/cap
- Europe 49.73 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 35.26 kg/cap
- Central America 47.79 kg/cap
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 32.94 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 43.29 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 31.61 kg/cap
- South America 42.96 kg/cap
- Western Europe 40.63 kg/cap
- Western Asia 37.86 kg/cap
- Asia 20.35 kg/cap
- Oceania 37.62 kg/cap
- Melanesia 18.31 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 37.61 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 13.75 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 37.33 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 13.56 kg/cap
- Caribbean 37.04 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 13.16 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 31.57 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 9.55 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 29.12 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 8.28 kg/cap
- World 26.2 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4.03 kg/cap
- Central Asia 23.81 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 20.22 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 19.25 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 16.18 kg/cap
- Africa 15.84 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 14.34 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.