Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) by country
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What the numbers show
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 537.06 kcal/cap/d in Belgium; the lowest is 11.01 kcal/cap/d in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 259.61 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 256.75 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 49.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 116.3%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 79.3%).
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 537.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 2 | Guatemala | 527.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 3 | Poland | 526.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 509.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 5 | Cuba | 472.32 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 6 | Gambia | 469.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 7 | New Zealand | 436 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 8 | Kiribati | 432.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 9 | Bahrain | 431.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 430.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 11 | Chile | 414.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 12 | Australia and New Zealand | 410.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 13 | Malaysia | 408.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 14 | North Macedonia | 407.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 15 | Australia | 405.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 16 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 401.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 17 | Lebanon | 399.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 18 | Denmark | 398.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 19 | Thailand | 396.52 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 20 | Canada | 395.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 21 | Barbados | 392.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 387.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 23 | Israel | 386.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 24 | Naoero | 380.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 25 | Jamaica | 380.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 26 | Morocco | 379.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 27 | Mauritania | 377.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 28 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 376.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 376.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 30 | Honduras | 370.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 368.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 32 | Suriname | 362.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 33 | Georgia | 359.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 34 | Italy | 356.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 35 | Malta | 356.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 36 | Mexico | 355.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 37 | Argentina | 355.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 38 | Hungary | 352.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 39 | Nicaragua | 351.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 40 | Brazil | 347.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 339.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 42 | Uruguay | 339.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 43 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 338.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 44 | Belize | 337.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 45 | Germany | 332.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 46 | France | 332.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 47 | Austria | 331.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 48 | Grenada | 325.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 49 | Belarus | 325.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 323.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 51 | Libya | 322.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 52 | Ukraine | 322.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 53 | Ireland | 322.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 54 | Czechia | 317.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 55 | Jordan | 316.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 56 | Djibouti | 315.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 57 | Croatia | 313.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 58 | Sweden | 312.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 59 | Lithuania | 311.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 60 | Samoa | 306.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 61 | El Salvador | 303.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 62 | Greece | 302.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 63 | Spain | 300.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 64 | Mauritius | 299.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 65 | Guyana | 299.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 66 | Colombia | 297.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 67 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 297.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 290 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 69 | Panama | 287.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 70 | Finland | 286.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 71 | Switzerland | 285.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 72 | Namibia | 285.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 73 | Saint Lucia | 284.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 74 | Latvia | 281.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 75 | Algeria | 279.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 76 | Republic of Korea | 276.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 77 | Norway | 272.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 78 | China, Taiwan Province of | 271.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 79 | Tunisia | 263.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 80 | Romania | 262.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 81 | Indonesia | 262.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 82 | Pakistan | 261.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 83 | Kazakhstan | 257.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 84 | Iraq | 255.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 85 | South Africa | 251.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 86 | Iceland | 249.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 87 | Kuwait | 247.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 88 | Philippines | 247 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 89 | Seychelles | 246.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 90 | United Arab Emirates | 243.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 91 | Slovakia | 241.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 92 | Maldives | 239.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 93 | Fiji | 239.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 94 | French Polynesia | 239.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 95 | Armenia | 238.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 96 | Botswana | 238.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 97 | Qatar | 237.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 98 | Ecuador | 237.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 99 | Oman | 237.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 100 | Yemen | 232.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 101 | Eswatini | 230.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 102 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 229.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 103 | Estonia | 228.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.6% | falling |
| 104 | New Caledonia | 227.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 105 | Slovenia | 215.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 106 | Egypt | 209.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 107 | Azerbaijan | 209.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 108 | Albania | 201.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 109 | Kenya | 201.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 110 | Haiti | 200.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 111 | Antigua and Barbuda | 200.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 112 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 194.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 112 | Guinea | 194.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 114 | Paraguay | 187.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 115 | Cyprus | 187.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 116 | Peru | 184.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 117 | Senegal | 182.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 181.36 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 119 | Marshall Islands | 179.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 120 | Sao Tome and Principe | 175.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 121 | India | 174.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 122 | Zimbabwe | 173.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 123 | Montenegro | 172.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 124 | Tonga | 171.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 125 | Portugal | 169.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 126 | Turkmenistan | 163.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 127 | Vanuatu | 161.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 160.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 155.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 130 | Gabon | 155.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 131 | Rwanda | 152.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 116.3% | rising |
| 132 | Cameroon | 148.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 133 | Congo | 144.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 134 | China, Macao SAR | 136.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 135 | Cambodia | 125.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Bahamas | 122.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 137 | Solomon Islands | 118.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 138 | Serbia | 115.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 139 | Bhutan | 113.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 140 | Uganda | 112.98 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 141 | Luxembourg | 112.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 142 | Ghana | 105.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 143 | Afghanistan | 104.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 144 | Mongolia | 103.7 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 145 | Zambia | 101.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 146 | Malawi | 97.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 147 | Comoros | 95.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 87.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 149 | Lesotho | 86.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 150 | Ethiopia | 83.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 151 | Angola | 83.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 152 | Burkina Faso | 77.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 74.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 154 | Madagascar | 71.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 155 | Nigeria | 71.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 156 | China | 70.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 157 | Nepal | 67.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 158 | China, mainland | 66.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 159 | Mozambique | 60.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 160 | Bangladesh | 57.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 161 | Liberia | 53.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 162 | Niger | 53.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 163 | Myanmar | 39.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 164 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 79.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central America 372.3 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 368.31 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 346.55 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 345.86 kcal/cap/d
- Türkiye 271.31 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 344.66 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 340.93 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 338.8 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 321.86 kcal/cap/d
- South America 320.54 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 309.58 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 302.7 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.