Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in New Zealand
New Zealand: Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply was 436 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in New Zealand, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 436 kcal/cap/d for sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 8.2% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in New Zealand peaked at 521.84 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 403.03 kcal/cap/d, in 2022.
That places New Zealand 7th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 521.84 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 502.94 kcal/cap/d | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 504.51 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 512.39 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 495.12 kcal/cap/d | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 485.24 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 460.13 kcal/cap/d | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 464.77 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 457.77 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 442.49 kcal/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 438.23 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 455.75 kcal/cap/d | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 403.03 kcal/cap/d | -11.6% |
| 2023 | 436 kcal/cap/d | +8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 484.72 kcal/cap/d | 442.49 kcal/cap/d | 521.84 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 433.25 kcal/cap/d | 403.03 kcal/cap/d | 455.75 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 4 Tuvalu 509.58 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Türkiye 271.31 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Cuba 472.32 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 269.21 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Gambia 469.42 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Polynesia 255.73 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Micronesia (Federated States of) 217.92 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Kiribati 432.05 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Bahrain 431.8 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Viet Nam 210.69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 201.75 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Costa Rica 430.72 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.16 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in New Zealand?
- Sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in New Zealand was 436 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 521.84 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 403.03 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- How does New Zealand rank for sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply?
- New Zealand ranks 7th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.