Sweeteners, Other — 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
Sweeteners, Other — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 207.64 kcal/cap/d in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0.06 kcal/cap/d in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.83 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 31.37 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,461.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (up 5,451.9%), and the largest decrease in Mauritania (down 90.1%).
Sweeteners, Other — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 207.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 187.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 3 | Ireland | 153.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 36.55 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 959.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Hungary | 139.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 5 | Montenegro | 116.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 6 | Estonia | 114.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 7 | Slovakia | 111.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 8 | Fiji | 101.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 9 | Suriname | 96.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 703.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Lithuania | 93.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 11 | China, Macao SAR | 90.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 12 | Mongolia | 86.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 121.6% | rising |
| 12 | Türkiye | 7.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Ecuador | 84.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 14 | Iceland | 80.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 3.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 77.6% | rising |
| 15 | Croatia | 79.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 16 | Eswatini | 76.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 17 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 74.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 646.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Latvia | 73.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 18 | Cabo Verde | 16.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 171.5% | rising |
| 19 | Denmark | 70.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 20 | Germany | 69.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 21 | Bahamas | 69.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.1% | flat |
| 22 | Guatemala | 64.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 92.9% | rising |
| 23 | Switzerland | 63.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 107.8% | rising |
| 24 | Jordan | 60.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 574.7% | volatile |
| 25 | New Zealand | 59.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 26 | Uruguay | 59.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 27 | Botswana | 59.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 347.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Namibia | 58.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 151.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Marshall Islands | 57.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 30 | Malta | 55.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 31 | Slovenia | 54.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 32 | Cyprus | 54.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 33 | Nauru | 54.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 34 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 52.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 35 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 126.0% | rising |
| 36 | Guyana | 50.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 37 | Norway | 50.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 178.0% | rising |
| 38 | Iraq | 50.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 964.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 46.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 40 | Honduras | 45.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 41 | Mexico | 45.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 42 | Panama | 44.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 43 | Armenia | 44.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.6% | flat |
| 44 | Albania | 43.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 110.9% | rising |
| 45 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 43.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5,451.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 47 | Seychelles | 43.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 248.2% | rising |
| 48 | Czechia | 42.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 49 | Belarus | 39.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 50 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 39.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 51 | Ukraine | 38.91 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 52 | Canada | 38.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 53 | Thailand | 38.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.9% | flat |
| 55 | Lebanon | 35.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 56 | Austria | 34.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 57 | Tonga | 34.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 58 | Finland | 32.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 59 | Lesotho | 32.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 271.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 134.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Cambodia | 30.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,113.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Argentina | 30.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 63 | Antigua and Barbuda | 30.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 29.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 65 | Chile | 28.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 66 | Paraguay | 28.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 362.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Israel | 27.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 79.3% | rising |
| 68 | Australia and New Zealand | 27.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 141.1% | rising |
| 69 | Kuwait | 27.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 70 | Italy | 27.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 226.5% | rising |
| 71 | Barbados | 26.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 25.78 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 73 | Romania | 24.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 74 | Saint Lucia | 23.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 75 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 22.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Poland | 22.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 358.9% | volatile |
| 77 | El Salvador | 22.01 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 78 | Jamaica | 21.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 79 | Sweden | 21.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 80 | Australia | 21.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 269.2% | rising |
| 81 | China, Taiwan Province of | 21.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 82 | South Africa | 21.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 83 | North Macedonia | 21.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 84 | Bahrain | 20.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 85 | Grenada | 20.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 164.5% | volatile |
| 86 | New Caledonia | 19.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 87 | Belgium | 19.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 95.0% | rising |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 19.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 89 | Gambia | 18.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 90 | China | 18.57 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 226.4% | rising |
| 91 | China, mainland | 18.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 252.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Indonesia | 17.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 104.0% | rising |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 16.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Maldives | 15.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 95 | French Polynesia | 15.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | 15.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 97 | Sao Tome and Principe | 15.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.8% | flat |
| 98 | Peru | 15.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 99 | Tuvalu | 13.95 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 100 | Mauritius | 13.48 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 101 | Qatar | 13.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 102 | Malaysia | 13.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.0% | falling |
| 103 | Samoa | 13.03 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 104 | Bhutan | 12.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 12.33 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 460.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Philippines | 12.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.0% | flat |
| 107 | Greece | 11.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 108 | Georgia | 11.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 109 | Colombia | 11.61 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 110 | Libya | 11.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 111 | Kiribati | 10.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 92.5% | rising |
| 112 | Portugal | 10.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 113 | Comoros | 9.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 193.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Belize | 9.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.1% | flat |
| 115 | Gabon | 9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 218.0% | rising |
| 116 | Algeria | 8.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 117 | Myanmar | 8.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 118 | Oman | 8.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 119 | Egypt | 7.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 120 | Angola | 6.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 121 | Spain | 6.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 121 | Senegal | 6.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 104.1% | rising |
| 123 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.3 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 124 | Tunisia | 6.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 125 | Cameroon | 5.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 244.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Rwanda | 5.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,259.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Uzbekistan | 5.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4,990.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Yemen | 5.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 129 | Morocco | 5.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 94.3% | rising |
| 130 | Zambia | 4.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 131 | Bangladesh | 4.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 132 | Kenya | 4.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 133 | Brazil | 4.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 134 | Tajikistan | 3.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 135 | Sri Lanka | 3.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.2% | flat |
| 136 | Turkmenistan | 3.77 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 3.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 138 | Djibouti | 3.39 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Nepal | 3.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 140 | Guinea | 3.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 141 | Serbia | 3.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 142 | Ghana | 2.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 143 | France | 2.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Madagascar | 2.87 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 145 | Kazakhstan | 2.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 146 | Nigeria | 2.43 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 147 | Papua New Guinea | 2.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Cuba | 2.28 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 148 | Mozambique | 2.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 267.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Haiti | 2.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 192.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Saudi Arabia | 2.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 152 | Afghanistan | 2.14 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 153 | Pakistan | 2.12 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 2.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.7% | rising |
| 155 | Burkina Faso | 1.84 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Uganda | 1.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 157 | Malawi | 1.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 556.0% | volatile |
| 158 | India | 1.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.4% | falling |
| 159 | Liberia | 1.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 160 | Congo | 1.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 161 | Sierra Leone | 0.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 70.6% | falling |
| 162 | Mauritania | 0.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 90.1% | falling |
| 163 | Ethiopia | 0.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 520.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Niger | 0.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.5% | flat |
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 221.8 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 74.58 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 203.01 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 55.29 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 90.08 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 44.71 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 36.46 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 44.56 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia 31.49 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 43.33 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 17.82 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 38.33 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 15.3 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 37.78 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 14.1 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 37.53 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 11.88 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 29.07 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10.38 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 25.34 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 9.99 kcal/cap/d
- World 25.1 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 22.65 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4.99 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 20.92 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 20.2 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.53 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 18.05 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.4 kcal/cap/d
- South America 16.52 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 2.35 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.63 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 10.47 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 1.08 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 7.77 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 6.89 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 6.75 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5.16 kcal/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 4.87 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 4.49 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.