Sweeteners, Other — 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
Sweeteners, Other — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 167.25 kg/cap in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.03 kg/cap in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.24 kg/cap, and the mean is 18.27 kg/cap.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5,575.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (up 44,511.1%), and the largest decrease in Mauritania (down 97.1%).
Sweeteners, Other — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 167.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 2 | Montenegro | 108.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 3 | Fiji | 89.42 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 4 | Suriname | 87.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 728.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Mongolia | 78.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 123.1% | rising |
| 6 | China, Macao SAR | 77.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 7 | Ecuador | 73.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 8 | Iceland | 72.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 9 | Lithuania | 68.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 10 | Ireland | 66.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 11 | Bahamas | 57.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.2% | flat |
| 12 | Estonia | 56.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 13 | Slovakia | 54.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 14 | Botswana | 54.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 391.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Marshall Islands | 52.04 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 16 | Jordan | 50.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5,348.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Türkiye | 0.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Nauru | 48.18 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 18 | Namibia | 47.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 161.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Malta | 47.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 20 | Cyprus | 47.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 21 | Guyana | 45.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 22 | Iraq | 42.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 914.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 40.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 44,511.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 38.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 24 | Seychelles | 38.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 282.2% | rising |
| 26 | Norway | 38.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 161.1% | rising |
| 27 | Panama | 37.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 28 | Ukraine | 36.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 29 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 34.98 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 30 | Latvia | 33.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 31 | Slovenia | 33.83 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.3% | flat |
| 32 | Belarus | 33.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 34 | Armenia | 33.01 kg/cap | 2023 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 35 | Albania | 31.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 36 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 31.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 37 | Guatemala | 30.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 774.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Tonga | 30.16 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 29.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 40 | Antigua and Barbuda | 27.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 41 | Lebanon | 27.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 42 | Eswatini | 27.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 43 | Republic of Korea | 26.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 26.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 45 | Cambodia | 25.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,032.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Croatia | 24.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 171.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Hungary | 24.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 48 | Saint Lucia | 21.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Honduras | 21.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 19.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 137.8% | rising |
| 51 | Finland | 18.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 52 | Grenada | 17.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 166.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Lesotho | 17.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 221.4% | rising |
| 54 | Gambia | 17.58 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 55 | North Macedonia | 17.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 56 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 17.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 222.5% | volatile |
| 57 | New Caledonia | 16.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 58 | Israel | 16.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 149.3% | rising |
| 59 | Kuwait | 14.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 115.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Nicaragua | 14.35 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 61 | Sao Tome and Principe | 14.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.8% | flat |
| 62 | Sweden | 14.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 63 | Thailand | 13.35 kg/cap | 2023 | down 62.4% | falling |
| 64 | Denmark | 13.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 64 | French Polynesia | 13.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 66 | Tuvalu | 13.05 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 67 | New Zealand | 12.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 152.6% | rising |
| 68 | Uruguay | 12.44 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 69 | Jamaica | 12.34 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 70 | Barbados | 11.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 81.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Canada | 11.63 kg/cap | 2023 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Qatar | 11.36 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 73 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 11.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 629.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Samoa | 10.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 10.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 76 | Czechia | 10.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 77 | Australia and New Zealand | 9.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 138.9% | rising |
| 78 | Mauritius | 9.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 79 | Kiribati | 9.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 88.5% | rising |
| 80 | Bahrain | 9.47 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 81 | Libya | 9.46 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 82 | South Africa | 9.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 83 | Australia | 9.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 135.1% | rising |
| 84 | Comoros | 9.01 kg/cap | 2023 | up 193.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Myanmar | 8.65 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 86 | Bhutan | 8.27 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Paraguay | 8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 99.5% | rising |
| 88 | Germany | 7.68 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 89 | Maldives | 7.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 90 | Gabon | 7.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 198.0% | rising |
| 91 | Switzerland | 7.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 116.1% | rising |
| 91 | Costa Rica | 7.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 262.0% | volatile |
| 93 | United Arab Emirates | 6.62 kg/cap | 2023 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 76.8% | falling |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 6.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 389.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Greece | 6.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Belize | 6.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 98 | Mexico | 6.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 99 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 100 | Angola | 5.73 kg/cap | 2023 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 101 | Oman | 5.63 kg/cap | 2023 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 102 | Portugal | 5.45 kg/cap | 2023 | down 63.2% | falling |
| 103 | Rwanda | 5.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,335.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Italy | 4.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 232.5% | rising |
| 105 | Chile | 3.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 106 | Malaysia | 3.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Austria | 3.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 108 | Argentina | 3.69 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 109 | Belgium | 3.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Poland | 3.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 317.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Bangladesh | 3.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 111 | Algeria | 3.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 113 | Romania | 2.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 114 | Philippines | 2.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 156.4% | rising |
| 115 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 116 | Djibouti | 2.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Vanuatu | 2.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 118 | China | 2.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 148.5% | rising |
| 119 | China, mainland | 2.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 179.5% | rising |
| 120 | El Salvador | 2.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 121 | Colombia | 2.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Yemen | 1.99 kg/cap | 2023 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Indonesia | 1.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 124 | Peru | 1.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 125 | Solomon Islands | 1.95 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.9% | rising |
| 126 | Georgia | 1.78 kg/cap | 2023 | down 77.3% | falling |
| 127 | Spain | 1.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 128 | Senegal | 1.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 129 | Brazil | 1.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 130 | Cuba | 1.47 kg/cap | 2019 | up 65.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Uzbekistan | 1.34 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,240.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Morocco | 1.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 133 | Liberia | 1.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 133 | Uganda | 1.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 135 | Cameroon | 1.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 178.0% | rising |
| 136 | Guinea | 1.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 137 | Haiti | 1.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 218.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Tunisia | 1.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 139 | Burkina Faso | 1.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Mozambique | 0.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 345.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Papua New Guinea | 0.92 kg/cap | 2023 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Congo | 0.91 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 143 | Kenya | 0.85 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 144 | Egypt | 0.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 145 | Tajikistan | 0.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 146 | Turkmenistan | 0.63 kg/cap | 2023 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Zambia | 0.62 kg/cap | 2023 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 148 | Ghana | 0.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 82.4% | falling |
| 149 | Nepal | 0.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 150 | Malawi | 0.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,666.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Kazakhstan | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Serbia | 0.46 kg/cap | 2023 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 153 | Sri Lanka | 0.44 kg/cap | 2023 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Madagascar | 0.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 155 | Pakistan | 0.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 156 | France | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 157 | India | 0.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 88.2% | rising |
| 158 | Nigeria | 0.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 159 | Sierra Leone | 0.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 80.6% | falling |
| 160 | Saudi Arabia | 0.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Afghanistan | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Mauritania | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 97.1% | falling |
| 163 | Ethiopia | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Niger | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 70.0% | falling |
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) 66.82 kg/cap
- United States of America 28.91 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 34.12 kg/cap
- Northern America 27.14 kg/cap
- Micronesia 28.98 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 24.31 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 22.5 kg/cap
- Polynesia 15.13 kg/cap
- Europe 15.41 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 9.7 kg/cap
- Americas 15.12 kg/cap
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 8.22 kg/cap
- Cabo Verde 14.63 kg/cap
- Melanesia 7.82 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 13.09 kg/cap
- Syrian Arab Republic 7.26 kg/cap
- Western Asia 11.84 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 6.9 kg/cap
- Central America 10.42 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4.06 kg/cap
- Oceania 9.46 kg/cap
- Timor-Leste 3.47 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 8.34 kg/cap
- Asia 3.25 kg/cap
- South America 7.3 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.95 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 6.33 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2.17 kg/cap
- Caribbean 6.07 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 1.42 kg/cap
- World 5.66 kg/cap
- Western Europe 5.65 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.41 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 5.24 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.36 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 4.48 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.12 kg/cap
- Central Asia 4.25 kg/cap
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.06 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 3.92 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.