Sweets and sugars — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value by country
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics...
What the numbers show
Sweets and sugars — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 158.9 g/cap/d in Tuvalu; the lowest is 3.9 g/cap/d in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 78.4 g/cap/d, and the mean is 75.46 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 41.
Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 109.0%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 76.1%).
Sweets and sugars — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 158.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 2 | Belgium | 144.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 3 | Guatemala | 140.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 4 | New Zealand | 134.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 5 | Poland | 133.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 6 | Hungary | 131.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 7 | Denmark | 130.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 8 | Colombia | 130.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 9 | Malta | 126.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 10 | Croatia | 126.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 11 | Republic of Korea | 122.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 121.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 13 | Cuba | 120.5 g/cap/d | 2019 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 14 | Kiribati | 118.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 15 | Thailand | 118.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 16 | Nauru | 118 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 17 | North Macedonia | 115 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 18 | Iceland | 114.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 19 | Bahrain | 114.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 20 | Switzerland | 114.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 21 | Ireland | 114.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 22 | Chile | 113.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 23 | Gambia | 111.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 24 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 110.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 24 | Uruguay | 110.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 26 | Barbados | 108.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 27 | Israel | 108.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 28 | Georgia | 108 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 29 | Canada | 107.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 30 | Lebanon | 107.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 31 | Belarus | 106.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 32 | Malaysia | 106.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 33 | Norway | 105.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 34 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 104.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 35 | Germany | 104.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 36 | Finland | 104.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 37 | Mexico | 101.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 38 | Grenada | 101.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.6% | flat |
| 39 | Australia | 101.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 39 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 101.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 41 | Honduras | 100.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 41 | Jamaica | 100.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 41 | Mauritius | 100.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 44 | Suriname | 100.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 45 | Mauritania | 99.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 99.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 47 | Brazil | 98.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 47 | Russian Federation | 98.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 49 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 98.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 50 | Morocco | 98.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 51 | Argentina | 98 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 97.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 54 | Belize | 97.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 55 | Czechia | 96.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 56 | New Caledonia | 96.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 57 | Austria | 94.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 58 | Italy | 94.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 59 | French Polynesia | 93.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 60 | Libya | 92.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 61 | Slovakia | 92.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 62 | Seychelles | 91.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 63 | Greece | 91.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 63 | Saudi Arabia | 91.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 65 | Samoa | 91.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 66 | Estonia | 90.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.4% | falling |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 90.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 68 | France | 90.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 69 | Montenegro | 90.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 70 | Guyana | 90.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 71 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 89.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 72 | Saint Lucia | 89.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 73 | Lithuania | 88.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 74 | Djibouti | 87.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 75 | Oman | 86 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 76 | El Salvador | 85.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 76 | Slovenia | 85.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 78 | Panama | 85.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 79 | Ukraine | 85.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 80 | Romania | 85.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 81 | Latvia | 84.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 82 | Sweden | 84.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 83 | Republic of Moldova | 83.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 84 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 82.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 82 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Jordan | 81.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 87 | Marshall Islands | 81.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 88 | Spain | 79 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 89 | Kuwait | 78.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 90 | Qatar | 78.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Namibia | 78 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 92 | Eswatini | 77.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 93 | China, Taiwan Province of | 76.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 94 | Tonga | 75.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 95 | Türkiye | 74.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 74.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 97 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 73.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 98 | Iraq | 73.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 99 | Maldives | 72.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 100 | United Arab Emirates | 71.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 101 | Armenia | 71.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 101 | Tunisia | 71.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 103 | Pakistan | 71.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 104 | Algeria | 70.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 105 | Indonesia | 70.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 106 | Albania | 69.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 107 | Philippines | 69 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 108 | Cyprus | 68.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 67.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 110 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 66.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 111 | Portugal | 65.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 112 | Vanuatu | 64.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 113 | Botswana | 63.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 114 | Luxembourg | 63.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 115 | Yemen | 63.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 116 | Fiji | 63.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 117 | Ecuador | 62.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 118 | Antigua and Barbuda | 62.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 119 | China, Macao SAR | 62.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 120 | Egypt | 61.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 120 | Kenya | 61.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 122 | Viet Nam | 61.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 123 | Azerbaijan | 61.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 124 | Tajikistan | 59.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 125 | Bahamas | 58.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 126 | Mongolia | 57.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.4% | flat |
| 126 | Paraguay | 57.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 128 | Haiti | 57.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 129 | India | 53.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 130 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 52.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 131 | Peru | 52.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 132 | Guinea | 50 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 133 | Cabo Verde | 49.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 134 | Senegal | 49.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 49.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 136 | Uzbekistan | 48.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 137 | Sao Tome and Principe | 47 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 138 | Serbia | 46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 139 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 44.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 140 | Gabon | 44.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 141 | Myanmar | 44.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 43.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 143 | Turkmenistan | 42.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 144 | Cameroon | 41.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 145 | Rwanda | 39.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 109.0% | rising |
| 146 | Congo | 38.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 147 | Bhutan | 38.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 148 | Timor-Leste | 34.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 149 | Côte d'Ivoire | 34.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 33.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 97.1% | rising |
| 151 | Cambodia | 33.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Madagascar | 33.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 31.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 83.1% | rising |
| 154 | Uganda | 30.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 155 | Comoros | 27.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 155 | Ghana | 27.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.2% | flat |
| 157 | Afghanistan | 26.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 158 | Lesotho | 26.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 158 | Nepal | 26.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 160 | Zambia | 26.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 161 | United Republic of Tanzania | 25.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 162 | Malawi | 24.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 163 | China | 23.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 164 | Papua New Guinea | 23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 165 | Angola | 22.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 166 | Ethiopia | 22.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 167 | China, mainland | 22.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 168 | Burkina Faso | 19.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 169 | Nigeria | 19.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 170 | Syrian Arab Republic | 18.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 76.1% | falling |
| 171 | Bangladesh | 18.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 172 | Mozambique | 18.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 173 | Liberia | 17.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 174 | Niger | 13.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 175 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 10.3 g/cap/d | 2018 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 176 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 73.1% | falling |
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 149.2 g/cap/d
- South Africa 64.4 g/cap/d
About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.