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...

Countries reporting
178
Highest
158.9 g/cap/d
Tuvalu
Lowest
3.9 g/cap/d
Guinea-Bissau
Median
78.3 g/cap/d
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,425

What the numbers show

Sweets and sugars — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value is currently reported for 178 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 78.3 g/cap/d, and the mean is 75.39 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 91 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tuvalu 158.9 g/cap/d 2023 — flat
1 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 89.7 g/cap/d 2023 down 12.1% falling
2 Belgium 144.8 g/cap/d 2023 up 16.2% rising
2 Republic of Moldova 83.9 g/cap/d 2023 up 3.6% rising
2 Cabo Verde 49.8 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.9% falling
3 Guatemala 140.5 g/cap/d 2023 up 17.6% rising
3 Türkiye 74.9 g/cap/d 2023 down 8.7% falling
3 Côte d'Ivoire 34.1 g/cap/d 2023 up 21.4% rising
4 New Zealand 134.2 g/cap/d 2023 down 10.5% falling
4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 73.6 g/cap/d 2023 up 3.1% rising
5 Poland 133.8 g/cap/d 2023 up 25.4% rising
5 Micronesia (Federated States of) 66.3 g/cap/d 2023 — flat
6 Hungary 131.9 g/cap/d 2023 up 47.5% rising
6 Viet Nam 61.7 g/cap/d 2023 up 22.9% rising
7 Denmark 130.4 g/cap/d 2023 up 2.8% flat
7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 52.7 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.1% falling
8 Colombia 130.2 g/cap/d 2023 down 16.7% falling
8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 44.7 g/cap/d 2023 up 27.0% rising
9 Malta 126.7 g/cap/d 2023 down 26.0% falling
9 Timor-Leste 34.3 g/cap/d 2023 down 4.2% rising
10 Croatia 126.4 g/cap/d 2023 up 2.9% flat
10 United Republic of Tanzania 25.1 g/cap/d 2023 down 14.3% flat
11 Republic of Korea 122.3 g/cap/d 2023 up 30.2% rising
11 Syrian Arab Republic 18.7 g/cap/d 2023 down 76.1% falling
12 Costa Rica 121.2 g/cap/d 2023 down 11.9% falling
12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 10.3 g/cap/d 2018 up 3.0% flat
13 Cuba 120.5 g/cap/d 2019 down 10.7% falling
13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9.8 g/cap/d 2023 up 11.4% rising
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 Saint Lucia 89.3 g/cap/d 2023 down 17.7% falling
72 Lithuania 88.8 g/cap/d 2023 down 5.4% flat
73 Djibouti 87.5 g/cap/d 2023 up 12.5% rising
74 Oman 86 g/cap/d 2023 up 15.0% falling
75 El Salvador 85.6 g/cap/d 2023 down 20.5% falling
75 Slovenia 85.6 g/cap/d 2023 up 9.2% rising
77 Panama 85.5 g/cap/d 2023 down 6.0% falling
78 Ukraine 85.3 g/cap/d 2023 down 16.3% falling
79 Romania 85.1 g/cap/d 2023 up 17.1% rising
80 Latvia 84.9 g/cap/d 2023 down 12.9% flat
81 Sweden 84.4 g/cap/d 2023 down 18.6% falling
82 China, Hong Kong SAR 82.6 g/cap/d 2023 up 2.1% flat
83 Bulgaria 82 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
84 Jordan 81.6 g/cap/d 2023 down 16.6% falling
85 Marshall Islands 81.3 g/cap/d 2023 — rising
86 Spain 79 g/cap/d 2023 down 1.2% flat
87 Kuwait 78.4 g/cap/d 2023 down 30.4% falling
88 Qatar 78.2 g/cap/d 2023 — flat
89 Namibia 78 g/cap/d 2023 up 32.9% rising
90 Eswatini 77.5 g/cap/d 2023 down 27.0% falling
91 China, Taiwan Province of 76.8 g/cap/d 2023 up 5.1% flat
92 Tonga 75.4 g/cap/d 2023 — rising
93 Kazakhstan 74.1 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.0% flat
94 Iraq 73.5 g/cap/d 2023 up 18.4% rising
95 Maldives 72.7 g/cap/d 2023 down 19.3% falling
96 United Arab Emirates 71.4 g/cap/d 2023 down 36.2% falling
97 Armenia 71.2 g/cap/d 2023 down 18.3% falling
97 Tunisia 71.2 g/cap/d 2023 down 17.6% falling
99 Pakistan 71.1 g/cap/d 2023 up 34.9% rising
100 Algeria 70.9 g/cap/d 2023 up 0.4% flat
101 Indonesia 70.3 g/cap/d 2023 up 35.2% rising
102 Albania 69.1 g/cap/d 2023 up 5.0% flat
103 Philippines 69 g/cap/d 2023 up 21.7% rising
104 Cyprus 68.4 g/cap/d 2023 down 1.0% falling
105 Bosnia and Herzegovina 67.9 g/cap/d 2023 up 8.6% rising
106 Portugal 65.4 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.0% falling
107 South Africa 64.4 g/cap/d 2023 down 16.4% falling
108 Vanuatu 64.1 g/cap/d 2023 up 0.6% falling
109 Botswana 63.7 g/cap/d 2023 down 16.0% falling
110 Luxembourg 63.6 g/cap/d 2023 down 17.5% falling
111 Yemen 63.4 g/cap/d 2023 up 2.8% rising
112 Fiji 63.2 g/cap/d 2023 down 11.9% rising
113 Ecuador 62.8 g/cap/d 2023 up 15.0% rising
114 Antigua and Barbuda 62.5 g/cap/d 2023 down 8.4% falling
115 China, Macao SAR 62.1 g/cap/d 2023 down 23.1% falling
116 Egypt 61.9 g/cap/d 2023 down 16.8% falling
116 Kenya 61.9 g/cap/d 2023 up 18.1% rising
118 Azerbaijan 61.1 g/cap/d 2023 up 18.2% rising
119 Tajikistan 59.9 g/cap/d 2023 up 4.5% flat
120 Bahamas 58.6 g/cap/d 2023 down 40.4% falling
121 Mongolia 57.9 g/cap/d 2023 up 22.4% flat
121 Paraguay 57.9 g/cap/d 2023 down 25.5% falling
123 Haiti 57.6 g/cap/d 2023 up 14.1% rising
124 India 53.1 g/cap/d 2023 down 9.4% falling
125 Peru 52.1 g/cap/d 2023 down 10.2% falling
126 Guinea 50 g/cap/d 2023 up 59.2% rising
127 Senegal 49.7 g/cap/d 2023 up 18.6% falling
128 Kyrgyzstan 49.6 g/cap/d 2023 up 7.6% flat
129 Uzbekistan 48.9 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.4% flat
130 Sao Tome and Principe 47 g/cap/d 2023 up 3.8% rising
131 Serbia 46 g/cap/d 2023 down 29.7% falling
132 Gabon 44.5 g/cap/d 2023 down 17.1% falling
133 Myanmar 44.1 g/cap/d 2023 down 8.9% falling
134 Zimbabwe 43.3 g/cap/d 2023 down 36.6% falling
135 Turkmenistan 42.4 g/cap/d 2023 up 3.9% flat
136 Cameroon 41.3 g/cap/d 2023 up 48.0% rising
137 Rwanda 39.3 g/cap/d 2023 up 109.0% rising
138 Congo 38.7 g/cap/d 2023 down 11.0% falling
139 Bhutan 38.1 g/cap/d 2023 — falling
140 Solomon Islands 33.9 g/cap/d 2023 up 97.1% rising
141 Cambodia 33.3 g/cap/d 2023 down 30.6% volatile
142 Madagascar 33.1 g/cap/d 2023 up 11.1% flat
143 Sierra Leone 31.5 g/cap/d 2023 up 83.1% rising
144 Uganda 30.4 g/cap/d 2023 down 17.8% rising
145 Comoros 27.6 g/cap/d 2023 up 12.7% rising
145 Ghana 27.6 g/cap/d 2023 down 20.2% flat
147 Afghanistan 26.8 g/cap/d 2023 down 28.5% falling
148 Lesotho 26.7 g/cap/d 2023 down 34.9% falling
148 Nepal 26.7 g/cap/d 2023 up 12.7% rising
150 Zambia 26.4 g/cap/d 2023 down 0.4% rising
151 Malawi 24.9 g/cap/d 2023 down 8.1% falling
152 China 23.4 g/cap/d 2023 up 17.6% rising
153 Papua New Guinea 23 g/cap/d 2023 up 8.5% rising
154 Angola 22.8 g/cap/d 2023 down 31.1% falling
155 Ethiopia 22.4 g/cap/d 2023 up 45.5% rising
156 China, mainland 22.2 g/cap/d 2023 up 19.4% rising
157 Burkina Faso 19.7 g/cap/d 2023 up 2.6% falling
158 Nigeria 19.4 g/cap/d 2023 down 26.0% falling
159 Bangladesh 18.4 g/cap/d 2023 down 7.1% flat
160 Mozambique 18.3 g/cap/d 2023 down 37.3% falling
161 Liberia 17.3 g/cap/d 2023 down 8.0% flat
162 Niger 13.3 g/cap/d 2023 up 9.9% rising
163 Guinea-Bissau 3.9 g/cap/d 2023 down 73.1% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Sweets and sugars — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value
Unit
g/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
179 places, 2,425 data points, 2010–2023
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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.