Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value in Malta
Malta: Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value was 650 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value in Malta, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in Malta stood at 650 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is down 4.6% on the previous year and down 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in Malta peaked at 913 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 620 kcal/cap/d, in 2020.
That places Malta 3rd out of 163 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.
Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value in Malta, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 913 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 788 kcal/cap/d | -13.7% |
| 2012 | 897 kcal/cap/d | +13.8% |
| 2013 | 799 kcal/cap/d | -10.9% |
| 2014 | 695 kcal/cap/d | -13.0% |
| 2015 | 696 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 691 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 694 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 733 kcal/cap/d | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 682 kcal/cap/d | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 620 kcal/cap/d | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 634 kcal/cap/d | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 681 kcal/cap/d | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 650 kcal/cap/d | -4.6% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 650 kcal/cap/d is above the median for high income countries, which is 446 kcal/cap/d, 1.5× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Malta's 650 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 373.5 kcal/cap/d, 1.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 758.8 kcal/cap/d | 682 kcal/cap/d | 913 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 646.25 kcal/cap/d | 620 kcal/cap/d | 681 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 1 Republic of Moldova 398 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Tuvalu 732 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Cabo Verde 226 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Iceland 665 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 388 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 183 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Türkiye 314 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Denmark 645 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 312 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Belgium 619 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Micronesia (Federated States of) 303 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Croatia 611 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Viet Nam 252 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malta
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 224.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0432 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in Malta?
- Sweets and sugars — energy supply — value in Malta was 650 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweets and sugars — energy supply — value recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 913 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest sweets and sugars — energy supply — value recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 620 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- How does Malta rank for sweets and sugars — energy supply — value?
- Malta ranks 3rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweets and sugars — energy supply — value rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweets and sugars — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.