Vegetable Oils — 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
Vegetable Oils — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 29.31 kg/cap in Italy; the lowest is 1.55 kg/cap in Denmark.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.62 kg/cap, and the mean is 12.67 kg/cap.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.
Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 621.1%), and the largest decrease in Gambia (down 56.0%).
Vegetable Oils — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 29.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 28.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 3 | Spain | 27.95 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 4 | Canada | 27.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 25.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 6 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 24.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 24.23 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 24.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 154.4% | rising |
| 9 | Republic of Korea | 24.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 10 | Israel | 23.78 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 11 | Greece | 23.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 12 | China, Taiwan Province of | 23.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 13 | Mauritius | 23.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 14 | Switzerland | 23.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 15 | Australia and New Zealand | 22.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 17 | Algeria | 22.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 18 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 21.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 19 | United States | 21.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 20 | Ecuador | 20.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 21 | Bahrain | 20.56 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 22 | Czechia | 20.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 23 | Germany | 19.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 24 | Kuwait | 19.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 25 | Libya | 19.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 26 | Tunisia | 19.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | 19.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 28 | Honduras | 19.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 19.37 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 30 | South Africa | 19.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | 19.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 32 | Austria | 19.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 33 | North Macedonia | 18.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 34 | Russia | 18.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 34 | Russian Federation | 18.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 36 | Romania | 17.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 37 | Paraguay | 17.73 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 38 | Latvia | 17.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 39 | Colombia | 17.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 17.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 40 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 17.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 42 | Qatar | 17.04 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 44 | Jordan | 16.96 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 45 | Turkey | 16.84 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 45 | Türkiye | 16.84 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 47 | Argentina | 16.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 48 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 16.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 49 | Malaysia | 16.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 50 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 51 | Indonesia | 16.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 134.6% | rising |
| 52 | Bhutan | 16.2 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 53 | Grenada | 16.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 53 | Malta | 16.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 55 | Ireland | 15.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 56 | Oman | 15.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 57 | Guinea | 15.35 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 15.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 15.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 60 | Djibouti | 15.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 61 | China, Macao SAR | 14.95 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 62 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 14.94 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 63 | Lebanon | 14.93 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 64 | France | 14.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 65 | Panama | 14.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 14.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 67 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 14.24 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 68 | Marshall Islands | 13.96 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 69 | Slovakia | 13.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 70 | Cyprus | 13.78 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 71 | Portugal | 13.75 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 72 | Fiji | 13.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 13.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 74 | Senegal | 13.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 74 | Uruguay | 13.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 76 | Nigeria | 13.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 76 | Cabo Verde | 13.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 78 | Hungary | 13.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 79 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 80 | Mauritania | 13.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 81 | French Polynesia | 13.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 82 | Poland | 13.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 82 | Suriname | 13.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 84 | Jamaica | 13.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 85 | Micronesia | 12.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 86 | Belize | 12.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 87 | Nauru | 12.7 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 87 | Nauru | 12.7 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 89 | Morocco | 12.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 90 | Barbados | 12.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 91 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 92 | Lithuania | 12.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 93 | Pakistan | 11.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 94 | Croatia | 11.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 95 | Caribbean | 11.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 96 | Kiribati | 11.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 97 | Mexico | 11.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 98 | Saint Lucia | 11.59 kg/cap | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 99 | Polynesia | 11.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 100 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.53 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 100 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.53 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 102 | Guatemala | 11.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 103 | Nepal | 11.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 104 | Samoa | 11.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 105 | Cameroon | 11.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 106 | Iraq | 11.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 107 | Botswana | 10.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 107 | Yemen | 10.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.6% | flat |
| 109 | East Timor | 10.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 109 | Timor-Leste | 10.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 111 | United Republic of Tanzania | 10.81 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 112 | Belgium | 10.66 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 112 | Cuba | 10.66 kg/cap | 2019 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 114 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 10.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 115 | Serbia | 10.59 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.0% | flat |
| 116 | Armenia | 10.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 117 | Congo | 10.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 10.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 119 | Estonia | 10.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 120 | Bahamas | 10.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 120 | Liberia | 10.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 122 | Iceland | 10.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 123 | Vanuatu | 9.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 124 | Namibia | 9.83 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 125 | Angola | 9.75 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 126 | Albania | 9.73 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 127 | Azerbaijan | 9.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 128 | Melanesia | 9.63 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 129 | India | 9.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 130 | China | 9.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 131 | Sweden | 9.23 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 132 | Papua New Guinea | 9.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 133 | Belarus | 9.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 134 | China, mainland | 9.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 135 | Ukraine | 8.95 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 136 | Eswatini | 8.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 112.9% | rising |
| 137 | Syria | 8.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 137 | Syrian Arab Republic | 8.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 139 | Nicaragua | 8.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 139 | Solomon Islands | 8.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 141 | Montenegro | 8.74 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Georgia | 8.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 143 | Mongolia | 8.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 143 | Mozambique | 8.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 145 | Uganda | 8.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 146 | Chile | 8.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 147 | Peru | 8.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 148 | Moldova | 8.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 148 | Republic of Moldova | 8.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 150 | Philippines | 8.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 151 | Thailand | 8.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 152 | Afghanistan | 8.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 153 | Tonga | 8.2 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 154 | Tuvalu | 8.12 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 7.96 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 156 | Kenya | 7.86 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 157 | Rwanda | 7.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 228.1% | rising |
| 158 | Gabon | 7.68 kg/cap | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 159 | Slovenia | 7.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 160 | El Salvador | 7.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 161 | Egypt | 7.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 162 | Gambia | 7.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 163 | Bangladesh | 7.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 164 | Myanmar | 7.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 165 | Ghana | 7.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 166 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 167 | Zambia | 7.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 168 | New Zealand | 6.99 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 169 | Maldives | 6.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 223.4% | rising |
| 170 | Guyana | 6.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 171 | Sierra Leone | 6.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 172 | Ethiopia | 6.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 113.6% | rising |
| 173 | Niger | 5.92 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 174 | Comoros | 5.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 175 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.78 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 176 | Vietnam | 5.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 176 | Viet Nam | 5.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 178 | Seychelles | 5.73 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 179 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 5.67 kg/cap | 2018 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 180 | Norway | 5.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 181 | Lesotho | 5.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 621.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Haiti | 5.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 183 | Burkina Faso | 4.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 184 | Cambodia | 4.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 185 | Turkmenistan | 4.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 186 | Malawi | 3.82 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 187 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 188 | Sri Lanka | 3.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 189 | Finland | 3.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 190 | Madagascar | 2.92 kg/cap | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 191 | Laos | 2.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 191 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 193 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 194 | Denmark | 1.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Europe 24.68 kg/cap
- Northern America 22.34 kg/cap
- United States of America 21.75 kg/cap
- South America 19.49 kg/cap
- Americas 18.94 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 18.9 kg/cap
- Oceania 18.44 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 17.98 kg/cap
- Europe 17.71 kg/cap
- Western Europe 17.28 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 15.81 kg/cap
- Western Asia 15.09 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 13.89 kg/cap
- World 12.15 kg/cap
- Central Asia 12.05 kg/cap
- Central America 12.01 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 11.77 kg/cap
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 11.67 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 11.47 kg/cap
- Western Africa 11.46 kg/cap
- Asia 10.46 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 10.05 kg/cap
- Africa 9.83 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 9.72 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 8.77 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 7.98 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 7.92 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 7.5 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 7.47 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 6.39 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.