Vegetables and their products — Phosphorus 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
Vegetables and their products — Phosphorus supply — Value is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 431 mg/cap/d in China, mainland; the lowest is 12 mg/cap/d in Solomon Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 67.5 mg/cap/d, and the mean is 85.38 mg/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 36.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 576.5%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 69.0%).
Vegetables and their products — Phosphorus supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, mainland | 431 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 234 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 2 | China | 425 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 218 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 2 | Cabo Verde | 65 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 263 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 181 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 3 | Côte d'Ivoire | 37 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 4 | Albania | 262 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 137 mg/cap/d | 2018 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 5 | Republic of Korea | 237 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 97 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 6 | Oman | 232 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 121.0% | rising |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 75 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 7 | North Macedonia | 226 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 7 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 226 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 62 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 47 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 222 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 43 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 10 | Guyana | 220 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 10 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 39 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 11 | Tonga | 218 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 11 | Timor-Leste | 38 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 12 | Tunisia | 188 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 12 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 33 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 13 | Nepal | 185 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 14 | Tajikistan | 180 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 177 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 16 | Belarus | 168 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 17 | Algeria | 166 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 18 | Armenia | 164 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 19 | Kyrgyzstan | 163 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 20 | Ukraine | 157 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 21 | Cuba | 153 mg/cap/d | 2019 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 22 | Bahamas | 146 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 22 | Croatia | 146 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 92.1% | rising |
| 24 | Belgium | 137 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 25 | Azerbaijan | 130 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 26 | China, Taiwan Province of | 129 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 27 | Israel | 128 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 28 | China, Macao SAR | 125 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 29 | Fiji | 124 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 129.6% | rising |
| 30 | Libya | 118 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 115 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 576.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Egypt | 111 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 32 | Lebanon | 111 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 32 | Niger | 111 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 35 | Qatar | 108 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 35 | Vanuatu | 108 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 37 | Malta | 106 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 37 | New Zealand | 106 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 103 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 178.4% | rising |
| 39 | Kuwait | 103 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 41 | Myanmar | 100 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 42 | Mauritius | 97 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 43 | India | 95 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 44 | Hungary | 92 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 44 | Jamaica | 92 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 46 | Austria | 91 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 46 | Cameroon | 91 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 46 | Ireland | 91 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 46 | Poland | 91 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 50 | Portugal | 90 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 50 | Seychelles | 90 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 52 | Luxembourg | 89 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 53 | Maldives | 88 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 54 | Djibouti | 86 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 54 | France | 86 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 54 | Russian Federation | 86 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 57 | Bahrain | 85 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 57 | Greece | 85 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 59 | Romania | 84 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 60 | Germany | 83 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 60 | Jordan | 83 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 60 | Tuvalu | 83 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 63 | Spain | 82 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 64 | Canada | 81 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 64 | Montenegro | 81 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 64 | Slovenia | 81 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 67 | Mongolia | 80 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 67 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 80 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 69 | Barbados | 79 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 69 | Switzerland | 79 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 69 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 79 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 72 | Australia | 78 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 73 | Denmark | 76 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 73 | Serbia | 76 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 73 | Sweden | 76 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 76 | Malawi | 74 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 85.0% | rising |
| 77 | Chile | 72 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 78 | Philippines | 71 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 79 | Italy | 69 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 79 | Lithuania | 69 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 81 | Morocco | 68 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 81 | Nigeria | 68 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 81 | Slovakia | 68 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 84 | Antigua and Barbuda | 67 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 67 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 84 | Peru | 67 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 84 | El Salvador | 67 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 88 | Burkina Faso | 66 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Czechia | 66 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 88 | Iceland | 66 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 88 | Latvia | 66 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 66 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 93 | Cyprus | 65 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 94 | Argentina | 64 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 94 | Finland | 64 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 94 | Malaysia | 64 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 94 | Norway | 64 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 98 | Papua New Guinea | 63 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 98 | Saudi Arabia | 63 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 98 | Senegal | 63 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 101 | Estonia | 62 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 102 | New Caledonia | 61 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 103 | Sierra Leone | 60 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 104 | Grenada | 59 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 57 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 105 | Uruguay | 57 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 107 | Bangladesh | 53 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 82.8% | rising |
| 107 | Georgia | 53 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 107 | Iraq | 53 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 107 | Mexico | 53 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 111 | Kiribati | 52 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 112 | Bhutan | 51 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 112 | Guinea | 51 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 114 | Angola | 50 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 114 | Kenya | 50 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 116 | Guatemala | 49 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 117 | United Arab Emirates | 47 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 117 | Indonesia | 47 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 119 | Belize | 45 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 119 | French Polynesia | 45 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 119 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 122 | Cambodia | 44 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 122 | Suriname | 44 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.4% | flat |
| 124 | Thailand | 43 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 43 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 126 | Brazil | 42 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 126 | Marshall Islands | 42 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 128 | Colombia | 41 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 129 | Nauru | 40 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 130 | Rwanda | 39 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 131 | Costa Rica | 35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 131 | Gabon | 35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 131 | Saint Lucia | 35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 131 | Mozambique | 35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 131 | Mauritania | 35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 136 | South Africa | 34 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 137 | Botswana | 33 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.5% | flat |
| 138 | Paraguay | 32 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 139 | Afghanistan | 31 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 139 | Nicaragua | 31 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 139 | Uganda | 31 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 142 | Panama | 30 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 143 | Liberia | 29 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 144 | Comoros | 28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 145 | Sao Tome and Principe | 26 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 146 | Lesotho | 24 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 147 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 147 | Pakistan | 23 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 149 | Honduras | 22 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 149 | Eswatini | 22 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 149 | Samoa | 22 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 149 | Zambia | 22 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 153 | Ghana | 21 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 153 | Guinea-Bissau | 21 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 153 | Namibia | 21 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 156 | Ecuador | 20 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 157 | Haiti | 19 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 158 | Ethiopia | 16 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 158 | Gambia | 16 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 158 | Madagascar | 16 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 161 | Congo | 13 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 69.0% | falling |
| 161 | Yemen | 13 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 12 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | 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 88 mg/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.