Vegetables and their products — Zinc 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 — Zinc supply — Value is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 3.87 mg/cap/d in China, mainland; the lowest is 0.06 mg/cap/d in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.57 mg/cap/d, and the mean is 0.7085 mg/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 64.
Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 417.6%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 70.0%).
Vegetables and their products — Zinc supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, mainland | 3.87 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 2 | China | 3.81 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.51 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.41 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 2.16 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 6 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2.15 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 77.7% | rising |
| 7 | Albania | 2.07 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 8 | Republic of Korea | 2.02 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 9 | Oman | 1.99 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 121.1% | rising |
| 10 | Tonga | 1.98 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 11 | Nepal | 1.87 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 12 | Guyana | 1.74 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 145.1% | rising |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 1.74 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 14 | North Macedonia | 1.66 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 15 | Tajikistan | 1.41 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 16 | Armenia | 1.38 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 17 | Cuba | 1.37 mg/cap/d | 2019 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 17 | Tunisia | 1.37 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 19 | Belarus | 1.36 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 20 | Türkiye | 1.31 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 1.28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 21 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.28 mg/cap/d | 2018 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 23 | Bahamas | 1.26 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.23 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 24 | Ukraine | 1.23 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 26 | Algeria | 1.21 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 27 | Croatia | 1.2 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 28 | Belgium | 1.11 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 29 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.09 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 30 | Fiji | 1.06 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 120.8% | rising |
| 30 | China, Macao SAR | 1.06 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 32 | Israel | 1.04 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 33 | Myanmar | 0.95 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 34 | Azerbaijan | 0.94 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 35 | Libya | 0.92 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | 0.91 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 237.0% | rising |
| 36 | New Zealand | 0.91 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 0.88 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 417.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Qatar | 0.83 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 39 | Tuvalu | 0.83 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 41 | India | 0.81 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 41 | Malta | 0.81 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 41 | Niger | 0.81 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 44 | Kuwait | 0.8 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 45 | Jamaica | 0.79 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 45 | Vanuatu | 0.79 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 45 | Republic of Moldova | 0.79 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 48 | Mauritius | 0.77 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 49 | Cameroon | 0.76 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 49 | Egypt | 0.76 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 49 | Seychelles | 0.76 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 52 | Djibouti | 0.75 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 52 | Lebanon | 0.75 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 54 | Austria | 0.74 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 55 | Hungary | 0.73 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 55 | Luxembourg | 0.73 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 57 | France | 0.7 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 58 | Barbados | 0.69 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 58 | Philippines | 0.69 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 58 | Russian Federation | 0.69 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 61 | Maldives | 0.68 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 61 | Portugal | 0.68 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 63 | Ireland | 0.67 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 63 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.67 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 65 | Canada | 0.66 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 65 | Switzerland | 0.66 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 65 | Germany | 0.66 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 65 | Poland | 0.66 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 69 | Burkina Faso | 0.65 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 261.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Bahrain | 0.65 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 69 | Greece | 0.65 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 72 | Slovenia | 0.63 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 72 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.63 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 74 | Mongolia | 0.62 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 74 | Nigeria | 0.62 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 74 | Romania | 0.62 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 77 | Australia | 0.61 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 77 | Denmark | 0.61 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 77 | Spain | 0.61 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 77 | Montenegro | 0.61 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 77 | Sweden | 0.61 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 82 | Jordan | 0.6 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 83 | New Caledonia | 0.59 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 83 | Serbia | 0.59 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 83 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.59 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 0.58 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 87 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.57 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 87 | Malawi | 0.57 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 87 | Papua New Guinea | 0.57 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 90 | Chile | 0.55 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 90 | Slovakia | 0.55 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.5% | flat |
| 92 | Grenada | 0.54 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 93 | Iceland | 0.53 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 93 | Italy | 0.53 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 93 | Kiribati | 0.53 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 93 | Lithuania | 0.53 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 97 | Argentina | 0.52 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 97 | Latvia | 0.52 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 97 | Malaysia | 0.52 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 97 | Norway | 0.52 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 97 | El Salvador | 0.52 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 102 | Czechia | 0.51 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 102 | Finland | 0.51 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 102 | Morocco | 0.51 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 102 | Cabo Verde | 0.51 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 0.5 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 106 | Cyprus | 0.5 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 106 | Estonia | 0.5 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 109 | Peru | 0.49 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 110 | Senegal | 0.48 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 0.48 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 110 | Uruguay | 0.48 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 113 | Cambodia | 0.46 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 0.46 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 115 | Saudi Arabia | 0.45 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 115 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.45 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Guinea | 0.44 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 118 | Bhutan | 0.43 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 118 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.43 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 120 | Angola | 0.42 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 120 | Bangladesh | 0.42 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 120 | Kenya | 0.42 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | Belize | 0.41 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 123 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.41 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 123 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.41 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 126 | Georgia | 0.4 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 127 | French Polynesia | 0.39 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Suriname | 0.39 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 129 | United Arab Emirates | 0.38 mg/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 129 | Mexico | 0.38 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 129 | Thailand | 0.38 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 132 | Iraq | 0.37 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 133 | Indonesia | 0.36 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 133 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.36 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 135 | Brazil | 0.35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 135 | Guatemala | 0.35 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 137 | Marshall Islands | 0.34 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 137 | Nauru | 0.34 mg/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 139 | Gabon | 0.33 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 140 | Botswana | 0.32 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 140 | Timor-Leste | 0.32 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 142 | Saint Lucia | 0.31 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 142 | Rwanda | 0.31 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 144 | Colombia | 0.3 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 145 | Uganda | 0.29 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 145 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.29 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 147 | Afghanistan | 0.28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 147 | Liberia | 0.28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 147 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.28 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 150 | Costa Rica | 0.27 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 151 | Mozambique | 0.26 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 151 | Mauritania | 0.26 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 151 | Paraguay | 0.26 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 151 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.26 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 155 | Panama | 0.24 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 156 | Lesotho | 0.23 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 157 | Comoros | 0.22 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 157 | Nicaragua | 0.22 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 157 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.22 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.21 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 160 | Zambia | 0.21 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 162 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 163 | Eswatini | 0.19 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 164 | Pakistan | 0.18 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 164 | Samoa | 0.18 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 166 | Honduras | 0.17 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 166 | Haiti | 0.17 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 168 | Ecuador | 0.16 mg/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 169 | Ghana | 0.15 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 169 | Gambia | 0.15 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 169 | Madagascar | 0.15 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 169 | Namibia | 0.15 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 173 | Congo | 0.12 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 173 | Ethiopia | 0.12 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 175 | Solomon Islands | 0.11 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 175 | Yemen | 0.11 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 177 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.06 mg/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | 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 0.68 mg/cap/d
- South Africa 0.26 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.