Vegetal Products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) 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
Vegetal Products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 3,168 kcal/cap/d in Türkiye; the lowest is 1,614 kcal/cap/d in Lesotho.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,372 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 2,379 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 25.7%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 22.7%).
Vegetal Products — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Türkiye | 3,168 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 3,120 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 2 | Morocco | 3,044 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 3 | Serbia | 3,007 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 4 | Algeria | 3,002 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 2,558 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 5 | Tunisia | 2,980 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 6 | Ghana | 2,978 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 7 | North Macedonia | 2,879 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 8 | Bhutan | 2,863 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 9 | Israel | 2,831 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 10 | China, mainland | 2,830 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 11 | China | 2,816 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,808 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 13 | Guinea | 2,806 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 14 | Egypt | 2,803 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 15 | Cuba | 2,796 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 2,018 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 16 | Italy | 2,772 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,982 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 17 | Cameroon | 2,758 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 18 | Republic of Korea | 2,738 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 2,730 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 19 | Cabo Verde | 2,348 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 20 | Kiribati | 2,698 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 21 | Mauritius | 2,692 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 22 | Qatar | 2,678 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 23 | Guyana | 2,673 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 24 | Senegal | 2,668 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 25 | Romania | 2,664 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 26 | Nepal | 2,663 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 2,660 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 28 | Philippines | 2,651 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 29 | Paraguay | 2,650 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 30 | Tuvalu | 2,644 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 31 | Indonesia | 2,636 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 32 | Bahrain | 2,607 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 33 | Hungary | 2,602 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 34 | Canada | 2,601 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 35 | Malta | 2,596 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 36 | Mexico | 2,575 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 2,574 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 38 | Myanmar | 2,573 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 39 | Kuwait | 2,560 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 40 | Iraq | 2,559 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 41 | Vanuatu | 2,558 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 2,555 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 43 | Russian Federation | 2,540 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 44 | Thailand | 2,537 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 45 | Norway | 2,534 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 46 | Poland | 2,531 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 47 | Austria | 2,527 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 48 | Australia | 2,527 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 49 | Ireland | 2,524 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 50 | Belgium | 2,515 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 51 | Djibouti | 2,508 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 52 | Niger | 2,508 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 53 | Colombia | 2,506 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 54 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,502 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 55 | Marshall Islands | 2,499 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 56 | Panama | 2,492 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 57 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2,491 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 2,474 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 59 | Brazil | 2,474 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 60 | Portugal | 2,469 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 61 | Greece | 2,461 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 62 | Mauritania | 2,460 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 63 | Lebanon | 2,451 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 64 | Ethiopia | 2,448 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 65 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,443 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 66 | Oman | 2,438 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 67 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,436 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 68 | Barbados | 2,430 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 69 | Cambodia | 2,425 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 70 | Botswana | 2,423 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 71 | Guatemala | 2,416 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 72 | Spain | 2,415 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 73 | Slovenia | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 74 | El Salvador | 2,409 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 75 | Montenegro | 2,409 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 76 | Kazakhstan | 2,408 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 77 | Fiji | 2,399 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 78 | Nigeria | 2,395 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 79 | Malawi | 2,391 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 80 | Libya | 2,389 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 81 | Luxembourg | 2,381 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 82 | Czechia | 2,380 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 83 | New Zealand | 2,372 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 84 | Croatia | 2,369 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 85 | Germany | 2,357 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 86 | Switzerland | 2,356 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 87 | Uzbekistan | 2,355 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 88 | Sweden | 2,354 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 2,348 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 90 | Samoa | 2,346 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 91 | Belize | 2,345 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 2,344 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 93 | Eswatini | 2,342 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 94 | Malaysia | 2,336 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 95 | Uruguay | 2,333 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 96 | Jamaica | 2,329 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 97 | Rwanda | 2,325 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 98 | Armenia | 2,316 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 99 | Naoero | 2,314 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 2,310 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 101 | Argentina | 2,304 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 102 | Honduras | 2,303 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 103 | Georgia | 2,301 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 104 | Peru | 2,300 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 105 | India | 2,297 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 106 | Namibia | 2,293 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 107 | Chile | 2,290 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 108 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,289 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 109 | France | 2,283 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 110 | Gabon | 2,281 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 111 | Albania | 2,269 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 112 | South Africa | 2,267 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 113 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2,262 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 114 | Seychelles | 2,262 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 115 | Bulgaria | 2,262 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 116 | Costa Rica | 2,255 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 117 | Tajikistan | 2,253 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 118 | Angola | 2,238 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 119 | Iceland | 2,235 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 120 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,233 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 121 | Latvia | 2,223 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 122 | New Caledonia | 2,212 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 123 | Comoros | 2,207 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 124 | Gambia | 2,199 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 125 | Denmark | 2,194 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 126 | Suriname | 2,193 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 127 | French Polynesia | 2,190 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 128 | Lithuania | 2,182 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 129 | Belarus | 2,180 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 130 | Jordan | 2,169 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 131 | Uganda | 2,169 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 132 | Afghanistan | 2,163 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 133 | Finland | 2,148 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 134 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2,146 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 135 | Ukraine | 2,140 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 136 | Cyprus | 2,104 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 137 | Mozambique | 2,100 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 138 | Grenada | 2,084 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 139 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,072 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 140 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,064 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 141 | Ecuador | 2,052 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 142 | Maldives | 2,048 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 143 | Tonga | 2,047 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 144 | Estonia | 2,029 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 145 | Zambia | 2,020 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 146 | Liberia | 2,020 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 147 | China, Macao SAR | 2,017 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 148 | Slovakia | 2,008 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 149 | Saint Lucia | 2,007 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 1,984 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 1,976 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 152 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1,945 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 153 | Madagascar | 1,913 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 154 | Pakistan | 1,909 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 155 | Turkmenistan | 1,898 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 156 | Kenya | 1,898 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 1,889 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 158 | Congo | 1,885 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 159 | Haiti | 1,818 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,799 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 161 | Bahamas | 1,784 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 162 | Mongolia | 1,748 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 163 | Yemen | 1,682 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 164 | Lesotho | 1,614 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.7% | 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 2,850 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,901 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 2,824 kcal/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 2,801 kcal/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,573 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 2,738 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 2,703 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 2,501 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 2,601 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia 2,403 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 2,599 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2,393 kcal/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 2,593 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 2,382 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 2,571 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 2,315 kcal/cap/d
- Western Africa 2,518 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2,244 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 2,518 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 2,228 kcal/cap/d
- World 2,480 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 2,206 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 2,460 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,173 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 2,449 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 2,109 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 2,434 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 2,428 kcal/cap/d
- South America 2,399 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 1,956 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 2,368 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 1,950 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,863 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 2,344 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,837 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 2,330 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2,307 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 2,288 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 2,271 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2,264 kcal/cap/d
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.