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...

Countries reporting
169
Highest
3,168 kcal/cap/d
Türkiye
Lowest
1,614 kcal/cap/d
Lesotho
Median
2,372 kcal/cap/d
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,901

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Vegetal Products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day)
Unit
kcal/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
213 places, 2,901 data points, 2010–2023
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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.