Wheat and 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
Wheat and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 1,727 kcal/cap/d in Serbia; the lowest is 24.74 kcal/cap/d in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 541.53 kcal/cap/d, and the mean is 554.09 kcal/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 70.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 142.3%), and the largest decrease in Liberia (down 65.6%).
Wheat and products — Food supply: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbia | 1,727 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 2 | Tunisia | 1,475 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 2 | Türkiye | 1,193 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 1,425 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 1,370 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 5 | Morocco | 1,361 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 6 | Algeria | 1,267 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 1,212 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 8 | Tajikistan | 1,135 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 1,128 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 10 | Iraq | 1,098 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 11 | Montenegro | 1,058 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 12 | Egypt | 1,049 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 1,007 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 14 | Romania | 976.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 193.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 15 | Armenia | 973.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 968.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 106.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 17 | Italy | 955.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 951.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 948.17 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 19 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 36.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 20 | Norway | 932.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 21 | Lebanon | 928.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 22 | Argentina | 908.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 23 | Hungary | 907.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 24 | Malta | 900.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 24 | Cabo Verde | 315.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 25 | Georgia | 886.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 26 | Mauritius | 883.8 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 27 | Chile | 867.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 28 | Djibouti | 865.15 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 862.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 853.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 31 | Mauritania | 852.79 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 837.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 33 | Slovenia | 820.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 34 | Croatia | 817.47 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 35 | New Caledonia | 806.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 36 | Israel | 804.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 37 | Switzerland | 790.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 38 | Greece | 787.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 39 | Uruguay | 777.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 40 | North Macedonia | 774.45 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 41 | Kyrgyzstan | 770.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 42 | Poland | 762.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 43 | New Zealand | 755.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 44 | Jordan | 755.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 45 | Tonga | 743.2 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 46 | France | 737.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 47 | Mongolia | 734.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 48 | Albania | 724.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 723.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 50 | Kuwait | 722.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 51 | Sweden | 717.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 52 | Ukraine | 716.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 53 | Portugal | 714.6 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 54 | Libya | 692.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 55 | Denmark | 688.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 56 | Finland | 679.05 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 57 | Slovakia | 670.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 58 | Austria | 664.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 59 | Qatar | 664.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 60 | Iceland | 663.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 61 | Ireland | 651.24 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 62 | Spain | 647.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 63 | Marshall Islands | 645.5 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 64 | China, mainland | 639.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 65 | China | 634.25 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 66 | Australia and New Zealand | 625.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 614.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 68 | Lithuania | 612.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 69 | French Polynesia | 607.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 70 | Australia | 600.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 71 | Cyprus | 599.99 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 72 | Yemen | 585.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 73 | Bahrain | 579.75 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 74 | Seychelles | 574.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 75 | Barbados | 571.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 76 | India | 565.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 77 | Saint Lucia | 564.34 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 78 | Czechia | 564.22 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 563.29 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 80 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 561.68 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 81 | Naoero | 559.19 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 82 | Germany | 551.97 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 83 | Tuvalu | 549.37 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 84 | Canada | 541.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 85 | Latvia | 540.21 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 86 | Samoa | 530.27 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 87 | Belgium | 530.13 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 88 | Belarus | 523.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 89 | Jamaica | 516.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 90 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 511.54 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 91 | Maldives | 483.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 92 | Ethiopia | 481.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 93 | Vanuatu | 458.83 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 94 | Namibia | 455.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 95 | Suriname | 446.1 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 96 | Gabon | 436.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 97 | South Africa | 433.31 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 98 | Cuba | 429.64 kcal/cap/d | 2019 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 99 | Guyana | 429.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 100 | Antigua and Barbuda | 424.72 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 101 | Nepal | 419.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 102 | Belize | 417.94 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 103 | Oman | 408.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 104 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 397.56 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 105 | Botswana | 392.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 106 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 390.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 107 | Republic of Korea | 388.92 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 108 | China, Macao SAR | 388.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 109 | China, Taiwan Province of | 375.9 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 110 | Brazil | 371.46 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 111 | Fiji | 370.85 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 112 | Peru | 367.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 113 | Kiribati | 364.63 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 114 | Grenada | 360.59 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 115 | Sao Tome and Principe | 355.51 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 116 | Costa Rica | 346.86 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 117 | Estonia | 345.09 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 118 | Senegal | 341.58 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 119 | Ecuador | 335.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 120 | Panama | 333.32 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 121 | Philippines | 327.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 111.0% | rising |
| 122 | Paraguay | 327 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 123 | El Salvador | 316.04 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 124 | Congo | 311.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 125 | Bahamas | 308.08 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 126 | Malaysia | 300.41 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 127 | Guatemala | 295.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 128 | Haiti | 295.44 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 111.0% | rising |
| 129 | Eswatini | 294.82 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 130 | Gambia | 286.88 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 131 | Dominican Republic | 275.96 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 269.76 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 133 | Papua New Guinea | 252 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | 247.89 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 135 | Colombia | 246.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 136 | Solomon Islands | 245.64 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 245.62 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 138 | Cameroon | 231.02 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 139 | Mexico | 224 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 140 | Lesotho | 217.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 141 | Indonesia | 206.65 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 142 | Bhutan | 203.81 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 143 | Honduras | 203.53 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 144 | Kenya | 190.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 145 | Mozambique | 164.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 146 | Comoros | 158.11 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 147 | Angola | 153.4 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 148 | Guinea | 151.28 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 149 | Nigeria | 146.49 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 150 | Thailand | 139.16 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 151 | Rwanda | 121.35 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 142.3% | rising |
| 152 | Ghana | 109.93 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 153 | Uganda | 106.69 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 154 | Burkina Faso | 96.18 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 155 | Bangladesh | 92.66 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | flat |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 79.42 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 157 | Madagascar | 74.26 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 158 | Zambia | 72.71 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.6% | flat |
| 159 | Sierra Leone | 60.67 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 160 | Myanmar | 53.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 161 | Malawi | 42.07 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 162 | Niger | 33.06 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 163 | Liberia | 25.23 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 164 | Cambodia | 24.74 kcal/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,207 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Africa 1,008 kcal/cap/d
- Central Asia 1,003 kcal/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 1,144 kcal/cap/d
- Western Asia 978.63 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 878.67 kcal/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 800 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Europe 852.26 kcal/cap/d
- Polynesia 602.51 kcal/cap/d
- Europe 792.09 kcal/cap/d
- Asia 575.28 kcal/cap/d
- Northern Europe 787.07 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia 370.74 kcal/cap/d
- European Union (27) 710.41 kcal/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 329.97 kcal/cap/d
- Western Europe 625.65 kcal/cap/d
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 318.55 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Asia 611.15 kcal/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 302.81 kcal/cap/d
- United States of America 599.27 kcal/cap/d
- Melanesia 278.07 kcal/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 596.24 kcal/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 257.7 kcal/cap/d
- Northern America 593.34 kcal/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 225.53 kcal/cap/d
- World 535.69 kcal/cap/d
- Oceania 525.9 kcal/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 137.98 kcal/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 458.71 kcal/cap/d
- Americas 453.64 kcal/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 99.68 kcal/cap/d
- South America 431.67 kcal/cap/d
- Middle Africa 98.8 kcal/cap/d
- Southern Africa 423.54 kcal/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 418.46 kcal/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 34.4 kcal/cap/d
- Africa 336.45 kcal/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 323.53 kcal/cap/d
- Caribbean 320.81 kcal/cap/d
- Central America 240.54 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.