Wheat and products — Food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Wheat and products — Food supply was 225.53 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat and products — Food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 225.53 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 251.05 kcal/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 219.66 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 13th out of 20 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Wheat and products — Food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 219.66 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 219.76 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 231.49 kcal/cap/d | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 231.76 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 237.52 kcal/cap/d | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 242.38 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 247.27 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 251.05 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 248.02 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 243.27 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 247.34 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 250.51 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 233.77 kcal/cap/d | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 225.53 kcal/cap/d | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 237.22 kcal/cap/d | 219.66 kcal/cap/d | 251.05 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 239.29 kcal/cap/d | 225.53 kcal/cap/d | 250.51 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 302.81 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Iraq 1,098 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Montenegro 1,058 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Melanesia 278.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Micronesia (Federated States of) 257.7 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Egypt 1,049 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Russian Federation 1,007 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 193.82 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Romania 976.71 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 137.98 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Armenia 973.31 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 968.16 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Viet Nam 106.23 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 3.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1757 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -0.0991 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Wheat and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 225.53 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 251.05 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 219.66 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for wheat and products — food supply?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 13th out of 20 groups with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food supply rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.