Wheat and products — Food supply in Syria
Syria: Wheat and products — Food supply was 1,144 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Wheat and products — Food supply in Syria, 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 Syria is 1,144 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food supply in Syria peaked at 1,212 kcal/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 979.73 kcal/cap/d, in 2017.
That places Syria 11th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Wheat and products — Food supply in Syria, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,187 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,159 kcal/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 1,210 kcal/cap/d | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 1,212 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,162 kcal/cap/d | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 1,104 kcal/cap/d | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 1,061 kcal/cap/d | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 979.73 kcal/cap/d | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 1,038 kcal/cap/d | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 1,072 kcal/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 1,057 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 1,086 kcal/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 1,090 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,144 kcal/cap/d | +5.0% |
Syria compared with similar countries
- Syria's 1,144 kcal/cap/d is above the median for low income countries, which is 106.69 kcal/cap/d, 10.7× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Syria's 1,144 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 900.16 kcal/cap/d, 1.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,118 kcal/cap/d | 979.73 kcal/cap/d | 1,212 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,094 kcal/cap/d | 1,057 kcal/cap/d | 1,144 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Syria
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,207 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Türkiye 1,193 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Turkey 1,193 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 1,144 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Tajikistan 1,135 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Uzbekistan 1,128 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Syria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 76.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4285 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 452.85 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2792 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 42.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 42.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2010)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2010)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat and products — food supply in Syria?
- Wheat and products — food supply in Syria was 1,144 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 Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,212 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 979.73 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Syria rank for wheat and products — food supply?
- Syria ranks 11th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food supply rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Syria 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.