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Carbohydrates
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
1,724.6kilocalories per day per capita
Median: 1,727.0kilocalories per day per capita
Countries Covered
191
with available data
Highest
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2,482.1kilocalories per day per capita
Lowest
Chad
1,176.3kilocalories per day per capita
Top 5 Countries
1Lao People's Democratic Republic2,482.1kilocalories per day per capita
2Ghana2,414.8kilocalories per day per capita
3Serbia2,311.8kilocalories per day per capita
4Morocco2,284.2kilocalories per day per capita
5Cuba2,271.0kilocalories per day per capita
By Region
Africa1,926.3kilocalories per day per capita(9 countries)
North America1,804.6kilocalories per day per capita(4 countries)
Asia1,756.3kilocalories per day per capita(26 countries)
South America1,724.6kilocalories per day per capita(7 countries)
Europe1,715.9kilocalories per day per capita(32 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (1,176.3kilocalories per day per capita)High (2,482.1kilocalories per day per capita)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,724.6kilocalories per day per capita)
Africa (9)
North America (4)
Asia (26)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
Other (111)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
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About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,482.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 2 | Ghana | 2,414.8kilocalories per day per capita |
| 3 | Serbia | 2,311.8kilocalories per day per capita |
| 4 | Morocco | 2,284.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 5 | Cuba | 2,271.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 2,263.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 7 | Egypt | 2,244.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 8 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2,171.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 9 | Guyana | 2,168.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 10 | Philippines | 2,151.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 11 | Türkiye | 2,141.6kilocalories per day per capita |
| 12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,132.6kilocalories per day per capita |
| 13 | Guinea | 2,121.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 14 | Tunisia | 2,111.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 15 | Algeria | 2,105.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 16 | People's Republic of China | 2,097.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 17 | Bhutan | 2,094.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 18 | Azerbaijan | 2,077.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 19 | Cambodia | 2,073.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 20 | Cameroon | 2,070.9kilocalories per day per capita |
| 21 | Thailand | 2,065.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 22 | Togo | 2,053.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 2,048.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 24 | Nepal | 2,032.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 25 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 2,019.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 26 | Mali | 2,015.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 27 | Vietnam | 2,013.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 28 | Poland | 1,989.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 29 | Ireland | 1,987.9kilocalories per day per capita |
| 30 | Myanmar | 1,966.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 31 | Romania | 1,961.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 32 | Paraguay | 1,946.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 33 | Malawi | 1,939.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 34 | Bangladesh | 1,930.8kilocalories per day per capita |
| 35 | Senegal | 1,915.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 36 | Mexico | 1,914.6kilocalories per day per capita |
| 37 | Russian Federation | 1,913.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 38 | Belgium | 1,909.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 1,909.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 40 | Mauritania | 1,906.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 1,901.9kilocalories per day per capita |
| 42 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,887.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 1,874.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 44 | Denmark | 1,871.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 1,867.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 46 | Indonesia | 1,866.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 47 | Dominica | 1,862.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 48 | Colombia | 1,861.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 49 | El Salvador | 1,859.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 50 | Luxembourg | 1,858.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 51 | Peru | 1,852.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 52 | South Korea | 1,850.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 53 | Qatar | 1,850.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 54 | Rwanda | 1,846.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 55 | Benin | 1,845.8kilocalories per day per capita |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | 1,843.8kilocalories per day per capita |
| 57 | Ethiopia | 1,843.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 58 | Italy | 1,839.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 59 | Montenegro | 1,838.8kilocalories per day per capita |
| 60 | Botswana | 1,835.6kilocalories per day per capita |
| 61 | Malta | 1,835.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 62 | Guatemala | 1,832.9kilocalories per day per capita |
| 63 | Tuvalu | 1,832.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 64 | Israel | 1,831.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 65 | Mauritius | 1,823.6kilocalories per day per capita |
| 66 | Eswatini | 1,816.6kilocalories per day per capita |
| 67 | Djibouti | 1,815.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 68 | Panama | 1,813.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 69 | Georgia | 1,812.8kilocalories per day per capita |
| 70 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1,807.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 71 | Bahrain | 1,806.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 72 | Uruguay | 1,800.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 73 | United States of America | 1,800.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 74 | Hungary | 1,800.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 75 | Slovenia | 1,798.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 76 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,786.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 77 | Chile | 1,785.6kilocalories per day per capita |
| 78 | India | 1,778.6kilocalories per day per capita |
| 79 | Kuwait | 1,775.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 80 | Portugal | 1,774.9kilocalories per day per capita |
| 81 | New Zealand | 1,772.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 82 | Gabon | 1,769.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 83 | Angola | 1,763.6kilocalories per day per capita |
| 84 | Barbados | 1,762.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 85 | Oman | 1,761.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 86 | Namibia | 1,759.8kilocalories per day per capita |
| 87 | Belarus | 1,756.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 88 | Republic of The Gambia | 1,755.9kilocalories per day per capita |
| 89 | Niger | 1,748.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 90 | Albania | 1,743.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 91 | Fiji | 1,740.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 92 | Norway | 1,738.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 93 | Armenia | 1,736.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 94 | Jamaica | 1,732.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 95 | Croatia | 1,728.8kilocalories per day per capita |
| 96 | Finland | 1,727.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 97 | Brazil | 1,725.6kilocalories per day per capita |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 1,723.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 99 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,720.8kilocalories per day per capita |
| 100 | Netherlands | 1,718.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 101 | Ukraine | 1,718.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 102 | Cape Verde | 1,704.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 103 | United Kingdom | 1,701.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 104 | Lebanon | 1,700.9kilocalories per day per capita |
| 105 | Lithuania | 1,700.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 106 | Seychelles | 1,699.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 107 | Samoa | 1,695.9kilocalories per day per capita |
| 108 | France | 1,683.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 109 | Uganda | 1,680.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 110 | Nigeria | 1,678.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 111 | Afghanistan | 1,674.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 112 | Canada | 1,670.6kilocalories per day per capita |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 1,668.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 114 | Iraq | 1,656.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 115 | Kazakhstan | 1,656.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 116 | Mozambique | 1,646.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 117 | Malaysia | 1,644.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 118 | Argentina | 1,643.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 119 | Suriname | 1,640.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 120 | Austria | 1,640.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,639.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 122 | Germany | 1,637.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 123 | Australia | 1,630.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,629.9kilocalories per day per capita |
| 125 | Venezuela | 1,628.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 126 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,627.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 127 | Madagascar | 1,623.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 128 | Estonia | 1,618.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 129 | Kiribati | 1,617.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 130 | Sudan | 1,609.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 131 | Comoros | 1,608.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 132 | United Arab Emirates | 1,605.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 1,605.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 134 | Iceland | 1,605.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 135 | Tajikistan | 1,603.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 136 | Sweden | 1,596.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 137 | Honduras | 1,595.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,593.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 139 | Belize | 1,582.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 140 | Maldives | 1,575.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 141 | Czech Republic | 1,568.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 142 | Liberia | 1,557.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 143 | Zambia | 1,540.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 144 | Moldova, Republic of | 1,537.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 145 | Latvia | 1,535.8kilocalories per day per capita |
| 146 | Switzerland | 1,535.8kilocalories per day per capita |
| 147 | Bolivia | 1,535.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 148 | Spain | 1,531.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 149 | Greece | 1,528.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 150 | Libya | 1,521.8kilocalories per day per capita |
| 151 | South Africa | 1,517.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 152 | Nauru | 1,516.8kilocalories per day per capita |
| 153 | Jordan | 1,511.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 154 | Cyprus | 1,497.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 155 | Kenya | 1,485.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 156 | French Polynesia | 1,481.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 157 | New Caledonia | 1,475.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 158 | Japan | 1,470.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 1,468.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 160 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,462.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 161 | Timor-Leste | 1,462.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 162 | Saint Lucia | 1,462.6kilocalories per day per capita |
| 163 | Republic of the Congo | 1,459.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 164 | North Korea | 1,449.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 165 | Pakistan | 1,444.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 166 | Haiti | 1,441.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 167 | Tonga | 1,424.6kilocalories per day per capita |
| 168 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,411.2kilocalories per day per capita |
| 169 | Taiwan, Province of China | 1,407.9kilocalories per day per capita |
| 170 | Burundi | 1,403.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 171 | Ecuador | 1,403.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 172 | Slovakia | 1,400.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 173 | Bulgaria | 1,396.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 174 | Grenada | 1,395.6kilocalories per day per capita |
| 175 | Marshall Islands | 1,390.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 176 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1,388.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 177 | Hong Kong | 1,375.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 1,349.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 179 | Zimbabwe | 1,349.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 180 | Mongolia | 1,343.8kilocalories per day per capita |
| 181 | Macao | 1,330.4kilocalories per day per capita |
| 182 | South Sudan | 1,323.1kilocalories per day per capita |
| 183 | Somalia | 1,310.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 184 | Bermuda | 1,305.9kilocalories per day per capita |
| 185 | Lesotho | 1,292.0kilocalories per day per capita |
| 186 | Central African Republic | 1,278.9kilocalories per day per capita |
| 187 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1,228.3kilocalories per day per capita |
| 188 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,209.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 189 | Bahamas | 1,196.5kilocalories per day per capita |
| 190 | Yemen | 1,187.7kilocalories per day per capita |
| 191 | Chad | 1,176.3kilocalories per day per capita |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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