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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
5.9kilograms per person
Median: 3.3kilograms per person
Countries Covered
191
with available data
Highest
United States of America
41.1kilograms per person
Lowest
Solomon Islands
0.0kilograms per person
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America41.1kilograms per person
2Canada32.3kilograms per person
3Luxembourg30.1kilograms per person
4United Arab Emirates30.1kilograms per person
5Kuwait28.9kilograms per person
By Region
North America22.0kilograms per person(4 countries)
Oceania18.3kilograms per person(2 countries)
Asia10.4kilograms per person(25 countries)
Europe9.2kilograms per person(32 countries)
South America8.2kilograms per person(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0kilograms per person)High (41.1kilograms per person)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 5.9kilograms per person)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Asia (25)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
Other (112)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
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 | United States of America | 41.1kilograms per person |
| 2 | Canada | 32.3kilograms per person |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 30.1kilograms per person |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 30.1kilograms per person |
| 5 | Kuwait | 28.9kilograms per person |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 27.7kilograms per person |
| 7 | Qatar | 26.9kilograms per person |
| 8 | Bahrain | 25.5kilograms per person |
| 9 | Libya | 24.6kilograms per person |
| 10 | Oman | 23.8kilograms per person |
| 11 | Brunei Darussalam | 21.8kilograms per person |
| 12 | Armenia | 20.4kilograms per person |
| 13 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 19.5kilograms per person |
| 14 | Australia | 19.3kilograms per person |
| 15 | New Zealand | 17.4kilograms per person |
| 16 | Suriname | 15.9kilograms per person |
| 17 | Malaysia | 15.7kilograms per person |
| 18 | South Korea | 15.3kilograms per person |
| 19 | Slovenia | 14.2kilograms per person |
| 20 | Israel | 14.0kilograms per person |
| 21 | Uzbekistan | 14.0kilograms per person |
| 22 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.3kilograms per person |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 12.3kilograms per person |
| 24 | Bolivia | 12.3kilograms per person |
| 25 | Guyana | 12.1kilograms per person |
| 26 | Greece | 11.7kilograms per person |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 11.5kilograms per person |
| 28 | Sweden | 11.4kilograms per person |
| 29 | Poland | 11.4kilograms per person |
| 30 | Belgium | 11.1kilograms per person |
| 31 | Argentina | 11.0kilograms per person |
| 32 | Italy | 10.8kilograms per person |
| 33 | Finland | 10.7kilograms per person |
| 34 | Japan | 10.6kilograms per person |
| 35 | Lithuania | 10.5kilograms per person |
| 36 | Georgia | 10.5kilograms per person |
| 37 | Netherlands | 10.5kilograms per person |
| 38 | Lebanon | 10.4kilograms per person |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 10.3kilograms per person |
| 40 | Mexico | 10.2kilograms per person |
| 41 | Switzerland | 10.1kilograms per person |
| 42 | Denmark | 10.1kilograms per person |
| 43 | Austria | 9.9kilograms per person |
| 44 | Ireland | 9.6kilograms per person |
| 45 | Germany | 9.5kilograms per person |
| 46 | Czech Republic | 9.3kilograms per person |
| 47 | Norway | 9.1kilograms per person |
| 48 | Panama | 9.0kilograms per person |
| 49 | United Kingdom | 8.9kilograms per person |
| 50 | France | 8.9kilograms per person |
| 51 | Uruguay | 8.9kilograms per person |
| 52 | Mongolia | 8.7kilograms per person |
| 53 | Spain | 8.3kilograms per person |
| 54 | Chile | 8.1kilograms per person |
| 55 | Botswana | 8.1kilograms per person |
| 56 | Peru | 8.0kilograms per person |
| 57 | Mauritius | 7.9kilograms per person |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 7.8kilograms per person |
| 59 | Thailand | 7.8kilograms per person |
| 60 | Ecuador | 7.8kilograms per person |
| 61 | Croatia | 7.7kilograms per person |
| 62 | Portugal | 7.7kilograms per person |
| 63 | Brazil | 7.6kilograms per person |
| 64 | Cyprus | 7.4kilograms per person |
| 65 | Estonia | 7.3kilograms per person |
| 66 | Slovakia | 7.2kilograms per person |
| 67 | Hungary | 7.2kilograms per person |
| 68 | Iraq | 7.1kilograms per person |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 7.1kilograms per person |
| 70 | Jamaica | 7.0kilograms per person |
| 71 | Algeria | 6.9kilograms per person |
| 72 | Turkmenistan | 6.8kilograms per person |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 6.8kilograms per person |
| 74 | People's Republic of China | 6.5kilograms per person |
| 75 | Colombia | 6.3kilograms per person |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.3kilograms per person |
| 77 | Türkiye | 6.2kilograms per person |
| 78 | Paraguay | 5.8kilograms per person |
| 79 | Belarus | 5.5kilograms per person |
| 80 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 5.5kilograms per person |
| 81 | Latvia | 5.3kilograms per person |
| 82 | Venezuela | 5.3kilograms per person |
| 83 | Singapore | 5.2kilograms per person |
| 84 | El Salvador | 4.8kilograms per person |
| 85 | Romania | 4.7kilograms per person |
| 86 | Indonesia | 4.7kilograms per person |
| 87 | Serbia | 4.4kilograms per person |
| 88 | Guatemala | 4.4kilograms per person |
| 89 | Jordan | 4.4kilograms per person |
| 90 | South Africa | 4.1kilograms per person |
| 91 | Honduras | 3.8kilograms per person |
| 92 | Albania | 3.6kilograms per person |
| 93 | Benin | 3.5kilograms per person |
| 94 | Egypt | 3.5kilograms per person |
| 95 | Namibia | 3.4kilograms per person |
| 96 | Tunisia | 3.3kilograms per person |
| 97 | Moldova, Republic of | 3.3kilograms per person |
| 98 | Vietnam | 2.9kilograms per person |
| 99 | Ghana | 2.4kilograms per person |
| 100 | Cambodia | 2.3kilograms per person |
| 101 | Nigeria | 2.2kilograms per person |
| 102 | Philippines | 2.0kilograms per person |
| 103 | Mauritania | 2.0kilograms per person |
| 104 | Sri Lanka | 1.7kilograms per person |
| 105 | India | 1.7kilograms per person |
| 106 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.7kilograms per person |
| 107 | Republic of the Congo | 1.6kilograms per person |
| 108 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.6kilograms per person |
| 109 | Myanmar | 1.5kilograms per person |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 1.5kilograms per person |
| 111 | Pakistan | 1.5kilograms per person |
| 112 | Angola | 1.4kilograms per person |
| 113 | Morocco | 1.3kilograms per person |
| 114 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.3kilograms per person |
| 115 | Burkina Faso | 1.3kilograms per person |
| 116 | Yemen | 1.3kilograms per person |
| 117 | Mali | 1.3kilograms per person |
| 118 | Zimbabwe | 1.2kilograms per person |
| 119 | Togo | 1.2kilograms per person |
| 120 | Senegal | 1.1kilograms per person |
| 121 | Kenya | 1.1kilograms per person |
| 122 | Zambia | 1.0kilograms per person |
| 123 | Tajikistan | 1.0kilograms per person |
| 124 | Bangladesh | 0.9kilograms per person |
| 125 | Cuba | 0.9kilograms per person |
| 126 | Haiti | 0.9kilograms per person |
| 127 | Sudan | 0.8kilograms per person |
| 128 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.8kilograms per person |
| 129 | Rwanda | 0.7kilograms per person |
| 130 | Cameroon | 0.7kilograms per person |
| 131 | Nepal | 0.7kilograms per person |
| 132 | Uganda | 0.6kilograms per person |
| 133 | Mozambique | 0.6kilograms per person |
| 134 | Chad | 0.5kilograms per person |
| 135 | Niger | 0.4kilograms per person |
| 136 | North Korea | 0.4kilograms per person |
| 137 | Madagascar | 0.3kilograms per person |
| 138 | Ethiopia | 0.2kilograms per person |
| 139 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.2kilograms per person |
| 140 | Burundi | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 141 | Cape Verde | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 142 | Central African Republic | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 143 | Comoros | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 144 | Cook Islands | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 145 | Dominica | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 146 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 147 | Eritrea | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 148 | Fiji | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 149 | Djibouti | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 150 | Gabon | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 151 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 152 | Kiribati | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 153 | Grenada | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 154 | Guinea | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 155 | Iceland | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 156 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 157 | Lesotho | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 158 | Liberia | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 159 | Malawi | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 160 | Maldives | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 161 | Malta | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 162 | Montenegro | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 163 | Nauru | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 164 | Vanuatu | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 165 | Niue | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 166 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 167 | Marshall Islands | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 168 | Palau | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 169 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 170 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 171 | Timor-Leste | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 172 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 174 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 176 | Seychelles | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 177 | Sierra Leone | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 178 | Somalia | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 179 | South Sudan | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 180 | Eswatini | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 181 | Tonga | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 182 | Tuvalu | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 183 | Ukraine | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 184 | Samoa | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 185 | Afghanistan | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 186 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 187 | Bahamas | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 188 | Barbados | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 189 | Bhutan | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 190 | Belize | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 191 | Solomon Islands | 0.0kilograms per person |
Showing 191 of 191 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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