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Per-capita food supply (calories) — kilocalories per person per day

Average daily food energy supply (kcal per person per day) by country, latest year (2019–2021). Compiled from FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) — FAOSTAT•167 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
2,881.1kcal/person/day
Median: 2,890.0kcal/person/day
Countries Covered
167
with available data
Highest
Belgium
3,760.0kcal/person/day
Lowest
South Sudan
1,760.0kcal/person/day
Top 5 Countries
1Belgium3,760.0kcal/person/day
2United States of America3,700.0kcal/person/day
3Netherlands3,650.0kcal/person/day
4Ireland3,630.0kcal/person/day
5Italy3,600.0kcal/person/day
By Region
Europe3,336.5kcal/person/day(31 countries)
Oceania3,335.0kcal/person/day(2 countries)
North America3,280.0kcal/person/day(4 countries)
Asia2,969.2kcal/person/day(24 countries)
South America2,907.1kcal/person/day(7 countries)
Key Findings
  • •High-income countries tend to cluster above ~3,200 kcal/person/day, reflecting high food availability and larger shares of animal-source foods and processed products.
  • •Several low-income and conflict-affected countries remain near or below ~2,200 kcal/person/day, indicating tighter national food availability.
  • •Resource-rich and small high-income economies often show very high per-capita availability due to import capacity and tourism/food service sectors.
  • •Cross-country comparisons are best used for broad patterns, not precise estimates of dietary intake.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1,650.0kcal/person/day)High (3,800.0kcal/person/day)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 2,881.1kcal/person/day)

Europe (31)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
Asia (24)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Other (90)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures the average daily food energy available for human consumption in each country, expressed as kilocalories (kcal) per person per day. It comes from national Food Balance Sheets, which reconcile domestic production, imports, exports, stock changes, and non-food uses to estimate the food supply available to households.

Because it is based on availability (supply) rather than measured dietary intake, it typically exceeds actual consumption (due to retail/household waste and other losses after the point of supply). Still, it is one of the most widely comparable indicators for understanding national-level food availability and broad nutrition risk patterns across countries.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Belgium3,760.0kcal/person/day
2United States of America3,700.0kcal/person/day
3Netherlands3,650.0kcal/person/day
4Ireland3,630.0kcal/person/day
5Italy3,600.0kcal/person/day
6Canada3,560.0kcal/person/day
7Israel3,550.0kcal/person/day
8Austria3,550.0kcal/person/day
9Türkiye3,540.0kcal/person/day
10Algeria3,500.0kcal/person/day
11Norway3,490.0kcal/person/day
12Denmark3,470.0kcal/person/day
13France3,450.0kcal/person/day
14Luxembourg3,450.0kcal/person/day
15Bahrain3,450.0kcal/person/day
16Switzerland3,440.0kcal/person/day
17Iceland3,430.0kcal/person/day
18Lithuania3,430.0kcal/person/day
19Poland3,430.0kcal/person/day
20New Zealand3,420.0kcal/person/day
21Romania3,410.0kcal/person/day
22Fiji3,400.0kcal/person/day
23Finland3,400.0kcal/person/day
24Oman3,400.0kcal/person/day
25New Caledonia3,400.0kcal/person/day
26Portugal3,400.0kcal/person/day
27Egypt3,400.0kcal/person/day
28United Kingdom3,400.0kcal/person/day
29Czech Republic3,380.0kcal/person/day
30Tunisia3,380.0kcal/person/day
31Qatar3,370.0kcal/person/day
32Albania3,370.0kcal/person/day
33Hungary3,360.0kcal/person/day
34Cuba3,350.0kcal/person/day
35Russian Federation3,350.0kcal/person/day
36Lebanon3,340.0kcal/person/day
37Spain3,340.0kcal/person/day
38South Korea3,330.0kcal/person/day
39Belarus3,320.0kcal/person/day
40Estonia3,310.0kcal/person/day
41Libya3,300.0kcal/person/day
42Latvia3,290.0kcal/person/day
43Kuwait3,270.0kcal/person/day
44Iraq3,260.0kcal/person/day
45Australia3,250.0kcal/person/day
46Kazakhstan3,220.0kcal/person/day
47Mexico3,220.0kcal/person/day
48Saudi Arabia3,200.0kcal/person/day
49People's Republic of China3,190.0kcal/person/day
50Brazil3,190.0kcal/person/day
51Islamic Republic of Iran3,180.0kcal/person/day
52Sweden3,180.0kcal/person/day
53Ukraine3,180.0kcal/person/day
54Croatia3,160.0kcal/person/day
55Mongolia3,160.0kcal/person/day
56Slovenia3,150.0kcal/person/day
57Greece3,140.0kcal/person/day
58Jordan3,120.0kcal/person/day
59Paraguay3,120.0kcal/person/day
60Afghanistan3,120.0kcal/person/day
61Morocco3,110.0kcal/person/day
62Slovakia3,110.0kcal/person/day
63Uzbekistan3,110.0kcal/person/day
64Country 5323,100.0kcal/person/day
65Singapore3,100.0kcal/person/day
66The Republic of North Macedonia3,100.0kcal/person/day
67Argentina3,100.0kcal/person/day
68Cyprus3,040.0kcal/person/day
69South Africa3,010.0kcal/person/day
70Chile3,000.0kcal/person/day
71Trinidad and Tobago3,000.0kcal/person/day
72Uruguay2,980.0kcal/person/day
73Malaysia2,970.0kcal/person/day
74Serbia2,960.0kcal/person/day
75Bosnia and Herzegovina2,960.0kcal/person/day
76Indonesia2,940.0kcal/person/day
77Malta2,940.0kcal/person/day
78Syrian Arab Republic2,920.0kcal/person/day
79Barbados2,920.0kcal/person/day
80Benin2,900.0kcal/person/day
81Panama2,900.0kcal/person/day
82Solomon Islands2,900.0kcal/person/day
83Mauritius2,890.0kcal/person/day
84Moldova, Republic of2,890.0kcal/person/day
85Costa Rica2,880.0kcal/person/day
86Jamaica2,870.0kcal/person/day
87Armenia2,870.0kcal/person/day
88Bermuda2,850.0kcal/person/day
89Gabon2,840.0kcal/person/day
90Thailand2,840.0kcal/person/day
91Georgia2,830.0kcal/person/day
92Venezuela2,810.0kcal/person/day
93Colombia2,800.0kcal/person/day
94Kyrgyzstan2,790.0kcal/person/day
95Mauritania2,780.0kcal/person/day
96Cameroon2,770.0kcal/person/day
97Dominican Republic2,770.0kcal/person/day
98Vietnam2,770.0kcal/person/day
99Ghana2,750.0kcal/person/day
100Namibia2,750.0kcal/person/day
101Philippines2,750.0kcal/person/day
102Central African Republic2,740.0kcal/person/day
103Vanuatu2,740.0kcal/person/day
104Japan2,720.0kcal/person/day
105Cote d'Ivoire2,710.0kcal/person/day
106Ecuador2,700.0kcal/person/day
107Nigeria2,700.0kcal/person/day
108Guinea-Bissau2,700.0kcal/person/day
109Eswatini2,700.0kcal/person/day
110Belize2,700.0kcal/person/day
111Guyana2,660.0kcal/person/day
112Republic of The Gambia2,650.0kcal/person/day
113Suriname2,650.0kcal/person/day
114Guatemala2,640.0kcal/person/day
115Mali2,640.0kcal/person/day
116Botswana2,630.0kcal/person/day
117El Salvador2,620.0kcal/person/day
118Burkina Faso2,590.0kcal/person/day
119Comoros2,580.0kcal/person/day
120Maldives2,580.0kcal/person/day
121Peru2,580.0kcal/person/day
122Myanmar2,570.0kcal/person/day
123Sri Lanka2,570.0kcal/person/day
124Guinea2,560.0kcal/person/day
125Honduras2,550.0kcal/person/day
126Papua New Guinea2,530.0kcal/person/day
127Cambodia2,520.0kcal/person/day
128Senegal2,520.0kcal/person/day
129Togo2,520.0kcal/person/day
130Nicaragua2,500.0kcal/person/day
131Western Sahara2,500.0kcal/person/day
132Brunei Darussalam2,500.0kcal/person/day
133Sudan2,480.0kcal/person/day
134Niger2,470.0kcal/person/day
135Equatorial Guinea2,450.0kcal/person/day
136India2,450.0kcal/person/day
137Nepal2,450.0kcal/person/day
138Bulgaria2,440.0kcal/person/day
139Ethiopia2,440.0kcal/person/day
140Lao People's Democratic Republic2,440.0kcal/person/day
141Bangladesh2,440.0kcal/person/day
142Pakistan2,410.0kcal/person/day
143Liberia2,390.0kcal/person/day
144Bolivia2,360.0kcal/person/day
145Lesotho2,350.0kcal/person/day
146Madagascar2,330.0kcal/person/day
147Kenya2,310.0kcal/person/day
148Rwanda2,300.0kcal/person/day
149Angola2,300.0kcal/person/day
150Djibouti2,280.0kcal/person/day
151Uganda2,270.0kcal/person/day
152Republic of the Congo2,250.0kcal/person/day
153Sierra Leone2,250.0kcal/person/day
154United Republic of Tanzania2,230.0kcal/person/day
155Haiti2,210.0kcal/person/day
156Timor-Leste2,150.0kcal/person/day
157Yemen2,150.0kcal/person/day
158Malawi2,120.0kcal/person/day
159Zimbabwe2,120.0kcal/person/day
160Chad2,100.0kcal/person/day
161Mozambique2,100.0kcal/person/day
162Zambia2,100.0kcal/person/day
163Somalia2,060.0kcal/person/day
164Burundi2,010.0kcal/person/day
165Eritrea1,960.0kcal/person/day
166Democratic Republic of the Congo1,760.0kcal/person/day
167South Sudan1,760.0kcal/person/day
Showing 167 of 167 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) — FAOSTAT (2021).

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