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Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day)

Compare per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) across 157 countries or territories using one fixed 2024 FAOSTAT reference slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
35.8kcal/cap/d
Median: 29.0kcal/cap/d
Countries Covered
157
with available data
Highest
Venezuela
227.0kcal/cap/d
Lowest
Lithuania
4.0kcal/cap/d
Top 5 Countries
1Venezuela227.0kcal/cap/d
2Sri Lanka185.0kcal/cap/d
3Uganda118.0kcal/cap/d
4Guinea-Bissau114.0kcal/cap/d
5Albania111.0kcal/cap/d
By Region
Asia42.7kcal/cap/d(20 countries)
Other39.2kcal/cap/d(85 countries)
Oceania39.0kcal/cap/d(2 countries)
Africa31.8kcal/cap/d(9 countries)
South America27.6kcal/cap/d(7 countries)
Key Findings
  • 157 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite kcal/cap/d observation in the fixed 2024 slice.
  • Venezuela has the highest published value (227 kcal/cap/d).
  • Lithuania has the lowest published value (4 kcal/cap/d).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (4.0kcal/cap/d)High (227.0kcal/cap/d)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 35.8kcal/cap/d)

Asia (20)
Other (85)
Oceania (2)
Africa (9)
South America (7)
Europe (30)
North America (4)

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

Food Security and Nutrition: Suite of Food Security Indicators: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day). Exact FAOSTAT item/indicator, element and other dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2024 FAOSTAT slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Food Security and Nutrition: Suite of Food Security Indicators: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day). Exact FAOSTAT item/indicator, element and other dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Venezuela227.0kcal/cap/d
2Sri Lanka185.0kcal/cap/d
3Uganda118.0kcal/cap/d
4Guinea-Bissau114.0kcal/cap/d
5Albania111.0kcal/cap/d
6Rwanda106.0kcal/cap/d
7Georgia73.0kcal/cap/d
8Jordan71.0kcal/cap/d
9The Republic of North Macedonia70.0kcal/cap/d
10Israel69.0kcal/cap/d
11Afghanistan69.0kcal/cap/d
12Sierra Leone66.0kcal/cap/d
13Saudi Arabia63.0kcal/cap/d
14Malta62.0kcal/cap/d
15Timor-Leste62.0kcal/cap/d
16Sao Tome and Principe62.0kcal/cap/d
17Solomon Islands62.0kcal/cap/d
18Kyrgyzstan59.0kcal/cap/d
19Haiti57.0kcal/cap/d
20Ireland57.0kcal/cap/d
21Australia56.0kcal/cap/d
22Togo55.0kcal/cap/d
23Madagascar54.0kcal/cap/d
24Pakistan54.0kcal/cap/d
25Kenya52.0kcal/cap/d
26Mongolia52.0kcal/cap/d
27Niger52.0kcal/cap/d
28Cape Verde51.0kcal/cap/d
29Tunisia49.0kcal/cap/d
30Uzbekistan49.0kcal/cap/d
31Chile48.0kcal/cap/d
32Zambia48.0kcal/cap/d
33Botswana48.0kcal/cap/d
34Slovenia47.0kcal/cap/d
35Angola47.0kcal/cap/d
36Democratic Republic of the Congo46.0kcal/cap/d
37Romania46.0kcal/cap/d
38Samoa46.0kcal/cap/d
39Ecuador45.0kcal/cap/d
40People's Republic of China42.0kcal/cap/d
41Comoros42.0kcal/cap/d
42French Polynesia41.0kcal/cap/d
43Denmark39.0kcal/cap/d
44Moldova, Republic of39.0kcal/cap/d
45Mozambique39.0kcal/cap/d
46Russian Federation39.0kcal/cap/d
47Armenia39.0kcal/cap/d
48Republic of The Gambia38.0kcal/cap/d
49Lao People's Democratic Republic37.0kcal/cap/d
50Syrian Arab Republic37.0kcal/cap/d
51Jamaica36.0kcal/cap/d
52Spain36.0kcal/cap/d
53Egypt36.0kcal/cap/d
54El Salvador35.0kcal/cap/d
55Germany35.0kcal/cap/d
56Malawi35.0kcal/cap/d
57Namibia35.0kcal/cap/d
58Tajikistan35.0kcal/cap/d
59Myanmar34.0kcal/cap/d
60Azerbaijan34.0kcal/cap/d
61Dominica33.0kcal/cap/d
62Montenegro33.0kcal/cap/d
63Netherlands33.0kcal/cap/d
64Switzerland33.0kcal/cap/d
65United Kingdom33.0kcal/cap/d
66Bangladesh33.0kcal/cap/d
67Fiji32.0kcal/cap/d
68Mexico32.0kcal/cap/d
69Ukraine32.0kcal/cap/d
70Republic of the Congo31.0kcal/cap/d
71Libya31.0kcal/cap/d
72United Republic of Tanzania31.0kcal/cap/d
73Costa Rica30.0kcal/cap/d
74Latvia30.0kcal/cap/d
75Malaysia30.0kcal/cap/d
76Mauritania30.0kcal/cap/d
77Philippines30.0kcal/cap/d
78Barbados30.0kcal/cap/d
79Ethiopia29.0kcal/cap/d
80France29.0kcal/cap/d
81Vietnam29.0kcal/cap/d
82Austria29.0kcal/cap/d
83Djibouti28.0kcal/cap/d
84Kiribati28.0kcal/cap/d
85Luxembourg28.0kcal/cap/d
86Nigeria28.0kcal/cap/d
87Saint Vincent and the Grenadines28.0kcal/cap/d
88Finland27.0kcal/cap/d
89Greece27.0kcal/cap/d
90South Korea27.0kcal/cap/d
91South Africa27.0kcal/cap/d
92Ghana26.0kcal/cap/d
93Iceland26.0kcal/cap/d
94Nepal26.0kcal/cap/d
95Eswatini26.0kcal/cap/d
96Canada25.0kcal/cap/d
97Taiwan, Province of China25.0kcal/cap/d
98Thailand25.0kcal/cap/d
99Argentina25.0kcal/cap/d
100Bolivia25.0kcal/cap/d
101Brazil25.0kcal/cap/d
102Suriname24.0kcal/cap/d
103Morocco23.0kcal/cap/d
104Panama23.0kcal/cap/d
105Bosnia and Herzegovina23.0kcal/cap/d
106Belize23.0kcal/cap/d
107Czech Republic22.0kcal/cap/d
108Guatemala22.0kcal/cap/d
109New Zealand22.0kcal/cap/d
110Papua New Guinea22.0kcal/cap/d
111Poland22.0kcal/cap/d
112Burkina Faso22.0kcal/cap/d
113Cameroon21.0kcal/cap/d
114Dominican Republic21.0kcal/cap/d
115Islamic Republic of Iran21.0kcal/cap/d
116Cote d'Ivoire21.0kcal/cap/d
117Kazakhstan21.0kcal/cap/d
118Mauritius21.0kcal/cap/d
119Oman21.0kcal/cap/d
120Serbia21.0kcal/cap/d
121Estonia20.0kcal/cap/d
122Indonesia20.0kcal/cap/d
123Peru20.0kcal/cap/d
124Zimbabwe20.0kcal/cap/d
125Sweden20.0kcal/cap/d
126Trinidad and Tobago20.0kcal/cap/d
127Bulgaria19.0kcal/cap/d
128Belarus18.0kcal/cap/d
129Turkmenistan18.0kcal/cap/d
130Algeria18.0kcal/cap/d
131Chad17.0kcal/cap/d
132Gabon17.0kcal/cap/d
133Honduras17.0kcal/cap/d
134Norway16.0kcal/cap/d
135Senegal16.0kcal/cap/d
136Colombia15.0kcal/cap/d
137Guinea15.0kcal/cap/d
138New Caledonia15.0kcal/cap/d
139Uruguay15.0kcal/cap/d
140India14.0kcal/cap/d
141Italy14.0kcal/cap/d
142Belgium14.0kcal/cap/d
143Iraq13.0kcal/cap/d
144Lebanon13.0kcal/cap/d
145Liberia13.0kcal/cap/d
146Mali13.0kcal/cap/d
147Paraguay13.0kcal/cap/d
148United States of America13.0kcal/cap/d
149Guyana12.0kcal/cap/d
150Benin11.0kcal/cap/d
151Portugal10.0kcal/cap/d
152South Sudan9.0kcal/cap/d
153Hungary7.0kcal/cap/d
154Vanuatu7.0kcal/cap/d
155Somalia7.0kcal/cap/d
156Croatia6.0kcal/cap/d
157Lithuania4.0kcal/cap/d
Showing 157 of 157 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Statistics Division (2024).

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