Food supply (calories per person)
Dietary energy available for human consumption, in kilocalories, per person per day from all foods, as published in FAOSTAT's food balances (item "Grand Total"). FAO converts each food's supply into nutrients with food composition factors and divides by the resident population.
Supply, not intake: the food available for human consumption at retail level, from production plus imports minus exports, stock changes and non-food uses, divided by the population. Household waste and what is not eaten are included, so it is higher than what people actually eat. FAO compiles these balances itself from national production and trade data, so every value is marked as estimated. The series starts in 2010 with FAO's current food balance method; FAO's older balances for 1961 to 2013 use another method and are not included. FAO revises past years with each release.
Key facts
- Food supply (calories per person) in the World was 3,016 kcal per person per day in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Food supply (calories per person) in the United States was 3,947.33 kcal per person per day in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- The United States had the highest food supply (calories per person) of 176 countries in 2023, at 3,947.33 kcal per person per day, and Yemen the lowest, at 1,810.53 kcal per person per day. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Published for 179 places, with figures from 2010 to 2023.
Rankings
Countries by food supply (calories per person), 2023
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- South Africa
- Moldova
- United Arab Emirates
- Montenegro
- Panama
- Afghanistan
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rank_places {"indicator":"food_supply_kcal_per_capita_day","level":"country"}
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