Countries by food supply (calories per person)

Austria had the highest food supply (calories per person) of 170 countries in 2012, at 3,822.94 kcal per person per day. Zambia had the lowest, at 1,990.83 kcal per person per day. The median was 2,865.39 kcal per person per day and the figure for the World was 2,850.37 kcal per person per day. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest3,822.94Austria

Lowest1,990.83Zambia

Median2,865.39170 countries

World2,850.37History

Map of countries, 2012

Under 2,400
2,400 to 2,700
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2,900 to 3,100
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3,300 and over
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kcal per person per day, 2012. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: FAOSTAT, Food Balances: Food Balances (2010-) (FBS): Grand Total, food supply, kcal/capita/day (item 2901, element 664). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2012

kcal per person per day. Source: FAOSTAT, Food Balances: Food Balances (2010-) (FBS): Grand Total, food supply, kcal/capita/day (item 2901, element 664). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2012 kcal per person per day	Change on 2011
1	Austria Estimated	3,822.94	-0.3%
2	United States Estimated	3,759.04	+0.9%
3	Belgium Estimated	3,698.13	-0.2%
4	Türkiye Estimated	3,694.12	+1.2%
5	United Arab Emirates Estimated	3,664.6	-0.8%
6	Ireland Estimated	3,659.18	+0.1%
7	Italy Estimated	3,641.43	-0.2%
8	Germany Estimated	3,605.58	-1.3%
9	Israel Estimated	3,605.12	0%
10	Norway Estimated	3,579.55	+0.5%
11	Canada Estimated	3,555.98	-0.5%
12	Kuwait Estimated	3,551.64	-0.9%
13	Australia Estimated	3,544.38	+1.4%
14	Greece Estimated	3,490.91	-0.2%
15	Malta Estimated	3,487.24	+1.4%
16	Denmark Estimated	3,478.58	-0.5%
17	Portugal Estimated	3,460.75	-0.9%
18	France Estimated	3,453.96	-1%
19	Saudi Arabia Estimated	3,448.22	+3.7%
20	Poland Estimated	3,439.26	-0.7%
21	Russia Estimated	3,422.06	+1%
22	Luxembourg Estimated	3,417.25	-0.8%
23	Serbia Estimated	3,409.75	+0.5%
24	Switzerland Estimated	3,406.19	-2.6%
25	Iceland Estimated	3,353.52	+1.6%
26	Romania Estimated	3,351.38	-1.3%
27	Tunisia Estimated	3,341.7	+0.8%
28	Morocco Estimated	3,331.56	+0.5%
29	Algeria Estimated	3,329.83	+0.4%
30	Lithuania Estimated	3,326.15	-0.5%
31	Albania Estimated	3,324.83	+1.3%
32	Cuba Estimated	3,313.2	+0.2%
33	United Kingdom Estimated	3,303.77	-0.5%
34	Belarus Estimated	3,303.43	+2.3%
35	Brazil Estimated	3,300.03	-1.5%
36	South Korea Estimated	3,290.06	-1.4%
37	Montenegro Estimated	3,282.11	-3.7%
38	Czechia Estimated	3,272.84	-0.1%
39	Finland Estimated	3,267.81	+2.3%
40	Egypt Estimated	3,237.3	-0.3%
41	Sweden Estimated	3,230.42	+0.3%
42	New Zealand Estimated	3,229.9	-0.9%
43	Slovenia Estimated	3,221.63	-0.3%
44	Netherlands Estimated	3,211.85	+0.5%
45	Spain Estimated	3,195.81	-0.2%
46	Uruguay Estimated	3,183.98	+1%
47	Latvia Estimated	3,170.33	-0.6%
48	Estonia Estimated	3,151.76	-2.1%
49	Armenia Estimated	3,139.71	-0.7%
50	Mexico Estimated	3,127.41	+0.2%
51	Ukraine Estimated	3,121.91	-0.6%
52	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	3,110.46	-0%
53	China Estimated	3,103.46	+0.5%
54	Uzbekistan Estimated	3,100.68	+2.8%
55	Hong Kong Estimated	3,098.51	-1.5%
56	Argentina Estimated	3,086	+1%
57	Barbados Estimated	3,069.88	+0.8%
58	Paraguay Estimated	3,060.02	-2%
59	North Macedonia Estimated	3,052.56	+1.5%
60	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	3,046.86	+0.8%
61	Macao Estimated	3,033.35	-0.4%
62	Croatia Estimated	3,031.85	+0.1%
63	Kiribati Estimated	3,021.1	+1.1%
64	Lebanon Estimated	3,016.38	+0.1%
65	Azerbaijan Estimated	3,007.01	+0.8%
66	Hungary Estimated	3,004.39	-1.8%
67	Laos Estimated	2,997.98	+0.9%
68	French Polynesia Estimated	2,997.11	-0.3%
69	Oman Estimated	2,995.79	-5.2%
70	Mauritius Estimated	2,971.07	-0.6%
71	Libya Estimated	2,958.08	-1.1%
72	Cyprus Estimated	2,957.35	-1.1%
73	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	2,946.4	+0.7%
74	Mauritania Estimated	2,944.96	+1.9%
75	Syria Estimated	2,937.63	-3.9%
76	Taiwan Estimated	2,909.89	-0.3%
77	Ghana Estimated	2,907.71	-0.3%
78	Samoa Estimated	2,907.03	+1.4%
79	Colombia Estimated	2,897.59	+3.3%
80	South Africa Estimated	2,890.95	+0.7%
81	Malaysia Estimated	2,888.14	+0.8%
82	Chile Estimated	2,887.69	-0.5%
83	Costa Rica Estimated	2,878.9	-0.1%
84	Iran Estimated	2,873.35	+3.4%
85	Venezuela Estimated	2,865.88	-1.7%
86	Kazakhstan Estimated	2,864.9	-0.2%
87	Vanuatu Estimated	2,864.06	-1.3%
88	Cameroon Estimated	2,855.07	+1.2%
89	Turkmenistan Estimated	2,823.94	+0.7%
90	Georgia Estimated	2,815.89	+0.8%
91	Vietnam Estimated	2,815.86	+2.1%
92	Bulgaria Estimated	2,794.07	+0.3%
93	Panama Estimated	2,788.28	+1.5%
94	Belize Estimated	2,768.52	+1%
95	Slovakia Estimated	2,764.16	-1.7%
96	Jamaica Estimated	2,761.05	-0.1%
97	Gabon Estimated	2,756.28	+0.7%
98	Thailand Estimated	2,752.72	+0.8%
99	New Caledonia Estimated	2,730.58	-0.5%
100	Guyana Estimated	2,730.28	+3.7%
101	Moldova Estimated	2,730.26	-0.5%
102	Seychelles Estimated	2,721.7	-1.3%
103	Indonesia Estimated	2,709.96	+1.4%
104	Bahamas Estimated	2,707.96	+3.9%
105	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	2,706.1	+0.5%
106	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	2,691.45	+0.5%
107	Jordan Estimated	2,690.64	+1.1%
108	Myanmar Estimated	2,688.9	+0.4%
109	Fiji Estimated	2,683.21	-1.4%
110	Dominican Republic Estimated	2,682.52	+1.3%
111	Peru Estimated	2,671.47	+2.5%
112	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	2,658.77	+2%
113	El Salvador Estimated	2,650.83	+0.8%
114	Suriname Estimated	2,645.47	+1%
115	Gambia Estimated	2,640.81	-0.5%
116	Burkina Faso Estimated	2,632.59	+2.3%
117	Honduras Estimated	2,616.95	-0.3%
118	Maldives Estimated	2,608.41	+0.4%
119	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,605.71	-0.7%
120	Cambodia Estimated	2,601.93	-0.3%
121	Nepal Estimated	2,598.89	+2%
122	Ecuador Estimated	2,594.68	-0.3%
123	Malawi Estimated	2,590.19	+1.1%
124	Mongolia Estimated	2,585.71	+2.1%
125	Nicaragua Estimated	2,581.66	+0.4%
126	Iraq Estimated	2,577.48	-1.6%
127	Cape Verde Estimated	2,554.97	+1.3%
128	Guinea Estimated	2,535.33	+1.6%
129	Djibouti Estimated	2,518.09	+1.6%
130	Niger Estimated	2,513.42	+1.7%
131	Sri Lanka Estimated	2,512.92	+2.6%
132	Nigeria Estimated	2,511.17	-0.7%
133	Lesotho Estimated	2,493.46	-1.9%
134	Guatemala Estimated	2,489.99	-0%
135	Senegal Estimated	2,480.31	+1.4%
136	Botswana Estimated	2,469.07	+0.2%
137	Philippines Estimated	2,449.57	+1.3%
138	Angola Estimated	2,440.35	-2.2%
139	Grenada Estimated	2,431.66	0%
140	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	2,418.26	+2%
141	Namibia Estimated	2,401.56	+4.7%
142	Comoros Estimated	2,394.05	+0.3%
143	Sierra Leone Estimated	2,385.93	-0.6%
144	India Estimated	2,385.44	-0.2%
145	Bangladesh Estimated	2,383.37	+0.8%
146	Uganda Estimated	2,363.9	-2.9%
147	Pakistan Estimated	2,356.53	+0.1%
148	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	2,332.65	+0.8%
149	Tanzania Estimated	2,325.99	+1.3%
150	Solomon Islands Estimated	2,324.36	-2.2%
151	Tajikistan Estimated	2,306.08	+0.5%
152	Mozambique Estimated	2,291.44	-3.8%
153	Timor-Leste Estimated	2,280.19	-0.4%
154	Bolivia Estimated	2,277.36	+0.5%
155	Eswatini Estimated	2,270.67	+3.3%
156	Ethiopia Estimated	2,254.1	+2.3%
157	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	2,224.03	-0.5%
158	Kenya Estimated	2,208.06	+1%
159	Zimbabwe Estimated	2,189.8	+1.6%
160	Papua New Guinea Estimated	2,173.4	+1.6%
161	Afghanistan Estimated	2,165.88	-0.3%
162	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	2,144.55	-1.9%
163	Rwanda Estimated	2,141.67	+0.7%
164	Yemen Estimated	2,136.61	+3.6%
165	Haiti Estimated	2,134.07	-0.9%
166	Liberia Estimated	2,101.72	+0.3%
167	Madagascar Estimated	2,097.77	-0.5%
168	North Korea Estimated	2,071.1	+0.4%
169	Republic of the Congo Estimated	1,994.35	+2.8%
170	Zambia Estimated	1,990.83	+1.5%

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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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 8 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2012 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Which country has the highest food supply (calories per person)?

Austria, with 3,822.94 kcal per person per day in 2012, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Which country has the lowest food supply (calories per person)?

Zambia, with 1,990.83 kcal per person per day in 2012.

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