Countries by food supply (calories per person)

Ireland had the highest food supply (calories per person) of 177 countries in 2019, at 3,966.57 kcal per person per day. Yemen had the lowest, at 1,896.67 kcal per person per day. The median was 2,963.13 kcal per person per day and the figure for the World was 2,941.79 kcal per person per day. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest3,966.57Ireland

Lowest1,896.67Yemen

Median2,963.13177 countries

World2,941.79History

Map of countries, 2019

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kcal per person per day, 2019. 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, 2019

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	2019 kcal per person per day	Change on 2018
1	Ireland Estimated	3,966.57	+0.9%
2	Belgium Estimated	3,855.36	+1.2%
3	Austria Estimated	3,822.84	+1.6%
4	United States Estimated	3,819.76	+0.8%
5	Saudi Arabia Estimated	3,786.13	+2.2%
6	Denmark Estimated	3,763.79	-1.4%
7	Israel Estimated	3,754.5	+2.1%
8	Türkiye Estimated	3,718.11	+0.1%
9	Iceland Estimated	3,683.31	+1%
10	Serbia Estimated	3,678.86	+2.6%
11	Romania Estimated	3,650.09	+0.8%
12	Italy Estimated	3,623.81	+2.7%
13	Germany Estimated	3,616.84	+0.9%
14	Poland Estimated	3,577.34	+1.3%
15	Montenegro Estimated	3,567.99	+0.7%
16	Canada Estimated	3,557.96	-0.5%
17	Norway Estimated	3,533.81	+1.3%
18	Luxembourg Estimated	3,505.49	+3.2%
19	Tunisia Estimated	3,500.15	+1.6%
20	Bahrain Estimated	3,489.08	n/a
21	Australia Estimated	3,485.34	+1%
22	Portugal Estimated	3,462.91	+0.4%
23	Kuwait Estimated	3,460.64	+1.3%
24	France Estimated	3,459.25	+0.6%
25	North Macedonia Estimated	3,434.24	+2.9%
26	Netherlands Estimated	3,433.58	+4.3%
27	Algeria Estimated	3,431.1	+2.5%
28	Switzerland Estimated	3,417.58	0%
29	Qatar Estimated	3,414.33	n/a
30	Russia Estimated	3,395.35	+0.6%
31	Morocco Estimated	3,394.43	-0.8%
32	Cuba Estimated	3,385.12	-1.4%
33	South Korea Estimated	3,383.88	-0.1%
34	Greece Estimated	3,374.7	+0.4%
35	Belarus Estimated	3,373.82	+1.7%
36	Albania Estimated	3,361.19	+0.9%
37	Lithuania Estimated	3,359.3	-0.1%
38	United Kingdom Estimated	3,356.4	+1%
39	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	3,356.36	+0.6%
40	Brazil Estimated	3,350.08	+0.3%
41	Spain Estimated	3,349.21	+0.1%
42	Finland Estimated	3,341.73	+0.7%
43	Czechia Estimated	3,338.98	+1.2%
44	Malta Estimated	3,322.97	-3.5%
45	Hungary Estimated	3,309.82	+0.5%
46	China Estimated	3,308.05	+0.8%
47	Uruguay Estimated	3,307.76	+1.1%
48	Croatia Estimated	3,297.85	+1.5%
49	Azerbaijan Estimated	3,281.8	+3.7%
50	Latvia Estimated	3,269.64	+0.2%
51	Argentina Estimated	3,253.2	+1%
52	Mexico Estimated	3,252.08	+1.1%
53	Estonia Estimated	3,250.53	+1.7%
54	United Arab Emirates Estimated	3,246.76	+2.8%
55	Uzbekistan Estimated	3,236.34	+0.6%
56	Bhutan Estimated	3,234.78	n/a
57	Sweden Estimated	3,233.46	+2.1%
58	Hong Kong Estimated	3,194.04	+0.4%
59	Slovenia Estimated	3,192.8	-1.8%
60	Laos Estimated	3,168.05	+0.8%
61	Egypt Estimated	3,162.49	-0.1%
62	Macao Estimated	3,151.16	-0.5%
63	Armenia Estimated	3,136.93	+1.3%
64	Kiribati Estimated	3,131.79	+1.2%
65	Barbados Estimated	3,124.84	+1.5%
66	New Zealand Estimated	3,115.51	-1.2%
67	Paraguay Estimated	3,103.74	-0.3%
68	Samoa Estimated	3,084.11	+0.5%
69	Costa Rica Estimated	3,071.57	+0.6%
70	Guyana Estimated	3,068.34	-1%
71	Colombia Estimated	3,063.84	-0.8%
72	Oman Estimated	3,062.92	+0.4%
73	Kazakhstan Estimated	3,059.13	-0.7%
74	Dominican Republic Estimated	3,055.38	+1.8%
75	Panama Estimated	3,048.93	+0.4%
76	Mauritius Estimated	3,048.29	+1.6%
77	Ghana Estimated	3,036.32	+2.1%
78	French Polynesia Estimated	3,029.37	+3.1%
79	Slovakia Estimated	3,028.76	+4.1%
80	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	3,022.99	-0.3%
81	Chile Estimated	3,022.55	+1.1%
82	Georgia Estimated	3,020.82	+1.8%
83	Moldova Estimated	3,011.18	+0.2%
84	Libya Estimated	2,997.86	+1.1%
85	Tuvalu Estimated	2,993.31	n/a
86	Nauru Estimated	2,985.75	n/a
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	2,982.48	-0.5%
88	Taiwan Estimated	2,975.96	+0.6%
89	Marshall Islands Estimated	2,963.13	n/a
90	Vietnam Estimated	2,922.1	+1.3%
91	Vanuatu Estimated	2,916.75	-1.2%
92	New Caledonia Estimated	2,914.07	+2.8%
93	Cyprus Estimated	2,906.57	+1.7%
94	Jamaica Estimated	2,906.29	+0.9%
95	Bulgaria Estimated	2,902.75	-0.2%
96	Iran Estimated	2,901.18	+2.6%
97	Indonesia Estimated	2,898.94	-0.3%
98	Tonga Estimated	2,897.83	n/a
99	Ukraine Estimated	2,894.45	-1.5%
100	Mauritania Estimated	2,894.03	-0%
101	Malaysia Estimated	2,892.36	-0%
102	Nepal Estimated	2,887.24	+1.1%
103	Lebanon Estimated	2,882.32	-0.9%
104	Cameroon Estimated	2,865.11	+1.9%
105	Seychelles Estimated	2,860.36	-1.7%
106	Mongolia Estimated	2,856.13	+0.3%
107	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	2,854.97	-1.4%
108	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	2,848.79	+0.8%
109	El Salvador Estimated	2,848.17	+2.2%
110	Turkmenistan Estimated	2,847.3	-1.1%
111	Fiji Estimated	2,841.14	+1.7%
112	Peru Estimated	2,835.06	+1.5%
113	Belize Estimated	2,834.43	+1.8%
114	Philippines Estimated	2,801.08	+2.7%
115	Thailand Estimated	2,800.6	+0.8%
116	Myanmar Estimated	2,795.32	-0.1%
117	Micronesia Estimated	2,790.94	n/a
118	South Africa Estimated	2,789.48	-1.3%
119	Cape Verde Estimated	2,783.47	+1.3%
120	Guinea Estimated	2,779.17	+2.1%
121	Djibouti Estimated	2,751.36	+0.5%
122	Sri Lanka Estimated	2,718.94	-1.7%
123	Cambodia Estimated	2,716.55	+1.6%
124	Tajikistan Estimated	2,710.66	+3.1%
125	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	2,690.36	-0.9%
126	Iraq Estimated	2,685.04	+1%
127	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,683.25	+0.1%
128	Nicaragua Estimated	2,680.61	+1.4%
129	Suriname Estimated	2,664.76	+1.3%
130	Maldives Estimated	2,657.13	+0.6%
131	Niger Estimated	2,651.65	-1.3%
132	Gabon Estimated	2,646.56	+0.7%
133	Senegal Estimated	2,645.6	+2.1%
134	Honduras Estimated	2,637.19	+0.2%
135	Guatemala Estimated	2,636.18	+1.9%
136	Grenada Estimated	2,630.45	-1.2%
137	Burkina Faso Estimated	2,628.08	-0.8%
138	Bahamas Estimated	2,615.52	-1.6%
139	Jordan Estimated	2,593.93	-1.8%
140	Botswana Estimated	2,577.1	+1.7%
141	Malawi Estimated	2,574.69	-0.6%
142	Nigeria Estimated	2,533.71	+0.6%
143	India Estimated	2,527.73	+0.1%
144	Pakistan Estimated	2,526.58	+6.7%
145	Bangladesh Estimated	2,522.89	-1.7%
146	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	2,513.94	-5.8%
147	Ecuador Estimated	2,508.72	-1.3%
148	Comoros Estimated	2,499.55	+0.5%
149	Syria Estimated	2,486.63	-1.6%
150	Namibia Estimated	2,477.62	+2.1%
151	Ethiopia Estimated	2,469.31	-1.5%
152	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	2,465.2	-1%
153	Eswatini Estimated	2,461.18	-0.6%
154	Gambia Estimated	2,446.17	+1.7%
155	Bolivia Estimated	2,441.03	+1.2%
156	Angola Estimated	2,425.25	-1%
157	Tanzania Estimated	2,387.13	+1%
158	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	2,378.23	+0.9%
159	Solomon Islands Estimated	2,356.91	+2.1%
160	Sierra Leone Estimated	2,306.63	-2.3%
161	Kenya Estimated	2,289.89	+2.8%
162	Timor-Leste Estimated	2,256.51	+0.4%
163	Venezuela Estimated	2,234.69	+2.1%
164	Zambia Estimated	2,226	-0.8%
165	Afghanistan Estimated	2,223.1	-1.7%
166	Rwanda Estimated	2,199.54	-0.6%
167	Papua New Guinea Estimated	2,179.94	+0.1%
168	Zimbabwe Estimated	2,144.17	-2.8%
169	Republic of the Congo Estimated	2,124.87	+0.7%
170	Haiti Estimated	2,123.91	-0.7%
171	Mozambique Estimated	2,108.42	+1.3%
172	Liberia Estimated	2,105.44	-0.6%
173	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	2,091	-0.5%
174	Uganda Estimated	2,050.11	-11.6%
175	Lesotho Estimated	1,993.76	-9.1%
176	Madagascar Estimated	1,945.93	-1.4%
177	Yemen Estimated	1,896.67	+1.6%

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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. 1 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2019 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Yemen, with 1,896.67 kcal per person per day in 2019.

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