Countries by food supply (calories per person)

Belgium had the highest food supply (calories per person) of 176 countries in 2021, at 3,911.82 kcal per person per day. Lesotho had the lowest, at 1,812.37 kcal per person per day. The median was 2,990.49 kcal per person per day and the figure for the World was 2,974.94 kcal per person per day. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest3,911.82Belgium

Lowest1,812.37Lesotho

Median2,990.49176 countries

World2,974.94History

Map of countries, 2021

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kcal per person per day, 2021. 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, 2021

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	2021 kcal per person per day	Change on 2020
1	Belgium Estimated	3,911.82	+1.2%
2	Ireland Estimated	3,886.1	-0.8%
3	United States Estimated	3,875.35	+0.7%
4	Israel Estimated	3,842.17	+1.4%
5	Serbia Estimated	3,816.85	+1.9%
6	Denmark Estimated	3,802.28	-0.3%
7	Austria Estimated	3,792.9	+0.2%
8	Türkiye Estimated	3,745.52	+0.1%
9	Saudi Arabia Estimated	3,730.01	-1.3%
10	Italy Estimated	3,689.83	+0.8%
11	Montenegro Estimated	3,683.86	+2.7%
12	Poland Estimated	3,678.89	+1.3%
13	Romania Estimated	3,660.52	+0.4%
14	Iceland Estimated	3,643.28	-0.5%
15	Germany Estimated	3,607.75	-0.6%
16	Canada Estimated	3,583.96	-0.9%
17	North Macedonia Estimated	3,569.87	+1.3%
18	Tunisia Estimated	3,531.27	+0.1%
19	Norway Estimated	3,507.65	-0.7%
20	France Estimated	3,489.97	+0.1%
21	Portugal Estimated	3,486.4	+0.4%
22	Australia Estimated	3,473.79	+0.2%
23	Netherlands Estimated	3,462.13	+0.8%
24	Luxembourg Estimated	3,458.19	-0.3%
25	Algeria Estimated	3,453.56	-0.1%
26	Bahrain Estimated	3,441.49	-2%
27	Switzerland Estimated	3,440.02	-1.2%
28	Russia Estimated	3,432.24	+0.6%
29	Hungary Estimated	3,420.12	+1.5%
30	China Estimated	3,418.33	+2.6%
31	Belarus Estimated	3,415.41	-0.5%
32	Kuwait Estimated	3,409.35	-1%
33	South Korea Estimated	3,409.02	+1%
34	Croatia Estimated	3,382.85	+1.4%
35	Czechia Estimated	3,380.83	+0.9%
36	Morocco Estimated	3,380.26	+0.7%
37	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	3,375.76	-0.3%
38	Spain Estimated	3,375.7	+0.9%
39	Brazil Estimated	3,374.66	+1.6%
40	Lithuania Estimated	3,366.19	+0.1%
41	Azerbaijan Estimated	3,360.14	+0.6%
42	Greece Estimated	3,350.12	+1.2%
43	Argentina Estimated	3,341.96	+1.4%
44	Malta Estimated	3,341.4	+1.8%
45	Finland Estimated	3,335.91	-0.7%
46	United Kingdom Estimated	3,322.56	-1%
47	Uruguay Estimated	3,317.73	+1%
48	Qatar Estimated	3,311.52	-1.9%
49	Sweden Estimated	3,298.19	+1%
50	Mexico Estimated	3,267.92	+0.5%
51	Latvia Estimated	3,253.6	+0.6%
52	Uzbekistan Estimated	3,241.81	-0%
53	Estonia Estimated	3,241.57	-0.1%
54	Bhutan Estimated	3,237.69	-0.6%
55	Marshall Islands Estimated	3,214.38	+4.9%
56	Tuvalu Estimated	3,212.33	+2.4%
57	Barbados Estimated	3,179.2	-0.3%
58	United Arab Emirates Estimated	3,171.17	-2.2%
59	Dominican Republic Estimated	3,163.43	+1.7%
60	Samoa Estimated	3,154.87	+2%
61	Guyana Estimated	3,153.66	+1.4%
62	New Zealand Estimated	3,151.23	+0.1%
63	Ghana Estimated	3,143.69	+2.4%
64	French Polynesia Estimated	3,139.39	+1.4%
65	Armenia Estimated	3,138.89	+0.6%
66	Chile Estimated	3,136.64	+1.9%
67	Laos Estimated	3,123.63	-1%
68	Kiribati Estimated	3,120.95	+1%
69	Colombia Estimated	3,113.62	+0.2%
70	Mauritius Estimated	3,110.2	+0.4%
71	Kazakhstan Estimated	3,103.08	+0.8%
72	Paraguay Estimated	3,098.45	-0.6%
73	Slovenia Estimated	3,089.07	-1.9%
74	Egypt Estimated	3,081.45	-1%
75	Albania Estimated	3,068.29	-8.2%
76	Panama Estimated	3,052.38	+1%
77	Hong Kong Estimated	3,045.8	-1.9%
78	Mongolia Estimated	3,043.5	+3.1%
79	Costa Rica Estimated	3,041.69	-1.2%
80	Oman Estimated	3,033.5	-1.4%
81	Tonga Estimated	3,032.85	+3.7%
82	Georgia Estimated	3,010.86	-0.6%
83	Vietnam Estimated	3,004.1	+1.3%
84	Moldova Estimated	3,001.21	+0.5%
85	Nauru Estimated	3,001.03	-0.5%
86	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	2,999.19	-1%
87	Libya Estimated	2,998.82	+1.6%
88	Nepal Estimated	2,994.01	+1.9%
89	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	2,986.96	+1.1%
90	Bulgaria Estimated	2,983.54	+2.3%
91	Slovakia Estimated	2,979.09	-1.2%
92	New Caledonia Estimated	2,977.51	+1.6%
93	Taiwan Estimated	2,953.45	-0.6%
94	Sri Lanka Estimated	2,937.42	-2.4%
95	Fiji Estimated	2,925.33	+1.4%
96	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	2,923.48	+2.1%
97	Malaysia Estimated	2,919.14	-0.5%
98	Vanuatu Estimated	2,916.29	-0.2%
99	Macao Estimated	2,908.56	+0.6%
100	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	2,898.57	-0.1%
101	Mauritania Estimated	2,887.71	-0.3%
102	Ukraine Estimated	2,885.65	+0.4%
103	Seychelles Estimated	2,875.01	-0.9%
104	Turkmenistan Estimated	2,871.17	+0.3%
105	Indonesia Estimated	2,868.96	-0.4%
106	Cyprus Estimated	2,867.39	-0.4%
107	Guinea Estimated	2,867.21	+1.5%
108	Cameroon Estimated	2,867.1	+0.8%
109	Iran Estimated	2,865.77	-1.3%
110	Jamaica Estimated	2,862.18	+1.1%
111	Thailand Estimated	2,858.29	+0.3%
112	Peru Estimated	2,848.28	-0.7%
113	Lebanon Estimated	2,843.13	-0.9%
114	Myanmar Estimated	2,837.22	-0.3%
115	Philippines Estimated	2,834.88	+1.5%
116	Belize Estimated	2,834.43	-1.2%
117	El Salvador Estimated	2,828.69	+1.1%
118	Cape Verde Estimated	2,821.57	-0.8%
119	Micronesia Estimated	2,804.84	+0.9%
120	Grenada Estimated	2,765.68	+2.9%
121	Djibouti Estimated	2,763.4	-0%
122	Nicaragua Estimated	2,751.13	+1.9%
123	Guatemala Estimated	2,746.33	+1.2%
124	Senegal Estimated	2,736.45	+0.7%
125	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,720.57	-0.4%
126	Tajikistan Estimated	2,710.88	+0.3%
127	Iraq Estimated	2,697.06	-0.2%
128	Botswana Estimated	2,695.75	+2%
129	Cambodia Estimated	2,694.31	-1%
130	South Africa Estimated	2,686.49	-2.7%
131	Bahamas Estimated	2,676.02	+1.8%
132	Burkina Faso Estimated	2,664.25	-0.7%
133	Honduras Estimated	2,661.35	+1.6%
134	Malawi Estimated	2,642.28	+0.8%
135	Maldives Estimated	2,634.44	+1.2%
136	Gabon Estimated	2,632.34	-0.9%
137	Suriname Estimated	2,610.85	-1.4%
138	Venezuela Estimated	2,596.15	+12.9%
139	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	2,595.65	-1.5%
140	Bangladesh Estimated	2,595.44	+0.2%
141	Pakistan Estimated	2,587.96	+2.7%
142	Niger Estimated	2,583.45	-4.8%
143	Ecuador Estimated	2,578.48	+1.3%
144	Ethiopia Estimated	2,556.18	+0.5%
145	Jordan Estimated	2,552.68	-1.7%
146	India Estimated	2,550.03	+0.4%
147	Nigeria Estimated	2,546.54	+1.9%
148	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	2,520.65	-6.5%
149	Eswatini Estimated	2,514.07	+0.3%
150	Namibia Estimated	2,485.21	+1.4%
151	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	2,457.8	+1.1%
152	Comoros Estimated	2,443.91	-1.9%
153	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	2,431.33	+0.1%
154	Tanzania Estimated	2,417.57	+0.6%
155	Angola Estimated	2,406.24	+0.7%
156	Syria Estimated	2,390.08	-1.3%
157	Bolivia Estimated	2,387.63	-0.7%
158	Gambia Estimated	2,380.52	-1%
159	Sierra Leone Estimated	2,366.67	+2%
160	Rwanda Estimated	2,336.03	+8.2%
161	Zimbabwe Estimated	2,310.18	+3.1%
162	Uganda Estimated	2,295.26	-2.3%
163	Solomon Islands Estimated	2,255.97	-2.4%
164	Afghanistan Estimated	2,244.73	-0.7%
165	Timor-Leste Estimated	2,240.85	+0.9%
166	Mozambique Estimated	2,193.57	+1.1%
167	Zambia Estimated	2,183.79	-1%
168	Papua New Guinea Estimated	2,175.17	-1.7%
169	Republic of the Congo Estimated	2,174.03	+0.7%
170	Kenya Estimated	2,162.74	-4.2%
171	Haiti Estimated	2,089.54	-1%
172	Liberia Estimated	2,074.36	-0.5%
173	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	2,047.24	+1%
174	Yemen Estimated	2,017.97	-0.4%
175	Madagascar Estimated	1,926.26	-0.3%
176	Lesotho Estimated	1,812.37	+0.1%

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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. 2 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2021 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)?

Belgium, with 3,911.82 kcal per person per day in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

Lesotho, with 1,812.37 kcal per person per day in 2021.

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