List of countries by food energy intake
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Map of average daily dietary energy availability per capita in 2006–2008.[1]
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<1,600 kcal (6,700 kJ)
1,600–1,800 kcal (6,700–7,500 kJ)
1,800–2,000 kcal (7,500–8,400 kJ)
2,000–2,200 kcal (8,400–9,200 kJ)
2,200–2,400 kcal (9,200–10,000 kJ)
2,400–2,600 kcal (10,000–11,000 kJ)
2,600–2,800 kcal (11,000–12,000 kJ)
2,800–3,000 kcal (12,000–13,000 kJ)
3,000–3,200 kcal (13,000–13,000 kJ)
3,200–3,400 kcal (13,000–14,000 kJ)
3,400–3,600 kcal (14,000–15,000 kJ)
>3,600 kcal (15,000 kJ)
Food consumption is the amount of food available for human consumption as estimated by Our World in Data. However, the actual food consumption may be lower than the quantity shown as food availability depends on the magnitude of wastage and losses of food in the household, for example during storage, in preparation and cooking, as plate-waste or quantities fed to domestic animals and pets, thrown or given away.[2]
According to the FAO, the average minimum daily energy requirement is about 1,800 kilocalories (7,500 kJ) per person.[3]
| Rank | Country | Average daily dietary energy consumption per capita[4] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| kilocalories | Year | ||
| 1 |  Ireland
|
3,885 | 2018 |
| 2 |  United States
|
3,782 | 2018 |
| 3 |  Belgium
|
3,769 | 2018 |
| 4 |  Turkey
|
3,711 | 2018 |
| 5 |  Austria
|
3,695 | 2018 |
| 6 |  Iceland
|
3,654 | 2018 |
| 7 |  Romania
|
3,581 | 2018 |
| 8 |  Canada
|
3,566 | 2018 |
| 9 |  Germany
|
3,554 | 2018 |
| 10 |  Poland
|
3,537 | 2018 |
| 11 |  Israel
|
3,528 | 2018 |
| 12 |  Italy
|
3,503 | 2018 |
| 13 |  France
|
3,502 | 2018 |
| 14 |  Montenegro
|
3,500 | 2018 |
| 15 |  Portugal
|
3,480 | 2018 |
| 16 |  Kuwait
|
3,471 | 2018 |
| 17 |  Luxembourg
|
3,465 | 2018 |
| 18 |  Tunisia
|
3,450 | 2018 |
| 19 |  South Korea
|
3,420 | 2018 |
| 20 |  Malta
|
3,420 | 2018 |
| 21 |  Morocco
|
3,412 | 2018 |
| 22 |  Lithuania
|
3,411 | 2018 |
| 23 |  Denmark
|
3,401 | 2018 |
| 24 |  Australia
|
3,391 | 2018 |
| 25 |  Greece
|
3,382 | 2018 |
| 26 |  Norway
|
3,371 | 2018 |
| 27 |  Albania
|
3,360 | 2018 |
| 28 |  Switzerland
|
3,354 | 2018 |
| 29 |  Russia
|
3,345 | 2018 |
| 30 |  United Kingdom
|
3,344 | 2018 |
| 31 |  Cuba
|
3,344 | 2018 |
| 32 |  Finland
|
3,343 | 2018 |
| 33 |  Algeria
|
3,322 | 2018 |
| 33 |  Spain
|
3,322 | 2018 |
| 35 |  Hungary
|
3,316 | 2018 |
| 36 |  United Arab Emirates
|
3,314 | 2018 |
| 37 |  Argentina
|
3,307 | 2018 |
| 38 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
3,307 | 2018 |
| 39 |  Saudi Arabia
|
3,307 | 2018 |
| 40 |  Brazil
|
3,301 | 2018 |
| 41 |  Netherlands
|
3,297 | 2018 |
| 42 |  Egypt
|
3,292 | 2018 |
| 43 |  Czech Republic
|
3,277 | 2018 |
| 44 |  Belarus
|
3,270 | 2018 |
| 45 |  Hong Kong
|
3,267 | 2018 |
| 46 |  Estonia
|
3,247 | 2018 |
| 47 |  Latvia
|
3,229 | 2018 |
| 48 |  China
|
3,206 | 2018 |
| 49 |  Uruguay
|
3,202 | 2018 |
| 50 |  New Zealand
|
3,191 | 2018 |
| 51 |  Slovenia
|
3,191 | 2018 |
| 52 |  Sweden
|
3,184 | 2018 |
| 53 |  Mexico
|
3,157 | 2018 |
| 54 |  Azerbaijan
|
3,149 | 2018 |
| 55 |  Colombia
|
3,114 | 2018 |
| 56 |  Ukraine
|
3,102 | 2018 |
| 57 |  Iran
|
3,087 | 2018 |
| 58 |  Kiribati
|
3,078 | 2018 |
| 59 |  Croatia
|
3,074 | 2018 |
| 60 |  North Macedonia
|
3,072 | 2018 |
| 61 |  Kazakhstan
|
3,067 | 2018 |
| 62 |  Mauritius
|
3,051 | 2018 |
| 63 |  Ghana
|
3,035 | 2018 |
| 64 |  Samoa
|
3,030 | 2018 |
| 65 |  Chile
|
3,029 | 2018 |
| 66 |  Costa Rica
|
3,029 | 2018 |
| 67 |  Vietnam
|
3,025 | 2018 |
| 68 |  Cyprus
|
3,019 | 2018 |
| 69 |  Uzbekistan
|
3,011 | 2018 |
| 70 |  Armenia
|
2,997 | 2018 |
| 71 |  Trinidad and Tobago
|
2,991 | 2018 |
| 72 |  Brunei
|
2,985 | 2013 |
| 73 |  Taiwan
|
2,983 | 2018 |
| 74 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
2,968 | 2018 |
| 75 |  Barbados
|
2,956 | 2018 |
| 76 |  Dominica
|
2,952 | 2018 |
| 77 |  Oman
|
2,940 | 2018 |
| 78 |  Guyana
|
2,913 | 2018 |
| 79 |  South Africa
|
2,899 | 2018 |
| 80 |  Dominican Republic
|
2,892 | 2018 |
| 81 |  Indonesia
|
2,884 | 2018 |
| 82 |  Mauritania
|
2,877 | 2018 |
| 83 |  Mali
|
2,873 | 2018 |
| 84 |  Slovakia
|
2,871 | 2018 |
| 85 |  New Caledonia (France)
|
2,858 | 2017 |
| 86 |  Lebanon
|
2,857 | 2018 |
| 87 |  Bulgaria
|
2,854 | 2018 |
| 88 |  Panama
|
2,851 | 2018 |
| 89 |  Malaysia
|
2,845 | 2018 |
| 90 |  Georgia
|
2,835 | 2018 |
| 91 |  Turkmenistan
|
2,830 | 2018 |
| 92 |  Serbia
|
2,828 | 2018 |
| 93 |  Thailand
|
2,804 | 2018 |
| 94 |  Jamaica
|
2,792 | 2018 |
| 95 |  Fiji
|
2,781 | 2018 |
| 96 |  Ivory Coast
|
2,778 | 2018 |
| 97 |  Peru
|
2,775 | 2018 |
| 98 |  Belize
|
2,775 | 2018 |
| 99 |  Nepal
|
2,769 | 2018 |
| 100 |  Paraguay
|
2,768 | 2018 |
| 101 |  Laos
|
2,758 | 2018 |
| 102 |  Benin
|
2,755 | 2018 |
| 103 |  Guinea
|
2,746 | 2018 |
| 104 |  Burkina Faso
|
2,737 | 2018 |
| 105 |  Sri Lanka
|
2,737 | 2018 |
| 106 |  Cameroon
|
2,733 | 2018 |
| 107 |  Jordan
|
2,732 | 2018 |
| 108 |  Kyrgyzstan
|
2,729 | 2018 |
| 109 |  Japan
|
2,705 | 2018 |
| 110 |  Suriname
|
2,698 | 2018 |
| 111 |  El Salvador
|
2,696 | 2018 |
| 112 |  Djibouti
|
2,694 | 2018 |
| 113 |  Honduras
|
2,673 | 2018 |
| 114 |  Myanmar
|
2,673 | 2018 |
| 115 |  Philippines
|
2,662 | 2018 |
| 116 |  Bahamas
|
2,655 | 2018 |
| 117 |  Gabon
|
2,633 | 2018 |
| 118 |  Saint Lucia
|
2,618 | 2018 |
| 119 |  Iraq
|
2,608 | 2018 |
| 120 |  Vanuatu
|
2,607 | 2018 |
| 121 |  Ecuador
|
2,606 | 2018 |
| 122 |  Niger
|
2,601 | 2018 |
| 123 |  Nicaragua
|
2,582 | 2018 |
| 124 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
2,582 | 2018 |
| 125 |  Mongolia
|
2,579 | 2018 |
| 126 |  Sudan
|
2,578 | 2018 |
| 127 |  Nigeria
|
2,572 | 2018 |
| 128 |  Bangladesh
|
2,563 | 2018 |
| 129 |  Guatemala
|
2,551 | 2018 |
| 130 |  Senegal
|
2,545 | 2018 |
| 131 |  Cape Verde
|
2,541 | 2018 |
| 132 |  India
|
2,533 | 2018 |
| 133 |  Gambia
|
2,533 | 2018 |
| 134 |  Cambodia
|
2,492 | 2018 |
| 135 |  Pakistan
|
2,486 | 2018 |
| 136 |  Namibia
|
2,469 | 2018 |
| 137 |  São Tomé and Príncipe
|
2,446 | 2018 |
| 138 |  Antigua and Barbuda
|
2,445 | 2018 |
| 139 |  Togo
|
2,443 | 2018 |
| 140 |  Eswatini
|
2,426 | 2018 |
| 141 |  Solomon Islands
|
2,415 | 2018 |
| 142 |  Bolivia
|
2,412 | 2018 |
| 143 |  Grenada
|
2,402 | 2018 |
| 144 |  Malawi
|
2,392 | 2018 |
| 145 |  Angola
|
2,385 | 2018 |
| 146 |  Moldova
|
2,383 | 2018 |
| 147 |  Tanzania
|
2,373 | 2018 |
| 148 |  Sierra Leone
|
2,369 | 2018 |
| 149 |  Botswana
|
2,342 | 2018 |
| 150 |  Ethiopia
|
2,338 | 2018 |
| 151 |  Lesotho
|
2,323 | 2018 |
| 152 |  Timor-Leste
|
2,287 | 2018 |
| 153 |  Republic of the Congo
|
2,285 | 2018 |
| 154 |  Maldives
|
2,235 | 2018 |
| 155 |  Guinea-Bissau
|
2,229 | 2018 |
| 156 |  Kenya
|
2,197 | 2018 |
| 157 |  Rwanda
|
2,188 | 2018 |
| 158 |  Liberia
|
2,168 | 2018 |
| 159 |  Yemen
|
2,154 | 2018 |
| 160 |  Haiti
|
2,121 | 2018 |
| 161 |  Venezuela
|
2,120 | 2018 |
| 162 |  Chad
|
2,115 | 2018 |
| 163 |  Tajikistan
|
2,109 | 2018 |
| 164 |  Mozambique
|
2,103 | 2018 |
| 165 |  Afghanistan
|
2,040 | 2018 |
| 166 |  North Korea
|
2,019 | 2018 |
| 167 |  Zambia
|
2,002 | 2018 |
| 168 |  Uganda
|
1,981 | 2018 |
| 169 |  Madagascar
|
1,938 | 2018 |
| 170 |  Zimbabwe
|
1,908 | 2018 |
| 171 |  Central African Republic
|
1,786 | 2018 |
Historical development[edit]
Regions of the world by food consumption per capita in kilocalories per capita per day from 1961 to 2018.
| Region | 1961 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 1,835 | 1,931 | 2,037 | 2,100 | 2,218 | 2,354 | 2,331 |
| Asia | 1,774 | 2,029 | 2,153 | 2,376 | 2,556 | 2,696 | 2,812 |
| Europe | 2,996 | 3,208 | 3,301 | 3,350 | 3,260 | 3,378 | 3,416 |
| North America | 2,685 | 2,809 | 2,990 | 3,164 | 3,363 | 3,321 | 3,471 |
| Oceania | 2,564 | 2,608 | 2,517 | 2,565 | 2,379 | 2,500 | 2,587 |
| South America | 2,327 | 2,464 | 2,664 | 2,597 | 2,790 | 2,990 | 3,084 |
| World | 2,162 | 2,349 | 2,446 | 2,574 | 2,679 | 2,778 | 2,861 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "FAO Food Consumption Nutrients spreadsheet - 2008". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved February 18, 2009.
- ^ "ESS: Food Security Statistics - Metadata". Archived from the original on 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ^ "Hunger Portal". FAO. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
- ^ Roser, Max; Ritchie, Hannah (2013-03-05). "Food Supply". Our World in Data.
- ^ "Daily supply of calories per person". Retrieved 2022-03-27.