Per capita food supply by country 2019

The United States had the highest number of available calories per person per day in 2019. A person in the U.S. had 3,802 Kilocalories available each day. This is not completely consumed and includes food waste and loss. Availability in China and India comes to 3,347 and 2,581 kilocalories per person per day, respectively. Burundi and Zimbabwe have the lowest availability and are the only countries under 1,800 kilocalories.

Per capita food supply worldwide in 2019, by country (in kilocalories per person per day)

Characteristic	Kilocalories per person per day
United States	3,862
Ireland	3,811
Belgium	3,800
Turkey	3,734
Austria	3,691
Iceland	3,637
Romania	3,588
Germany	3,559
Israel	3,558
Canada	3,539
France	3,532
Montenegro	3,520
Poland	3,508
Italy	3,505
Luxembourg	3,504
China, mainland	3,347
Brazil	3,246
Indonesia	2,879
India	2,581
Pakistan	2,483
Kenya	2,205
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2,204
Lesotho	2,190
Congo	2,183
Haiti	2,159
Uganda	2,156
Liberia	2,149
Mozambique	2,130
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2,097
Yemen	2,019
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,913
Madagascar	1,912
Central African Republic	1,870
Burundi	1,754
Zimbabwe	1,707

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February 2022

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Survey time period

2019

Special properties

Figures include waste and are thus likely higher than actual consumption*

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Displayed are the highest and lowest fifteen countries by Kilocalories and the otherwise most populous countries (China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Brazil)
*The source notes: "Food availability also includes any loss or waste at the retail or consumer level. For this reason, total food availability estimates derived from the FBS are likely to be higher than actual average food consumption."

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