List of countries by food energy intake

Map of average daily dietary energy availability per capita in 2006–2008.

  no data

  <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)

Daily supply of calories per person in different countries, 1700 to 2018

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.

According to the FAO, the average minimum daily energy requirement is about 1,800 kilocalories (7,500 kJ) per person. Although this data is presented in kilocalorie format, most countries today use the SI unit kilojoules as their primary measurement for food energy intake, with the exception of the USA,Canada, and the UK, which require both.

Rank	Country	Average daily dietary energy consumption per capita
		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

Daily supply of calories per person in word regions, 1961 to 2018

Regions of the world by food consumption per capita in kilocalories per capita per day from 1961 to 2018.

See also

• Food power
• Food politics