List of countries by food energy intake
According to the FAO, the average minimum daily energy requirement is approximately 8,400 kilojoules (2,000 kcal) per adult and 4,200 kilojoules (1,000 kcal) a child.[3] This data is presented in kilojoules, as most countries today use the SI unit kilojoules as their primary measurement for food energy intake,[4] with the exception of the USA,[5] Canada,[6] and the UK, which use kilocalories or both.[7]
Rank | Country | Average daily dietary energy consumption per capita[8] | |
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Kilojoules (kJ) | Year | ||
1 | Ireland | 16,250 | 2018 |
2 | United States | 15,820 | 2018 |
3 | Belgium | 15,770 | 2018 |
4 | Turkey | 15,530 | 2018 |
5 | Austria | 15,460 | 2018 |
6 | Iceland | 15,290 | 2018 |
7 | Romania | 14,980 | 2018 |
8 | Canada | 14,920 | 2018 |
9 | Germany | 14,870 | 2018 |
10 | Poland | 14,800 | 2018 |
11 | Israel | 14,760 | 2018 |
12 | Italy | 14,660 | 2018 |
13 | France | 14,650 | 2018 |
14 | Montenegro | 15,000 | 2018 |
15 | Portugal | 14,600 | 2018 |
16 | Kuwait | 14,520 | 2018 |
17 | Luxembourg | 14,500 | 2018 |
18 | Tunisia | 14,400 | 2018 |
19 | South Korea | 14,300 | 2018 |
20 | Malta | 14,300 | 2018 |
21 | Morocco | 14,280 | 2018 |
22 | Lithuania | 14,270 | 2018 |
23 | Denmark | 14,230 | 2018 |
24 | Australia | 14,190 | 2018 |
25 | Greece | 14,150 | 2018 |
26 | Norway | 14,100 | 2018 |
27 | Albania | 14,100 | 2018 |
28 | Switzerland | 14,030 | 2018 |
29 | Russia | 14,000 | 2018 |
30 | United Kingdom | 13,990 | 2018 |
31 | Cuba | 13,990 | 2018 |
32 | Finland | 13,990 | 2018 |
33 | Algeria | 13,900 | 2018 |
33 | Spain | 13,900 | 2018 |
35 | Hungary | 13,870 | 2018 |
36 | United Arab Emirates | 13,870 | 2018 |
37 | Argentina | 13,840 | 2018 |
38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13,840 | 2018 |
39 | Saudi Arabia | 13,840 | 2018 |
40 | Brazil | 13,810 | 2018 |
41 | Netherlands | 13,790 | 2018 |
42 | Egypt | 13,770 | 2018 |
43 | Czech Republic | 13,710 | 2018 |
44 | Belarus | 13,700 | 2018 |
45 | Hong Kong | 13,670 | 2018 |
46 | Estonia | 13,590 | 2018 |
47 | Latvia | 13,510 | 2018 |
48 | China | 13,410 | 2018 |
49 | Uruguay | 13,400 | 2018 |
50 | New Zealand | 13,350 | 2018 |
51 | Slovenia | 13,350 | 2018 |
52 | Sweden | 13,320 | 2018 |
53 | Mexico | 13,210 | 2018 |
54 | Azerbaijan | 13,180 | 2018 |
55 | Colombia | 13,030 | 2018 |
56 | Ukraine | 12,980 | 2018 |
57 | Iran | 12,920 | 2018 |
58 | Kiribati | 12,880 | 2018 |
59 | Croatia | 12,860 | 2018 |
60 | North Macedonia | 12,850 | 2018 |
61 | Kazakhstan | 12,830 | 2018 |
62 | Mauritius | 12,770 | 2018 |
63 | Ghana | 12,700 | 2018 |
64 | Samoa | 12,700 | 2018 |
65 | Chile | 12,670 | 2018 |
66 | Costa Rica | 12,670 | 2018 |
67 | Vietnam | 12,660 | 2018 |
68 | Cyprus | 12,630 | 2018 |
69 | Uzbekistan | 12,600 | 2018 |
70 | Armenia | 12,540 | 2018 |
71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12,510 | 2018 |
72 | Brunei | 12,490 | 2013 |
73 | Taiwan | 12,480 | 2018 |
74 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12,420 | 2018 |
75 | Barbados | 12,370 | 2018 |
76 | Dominica | 12,350 | 2018 |
77 | Oman | 12,300 | 2018 |
78 | Guyana | 12,190 | 2018 |
79 | South Africa | 12,130 | 2018 |
80 | Dominican Republic | 12,100 | 2018 |
81 | Indonesia | 12,070 | 2018 |
82 | Mauritania | 12,040 | 2018 |
83 | Mali | 12,020 | 2018 |
84 | Slovakia | 12,010 | 2018 |
85 | New Caledonia (France) | 11,960 | 2017 |
86 | Lebanon | 11,950 | 2018 |
87 | Bulgaria | 11,940 | 2018 |
88 | Panama | 11,930 | 2018 |
89 | Malaysia | 11,900 | 2018 |
90 | Georgia | 11,860 | 2018 |
91 | Turkmenistan | 11,800 | 2018 |
92 | Serbia | 11,830 | 2018 |
93 | Thailand | 11,730 | 2018 |
94 | Jamaica | 11,680 | 2018 |
95 | Fiji | 11,640 | 2018 |
96 | Ivory Coast | 11,620 | 2018 |
97 | Peru | 11,610 | 2018 |
98 | Belize | 11,610 | 2018 |
99 | Nepal | 11,590 | 2018 |
100 | Paraguay | 11,580 | 2018 |
101 | Laos | 11,540 | 2018 |
102 | Benin | 11,530 | 2018 |
103 | Guinea | 11,490 | 2018 |
104 | Burkina Faso | 11,450 | 2018 |
105 | Sri Lanka | 11,450 | 2018 |
106 | Cameroon | 11,430 | 2018 |
107 | Jordan | 11,430 | 2018 |
108 | Kyrgyzstan | 11,420 | 2018 |
109 | Japan | 11,320 | 2018 |
110 | Suriname | 11,290 | 2018 |
111 | El Salvador | 11,280 | 2018 |
112 | Djibouti | 11,270 | 2018 |
113 | Honduras | 11,180 | 2018 |
114 | Myanmar | 11,180 | 2018 |
115 | Philippines | 11,140 | 2018 |
116 | Bahamas | 11,110 | 2018 |
117 | Gabon | 11,020 | 2018 |
118 | Saint Lucia | 10,950 | 2018 |
119 | Iraq | 10,910 | 2018 |
120 | Vanuatu | 10,910 | 2018 |
121 | Ecuador | 10,900 | 2018 |
122 | Niger | 10,880 | 2018 |
123 | Nicaragua | 10,800 | 2018 |
124 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10,800 | 2018 |
125 | Mongolia | 10,790 | 2018 |
126 | Sudan | 10,790 | 2018 |
127 | Nigeria | 10,760 | 2018 |
128 | Bangladesh | 10,720 | 2018 |
129 | Guatemala | 10,670 | 2018 |
130 | Senegal | 10,650 | 2018 |
131 | Cape Verde | 10,630 | 2018 |
132 | India | 10,600 | 2018 |
133 | Gambia | 10,600 | 2018 |
134 | Cambodia | 10,430 | 2018 |
135 | Pakistan | 10,400 | 2018 |
136 | Namibia | 10,330 | 2018 |
137 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 10,230 | 2018 |
138 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10,230 | 2018 |
139 | Togo | 10,220 | 2018 |
140 | Eswatini | 10,150 | 2018 |
141 | Solomon Islands | 10,100 | 2018 |
142 | Bolivia | 10,090 | 2018 |
143 | Grenada | 10,050 | 2018 |
144 | Malawi | 10,010 | 2018 |
145 | Angola | 9,980 | 2018 |
146 | Moldova | 9,970 | 2018 |
147 | Tanzania | 9,930 | 2018 |
148 | Sierra Leone | 9,910 | 2018 |
149 | Botswana | 9,800 | 2018 |
150 | Ethiopia | 9,780 | 2018 |
151 | Lesotho | 9,720 | 2018 |
152 | Timor-Leste | 9,570 | 2018 |
153 | Republic of the Congo | 9,560 | 2018 |
154 | Maldives | 9,350 | 2018 |
155 | Guinea-Bissau | 9,330 | 2018 |
156 | Kenya | 9,190 | 2018 |
157 | Rwanda | 9,150 | 2018 |
158 | Liberia | 9,070 | 2018 |
159 | Yemen | 9,010 | 2018 |
160 | Haiti | 8,870 | 2018 |
161 | Venezuela | 8,900 | 2018 |
162 | Chad | 8,850 | 2018 |
163 | Tajikistan | 8,820 | 2018 |
164 | Mozambique | 8,800 | 2018 |
165 | Afghanistan | 8,500 | 2018 |
166 | North Korea | 8,450 | 2018 |
167 | Zambia | 8,380 | 2018 |
168 | Uganda | 8,290 | 2018 |
169 | Madagascar | 8,110 | 2018 |
170 | Zimbabwe | 7,980 | 2018 |
171 | Central African Republic | 7,470 | 2018 |
Historical development
Regions of the world by food consumption per capita in kilojoules per capita per day from 1961 to 2018.
Region | 1961 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2018 |
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Africa | 7,680 | 8,080 | 8,520 | 8,800 | 9,280 | 9,850 | 9,750 |
Asia | 7,460 | 8,530 | 9,060 | 10,000 | 10,770 | 11,370 | 11,850 |
Europe | 12,540 | 13,420 | 13,810 | 14,000 | 13,600 | 14,130 | 14,290 |
North America | 11,230 | 11,750 | 12,500 | 13,240 | 14,070 | 13,900 | 14,520 |
Oceania | 10,730 | 10,910 | 10,530 | 10,730 | 9,950 | 10,000 | 10,820 |
South America | 9,740 | 10,310 | 11,150 | 10,870 | 11,700 | 12,500 | 12,900 |
World | 9,050 | 9,830 | 10,230 | 10,770 | 11,210 | 11,620 | 11,970 |
See also
References
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