Data for 2008

Dietary Energy Supply, 2008

2008, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Dietary Energy Supply, 2008 covers 156 countries on 3 measures. United States is highest, at 3,731; Somalia is lowest, at 1,554. The middle country reads 2,811. Against 2007, 154 values changed (110 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Dietary Energy Supply · Data for 2008

HighestUnited States

3,731

LowestSomalia

1,554

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

156countries
3measures per country
2008the year it describes
149distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Dietary Energy Supply, 2008, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Dietary Energy Supply, 2008: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	United StatesUSANorthern America	3,731	112.9	146
2	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	3,726	102.6	146
3	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	3,697	98.6	145
4	ItalyITASouthern Europe	3,682	111.1	146
5	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	3,615	102.1	142
6	IsraelISRWestern Asia	3,567	126.8	155
7	FranceFRAWestern Europe	3,549	111.5	142
8	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	3,540	111.8	142
9	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	3,527	113.4	139
10	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	3,520	108.3	138
=11	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	3,512	112.2	138
=11	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	3,512	115.2	141
13	CanadaCANNorthern America	3,490	104.1	139
14	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	3,475	108.9	137
=15	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	3,461	107.9	137
=15	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	3,461	94.0	135
17	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	3,433	106.0	137
18	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	3,410	135.6	134
19	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	3,401	103.1	136
20	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	3,398	109.5	135
21	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	3,324	99.2	132
22	PolandPOLEastern Europe	3,315	99.4	130
23	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	3,303	83.5	136
24	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	3,289	93.4	138
25	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	3,278	99.9	141
26	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	3,265	93.8	127
27	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	3,256	90.6	137
28	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	3,249	110.7	127
29	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	3,242	108.2	126
30	BrazilBRASouth America	3,235	87.5	133
31	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	3,215	98.8	125
32	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	3,212	92.0	131
33	MexicoMEXCentral America	3,210	87.9	137
34	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	3,192	126.8	128
35	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	3,188	79.5	127
36	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	3,179	93.5	128
37	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	3,177	84.4	135
=38	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	3,176	89.8	126
=38	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	3,176	108.8	128
40	SpainESPSouthern Europe	3,174	109.1	126
41	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	3,159	100.6	125
42	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	3,149	95.3	126
43	UkraineUKREastern Europe	3,117	89.1	124
44	ArgentinaARGSouth America	3,113	98.8	129
45	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	3,111	107.9	122
46	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	3,094	—	130
47	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	3,084	100.4	125
48	OmanOMNWestern Asia	3,077	84.6	128
49	BelarusBLREastern Europe	3,063	91.5	122
50	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	3,046	86.3	120
51	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	3,030	82.8	121
52	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	3,026	87.0	125
53	UruguayURYSouth America	3,023	87.2	126
54	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	3,016	—	131
55	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	3,015	78.0	121
56	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	3,012	88.7	124
57	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	3,001	87.8	122
58	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	2,979	83.2	124
59	ChileCHLSouth America	2,975	84.4	122
60	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	2,954	80.9	123
61	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	2,953	89.5	119
62	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	2,948	91.2	120
63	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	2,947	84.8	120
64	ParaguayPRYSouth America	2,924	66.0	125
65	IranIRNSouthern Asia	2,920	83.7	121
66	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	2,916	71.1	133
67	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	2,903	77.5	116
68	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	2,892	85.8	118
69	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	2,874	62.5	127
70	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	2,858	68.5	131
=71	SamoaWSMPolynesia	2,857	79.0	125
=71	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	2,857	73.2	116
73	Costa RicaCRICentral America	2,853	75.3	118
74	DominicaDMACaribbean	2,831	91.3	116
=75	ColombiaCOLSouth America	2,829	63.5	122
=75	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	2,829	78.0	121
77	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	2,823	93.1	121
78	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	2,815	79.2	128
79	VenezuelaVENSouth America	2,807	76.0	121
80	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	2,806	94.4	116
81	JordanJORWestern Asia	2,791	82.1	121
82	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	2,761	76.0	115
83	FijiFJIMelanesia	2,759	73.8	117
84	BelizeBLZCentral America	2,742	70.6	123
85	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	2,738	58.4	112
86	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	2,713	77.6	112
87	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	2,710	78.9	107
88	GabonGABMiddle Africa	2,701	79.3	119
89	MaliMLIWestern Africa	2,698	78.2	126
90	SurinameSURSouth America	2,689	59.9	114
91	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	2,669	82.4	112
92	GuyanaGUYSouth America	2,650	73.9	115
93	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	2,635	71.2	115
94	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	2,629	65.5	119
95	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	2,625	56.2	120
96	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	2,609	70.7	104
97	PanamaPANCentral America	2,606	72.9	114
98	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	2,583	78.1	117
99	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	2,582	64.0	119
100	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	2,572	70.7	109
101	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	2,563	71.0	114
102	BeninBENWestern Africa	2,546	62.0	117
103	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	2,543	56.9	111
104	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2,537	62.1	114
105	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	2,526	72.1	110
106	PeruPERSouth America	2,523	70.2	111
107	HondurasHNDCentral America	2,519	66.1	114
108	SenegalSENWestern Africa	2,493	60.0	111
=109	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	2,491	55.5	106
=109	NigerNERWestern Africa	2,491	78.6	117
111	GuineaGINWestern Africa	2,485	53.6	114
112	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	2,481	55.8	108
=113	EcuadorECUSouth America	2,480	59.2	110
=113	IraqIRQWestern Asia	2,480	58.8	111
115	NicaraguaNICCentral America	2,471	63.8	109
116	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	2,456	60.9	116
117	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	2,451	62.2	106
118	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	2,447	63.1	111
119	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	2,442	61.4	106
120	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	2,439	43.8	111
121	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	2,422	57.9	108
122	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	2,418	54.5	112
123	TogoTGOWestern Africa	2,404	53.7	110
124	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	2,402	60.0	109
125	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	2,390	79.0	101
126	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	2,386	60.5	102
127	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	2,376	53.0	112
128	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	2,366	61.7	111
129	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	2,364	—	108
130	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	2,362	58.0	104
131	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2,358	62.8	107
132	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	2,356	53.7	106
133	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	2,310	61.2	107
134	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2,304	43.6	108
135	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	2,295	57.6	101
136	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	2,282	53.9	105
137	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	2,280	62.9	99
138	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	2,245	52.7	104
139	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	2,242	—	105
140	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	2,220	50.2	104
141	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2,215	51.8	100
142	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	2,193	55.1	104
143	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	2,187	54.7	103
144	BoliviaBOLSouth America	2,185	63.2	98
145	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	2,174	51.7	95
146	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	2,126	—	97
147	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	2,125	36.5	98
148	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	2,102	58.6	98
149	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	2,100	56.9	102
150	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	2,091	56.7	87
151	HaitiHTICaribbean	2,085	46.0	91
152	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	2,076	45.1	93
153	KenyaKENEastern Africa	2,073	59.1	96
154	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	2,067	47.9	97
155	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	1,903	47.7	89
156	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	1,554	—	72

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1United States3,731
2Austria3,726
3Belgium3,697
4Italy3,682
5Germany3,615

Lowest

156Somalia1,554
155Zambia1,903
154Madagascar2,067
153Kenya2,073
152Republic of the Congo2,076

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,811. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Protein supply (g per person per day)
HighestIceland135.6
LowestLiberia36.5
Middle country: 78.1
Supply as a share of requirement (%)
HighestIsrael155
LowestSomalia72
Middle country: 119

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
154values changed, of 156 in both
110 · 44rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela2,685 → 2,807+122
Armenia2,840 → 2,947+107
Angola2,114 → 2,220+106
Oman2,974 → 3,077+103
Montenegro3,080 → 3,176+96

Fell most

Eswatini2,358 → 2,295−63
Georgia2,950 → 2,903−47
United States3,775 → 3,731−44
Republic of the Congo2,117 → 2,076−41
São Tomé and Príncipe2,462 → 2,422−40

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2008.
149 distinct values among 156
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 3,512. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
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Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
6 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2008). Dietary Energy Supply, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dietary-energy-supply/2008

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