Data for 2018

Dietary Energy Supply, 2018

2018, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Dietary Energy Supply, 2018 covers 157 countries on 3 measures. Ireland is highest, at 3,949; Somalia is lowest, at 1,746. The middle country reads 2,893. Against 2017, 156 values changed (119 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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Dietary Energy Supply · Data for 2018

HighestIreland

3,949

LowestSomalia

1,746

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

157countries
3measures per country
2018the year it describes
151distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	3,949	126.6	159
2	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	3,819	102.2	150
3	United StatesUSANorthern America	3,791	120.6	148
4	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	3,782	109.5	149
5	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	3,746	125.4	147
6	IsraelISRWestern Asia	3,724	130.8	162
7	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	3,688	101.5	150
8	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	3,655	152.4	143
9	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	3,623	112.6	146
10	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	3,595	124.5	145
11	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	3,586	110.0	141
12	CanadaCANNorthern America	3,568	115.4	143
13	ItalyITASouthern Europe	3,561	113.7	141
14	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	3,542	125.3	144
15	PolandPOLEastern Europe	3,533	115.5	141
16	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	3,480	128.8	137
17	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	3,469	119.1	139
18	FranceFRAWestern Europe	3,449	118.0	138
19	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	3,447	102.3	147
20	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	3,446	119.8	138
21	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	3,428	110.7	135
22	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	3,424	112.5	133
23	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	3,415	100.0	133
24	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	3,397	112.0	138
25	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	3,394	102.7	142
26	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	3,383	107.3	137
27	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	3,378	125.4	137
28	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	3,376	93.0	146
29	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	3,370	107.3	134
30	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	3,350	109.7	135
31	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	3,349	116.3	135
32	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	3,339	97.3	134
33	BelarusBLREastern Europe	3,335	105.4	136
34	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	3,332	108.3	133
35	SpainESPSouthern Europe	3,331	113.3	133
36	BrazilBRASouth America	3,329	105.1	136
37	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	3,326	106.4	129
38	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	3,313	95.2	131
39	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	3,310	121.8	130
40	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	3,284	120.1	135
41	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	3,280	93.3	130
42	UruguayURYSouth America	3,267	96.5	135
43	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	3,253	107.5	133
44	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	3,241	103.5	131
45	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	3,234	106.0	130
46	MexicoMEXCentral America	3,227	96.7	135
=47	ArgentinaARGSouth America	3,217	112.2	133
=47	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	3,217	103.4	136
49	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	3,200	110.3	126
50	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	3,187	96.2	132
51	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	3,184	109.4	125
52	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	3,159	91.5	136
53	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	3,132	101.8	126
54	ParaguayPRYSouth America	3,106	74.2	131
=55	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	3,099	104.5	127
=55	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	3,099	81.1	135
57	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	3,078	105.2	124
58	GuyanaGUYSouth America	3,072	100.4	133
59	ColombiaCOLSouth America	3,068	80.3	129
60	Costa RicaCRICentral America	3,060	85.3	125
61	SamoaWSMPolynesia	3,057	107.1	131
62	OmanOMNWestern Asia	3,049	92.0	122
63	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	3,042	95.8	129
64	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	3,035	94.4	124
65	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	3,013	95.9	123
66	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	2,999	75.6	126
67	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	2,998	86.5	126
=68	ChileCHLSouth America	2,990	102.7	122
=68	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	2,990	113.8	121
70	PanamaPANCentral America	2,988	93.2	130
71	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	2,981	93.2	122
72	UkraineUKREastern Europe	2,969	92.6	119
73	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	2,967	64.5	129
74	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	2,960	85.0	121
75	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	2,956	96.0	119
76	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	2,943	78.9	136
77	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	2,919	80.5	127
78	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	2,898	81.6	122
79	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	2,893	90.4	121
80	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	2,890	90.5	126
81	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	2,889	90.0	116
82	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	2,887	85.1	130
83	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	2,879	87.8	115
84	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	2,874	103.6	125
85	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	2,869	79.4	127
86	IranIRNSouthern Asia	2,863	82.7	120
87	DominicaDMACaribbean	2,860	—	116
88	GuineaGINWestern Africa	2,852	55.1	129
89	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	2,830	80.0	119
90	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	2,827	63.9	127
91	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	2,812	98.6	121
92	PeruPERSouth America	2,802	86.4	121
93	BelizeBLZCentral America	2,799	78.4	122
94	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	2,795	82.2	122
95	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	2,789	74.0	124
96	FijiFJIMelanesia	2,787	80.7	118
97	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	2,786	112.9	121
98	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	2,779	66.8	113
99	MaliMLIWestern Africa	2,770	—	126
100	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	2,747	84.3	114
101	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	2,731	72.1	115
102	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	2,717	73.5	121
103	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	2,700	73.1	117
104	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	2,697	86.4	116
105	IraqIRQWestern Asia	2,690	71.9	119
106	NigerNERWestern Africa	2,669	90.3	124
=107	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	2,665	78.7	114
=107	NicaraguaNICCentral America	2,665	68.1	116
109	BeninBENWestern Africa	2,651	—	120
110	SenegalSENWestern Africa	2,638	64.7	115
111	SurinameSURSouth America	2,634	72.9	111
112	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	2,633	80.0	116
113	GabonGABMiddle Africa	2,629	88.1	115
=114	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	2,628	80.7	118
=114	HondurasHNDCentral America	2,628	61.3	115
116	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	2,610	70.3	119
117	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	2,594	55.2	116
118	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	2,583	65.0	119
119	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	2,575	64.3	109
120	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	2,572	—	116
121	JordanJORWestern Asia	2,546	71.2	109
122	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	2,542	60.8	116
123	EcuadorECUSouth America	2,533	66.6	110
124	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	2,529	72.0	110
125	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	2,526	62.4	111
126	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	2,518	66.9	109
127	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	2,494	63.1	111
128	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	2,483	79.6	111
129	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2,473	69.9	111
130	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	2,463	66.4	107
=131	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	2,450	58.6	106
=131	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2,450	59.4	108
133	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	2,441	51.2	114
134	BoliviaBOLSouth America	2,412	80.8	106
135	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	2,377	58.1	110
136	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	2,364	56.6	104
137	TogoTGOWestern Africa	2,360	—	105
138	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	2,336	57.4	106
139	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	2,322	54.7	104
140	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	2,311	—	107
141	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	2,271	62.9	103
142	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	2,254	63.0	106
143	VenezuelaVENSouth America	2,242	56.1	95
144	KenyaKENEastern Africa	2,233	59.5	99
145	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	2,229	50.2	101
146	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	2,219	58.3	100
147	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	2,185	65.3	98
148	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2,178	58.2	98
149	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	2,155	52.6	97
150	HaitiHTICaribbean	2,149	50.5	91
151	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	2,147	44.0	97
152	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	2,144	29.2	101
153	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	2,112	48.4	96
154	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2,050	43.2	96
155	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	2,022	—	84
156	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	1,966	40.6	90
157	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	1,746	—	80

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

1Ireland3,949
2Belgium3,819
3United States3,791
4Austria3,782
5Denmark3,746

Lowest

157Somalia1,746
156Madagascar1,966
155North Korea2,022
154Mozambique2,050
153Uganda2,112

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,893. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Protein supply (g per person per day)
HighestIceland152.4
LowestDR Congo29.2
Middle country: 88.1
Supply as a share of requirement (%)
HighestIsrael162
LowestSomalia80
Middle country: 123

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
156values changed, of 157 in both
119 · 37rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Mozambique1,957 → 2,050+93
Saudi Arabia3,600 → 3,688+88
Ghana2,886 → 2,967+81
Tajikistan2,556 → 2,633+77
Azerbaijan3,111 → 3,187+76

Fell most

Jordan2,631 → 2,546−85
Syria2,595 → 2,529−66
Ukraine3,017 → 2,969−48
Malta3,475 → 3,428−47
Gambia2,485 → 2,450−35

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 2018.
151 distinct values among 157
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 3,217. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
8 empty cells
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05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2018). Dietary Energy Supply, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dietary-energy-supply/2018

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