List of countries by food energy intake

Food consumption is the amount of food available for human consumption as estimated by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Balance Sheets. 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.[2]

Map of average daily dietary energy availability per capita in 2006–2008.[1]

  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)

According to the FAO, the average minimum daily energy requirement is about 1,800 kilocalories (7,500 kJ) per person.[3]

Rank	Country	Average daily dietary energy consumption per capita (2006-08)[4]
		kilocalories	kilojoules
1	United States	3,800	15,900
2	Austria	3,750	15,690
3	Greece	3,710	15,520
4	Belgium	3,690	15,440
5	Luxembourg	3,680	15,400
6	Italy	3,650	15,270
7	Malta	3,600	15,060
8	Ireland	3,590	15,020
9	Portugal	3,580	14,980
10	Germany	3,540	14,810
11	Canada	3,530	14,770
12	France	3,530	14,770
13	Israel	3,530	14,770
14	Kazakhstan	3,510	14,690
15	Turkey	3,500	14,640
16	Romania	3,490	14,600
17	Hungary	3,470	14,520
18	Norway	3,450	14,430
19	Switzerland	3,450	14,430
20	United Kingdom	3,450	14,430
21	Lithuania	3,430	14,350
22	Cuba	3,420	14,310
23	Denmark	3,410	14,270
24	Poland	3,410	14,270
25	Tunisia	3,330	13,930
26	Russia	3,320	13,890
27	Ukraine	3,290	13,770
28	Czech Republic	3,280	13,720
29	Iceland	3,260	13,640
30	Mexico	3,260	13,640
31	Morocco	3,260	13,640
—	Netherlands Antilles	3,260	13,640
32	Spain	3,260	13,640
33	Australia	3,220	13,470
34	Finland	3,220	13,470
35	Slovenia	3,220	13,470
36	Cyprus	3,190	13,350
37	United Arab Emirates	3,170	13,260
38	Egypt	3,160	13,220
39	Belarus	3,150	13,180
40	Libya	3,150	13,180
—	New Caledonia	3,150	13,180
41	Estonia	3,140	13,140
42	Brazil	3,120	13,050
43	Saudi Arabia	3,120	13,050
44	Sweden	3,110	13,010
45	Algeria	3,090	12,930
46	Dominica	3,090	12,930
47	Lebanon	3,090	12,930
48	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,080	12,890
49	Macedonia	3,060	12,800
50	Iran	3,050	12,760
51	South Korea	3,040	12,720
52	Syria	3,040	12,720
53	Argentina	3,030	12,680
54	Kuwait	3,030	12,680
55	Azerbaijan	3,020	12,640
56	Barbados	3,020	12,640
57	Fiji	3,000	12,550
58	Jordan	3,000	12,550
59	Netherlands	3,000	12,550
60	South Africa	3,000	12,550
61	China	2,990	12,510
62	Croatia	2,990	12,510
63	Latvia	2,990	12,510
64	Brunei	2,980	12,470
65	Chile	2,960	12,380
66	Vanuatu	2,950	12,340
67	Mauritius	2,930	12,260
68	Ghana	2,900	12,130
69	Slovakia	2,900	12,130
70	Albania	2,890	12,090
71	Malaysia	2,890	12,090
72	Samoa	2,890	12,090
—	French Polynesia	2,880	12,050
73	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2,860	11,970
74	Moldova	2,850	11,920
75	Jamaica	2,840	11,880
76	Uruguay	2,840	11,880
77	Costa Rica	2,820	11,800
78	Kiribati	2,820	11,800
79	Mauritania	2,810	11,760
80	New Zealand	2,810	11,760
81	Japan	2,800	11,720
82	Vietnam	2,780	11,630
83	Bulgaria	2,760	11,550
84	Guyana	2,740	11,460
85	Turkmenistan	2,740	11,460
86	Georgia	2,730	11,420
87	Bahamas	2,710	11,340
88	Belize	2,710	11,340
89	Gabon	2,710	11,340
90	Nigeria	2,710	11,340
91	Saint Lucia	2,710	11,340
92	Serbia	2,700	11,300
93	Montenegro	2,700	11,300
94	Trinidad and Tobago	2,700	11,300
95	Burkina Faso	2,690	11,250
96	Colombia	2,690	11,250
97	Kyrgyzstan	2,660	11,130
98	Paraguay	2,660	11,130
99	São Tomé and Príncipe	2,660	11,130
100	Bermuda	2,650	11,090
101	Venezuela	2,650	11,090
102	Honduras	2,610	10,920
103	Mali	2,590	10,840
104	El Salvador	2,580	10,790
105	Philippines	2,580	10,790
106	Congo	2,570	10,750
107	Uzbekistan	2,560	10,710
108	Guinea	2,550	10,670
109	Indonesia	2,550	10,670
110	Maldives	2,550	10,670
111	Thailand	2,540	10,630
112	Cape Verde	2,530	10,590
113	Benin	2,510	10,500
114	Côte d'Ivoire	2,500	10,460
115	Lesotho	2,460	10,290
116	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2,460	10,290
117	Suriname	2,460	10,290
118	Panama	2,450	10,250
119	Nicaragua	2,420	10,130
120	Peru	2,410	10,080
121	Grenada	2,400	10,040
122	Seychelles	2,400	10,040
123	Solomon Islands	2,400	10,040
124	Niger	2,390	10,000
125	Sri Lanka	2,370	9,920
126	India	2,360	9,870
127	Namibia	2,360	9,870
128	Nepal	2,340	9,790
129	Antigua and Barbuda	2,330	9,750
130	Gambia	2,330	9,750
131	Djibouti	2,300	9,620
132	Ecuador	2,300	9,620
133	Swaziland	2,290	9,580
134	Pakistan	2,280	9,540
135	Senegal	2,280	9,540
136	Sudan	2,280	9,540
137	Bangladesh	2,270	9,500
138	Dominican Republic	2,270	9,500
139	Guinea-Bissau	2,270	9,500
140	Armenia	2,260	9,460
141	Cameroon	2,240	9,370
142	Laos	2,240	9,370
143	Mongolia	2,240	9,370
144	Botswana	2,230	9,330
145	Uganda	2,220	9,290
146	Zimbabwe	2,210	9,250
147	Liberia	2,200	9,200
148	Tajikistan	2,190	9,160
149	Cambodia	2,180	9,120
150	Guatemala	2,150	9,000
151	Malawi	2,150	9,000
152	Togo	2,150	9,000
153	Madagascar	2,130	8,910
154	Sierra Leone	2,120	8,870
155	DPR Korea	2,110	8,830
156	Bolivia	2,100	8,790
157	Rwanda	2,090	8,740
158	Palestine	2,080	8,700
159	Mozambique	2,070	8,660
160	Yemen	2,050	8,580
161	Kenya	2,030	8,490
162	Timor-Leste	2,020	8,450
163	Tanzania	2,020	8,450
164	Chad	2,010	8,410
165	Angola	1,960	8,200
166	Central African Republic	1,960	8,200
167	Ethiopia	1,950	8,160
168	Zambia	1,880	7,870
169	Haiti	1,850	7,740
170	Comoros	1,840	7,700
171	Burundi	1,680	7,030
172	Eritrea	1,590	6,650