Data for 2012

Dietary Energy Supply, 2012

Name: Dietary Energy Supply, 2012
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2012, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Dietary Energy Supply, 2012 covers 156 countries on 3 measures. Austria is highest, at 3,818; Somalia is lowest, at 1,608. The middle country reads 2,838. Against 2011, 155 values changed (109 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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Dietary Energy Supply · Data for 2012

HighestAustria

3,818

LowestSomalia

1,608

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

156countries
3measures per country
2012the 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3,818	108.4	150
2	United States`USA`Northern America	3,743	117.2	146
3	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3,707	101.2	146
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,664	116.1	148
5	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,643	118.3	145
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3,617	109.9	142
7	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,607	127.6	157
8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,568	130.3	140
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3,553	110.8	142
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3,523	121.3	141
11	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3,508	112.4	138
12	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,499	111.7	139
13	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,487	111.4	137
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,468	116.8	139
15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,465	116.5	139
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3,442	97.3	134
17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,430	110.1	136
18	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3,426	116.7	133
19	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3,425	115.4	137
20	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3,403	111.7	137
=21	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,388	105.5	136
=21	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3,388	99.8	138
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,352	116.4	135
24	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,351	93.0	143
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3,339	136.3	132
26	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,338	115.8	134
27	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3,331	99.8	141
28	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,328	98.5	140
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	3,320	103.2	136
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,318	107.0	133
31	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,309	111.8	133
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3,307	104.3	134
=33	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,283	103.4	132
=33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3,283	95.4	129
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,262	103.4	132
36	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3,237	117.5	127
37	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3,228	106.1	129
38	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3,227	112.7	127
39	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,213	92.1	138
40	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3,208	112.6	125
=41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3,206	103.6	130
=41	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,206	108.9	128
43	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	3,183	103.6	125
44	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,175	94.4	132
45	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,161	102.1	129
46	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3,150	96.8	126
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,126	99.8	125
48	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,123	92.0	132
49	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3,102	69.1	132
50	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,097	110.5	127
51	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3,093	96.1	129
52	Argentina`ARG`South America	3,086	103.9	128
53	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3,057	100.7	124
54	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3,056	89.7	122
55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3,055	84.9	122
56	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,049	95.6	124
57	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,044	93.2	122
58	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,030	84.6	119
59	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3,009	76.0	135
60	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,999	81.9	125
61	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2,998	92.2	124
62	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2,984	85.7	127
63	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,974	91.3	122
64	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,950	79.8	129
65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2,949	102.0	120
=66	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,918	83.5	133
=66	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	2,918	93.8	117
68	Chile`CHL`South America	2,910	95.2	119
69	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2,908	96.5	125
70	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,903	66.1	128
71	Colombia`COL`South America	2,893	69.8	124
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,888	79.6	121
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2,883	77.3	119
74	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	2,881	76.7	132
75	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2,873	87.3	120
76	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2,870	83.0	123
77	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,867	91.0	121
78	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,855	83.6	118
79	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,821	75.9	127
80	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2,820	97.2	121
81	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2,815	80.5	114
82	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,812	86.2	112
83	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,791	85.1	121
84	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,777	84.7	113
85	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,774	82.5	121
86	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,770	—	129
87	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,762	—	113
88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	2,753	77.3	122
89	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2,747	85.3	110
90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2,744	91.3	120
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,736	65.3	112
92	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,709	71.0	118
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2,707	76.5	117
94	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,699	87.6	115
95	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,697	71.2	114
96	Guyana`GUY`South America	2,694	88.2	116
=97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,691	63.7	113
=97	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,691	89.1	116
99	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,680	58.1	121
100	Peru`PER`South America	2,664	77.8	116
101	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,658	53.5	121
102	Suriname`SUR`South America	2,648	70.5	112
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,640	74.8	116
104	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,634	59.3	117
105	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,620	75.8	119
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,617	58.8	116
107	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,612	73.2	112
108	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,609	68.2	116
109	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,600	—	118
110	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,595	69.5	117
111	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,583	71.3	113
112	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,580	61.6	121
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,575	63.5	113
114	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,560	91.9	109
115	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	2,559	73.6	107
116	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,519	68.0	108
117	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,510	60.3	116
118	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,502	86.9	117
119	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,496	64.1	108
120	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2,488	65.8	115
=121	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,484	52.6	116
=121	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,484	71.0	106
123	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,461	60.5	109
124	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,444	66.1	110
=125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,409	61.3	109
=125	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,409	57.2	109
127	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,405	61.3	105
128	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,390	67.3	103
129	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,378	56.7	105
130	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,367	58.6	108
131	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,366	—	109
132	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,359	65.9	106
133	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,358	59.5	110
134	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,352	—	107
135	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,339	59.3	107
136	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,337	55.7	104
137	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,329	57.4	109
138	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2,326	47.6	105
139	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,303	64.1	101
140	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,290	47.6	108
141	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,286	62.4	106
142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,279	54.2	99
143	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,277	70.8	101
144	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,237	74.5	103
145	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,209	60.0	101
146	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,183	30.3	102
147	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,181	63.2	104
148	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,173	60.3	99
149	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,168	65.0	98
150	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,151	49.5	93
151	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,111	39.3	97
152	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2,084	42.5	97
153	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,062	59.9	86
154	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,047	44.5	92
155	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,994	50.8	92
156	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,608	—	74

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

1Austria3,818
2United States3,743
3Belgium3,707
4Ireland3,664
5Italy3,643

Lowest

156Somalia1,608
155Zambia1,994
154Republic of the Congo2,047
153North Korea2,062
152Madagascar2,084

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,838. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Protein supply (g per person per day)
HighestIceland136.3
LowestDR Congo30.3
Middle country: 84.8
Supply as a share of requirement (%)
HighestIsrael157
LowestSomalia74
Middle country: 121

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
109 · 46rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Eswatini2,204 → 2,279+75
Uzbekistan3,020 → 3,093+73
Algeria3,287 → 3,351+64
Namibia2,327 → 2,390+63
Colombia2,835 → 2,893+58

Fell most

Oman3,134 → 3,044−90
Syria3,017 → 2,950−67
Mozambique2,345 → 2,290−55
Egypt3,260 → 3,213−47
Guinea-Bissau2,363 → 2,326−37

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.

How values are stored

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 2012.
149 distinct values among 156
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 3,388. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
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) (2012). Dietary Energy Supply, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dietary-energy-supply/2012

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