Data for 2016

Dietary Energy Supply, 2016

Name: Dietary Energy Supply, 2016
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2016, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Dietary Energy Supply, 2016 covers 157 countries on 3 measures. Ireland is highest, at 3,842; Somalia is lowest, at 1,696. The middle country reads 2,863. Against 2015, 153 values changed (102 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.

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Dietary Energy Supply · Data for 2016

HighestIreland

3,842

LowestSomalia

1,696

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

157countries
3measures per country
2016the year it describes
150distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,842	120.5	155
2	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3,793	100.6	149
3	United States`USA`Northern America	3,751	118.5	147
4	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3,739	108.6	147
5	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,702	129.8	161
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3,675	123.4	144
7	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,572	113.5	144
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3,570	109.7	140
9	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3,563	149.6	140
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3,550	110.5	142
11	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3,532	100.4	143
12	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,525	111.9	140
13	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3,502	119.9	141
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3,497	119.2	140
15	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,494	116.8	138
16	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,458	121.5	140
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,437	116.6	138
18	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,432	125.4	135
19	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,430	118.1	137
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,429	112.5	136
21	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3,408	111.9	138
22	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3,404	99.8	133
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,396	124.9	138
=24	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,388	101.8	142
=24	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3,388	101.7	144
26	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,382	92.6	146
27	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,373	105.8	134
28	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3,367	113.1	131
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,360	110.5	135
30	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3,343	105.0	136
31	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,337	115.1	134
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,308	106.4	132
33	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,305	101.1	134
34	Brazil`BRA`South America	3,292	103.7	135
=35	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3,260	120.3	128
=35	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,260	110.0	130
37	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3,252	108.6	126
38	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,242	117.4	133
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3,239	106.2	130
40	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3,235	103.5	136
41	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3,230	95.8	128
42	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3,221	107.6	131
43	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3,218	110.9	127
44	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3,215	92.4	129
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,205	90.3	127
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,199	92.0	132
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,194	94.6	135
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	3,180	109.5	131
49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3,160	98.0	127
50	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,158	101.4	127
51	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,144	91.4	135
52	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,120	106.8	128
53	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	3,112	107.4	122
54	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3,091	79.2	137
55	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3,089	70.1	131
56	Colombia`COL`South America	3,073	77.6	130
57	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3,062	93.4	127
58	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3,058	103.9	123
59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3,051	92.4	122
60	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,042	94.9	125
=61	Guyana`GUY`South America	3,014	99.2	130
=61	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3,014	108.2	129
63	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,004	92.9	120
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,003	80.7	123
65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2,994	110.5	122
66	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2,987	87.9	127
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,971	93.8	121
68	Chile`CHL`South America	2,946	99.4	121
69	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	2,933	94.4	118
70	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	2,932	79.5	135
71	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2,921	90.1	124
=72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,899	85.1	122
=72	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2,899	103.3	125
74	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,897	79.2	122
75	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,884	77.4	125
76	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,878	92.1	121
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,876	69.9	120
78	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,874	85.0	131
79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2,863	91.4	116
80	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2,861	83.4	117
81	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,844	87.4	124
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,835	85.0	123
83	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,833	62.0	124
84	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,829	80.1	119
85	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,826	89.5	113
86	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,815	83.1	113
87	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,794	98.9	120
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,787	74.0	121
89	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,786	—	114
90	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,783	75.6	124
91	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,770	63.3	125
=92	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,766	75.0	124
=92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,766	66.9	113
94	Peru`PER`South America	2,765	83.4	120
95	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,760	53.5	125
96	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,751	—	126
97	Belize`BLZ`Central America	2,750	79.0	120
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,712	71.9	114
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2,701	74.6	116
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,699	79.9	118
=101	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,694	74.3	114
=101	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,694	80.5	115
103	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,687	106.3	116
104	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,679	73.6	119
105	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,670	85.5	114
106	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2,666	91.1	116
107	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	2,649	80.7	110
108	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,635	68.7	117
109	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,624	88.9	122
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,622	65.8	114
111	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,619	—	119
112	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,613	74.3	118
113	Suriname`SUR`South America	2,612	68.5	110
114	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,602	59.6	115
115	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,599	—	118
116	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,586	63.0	120
117	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,576	70.0	115
=118	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,566	65.8	109
=118	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2,566	70.2	117
120	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,563	68.2	112
121	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,560	60.9	117
122	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,556	62.3	113
123	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,524	61.5	112
124	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,487	73.7	109
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,482	64.3	111
126	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,475	79.9	112
127	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,465	60.1	108
128	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,464	67.3	107
129	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,449	52.5	115
130	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,447	68.1	110
131	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,444	65.0	106
132	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,396	58.0	104
133	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,384	58.9	111
134	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2,379	61.9	101
135	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2,370	50.1	107
136	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,368	79.8	105
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,355	—	106
138	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,351	54.5	106
139	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,343	55.2	104
140	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,320	—	107
141	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,318	56.5	106
142	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,297	63.8	105
143	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,265	64.7	107
144	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,200	59.9	99
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,194	52.4	94
146	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,187	66.2	99
147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,183	58.4	99
148	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,164	52.8	99
149	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,150	43.5	98
150	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,149	49.9	97
151	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,145	29.7	101
152	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,130	57.2	96
153	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,105	50.9	97
154	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,037	58.3	85
155	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,998	41.6	92
156	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,902	41.8	89
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,696	—	78

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

1Ireland3,842
2Belgium3,793
3United States3,751
4Austria3,739
5Israel3,702

Lowest

157Somalia1,696
156Mozambique1,902
155Madagascar1,998
154North Korea2,037
153Uganda2,105

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,863. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Protein supply (g per person per day)
HighestIceland149.6
LowestDR Congo29.7
Middle country: 86.5
Supply as a share of requirement (%)
HighestIsrael161
LowestSomalia78
Middle country: 122

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
153values changed, of 157 in both
102 · 51rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Guinea-Bissau2,182 → 2,370+188
Ireland3,755 → 3,842+87
Iceland3,484 → 3,563+79
Guyana2,936 → 3,014+78
Montenegro3,393 → 3,458+65

Fell most

Venezuela2,573 → 2,379−194
Uganda2,187 → 2,105−82
Syria2,751 → 2,679−72
Jordan2,766 → 2,701−65
Ukraine3,099 → 3,051−48

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 2016.
150 distinct values among 157
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 3,388. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
7 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) (2016). Dietary Energy Supply, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dietary-energy-supply/2016

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