Data for 2020

Dietary Energy Supply, 2020

Name: Dietary Energy Supply, 2020
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Dietary Energy Supply, 2020 covers 157 countries on 3 measures. Ireland is highest, at 3,923; Somalia is lowest, at 1,807. The middle country reads 2,934. Against 2019, 154 values changed (107 up, 47 down), 1 country joined.

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Dietary Energy Supply · Data for 2020

HighestIreland

3,923

LowestSomalia

1,807

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

157countries
3measures per country
2020the year it describes
152distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,923	131.6	158
2	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3,878	110.4	153
3	United States`USA`Northern America	3,847	122.5	150
4	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3,800	109.1	150
5	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,795	133.2	165
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3,794	126.3	149
7	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3,765	107.6	153
8	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3,747	130.3	151
9	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3,662	151.0	143
10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,659	115.3	145
11	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,652	110.2	147
12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,629	118.8	145
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3,618	110.4	142
14	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,613	127.8	147
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3,586	115.1	143
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,525	129.5	138
17	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3,519	104.6	150
18	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3,508	103.2	141
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,478	118.7	139
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3,477	115.9	135
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3,476	121.1	139
22	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,474	117.7	139
23	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,448	93.9	150
24	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3,447	102.1	135
25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3,444	110.3	133
26	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3,413	113.6	139
27	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,407	114.7	139
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3,389	107.2	137
29	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,376	100.8	141
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,373	109.4	135
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,366	92.6	133
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,363	126.9	136
=33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3,357	95.8	133
=33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,357	114.1	134
35	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,352	123.4	137
36	Brazil`BRA`South America	3,349	103.4	137
=37	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3,346	123.2	131
=37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,346	104.2	133
39	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,345	109.2	134
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3,338	108.2	134
41	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3,327	99.0	138
42	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,315	102.1	130
43	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,304	100.7	136
44	Argentina`ARG`South America	3,297	117.3	135
45	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3,265	112.5	129
46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,258	112.7	132
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,257	97.8	136
48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3,253	106.5	133
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	3,246	109.7	128
50	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3,240	104.8	137
51	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3,165	108.3	128
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3,143	104.1	126
53	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,138	100.1	126
54	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,132	104.8	129
55	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,118	91.2	133
56	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3,115	84.7	136
57	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3,111	106.6	133
=58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,110	80.6	130
=58	Guyana`GUY`South America	3,110	103.2	134
60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3,106	75.8	131
61	Colombia`COL`South America	3,095	81.4	130
62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,085	97.2	125
63	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3,084	67.7	134
=64	Chile`CHL`South America	3,080	104.6	125
=64	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,080	97.9	131
66	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,064	88.7	125
67	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,058	92.7	125
68	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,041	95.7	132
69	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,020	88.5	124
70	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,017	90.6	123
71	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3,007	—	122
72	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3,002	89.0	126
73	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2,999	92.5	123
74	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2,974	114.0	121
75	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	2,968	98.5	120
76	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,964	93.9	130
77	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,952	57.1	133
78	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,951	124.4	129
79	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,934	88.6	118
80	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,930	83.7	129
81	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	2,918	77.4	135
82	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,915	89.2	121
83	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,892	84.7	130
84	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,891	82.0	121
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,888	75.0	125
=86	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,883	80.7	121
=86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,883	78.2	125
88	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2,882	91.0	116
89	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,879	64.4	128
90	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,866	89.3	114
91	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,865	80.1	121
92	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2,860	102.5	125
93	Peru`PER`South America	2,853	89.5	123
94	Belize`BLZ`Central America	2,846	80.8	124
95	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,840	86.4	122
96	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,838	67.8	115
97	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,828	73.2	126
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,825	85.7	122
99	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	2,816	85.6	117
100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,806	75.9	124
101	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,795	—	127
102	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,759	73.3	115
103	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,747	80.5	115
104	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,742	66.6	119
105	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,726	—	123
106	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,722	71.6	120
107	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,711	72.1	118
108	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,705	82.0	119
109	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,702	92.1	120
110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2,699	70.6	122
111	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,653	69.8	113
112	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,649	90.6	122
113	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2,645	86.9	115
114	Suriname`SUR`South America	2,641	75.6	111
115	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,640	87.0	114
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,637	62.1	115
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,630	79.8	112
118	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,613	65.7	119
119	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,606	—	117
120	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2,576	53.4	115
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,570	65.3	113
122	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,547	69.5	110
123	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,546	72.4	114
124	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,544	68.7	110
125	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,531	59.0	114
126	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,521	80.1	113
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,494	59.9	107
128	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,480	65.7	108
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,478	64.9	110
130	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2,452	71.1	104
131	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,426	—	108
132	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,413	59.9	106
133	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,412	74.1	103
134	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,411	81.0	106
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,410	58.2	106
136	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,407	48.1	112
137	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,404	57.5	110
138	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2,384	62.9	101
139	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,364	—	106
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,329	56.2	104
141	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,307	56.8	105
142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,246	—	103
143	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,245	63.1	100
144	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,241	49.6	102
145	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,240	60.5	101
146	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,230	57.7	97
147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,219	56.4	99
148	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,211	61.8	104
149	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,206	46.5	100
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,190	62.7	98
151	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,185	52.6	98
152	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,160	45.5	101
153	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,150	28.6	101
154	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,112	44.9	95
155	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,109	48.5	90
156	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,934	38.6	89
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,807	—	83

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

1Ireland3,923
2Belgium3,878
3United States3,847
4Austria3,800
5Israel3,795

Lowest

157Somalia1,807
156Madagascar1,934
155Haiti2,109
154Liberia2,112
153DR Congo2,150

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,934. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Protein supply (g per person per day)
HighestIceland151.0
LowestDR Congo28.6
Middle country: 89.2
Supply as a share of requirement (%)
HighestIsrael165
LowestSomalia83
Middle country: 125

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
154values changed, of 156 in both
107 · 47rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela2,247 → 2,384+137
Dominica2,917 → 3,007+90
North Macedonia3,431 → 3,508+77
Serbia3,671 → 3,747+76
Pakistan2,473 → 2,546+73

Fell most

Albania3,345 → 3,258−87
Slovenia3,197 → 3,143−54
South Africa2,799 → 2,747−52
Guinea-Bissau2,626 → 2,576−50
Niger2,693 → 2,649−44

+ South Sudan

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 2020.
152 distinct values among 157
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 3,357. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
8 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) (2020). Dietary Energy Supply, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dietary-energy-supply/2020

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