Data for 2021

Dietary Energy Supply, 2021

Name: Dietary Energy Supply, 2021
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2021, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Dietary Energy Supply, 2021 covers 157 countries on 3 measures. Ireland is highest, at 3,917; Somalia is lowest, at 1,816. The middle country reads 2,967. Against 2020, 155 values changed (101 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Dietary Energy Supply · Data for 2021

HighestIreland

3,917

LowestSomalia

1,816

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

157countries
3measures per country
2021the 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,917	134.4	157
2	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3,899	113.0	153
3	United States`USA`Northern America	3,886	122.8	151
4	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,850	135.8	167
5	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3,808	132.6	154
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3,801	126.8	149
7	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3,793	108.9	150
8	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3,743	107.6	152
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,687	115.4	146
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,677	119.6	147
11	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,670	110.8	148
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3,669	150.6	144
13	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,653	130.1	149
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3,612	110.0	142
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3,594	115.0	143
16	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3,538	104.2	143
=17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,509	128.1	137
=17	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3,509	104.8	149
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,502	118.1	140
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3,494	120.3	140
21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,485	118.3	140
22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3,476	117.6	135
23	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3,461	103.7	135
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3,457	112.7	134
25	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3,448	115.4	140
26	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,443	94.1	149
27	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,426	116.5	139
28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,424	91.6	135
29	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,407	125.7	139
30	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3,404	107.9	138
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,401	109.2	136
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3,378	110.2	136
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3,375	96.4	134
34	Brazil`BRA`South America	3,364	103.6	137
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,363	127.0	136
36	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,359	113.9	133
37	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3,356	124.6	131
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,352	99.4	140
39	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,339	109.5	134
40	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3,337	98.7	138
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,336	105.4	133
42	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,334	103.2	130
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	3,332	119.6	136
44	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,310	101.4	136
45	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3,297	112.5	130
46	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	3,264	109.8	129
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,260	98.4	136
48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3,257	105.6	133
49	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3,254	106.1	138
50	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,225	111.5	130
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,182	83.5	133
52	Guyana`GUY`South America	3,168	106.7	137
53	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3,164	109.2	128
54	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,144	100.9	126
55	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3,142	106.1	135
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,139	98.8	127
57	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,133	104.9	129
58	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3,123	102.0	125
59	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3,118	69.0	135
60	Colombia`COL`South America	3,116	82.0	131
61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,115	99.2	133
62	Chile`CHL`South America	3,109	104.0	126
63	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,100	90.9	132
64	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3,096	85.3	135
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3,093	74.8	131
66	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3,064	—	125
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,057	95.2	132
68	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,056	93.3	125
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,044	88.4	124
70	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3,030	129.9	132
71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,013	88.8	123
72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,001	96.1	131
73	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,998	88.4	122
74	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,992	57.5	135
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2,986	114.3	121
76	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2,979	91.7	122
77	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2,975	89.8	125
78	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,968	87.2	119
79	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	2,967	99.8	120
80	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,959	84.3	130
81	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,948	91.1	122
82	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	2,917	76.3	135
83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,915	81.5	122
84	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,913	84.9	130
85	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,912	65.6	129
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,885	77.5	125
87	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,884	81.6	121
88	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,869	89.8	114
=89	Peru`PER`South America	2,861	90.1	123
=89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,861	68.0	116
91	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2,853	102.9	124
92	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,848	79.3	120
=93	Belize`BLZ`Central America	2,847	83.8	123
=93	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2,847	89.3	114
=95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,840	85.9	123
=95	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,840	80.2	122
97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,837	72.5	123
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,835	76.6	125
99	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,829	72.9	126
100	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	2,813	85.6	116
101	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,792	—	127
102	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,783	68.0	120
103	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,759	—	124
104	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,750	74.3	119
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2,747	70.9	124
106	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,741	74.5	114
107	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,736	92.6	121
108	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,724	70.5	119
109	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,718	80.1	114
=110	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,711	73.8	115
=110	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,711	82.3	119
112	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,652	90.7	122
113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,651	89.6	114
114	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2,642	86.2	115
115	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,634	62.5	115
116	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,631	—	118
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,629	80.5	112
118	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,626	65.8	120
119	Suriname`SUR`South America	2,615	74.2	109
120	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,602	67.4	114
121	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,574	71.3	111
122	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,564	69.3	110
123	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,555	80.0	114
124	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2,550	52.7	113
125	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2,545	67.9	108
126	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,526	59.9	109
127	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,525	73.0	113
128	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,519	58.6	113
129	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,502	66.7	109
130	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2,492	72.4	105
131	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,480	—	111
132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,451	66.3	109
133	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,434	58.5	111
134	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,411	59.2	106
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,409	58.1	105
136	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,408	48.5	112
137	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,385	80.8	105
138	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,384	—	107
139	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,373	72.9	101
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,367	57.3	105
141	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,360	54.4	107
142	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,312	56.7	103
143	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,288	65.7	102
144	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,255	61.9	101
145	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,252	55.4	102
146	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,210	—	101
147	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,208	53.9	99
148	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,206	62.0	104
149	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,205	46.3	103
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,197	62.0	98
151	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,182	56.5	95
152	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,170	46.8	98
153	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,127	28.4	100
154	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,105	45.5	95
155	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,042	47.0	87
156	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,958	38.9	90
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,816	—	83

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

1Ireland3,917
2Belgium3,899
3United States3,886
4Israel3,850
5Serbia3,808

Lowest

157Somalia1,816
156Madagascar1,958
155Haiti2,042
154Liberia2,105
153DR Congo2,127

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,967. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Protein supply (g per person per day)
HighestIceland150.6
LowestDR Congo28.4
Middle country: 89.6
Supply as a share of requirement (%)
HighestIsrael167
LowestSomalia83
Middle country: 125

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 157 in both
101 · 54rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela2,384 → 2,545+161
Uganda2,241 → 2,360+119
Rwanda2,219 → 2,312+93
Mongolia2,951 → 3,030+79
Dominican Republic3,110 → 3,182+72

Fell most

Haiti2,109 → 2,042−67
Solomon Islands2,307 → 2,252−55
Sri Lanka2,888 → 2,837−51
Kenya2,230 → 2,182−48
Syria2,412 → 2,373−39

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 2021.
152 distinct values among 157
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 3,509. 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.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2021). Dietary Energy Supply, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dietary-energy-supply/2021

0624 held

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