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Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2017

2017, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2017 covers 157 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 263; United States is lowest, at 11. The middle country reads 33. Against 2016, 146 values changed (81 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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Per Capita Food Supply Variability · Data for 2017

HighestVenezuela

263

LowestUnited States

11

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2017, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 157 countries · select a heading to sort

Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2017: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
VenezuelaVENSouth America263
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia184
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa170
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa156
RwandaRWAEastern Africa149
UgandaUGAEastern Africa143
GuyanaGUYSouth America97
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa84
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa81
GhanaGHAWestern Africa80
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe71
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa71
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe71
RomaniaROUEastern Europe71
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia69
BelarusBLREastern Europe68
JordanJORWestern Asia67
NorwayNORNorthern Europe65
IcelandISLNorthern Europe64
IndiaINDSouthern Asia59
HungaryHUNEastern Europe57
ItalyITASouthern Europe56
LebanonLBNWestern Asia56
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa56
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa56

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Venezuela263
  2. Sri Lanka184
  3. Mozambique170
  4. Guinea-Bissau156
  5. Rwanda149

Lowest

  1. United States11
  2. Tunisiashared12
  3. North Koreashared12
  4. Netherlands13
  5. Taiwan14

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 33. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 146values changed, of 157 in both
  • 81 · 65rose · fell
  • 11unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 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 2017.

  • 59 distinct values among 157

    Values are stored exactly as published. 8 countries share 37. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 157 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2017). Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-supply-variability/2017

0624 held

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07Questions

Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest food supply variability in Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2017?

Venezuela, at 263, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2017 cover?

157.

Where can I download Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2017?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2017 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2024.

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