Data for 2020
Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2020
2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2020 covers 156 countries. Guinea-Bissau is highest, at 187; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 7. The middle country reads 31. Against 2019, 144 values changed (60 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.
Per Capita Food Supply Variability · Data for 2020
HighestGuinea-Bissau
187Lowest2 countries share it
7Shaded 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, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 156 countries · select a heading to sort
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02In 2020
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Guinea-Bissau187
Venezuela168
Sri Lanka166
Mozambique122
Jordan113
Lowest
Vietnamshared7
Latviashared7
Papua New Guinea10
Lebanonshared11
Hungaryshared11
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 31. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032019 → 2020
Since 2019
What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 144values changed, of 156 in both
- 60 · 84rose · fell
- 12unchanged
Rose most
Netherlands17 → 56+39
Malta30 → 68+38
Luxembourg20 → 57+37
Jordan77 → 113+36
Azerbaijan29 → 63+34
Fell most
Venezuela288 → 168−120
Guinea-Bissau249 → 187−62
Angola77 → 32−45
Côte d’Ivoire54 → 12−42
Uganda136 → 103−33
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.
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.
62 distinct values among 156
Values are stored exactly as published. 8 countries share 35. 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 156 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.
- .csv
For a spreadsheet or code
156 rows · 4.0 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download food-supply-variability-2020-nations-inquiry.csv - ↗
The publisher’s original
FAO’s own file, on its own site.
Food_Security_Data_E_All_Data_(Normalized).zip
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) (2020). Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-supply-variability/2020
0624 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2019156 countries
The year after ›
Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2021156 countries
All of them
Per Capita Food Supply Variability: every year24 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2020: questions and answers
Which country has the highest food supply variability in Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2020?
Guinea-Bissau, at 187, of the 156 countries in the file.
What year does Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2020 describe?
2020.
How many countries does Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2020 cover?
156.
Where can I download Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2020?
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, 2020 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Per Capita Food Supply Variability, 2024.