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Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2008

2008, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2008 covers 170 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 81; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 23. The middle country reads 46. Against 2007, 78 values changed (31 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers · Data for 2008

Highest2 countries share it

81

Lowest2 countries share it

23

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 Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 170 countries · select a heading to sort

Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2008: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia81
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa81
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa79
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia78
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa77
TogoTGOWestern Africa74
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa74
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia73
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa73
BeninBENWestern Africa72
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia72
NepalNPLSouthern Asia72
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia72
MalawiMWIEastern Africa71
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia69
MaliMLIWestern Africa68
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia68
ChadTCDMiddle Africa67
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa67
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa67
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia67
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia66
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa66
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa65
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa65

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bangladeshshared81
  2. Lesothoshared81
  3. Madagascar79
  4. Afghanistan78
  5. Ethiopia77

Lowest

  1. Icelandshared23
  2. Switzerlandshared23
  3. United Statesshared25
  4. Netherlandsshared25
  5. Bahamasshared25

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 46. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 78values changed, of 170 in both
  • 31 · 47rose · fell
  • 92unchanged

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 2008.

  • 54 distinct values among 170

    Values are stored exactly as published. 8 countries share 44. 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 170 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) (2008). Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/staple-energy-share/2008

0622 held

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07Questions

Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest calories from staple foods in Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2008?

2 countries share the highest reading, 81, so no single country is named.

What year does Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2008 cover?

170.

Where can I download Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2008?

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

Is Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2008 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2022.

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