Data for 2012

Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2012

2012, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2012 covers 168 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 81; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 22. The middle country reads 43. Against 2011, 76 values changed (25 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.

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Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers · Data for 2012

HighestDR Congo

Lowest2 countries share it

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

168countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
50distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2012: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	81
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	80
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	80
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	77
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	75
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	74
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	74
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	73
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	73
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	70
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	69
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	69
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	69
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	69
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	67
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	67
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	67
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	67
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	65
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	65
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	65
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	65
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	65
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	64
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	62
NigerNERWestern Africa	62
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	62
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	62
YemenYEMWestern Asia	62
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	60
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	60
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	59
GuineaGINWestern Africa	59
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	59
IraqIRQWestern Asia	59
KenyaKENEastern Africa	59
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	59
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	59
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	58
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	57
SenegalSENWestern Africa	57
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	56
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	56
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	55
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	55
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	54
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	54
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	54
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	53
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	53
PeruPERSouth America	52
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	52
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	52
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	51
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	51
NicaraguaNICCentral America	51
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	51
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	51
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	50
GabonGABMiddle Africa	50
HaitiHTICaribbean	50
IranIRNSouthern Asia	50
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	49
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	49
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	49
BoliviaBOLSouth America	48
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	48
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	48
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	48
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	47
GuyanaGUYSouth America	47
ParaguayPRYSouth America	47
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	47
FijiFJIMelanesia	46
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	46
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	46
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	45
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	44
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	44
HondurasHNDCentral America	43
JordanJORWestern Asia	43
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	43
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	43
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	43
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	43
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	43
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	43
ChileCHLSouth America	42
CubaCUBCaribbean	42
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	42
PanamaPANCentral America	42
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	42
SurinameSURSouth America	42
MexicoMEXCentral America	41
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	41
UkraineUKREastern Europe	41
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	40
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	40
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	39
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	39
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	39
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	39
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	39
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	39
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	39
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	39
BelizeBLZCentral America	38
EcuadorECUSouth America	38
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	38
PolandPOLEastern Europe	38
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	38
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	38
UruguayURYSouth America	38
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	37
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	37
OmanOMNWestern Asia	37
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	37
ArgentinaARGSouth America	36
BelarusBLREastern Europe	36
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	36
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	36
VenezuelaVENSouth America	36
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	35
IsraelISRWestern Asia	34
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	34
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	34
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	34
ColombiaCOLSouth America	33
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	33
KiribatiKIRMicronesia	33
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	33
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	33
BrazilBRASouth America	32
Costa RicaCRICentral America	32
ItalyITASouthern Europe	32
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	32
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	32
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	32
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	31
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	31
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	31
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	31
CanadaCANNorthern America	30
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	30
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	30
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	30
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	29
FranceFRAWestern Europe	29
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	29
MacauMACEastern Asia	29
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	29
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	29
SamoaWSMPolynesia	29
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	28
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	28
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	27
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	27
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	27
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	27
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	27
SpainESPSouthern Europe	27
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	26
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	26
United StatesUSANorthern America	24
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	23
BahamasBHSCaribbean	23
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	22
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	22

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

Icelandshared22
Switzerlandshared22
Bahamasshared23
Australiashared23
United States24

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 43. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
76values changed, of 168 in both
25 · 51rose · fell
92unchanged

Rose most

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines36 → 38+2
Antigua and Barbuda26 → 27+1
Austria25 → 26+1
Bahamas22 → 23+1
Belarus35 → 36+1

Fell most

Seychelles47 → 43−4
Dominican Republic31 → 29−2
Georgia51 → 49−2
Mozambique76 → 74−2
Afghanistan74 → 73−1

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 2012.
50 distinct values among 168
Values are stored exactly as published. 8 countries share 43. 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 168 countries has every column.

05The files

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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.

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2012). Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/staple-energy-share/2012

0622 held

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07Questions

Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest calories from staple foods in Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2012?

DR Congo, at 81, of the 168 countries in the file.

What year does Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2012 cover?

168.

Where can I download Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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