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Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2017

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

Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2017 covers 168 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 80; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 23. The middle country reads 43. Against 2016, 81 values changed (31 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers · Data for 2017

HighestDR Congo

80

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, 2017, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 168 countries · select a heading to sort

Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2017: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa80
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa79
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia78
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia77
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa75
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa72
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia71
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa71
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa71
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia68
GhanaGHAWestern Africa67
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa67
MalawiMWIEastern Africa67
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa67
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia66
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa66
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia66
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa65
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia64
NepalNPLSouthern Asia64
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa64
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia64
GuineaGINWestern Africa63
NigerNERWestern Africa63
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa62

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. DR Congo80
  2. Madagascar79
  3. Bangladesh78
  4. Cambodia77
  5. Ethiopia75

Lowest

  1. United Statesshared23
  2. Australiashared23
  3. Icelandshared24
  4. Switzerlandshared24
  5. Saint Kitts and Nevisshared26

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 43. “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
  • 81values changed, of 168 in both
  • 31 · 50rose · fell
  • 87unchanged

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.

  • 51 distinct values among 168

    Values are stored exactly as published. 9 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

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). Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/staple-energy-share/2017

0622 held

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07Questions

Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest calories from staple foods in Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2017?

DR Congo, at 80, of the 168 countries in the file.

What year does Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2017 cover?

168.

Where can I download Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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