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Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2018

2018, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2018 covers 167 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 80; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 23. The middle country reads 43. Against 2017, 96 values changed (35 up, 61 down), 1 left.

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Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers · Data for 2018

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, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 167 countries · select a heading to sort

Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2018: 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 Africa76
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa72
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa72
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia70
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa70
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa68
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa68
GhanaGHAWestern Africa67
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia67
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa67
MalawiMWIEastern Africa67
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia66
NepalNPLSouthern Asia64
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa64
GuineaGINWestern Africa63
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia63
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa62
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa62
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa62
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa62
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia62

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. DR Congo80
  2. Madagascar79
  3. Bangladesh78
  4. Cambodia77
  5. Ethiopia76

Lowest

  1. United Statesshared23
  2. Australiashared23
  3. Icelandshared25
  4. Grenadashared25
  5. Denmarkshared25

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

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −1countries joined / left
  • 96values changed, of 167 in both
  • 35 · 61rose · fell
  • 71unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− North Korea

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 2018.

  • 49 distinct values among 167

    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 167 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) (2018). Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/staple-energy-share/2018

0622 held

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07Questions

Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest calories from staple foods in Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2018?

DR Congo, at 80, of the 167 countries in the file.

What year does Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2018 cover?

167.

Where can I download Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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