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Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2020

2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2020 covers 174 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 81; Estonia is lowest, at 22. The middle country reads 42. Against 2019, 98 values changed (35 up, 63 down), 8 countries joined.

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Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers · Data for 2020

HighestDR Congo

81

LowestEstonia

22

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, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 174 countries · select a heading to sort

Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2020: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa81
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa79
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia76
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia75
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa75
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa72
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa72
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa72
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa71
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa71
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia70
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia68
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa68
GhanaGHAWestern Africa67
MalawiMWIEastern Africa67
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa65
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia64
GuineaGINWestern Africa64
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa64
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia64
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa63
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa63
NepalNPLSouthern Asia63
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia62
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia62

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. DR Congo81
  2. Madagascar79
  3. Cambodia76
  4. Bangladeshshared75
  5. Ethiopiashared75

Lowest

  1. Estonia22
  2. United Statesshared23
  3. Naurushared23
  4. Australiashared23
  5. Grenadashared24

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 42. “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.

  • +8 / −0countries joined / left
  • 98values changed, of 166 in both
  • 35 · 63rose · fell
  • 68unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Bahrain+ Bhutan+ Micronesia+ Marshall Islands+ Nauru+ Qatar+ Tonga+ Tuvalu

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 2020.

  • 53 distinct values among 174

    Values are stored exactly as published. 9 countries share 41. 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 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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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) (2020). Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/staple-energy-share/2020

0622 held

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07Questions

Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest calories from staple foods in Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2020?

DR Congo, at 81, of the 174 countries in the file.

What year does Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2020 cover?

174.

Where can I download Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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