Data for 2021
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2021
2021, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2021 covers 174 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 82; Estonia is lowest, at 21. The middle country reads 42. Against 2020, 96 values changed (45 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers · Data for 2021
HighestDR Congo
82LowestEstonia
21Shaded 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, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
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02In 2021
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
DR Congo82
Madagascar80
Cambodia76
Ethiopiashared74
Sierra Leoneshared74
Lowest
Estonia21
Grenada22
United Statesshared23
Czechiashared23
Belgiumshared23
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 42. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032020 → 2021
Since 2020
What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 96values changed, of 174 in both
- 45 · 51rose · fell
- 78unchanged
Rose most
Myanmar58 → 63+5
Sierra Leone71 → 74+3
Pakistan44 → 46+2
Paraguay53 → 55+2
Afghanistan70 → 71+1
Fell most
Kenya53 → 50−3
Zambia72 → 69−3
Zimbabwe52 → 49−3
Albania31 → 29−2
Azerbaijan52 → 50−2
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.
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 2021.
56 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published. 9 countries share 31. 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.
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Download staple-energy-share-2021-nations-inquiry.csv - ↗
The publisher’s original
FAO’s own file, on its own site.
Food_Security_Data_E_All_Data_(Normalized).zip
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) (2021). Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/staple-energy-share/2021
0622 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2020174 countries
The year after ›
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2022174 countries
All of them
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers: every year22 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2021: questions and answers
Which country has the highest calories from staple foods in Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2021?
DR Congo, at 82, of the 174 countries in the file.
What year does Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2021 describe?
2021.
How many countries does Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2021 cover?
174.
Where can I download Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2021?
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, 2021 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, 2022.