Freshwater Fish — Food supply (kcal) by country

A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...

Countries reporting
182
Highest
20.16 million million Kcal
China
Lowest
0.39 million Kcal
Nauru
Median
11,476 million Kcal
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,886

What the numbers show

Freshwater Fish — Food supply (kcal) is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 20.16 million million Kcal in China; the lowest is 0.39 million Kcal in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 11,476 million Kcal, and the mean is 374,652 million Kcal.

Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Honduras (up 1,050.7%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 95.3%).

Freshwater Fish — Food supply: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 20.16 million million Kcal 2023 up 12.5% rising
2 China, mainland 19.96 million million Kcal 2023 up 12.7% rising
3 India 7.77 million million Kcal 2023 up 91.0% rising
4 Indonesia 3.86 million million Kcal 2023 up 39.0% rising
5 Bangladesh 2.90 million million Kcal 2023 up 38.6% rising
6 Myanmar 1.27 million million Kcal 2023 up 5.9% rising
7 Viet Nam 1.21 million million Kcal 2023 up 34.1% rising
8 Egypt 1.05 million million Kcal 2023 up 19.6% rising
9 Brazil 719,176 million Kcal 2023 up 20.4% rising
10 Philippines 693,799 million Kcal 2023 up 11.6% rising
11 Russian Federation 683,899 million Kcal 2023 down 4.0% flat
12 Uganda 550,810 million Kcal 2023 up 53.5% rising
13 Nigeria 480,730 million Kcal 2023 up 1.6% rising
14 Thailand 461,307 million Kcal 2023 down 4.2% flat
15 Cambodia 391,691 million Kcal 2023 up 3.2% rising
16 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 382,301 million Kcal 2023 up 30.4% rising
17 Mexico 348,549 million Kcal 2023 up 40.9% rising
18 United Republic of Tanzania 277,045 million Kcal 2023 up 21.5% rising
19 Germany 249,338 million Kcal 2023 up 15.4% rising
20 France 206,798 million Kcal 2023 up 4.1% rising
21 Colombia 193,178 million Kcal 2023 up 74.9% rising
22 Democratic Republic of the Congo 184,280 million Kcal 2023 up 1.0% flat
23 Pakistan 168,042 million Kcal 2023 down 13.4% falling
24 Malaysia 164,856 million Kcal 2023 up 1.8% rising
25 Lao People's Democratic Republic 160,910 million Kcal 2023 up 44.5% rising
26 Italy 155,220 million Kcal 2023 up 28.3% rising
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 150,239 million Kcal 2023 up 4.2% flat
28 Canada 149,320 million Kcal 2023 up 7.1% rising
29 Uzbekistan 135,053 million Kcal 2023 up 353.4% volatile
30 Ghana 134,475 million Kcal 2023 up 46.0% rising
31 Malawi 127,987 million Kcal 2023 up 49.4% rising
32 China, Taiwan Province of 121,526 million Kcal 2023 up 3.1% rising
33 Zambia 115,410 million Kcal 2023 up 41.2% rising
34 Türkiye 97,717 million Kcal 2023 up 3.2% rising
35 Nepal 96,346 million Kcal 2023 up 113.9% rising
36 Ukraine 93,366 million Kcal 2023 up 21.6% rising
37 Australia and New Zealand 92,392 million Kcal 2023 up 20.3% rising
38 Kenya 90,260 million Kcal 2023 down 19.6% falling
39 Spain 84,056 million Kcal 2023 down 18.9% falling
40 Australia 82,102 million Kcal 2023 up 19.2% rising
41 Mozambique 80,186 million Kcal 2023 up 20.9% rising
42 Côte d'Ivoire 79,565 million Kcal 2023 up 779.1% volatile
43 Republic of Korea 78,906 million Kcal 2023 up 64.4% rising
44 Sri Lanka 76,475 million Kcal 2023 up 59.9% rising
45 Saudi Arabia 75,008 million Kcal 2023 down 14.0% falling
46 Israel 69,585 million Kcal 2023 up 56.2% rising
47 China, Hong Kong SAR 66,770 million Kcal 2023 down 19.5% flat
48 Norway 58,059 million Kcal 2023 up 114.4% rising
49 Peru 56,470 million Kcal 2023 up 6.7% rising
50 Sweden 53,016 million Kcal 2023 down 9.6% flat
51 Finland 52,596 million Kcal 2023 down 2.7% rising
52 Iraq 51,873 million Kcal 2023 down 11.5% rising
53 Belgium 47,996 million Kcal 2023 up 10.0% rising
54 Ethiopia 46,275 million Kcal 2023 up 64.3% rising
55 United Arab Emirates 39,774 million Kcal 2023 up 4.6% rising
56 Caribbean 33,960 million Kcal 2023 up 5.8% rising
57 Niger 33,930 million Kcal 2023 down 5.1% falling
58 Guinea 31,736 million Kcal 2023 up 110.4% rising
59 Switzerland 31,468 million Kcal 2023 up 5.2% rising
60 Congo 30,614 million Kcal 2023 up 18.9% rising
61 Rwanda 30,004 million Kcal 2023 up 80.6% rising
62 Romania 29,249 million Kcal 2023 up 23.6% rising
63 Cameroon 28,126 million Kcal 2023 down 24.2% falling
64 Portugal 27,024 million Kcal 2023 up 21.6% rising
65 Czechia 25,857 million Kcal 2023 up 11.3% rising
66 Honduras 25,491 million Kcal 2023 up 1,050.7% volatile
67 Paraguay 25,144 million Kcal 2023 up 36.4% rising
68 Austria 24,349 million Kcal 2023 up 11.0% rising
69 Poland 23,947 million Kcal 2023 down 50.5% falling
70 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 22,257 million Kcal 2023 down 35.5% falling
71 Angola 21,363 million Kcal 2023 up 35.7% rising
72 Burkina Faso 21,329 million Kcal 2023 up 58.8% rising
73 Hungary 21,260 million Kcal 2023 up 13.5% rising
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21,211 million Kcal 2023 down 48.5% falling
75 Costa Rica 20,794 million Kcal 2023 up 20.9% rising
76 Kazakhstan 20,336 million Kcal 2023 down 5.5% flat
77 Zimbabwe 19,224 million Kcal 2023 down 49.1% falling
78 Senegal 17,543 million Kcal 2023 down 27.3% falling
79 Guatemala 16,880 million Kcal 2023 up 154.5% rising
80 Slovakia 16,679 million Kcal 2023 up 68.7% rising
81 Cuba 16,594 million Kcal 2019 down 26.6% falling
82 Belarus 16,342 million Kcal 2023 down 31.2% falling
83 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 14,377 million Kcal 2018 up 92.0% rising
84 Chile 13,670 million Kcal 2023 up 92.2% rising
85 Argentina 13,669 million Kcal 2023 up 132.1% rising
86 Dominican Republic 13,368 million Kcal 2023 up 166.4% volatile
87 Morocco 12,615 million Kcal 2023 up 6.0% rising
88 Gabon 12,197 million Kcal 2023 up 31.4% rising
89 Turkmenistan 11,897 million Kcal 2023 up 0.8% flat
90 Serbia 11,896 million Kcal 2023 down 19.2% falling
91 Mauritania 11,707 million Kcal 2023 down 0.5% flat
92 Melanesia 11,244 million Kcal 2023 up 2.6% flat
93 Republic of Moldova 10,843 million Kcal 2023 up 25.0% rising
94 Papua New Guinea 10,728 million Kcal 2023 up 0.3% flat
95 Ireland 10,674 million Kcal 2023 up 60.1% rising
96 Bulgaria 10,474 million Kcal 2023 down 16.1% rising
97 Afghanistan 10,366 million Kcal 2023 up 139.0% rising
98 New Zealand 10,290 million Kcal 2023 up 30.1% rising
99 Ecuador 9,469 million Kcal 2023 up 51.1% falling
100 Qatar 9,466 million Kcal 2023 flat
101 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8,978 million Kcal 2023 up 38.2% rising
102 Sierra Leone 7,813 million Kcal 2023 down 7.9% falling
103 Madagascar 7,770 million Kcal 2023 down 62.6% falling
104 Armenia 7,462 million Kcal 2023 up 4.3% rising
105 Kuwait 7,249 million Kcal 2023 up 34.9% rising
106 Greece 6,979 million Kcal 2023 down 41.3% falling
107 China, Macao SAR 6,655 million Kcal 2023 up 31.5% rising
108 El Salvador 6,338 million Kcal 2023 up 145.6% rising
109 Denmark 6,093 million Kcal 2023 up 6.5% falling
110 Bahrain 5,977 million Kcal 2023 flat
111 Syrian Arab Republic 5,827 million Kcal 2023 down 17.3% falling
112 Latvia 5,647 million Kcal 2023 up 29.5% rising
113 Jordan 5,539 million Kcal 2023 up 12.5% rising
114 Azerbaijan 5,134 million Kcal 2023 up 65.2% rising
115 Panama 4,921 million Kcal 2023 up 100.0% rising
116 Oman 4,350 million Kcal 2023 up 327.5% volatile
117 Croatia 4,284 million Kcal 2023 up 3.9% falling
118 Georgia 3,877 million Kcal 2023 down 9.4% rising
119 Kyrgyzstan 3,542 million Kcal 2023 up 226.4% volatile
120 North Macedonia 3,517 million Kcal 2023 up 102.3% rising
121 Tajikistan 3,517 million Kcal 2023 up 177.2% volatile
122 Albania 3,419 million Kcal 2023 up 122.7% rising
123 Slovenia 3,180 million Kcal 2023 up 6.6% rising
124 Luxembourg 2,939 million Kcal 2023 up 22.3% rising
125 Iceland 2,882 million Kcal 2023 up 155.4% rising
126 Namibia 2,759 million Kcal 2023 up 105.4% rising
127 Jamaica 2,594 million Kcal 2023 up 75.0% rising
128 Uruguay 2,434 million Kcal 2023 down 4.8% rising
129 Lebanon 2,385 million Kcal 2023 down 66.2% falling
130 Lithuania 2,330 million Kcal 2023 down 54.7% volatile
131 Cyprus 2,302 million Kcal 2023 down 32.5% falling
132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,289 million Kcal 2023 down 17.8% falling
133 Algeria 2,266 million Kcal 2023 down 79.9% volatile
134 Estonia 1,994 million Kcal 2023 up 47.2% rising
135 Haiti 1,816 million Kcal 2023 down 49.0% falling
136 Bhutan 1,629 million Kcal 2023 rising
137 Liberia 1,595 million Kcal 2023 down 16.4% falling
138 Tunisia 1,475 million Kcal 2023 up 32.4% rising
139 Yemen 1,468 million Kcal 2023 up 643.2% volatile
140 Nicaragua 1,465 million Kcal 2023 up 69.0% rising
141 Gambia 1,234 million Kcal 2023 down 64.9% falling
142 Mauritius 1,205 million Kcal 2023 up 118.0% rising
143 Malta 972.66 million Kcal 2023 up 20.2% rising
144 Montenegro 809.15 million Kcal 2023 down 43.0% falling
145 Trinidad and Tobago 717.36 million Kcal 2023 down 8.5% rising
146 Suriname 686.57 million Kcal 2023 up 85.5% rising
147 Timor-Leste 645.15 million Kcal 2023 up 163.4% volatile
148 Lesotho 632.91 million Kcal 2023 up 55.0% volatile
149 Bahamas 573.76 million Kcal 2023 up 110.7% rising
150 Maldives 524.08 million Kcal 2023 up 224.3% volatile
151 Polynesia 450.06 million Kcal 2023 up 46.8% rising
152 Barbados 413.09 million Kcal 2023 up 137.3% rising
153 French Polynesia 398.91 million Kcal 2023 up 61.4% rising
154 Fiji 271.5 million Kcal 2023 up 245.4% volatile
155 Guyana 250.98 million Kcal 2023 down 53.9% falling
156 Botswana 247.9 million Kcal 2023 down 54.9% volatile
157 New Caledonia 207.62 million Kcal 2023 up 91.1% rising
158 Cabo Verde 204.27 million Kcal 2023 up 338.6% volatile
159 Eswatini 195.81 million Kcal 2023 down 33.6% falling
160 Libya 164.09 million Kcal 2023 down 74.8% volatile
161 Micronesia 102.38 million Kcal 2023 up 405.3% volatile
162 Mongolia 92.45 million Kcal 2023 up 258.3% volatile
163 Antigua and Barbuda 79.39 million Kcal 2023 up 31.2% rising
164 Saint Kitts and Nevis 61.39 million Kcal 2023 down 49.2% rising
165 Saint Lucia 61.19 million Kcal 2023 up 18.8% volatile
166 Djibouti 55.38 million Kcal 2023 up 696.8% volatile
167 Guinea-Bissau 52.34 million Kcal 2023 down 55.3% falling
168 Marshall Islands 47.25 million Kcal 2023 rising
169 Seychelles 46.18 million Kcal 2023 down 39.1% falling
170 Samoa 43.63 million Kcal 2023 down 26.4% volatile
171 Belize 40.24 million Kcal 2023 down 21.4% volatile
172 Grenada 26.04 million Kcal 2023 up 195.6% volatile
173 Comoros 22.56 million Kcal 2023 down 56.8% volatile
174 Vanuatu 22.39 million Kcal 2023 down 68.6% volatile
175 Solomon Islands 14.67 million Kcal 2023 up 287.1% volatile
176 Tonga 6.67 million Kcal 2023 flat
177 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.53 million Kcal 2023 up 37.5% rising
178 Micronesia (Federated States of) 4.75 million Kcal 2023 rising
179 Kiribati 3.12 million Kcal 2023 down 84.6% volatile
180 Sao Tome and Principe 1.65 million Kcal 2023 down 95.3% volatile
181 Tuvalu 0.85 million Kcal 2023 falling
182 Nauru 0.39 million Kcal 2023 rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Freshwater Fish — Food supply (kcal)
Unit
million Kcal
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
213 places, 2,886 data points, 2010–2023
Last refreshed

A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.