Food calories per person by country

• 3,947highest: US (2023)
• 1,811lowest: Yemen (2023)
• 3,006world (2023)
• 52countries we cover with a value

In kcal per day. The latest year differs by country, so compare the year too.

Source: Our World in Data, Food calories per person (kcal per day). Retrieved 12 Nov 2026.

1. 1USNorth America · 20233,947
2. 2ItalyEurope · 20233,753
3. 3Saudi ArabiaMiddle East · 20233,660
4. 4CanadaNorth America · 20233,590
5. 5AustraliaAPAC · 20233,562
6. 6GermanyEurope · 20233,535
7. 7RussiaEurope · 20233,528
8. 8ChinaAPAC · 20233,527
9. 9FranceEurope · 20233,490
10. 10UKEurope · 20233,435
11. 11BrazilLatin America · 20233,423
12. 12SpainEurope · 20233,377
13. 13MoroccoAfrica · 20233,354
14. 14MexicoLatin America · 20233,305
15. 15QatarMiddle East · 20233,251
16. 16GhanaAfrica · 20233,125
17. 17UAEMiddle East · 20233,125
18. 18New ZealandAPAC · 20233,122
19. 19EgyptAfrica · 20233,094
20. 20PhilippinesAPAC · 20232,983
21. 21MalaysiaAPAC · 20232,927
22. 22NepalAPAC · 20232,920
23. 23IndonesiaAPAC · 20232,900
24. 24ThailandAPAC · 20232,855
25. 25Hong KongAPAC · 20232,828
26. 26LebanonMiddle East · 20232,828
27. 27MyanmarAPAC · 20232,809
28. 28Burkina FasoAfrica · 20232,791
29. 29MaliAfrica · 20222,734
30. 30South AfricaAfrica · 20232,694
31. 31JapanAPAC · 20222,670
32. 32IndiaAPAC · 20232,669
33. 33NigerAfrica · 20232,654
34. 34EcuadorLatin America · 20232,621
35. 35MalawiAfrica · 20232,618
36. 36BangladeshAPAC · 20232,588
37. 37EthiopiaAfrica · 20232,558
38. 38JordanMiddle East · 20232,556
39. 39TanzaniaAfrica · 20232,518
40. 40PakistanAPAC · 20232,514
41. 41SudanAfrica · 20222,513
42. 42NigeriaAfrica · 20232,470
43. 43UgandaAfrica · 20232,378
44. 44IraqMiddle East · 20232,371
45. 45AfghanistanAPAC · 20232,315
46. 46SyriaMiddle East · 20232,259
47. 47MozambiqueAfrica · 20232,186
48. 48ZambiaAfrica · 20232,170
49. 49KenyaAfrica · 20232,146
50. 50DR CongoAfrica · 20232,015
51. 51HaitiLatin America · 20231,959
52. 52YemenMiddle East · 20231,811

Source: Our World in Data, Food calories per person (kcal per day), latest year for each country. Retrieved 12 Nov 2026.

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