Dietary energy supply per person in Europe

37 countries in Europe, 2023. Unit: kcal per person per day. World ranking →

First in the ranking
3,921 kcal
Belgium
Median country
3,458 kcal
half above, half below
World
3,017 kcal
FAO aggregate
Range
2,775 to 3,921
Ukraine - Belgium

How to read it

Across 37 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Belgium (3,921 kcal) and the lowest in Ukraine (2,775 kcal).

The median country is at 3,458 kcal: half are above, half below.

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Source: FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. Accessed on 24 September 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS Licence: CC-BY-4.0 · licence

Calories per person over time

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Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Belgium3,921
2Ireland3,921
3Serbia3,879
4Austria3,756
5Italy3,753
6Denmark3,734
7Poland3,730
8Iceland3,681
9Montenegro3,669
10Romania3,649
11Portugal3,553
12Hungary3,549
13Germany3,535
14Russia3,528
15Luxembourg3,522
16France3,490
17North Macedonia3,476
18Netherlands3,467
19Bosnia and Herzegovina3,458
20Croatia3,448
21United Kingdom3,435
22Malta3,407
23Switzerland3,402
24Belarus3,396
25Czechia3,384
26Greece3,382
27Spain3,377
28Sweden3,367
29Lithuania3,348
30Finland3,346
31Latvia3,342
32Estonia3,287
33Albania3,238
34Slovenia3,200
35Bulgaria3,000
36Moldova2,991
37Ukraine2,775
FAO · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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