FAOSTAT food supply per capita by food group (2010-)

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Per-capita food supply from FAO's Food Balance Sheets (FBS, 2010-): daily calories, protein and fat supply per person plus annual food quantity per person, for 24 aggregate food groups (cereals, roots, sugars, pulses, oils, vegetables, fruits, meat, dairy, eggs, fish and more), ~213 areas x 2010-2023. Each group's share of the area-year dietary total and a within-year calorie-contribution rank are derived; FAO's Vegetal + Animal == Grand Total hierarchy is gated, not assumed. Who joins this: nutrition and food-security models join dietary composition on (area, year) to health and development outcomes; economists track the animal-source share of calories as incomes rise; commodity analysts read cereal/oil shares as demand-structure signals.

Source: FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets Intelligence
Rows: 68,187
Columns: 21
Source cadence: Yearly
Last refreshed: Oct 9, 2026
Theme: agriculture

Column	Type	Description
area_code	integer	FAOSTAT numeric area code (countries, territories and FAO regional aggregates such as World, Africa, European Union (27)). (unit: string)
area_code_m49	string	UN M49 code for the area, as published by FAOSTAT. (unit: string)
area	string	FAOSTAT area name. (unit: string)
year	integer	Reference year (2010-2023). Panel join key with area_code and item_code. (unit: year)
item_code	integer	FAOSTAT aggregate item code (2901 Grand Total, 2903 Vegetal Products, 2941 Animal Products and their 21 subgroups). (unit: string)
item	string	Aggregate food-group name as published by FAOSTAT. (unit: string)
parent_item_code	integer	Parent aggregate item code in FAO's published hierarchy (0 for Grand Total, the top of the tree). (unit: string)
parent_item	string	Parent aggregate food-group name (empty for Grand Total). (unit: string)
kcal_capita_day	float	Food supply in kilocalories per capita per day (FAOSTAT element 664). Honestly null where unpublished upstream — never imputed. (unit: kcal/capita/day)
kcal_flag	string	FAOSTAT observation flag for kcal_capita_day as published ('E' estimated); empty when unflagged. (unit: string)
protein_g_capita_day	float	Protein supply in grams per capita per day (FAOSTAT element 674). Honestly null where unpublished upstream — never imputed. (unit: g/capita/day)
protein_flag	string	FAOSTAT observation flag for protein_g_capita_day as published; empty when unflagged. (unit: string)
fat_g_capita_day	float	Fat supply in grams per capita per day (FAOSTAT element 684). Honestly null where unpublished upstream — never imputed. (unit: string)
fat_flag	string	FAOSTAT observation flag for fat_g_capita_day as published; empty when unflagged. (unit: string)
food_kg_capita_yr	float	Food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year (FAOSTAT element 645). Honestly null where unpublished upstream — never imputed. (unit: kg/capita/year)
food_qty_flag	string	FAOSTAT observation flag for food_kg_capita_yr as published; empty when unflagged. (unit: string)
kcal_share_of_total_pct	float	The food group's share of the area-year grand-total calorie supply, in percent (100 * kcal / Grand Total kcal). Null when the grand total is unpublished. (unit: percent)
protein_share_of_total_pct	float	The food group's share of the area-year grand-total protein supply, in percent. Null when the grand total is unpublished. (unit: percent)
fat_share_of_total_pct	float	The food group's share of the area-year grand-total fat supply, in percent. Null when the grand total is unpublished. (unit: percent)
kcal_rank	integer	Within-(area, year) rank of kcal_capita_day over the leaf food groups only (1 = largest calorie contributor; ties share a rank). Null for the three rollup rows and where kcal is unpublished. (unit: rank)
row_hash	string	Deterministic 16-hex sha256 of area_code + year + item_code + the raw supply measures and flags (idempotency key). (unit: string)

First 10 sample rows — a preview, not the complete dataset.

area_code	area_code_m49	area	year	item_code	item	parent_item	kcal_capita_day	kcal_flag	protein_g_capita_day	protein_flag	fat_g_capita_day	fat_flag	food_kg_capita_yr	food_qty_flag	kcal_share_of_total_pct	protein_share_of_total_pct	fat_share_of_total_pct	kcal_rank	row_hash
1	051	Armenia	2,010	2,901	Grand Total	—	3,163.16	E	98.08	E	94.14	E	—	—	100	100	100	—	bac1e800f517ccc1
1	051	Armenia	2,011	2,901	Grand Total	—	3,163.09	E	101.38	E	95.09	E	—	—	100	100	100	—	0d1818236435d0a7
1	051	Armenia	2,012	2,901	Grand Total	—	3,139.71	E	101.15	E	95.71	E	—	—	100	100	100	—	202ee49e6520cd37
1	051	Armenia	2,013	2,901	Grand Total	—	3,178.69	E	103.82	E	98.84	E	—	—	100	100	100	—	990090ab043ae716
1	051	Armenia	2,014	2,901	Grand Total	—	3,182.42	E	105.27	E	105.2	E	—	—	100	100	100	—	cba92041dc06db2d
1	051	Armenia	2,015	2,901	Grand Total	—	3,166.96	E	107.61	E	103.48	E	—	—	100	100	100	—	3ec3af6a187892fd
1	051	Armenia	2,016	2,901	Grand Total	—	3,126.97	E	107.27	E	104.39	E	—	—	100	100	100	—	343493692ac32bf4
1	051	Armenia	2,017	2,901	Grand Total	—	3,064.87	E	105.43	E	108.42	E	—	—	100	100	100	—	477479810d6062ad
1	051	Armenia	2,018	2,901	Grand Total	—	3,096.23	E	103.53	E	107.52	E	—	—	100	100	100	—	544831eec25d3f5c
1	051	Armenia	2,019	2,901	Grand Total	—	3,136.93	E	104.53	E	111.55	E	—	—	100	100	100	—	54f79ece93b2c1ee

Profiled Oct 9, 2026 from snapshot 20261009T062715Z-03005bf511a5

Measured

Completeness: 97.4%
Rows: 68,187
Columns: 21
Columns with gaps: 8

Rows per yearyear · 2010–2023 · 14 years

20102023

Column	Missing	Distinct	Range	Distribution
area_codebigint	0%	205	1 → 5,817median 153	1,304 outside 1st–99th percentile
area_code_m49varchar	0%	196	—	001336 002336 005336
areavarchar	0%	189	—	Africa336 Americas336 Asia336
yearbigint	0%	16	2,010 → 2,023median 2,017
item_codebigint	0%	25	2,901 → 2,961median 2,922
itemvarchar	0%	25	—	Animal Products2,901 Animal fats2,901 Cereals - Excluding Beer2,901
parent_item_codebigint	0%	4	0 → 2,941median 2,903
parent_itemvarchar	0%	4	—	Vegetal Products39,247 Animal Products20,237 Grand Total5,802
kcal_capita_daydouble	4%	32,091	0 → 3,967median 68.06	655 outside 1st–99th percentile
kcal_flagvarchar	0%	2	—	E65,437 2,750
protein_g_capita_daydouble	4%	6,599	0 → 152.61median 1.42	655 outside 1st–99th percentile
protein_flagvarchar	0%	2	—	E65,437 2,750
fat_g_capita_daydouble	4%	6,594	0 → 188.27median 1.11	655 outside 1st–99th percentile
fat_flagvarchar	0%	2	—	E65,440 2,747
food_kg_capita_yrdouble	12.8%	13,463	0 → 594.54median 10.45	595 outside 1st–99th percentile
food_qty_flagvarchar	0%	2	—	E59,460 8,727
kcal_share_of_total_pctdouble	4%	52,902	0 → 100median 2.33	55 outside 1st–99th percentile
protein_share_of_total_pctdouble	4%	54,422	0 → 100median 1.63	36 outside 1st–99th percentile
fat_share_of_total_pctdouble	4%	61,795	0 → 100median 1.31	29 outside 1st–99th percentile
kcal_rankbigint	16.8%	21	1 → 21median 10	56 outside 1st–99th percentile
row_hashvarchar	0%	89,563	—	000031cfeb0202ac1 000096a4f7c2acf01 0003e4ddfa4703761

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    print(row)

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FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets Intelligence. (2026). FAOSTAT food supply per capita by food group (2010-) [Data set, snapshot 20261009T062715Z-03005bf511a5, sha256 03005bf511a5]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-10-09, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/faostat_food_balances_intel/food_supply_per_capita_annual?snapshot=20261009T062715Z-03005bf511a5

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@misc{dz_faostat_food_balances_intel_food_supply__03005bf5,
  title        = {{FAOSTAT food supply per capita by food group (2010-)}},
  author       = {{FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets Intelligence}},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Datazimuts},
  howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/faostat_food_balances_intel/food_supply_per_capita_annual?snapshot=20261009T062715Z-03005bf511a5}},
  note         = {Snapshot 20261009T062715Z-03005bf511a5, sha256 03005bf511a5cd1dc0dcfbf8e8c8addbb48e03416df687c706a4700b864d9f8c; accessed 2026-10-09}
}

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