Average per capita fruit intake vs minimum recommended guidelines by country
Countries reporting
192
Highest
1,450
Dominica
Lowest
11.7
Zambia
Median
226.32
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,214
What the numbers show
Average per capita fruit intake vs minimum recommended guidelines is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 1,450 in Dominica; the lowest is 11.7 in Zambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 226.32, and the mean is 252.09.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 124.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 955.6%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 53.0%).
Average per capita fruit intake vs minimum recommended guidelines: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominica | 1,450 | 2022 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 1,040 | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 3 | Guyana | 947.76 | 2023 | up 468.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Bahamas | 849.02 | 2023 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Antigua and Barbuda | 662.26 | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea | 580.06 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 7 | Uganda | 568.85 | 2023 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 8 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 542.99 | 2023 | up 197.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 538.68 | 2023 | up 68.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Sao Tome and Principe | 526.46 | 2023 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Albania | 508.76 | 2023 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Samoa | 483.66 | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 13 | Malawi | 482.08 | 2023 | up 83.6% | volatile |
| 14 | United States | 463.61 | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 15 | Maldives | 461.7 | 2023 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Turkey | 459.69 | 2023 | up 36.5% | flat |
| 17 | Ghana | 452.1 | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 18 | Grenada | 438.87 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 19 | Cuba | 438.13 | 2019 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Netherlands | 432.65 | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 21 | Panama | 422.73 | 2023 | up 73.8% | flat |
| 22 | Colombia | 421.14 | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 23 | Serbia | 404.45 | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 24 | Jamaica | 394.75 | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 25 | Oman | 386.83 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 26 | Vanuatu | 379.48 | 2023 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 27 | Mexico | 376.42 | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 28 | Portugal | 373.24 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 372.39 | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 30 | Peru | 371.41 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 31 | Laos | 363.82 | 2023 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Gabon | 359.76 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 33 | Slovenia | 359.11 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 34 | Iceland | 356.58 | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 35 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 351.15 | 2023 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Bahrain | 342.88 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 37 | Moldova | 339.98 | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 38 | Iran | 338.03 | 2023 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 39 | Greece | 333.07 | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 40 | Italy | 331.84 | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 41 | Montenegro | 330.88 | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 42 | Israel | 322.75 | 2023 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 43 | Austria | 321.21 | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 44 | Saint Lucia | 315.19 | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 45 | China | 313.35 | 2023 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Norway | 311.89 | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 47 | Spain | 311.89 | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 48 | Romania | 309.29 | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 49 | Canada | 307.48 | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 50 | Armenia | 307.45 | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 51 | Tuvalu | 306.16 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 52 | Tunisia | 299.7 | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 53 | New Zealand | 295.76 | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 54 | Algeria | 293.56 | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 55 | Ireland | 292.99 | 2023 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 292.74 | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 57 | Brazil | 292.55 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 58 | Denmark | 291.95 | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 288.58 | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 60 | France | 288.22 | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 61 | Croatia | 287.64 | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 62 | Lebanon | 284.33 | 2023 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 63 | Guinea | 283.43 | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 64 | Barbados | 282.65 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 65 | Vietnam | 272.93 | 2023 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 66 | Rwanda | 272.11 | 2023 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 67 | Bermuda | 270.99 | 2009 | down 50.6% | flat |
| 68 | Uruguay | 270.05 | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 69 | Philippines | 269.07 | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 267.31 | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 71 | Tonga | 266.1 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 72 | Comoros | 266.08 | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 73 | Switzerland | 263.97 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 74 | Brunei | 260.91 | 2009 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 75 | New Caledonia | 258.84 | 2023 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 76 | Taiwan | 258.6 | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 77 | Egypt | 257.64 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 78 | Nauru | 256.8 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 79 | Cameroon | 255.64 | 2023 | down 24.0% | flat |
| 80 | Kuwait | 254.27 | 2023 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 81 | Finland | 252.55 | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 82 | United Kingdom | 252.33 | 2023 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 83 | Venezuela | 251.59 | 2023 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 250.22 | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 85 | Libya | 246.44 | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 86 | Morocco | 243.83 | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 87 | Haiti | 239.34 | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 88 | Sweden | 238.3 | 2023 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 89 | Germany | 237.5 | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 90 | Australia | 235.86 | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 91 | Indonesia | 233.94 | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 92 | Bolivia | 233.31 | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 93 | Seychelles | 231.54 | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 94 | Malta | 228.76 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 95 | Mali | 227.53 | 2022 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 96 | El Salvador | 226.82 | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 97 | Angola | 225.83 | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 98 | Estonia | 224.32 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 99 | Hungary | 222.65 | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 100 | Syria | 221.23 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 101 | Ecuador | 220.32 | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 102 | Belgium | 218.1 | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 103 | Kenya | 217.03 | 2023 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 104 | Czechia | 216.08 | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 105 | Paraguay | 214.21 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 106 | Cyprus | 213.14 | 2023 | up 35.1% | falling |
| 107 | Fiji | 213.09 | 2023 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 211.31 | 2023 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 109 | Chile | 210.46 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 110 | French Polynesia | 210.02 | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 111 | Eswatini | 207.2 | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 112 | Hong Kong | 205.69 | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 203.94 | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 114 | Argentina | 203.06 | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 115 | Burundi | 202.13 | 2022 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 201.47 | 2023 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 117 | Russia | 200.29 | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 118 | Thailand | 196.4 | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 119 | Qatar | 195.14 | 2023 | — | falling |
| 120 | Guatemala | 191.12 | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 121 | Kiribati | 190.96 | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 122 | Netherlands Antilles | 188.3 | 2009 | up 29.4% | falling |
| 123 | Nigeria | 187.06 | 2023 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 124 | Tanzania | 184.07 | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 125 | Poland | 183.25 | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 126 | Macao | 181.28 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 127 | India | 179.85 | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 128 | United Arab Emirates | 175.72 | 2023 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 129 | Kazakhstan | 174.13 | 2023 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Suriname | 172.56 | 2023 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 131 | Latvia | 171.17 | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 132 | Cote d'Ivoire | 171 | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 133 | Belarus | 170.98 | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 134 | Slovakia | 167.52 | 2023 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 135 | Belize | 166.95 | 2023 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Malaysia | 164.37 | 2023 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 163.99 | 2023 | up 955.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Sudan | 163.93 | 2022 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 139 | Nicaragua | 162.87 | 2023 | up 37.2% | falling |
| 140 | North Korea | 160.59 | 2018 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 141 | Lithuania | 159.03 | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 142 | Honduras | 158.24 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 143 | Mauritius | 157.91 | 2023 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Central African Republic | 150.83 | 2022 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 145 | Cape Verde | 142.4 | 2023 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 146 | Ukraine | 141.96 | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 147 | Turkmenistan | 141.25 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 148 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 141.03 | 2023 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 149 | Nepal | 140.45 | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 150 | South Korea | 131.68 | 2023 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Georgia | 130.86 | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 152 | Iraq | 130.39 | 2023 | up 35.4% | flat |
| 153 | Botswana | 127.79 | 2023 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Guinea-Bissau | 127.22 | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 155 | Namibia | 127.11 | 2023 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 156 | Japan | 122.51 | 2022 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 157 | Sri Lanka | 117.9 | 2023 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 158 | Zimbabwe | 117.85 | 2023 | up 227.3% | rising |
| 159 | Benin | 116.84 | 2022 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 160 | Congo | 114.26 | 2023 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 161 | Jordan | 111.93 | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Myanmar | 109.96 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 163 | Afghanistan | 109.38 | 2023 | up 20.4% | falling |
| 164 | Kyrgyzstan | 108.37 | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 165 | Djibouti | 108.2 | 2023 | up 97.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Madagascar | 100.56 | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 167 | Liberia | 99.63 | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 168 | USSR | 96.89 | 1991 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 169 | Micronesia (country) | 89.94 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 88.72 | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 171 | Bhutan | 84.58 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 172 | Sierra Leone | 84.25 | 2023 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 173 | Bangladesh | 83.16 | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 174 | Tajikistan | 81.41 | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 175 | Yemen | 72.53 | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 176 | South Africa | 72.36 | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 177 | Marshall Islands | 69.62 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Pakistan | 65.9 | 2023 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 179 | Mauritania | 60.31 | 2023 | up 89.1% | rising |
| 180 | Niger | 58.75 | 2023 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Mongolia | 57.1 | 2023 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Senegal | 53.9 | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 183 | Cambodia | 48.55 | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 184 | Mozambique | 45.16 | 2023 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 185 | East Timor | 44.99 | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 186 | Lesotho | 42.74 | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 187 | Somalia | 41.39 | 2022 | down 18.6% | flat |
| 188 | Ethiopia | 30.06 | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 189 | Togo | 21.03 | 2022 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 190 | Chad | 19.66 | 2022 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 191 | Gambia | 16.63 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 192 | Zambia | 11.7 | 2023 | down 53.0% | falling |