Average per capita vegetable intake vs minimum recommended guidelines by country
Countries reporting
192
Highest
1,131
China
Lowest
14.63
Chad
Median
275.87
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,214
What the numbers show
Average per capita vegetable intake vs minimum recommended guidelines is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 1,131 in China; the lowest is 14.63 in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 275.87, and the mean is 298.7.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 77.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 761.2%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 54.7%).
Average per capita vegetable intake vs minimum recommended guidelines: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,131 | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Albania | 1,048 | 2023 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Croatia | 926.23 | 2023 | up 199.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Guyana | 865.28 | 2023 | up 169.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 826.03 | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 6 | North Macedonia | 818.49 | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 7 | Oman | 752.32 | 2023 | up 101.3% | rising |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 719.5 | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 9 | Tonga | 717.11 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 10 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 715.11 | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 711.06 | 2023 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 12 | Tunisia | 691.63 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 13 | Turkey | 686.59 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 14 | Algeria | 606.44 | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 600.41 | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 16 | Armenia | 596.41 | 2023 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 17 | South Korea | 588.06 | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 18 | Belgium | 585.43 | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 19 | Laos | 552.19 | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Azerbaijan | 537.81 | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 21 | Maldives | 536.91 | 2023 | up 90.6% | rising |
| 22 | Libya | 529.67 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 23 | Vietnam | 524.22 | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 518.85 | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 25 | Ireland | 508.6 | 2023 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Ukraine | 494.21 | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 27 | Belarus | 488.65 | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 28 | Austria | 487.75 | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 29 | Germany | 481.58 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 30 | Qatar | 476.07 | 2023 | — | falling |
| 31 | Bahamas | 474.36 | 2023 | up 25.8% | flat |
| 32 | Malta | 472.92 | 2023 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 33 | Hong Kong | 472.81 | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 34 | Cuba | 470.7 | 2019 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 35 | United Kingdom | 453.94 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 36 | Montenegro | 453.25 | 2023 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 37 | Kuwait | 446.32 | 2023 | down 47.2% | rising |
| 38 | Slovenia | 440.4 | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 39 | Australia | 440.1 | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 438.07 | 2023 | up 230.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Sweden | 434.54 | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Iceland | 432.04 | 2023 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Dominica | 421.32 | 2022 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 44 | Mauritius | 420.18 | 2023 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Denmark | 410.62 | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 46 | Nepal | 408.4 | 2023 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Switzerland | 402.48 | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 48 | Norway | 401.08 | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Latvia | 396.07 | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 50 | Israel | 392.37 | 2023 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 51 | Senegal | 385 | 2023 | up 165.9% | volatile |
| 52 | French Polynesia | 383.26 | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 53 | Bahrain | 381.9 | 2023 | — | falling |
| 54 | Lebanon | 378.56 | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 55 | New Zealand | 377.85 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 56 | Seychelles | 375.43 | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 57 | Egypt | 371.82 | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 58 | Macao | 371.16 | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 368.09 | 2023 | up 761.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Niger | 365.82 | 2023 | up 73.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Estonia | 362.42 | 2023 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 62 | Turkmenistan | 357.35 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 63 | Fiji | 356.77 | 2023 | up 118.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Greece | 356.34 | 2023 | down 44.8% | flat |
| 65 | United States | 353.62 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 66 | Portugal | 348.14 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 67 | Netherlands | 344.42 | 2023 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 68 | Romania | 341.93 | 2023 | down 38.9% | rising |
| 69 | Poland | 338.55 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 70 | Jamaica | 335.98 | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 71 | Mali | 335.74 | 2022 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 72 | North Korea | 332.91 | 2018 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 73 | Barbados | 332.68 | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Vanuatu | 332.05 | 2023 | up 120.2% | rising |
| 75 | Taiwan | 331.05 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 76 | Italy | 330.14 | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 326 | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 78 | Jordan | 322.25 | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Slovakia | 321.87 | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 80 | Czechia | 317.54 | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 81 | Djibouti | 316.88 | 2023 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Japan | 315.83 | 2022 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 83 | Canada | 313.68 | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 84 | France | 308.96 | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 85 | Spain | 301.98 | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 86 | Bermuda | 301.57 | 2009 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 87 | Uruguay | 294.33 | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 88 | Cameroon | 293.29 | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 89 | Russia | 292.47 | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 90 | Iran | 288.74 | 2023 | down 51.4% | rising |
| 91 | Grenada | 282.68 | 2023 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Finland | 282.66 | 2023 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Serbia | 282.41 | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 94 | Mongolia | 280.3 | 2023 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Cape Verde | 279.72 | 2023 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Antigua and Barbuda | 276.95 | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 274.79 | 2023 | up 37.3% | falling |
| 98 | Lithuania | 272.93 | 2023 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 99 | Moldova | 271.69 | 2023 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 100 | New Caledonia | 270.62 | 2023 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 101 | Hungary | 269.4 | 2023 | up 25.0% | flat |
| 102 | Cyprus | 264.49 | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 261.09 | 2023 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 104 | India | 254.57 | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 105 | El Salvador | 253.48 | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 106 | Marshall Islands | 253.19 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 107 | USSR | 238.49 | 1991 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 108 | Malawi | 236.9 | 2023 | up 109.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Morocco | 235.67 | 2023 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 110 | Georgia | 228.84 | 2023 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 111 | Myanmar | 220.38 | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 112 | Belize | 219.01 | 2023 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 113 | Chile | 212.54 | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 114 | Iraq | 210.31 | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 115 | Argentina | 209.91 | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 116 | Syria | 205.01 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 117 | Tuvalu | 198.09 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 196.65 | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Benin | 195.12 | 2022 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 194.38 | 2023 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Sudan | 188.32 | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 122 | Sierra Leone | 185.17 | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 123 | Guatemala | 185.09 | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 124 | Mexico | 182.13 | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 125 | Paraguay | 178.92 | 2023 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 126 | Nigeria | 178.4 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 127 | Brunei | 178.24 | 2009 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 128 | Malaysia | 177.83 | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 129 | Bhutan | 173.99 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 130 | Afghanistan | 173.74 | 2023 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 131 | Peru | 171.5 | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 170.92 | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 133 | Philippines | 162.97 | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 134 | Burkina Faso | 160.56 | 2023 | up 278.1% | rising |
| 135 | Suriname | 159.93 | 2023 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Kenya | 152.29 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 137 | Gabon | 152.01 | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 138 | Angola | 150.34 | 2023 | up 94.8% | rising |
| 139 | Brazil | 143.58 | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 140 | Bangladesh | 142.89 | 2023 | up 89.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | 141.16 | 2023 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Papua New Guinea | 140.78 | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 143 | Colombia | 139.74 | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 144 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 137.62 | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Indonesia | 134.84 | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 146 | Botswana | 133.93 | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 147 | Venezuela | 131.36 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 148 | Mauritania | 125.19 | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Rwanda | 124.78 | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 150 | Comoros | 122.09 | 2023 | up 184.9% | rising |
| 151 | Kiribati | 121.56 | 2023 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 152 | Bolivia | 117.96 | 2023 | up 36.8% | falling |
| 153 | Togo | 117.88 | 2022 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 154 | Guinea | 117.57 | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 155 | Thailand | 116.29 | 2023 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 156 | Tanzania | 115.46 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 157 | Mozambique | 115.3 | 2023 | up 83.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Panama | 114.72 | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 159 | Nauru | 109.94 | 2023 | — | falling |
| 160 | Netherlands Antilles | 109.3 | 2009 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 161 | Micronesia (country) | 107.58 | 2023 | — | falling |
| 162 | South Africa | 102.23 | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 163 | Nicaragua | 101.82 | 2023 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 98.73 | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Burundi | 98.47 | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 166 | Cambodia | 98.26 | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 167 | Honduras | 97.9 | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 87.73 | 2023 | up 149.6% | rising |
| 169 | Eswatini | 87.08 | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 170 | Cote d'Ivoire | 85.84 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 171 | Lesotho | 85.3 | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 172 | Pakistan | 83.38 | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 173 | Ghana | 79.93 | 2023 | down 54.4% | rising |
| 174 | Gambia | 79.84 | 2023 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Uganda | 76.31 | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 176 | East Timor | 76.25 | 2023 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 177 | Liberia | 74.25 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 178 | Namibia | 68.77 | 2023 | down 45.5% | rising |
| 179 | Ecuador | 64.8 | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 180 | Samoa | 62.74 | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Central African Republic | 58.98 | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 182 | Yemen | 54.39 | 2023 | down 19.5% | flat |
| 183 | Somalia | 52.6 | 2022 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 184 | Guinea-Bissau | 50.74 | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 185 | Zambia | 49.18 | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 186 | Haiti | 41.26 | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 187 | Madagascar | 36.94 | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 188 | Congo | 36 | 2023 | down 54.7% | rising |
| 189 | Ethiopia | 32.09 | 2023 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 190 | Solomon Islands | 30.69 | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 191 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 18.88 | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 192 | Chad | 14.63 | 2022 | down 28.2% | falling |