Per capita food supply in Uganda

Uganda: Per capita food supply was 1,981 kcal/cap/day in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
1,981 kcal/cap/day
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
166th
of 168 countries
All-time high
2,127 kcal/cap/day
in 2014
All-time low
1,981 kcal/cap/day
in 2018
Years of data
5
2014–2018

Per capita food supply in Uganda, 2014–2018

05001.0k1.5k2.0k2014201620182014: 2.1k kcal/cap/day2015: 2.1k kcal/cap/day2016: 2.0k kcal/cap/day2017: 2.0k kcal/cap/day2018: 2.0k kcal/cap/day

Source: World Bank. Measured in kcal/cap/day.

Analysis

The most recent figure for per capita food supply in Uganda is 1,981 kcal/cap/day, measured in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 6.9% over five years.

That places Uganda 166th out of 168 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Per capita food supply in Uganda, year by year

Annual values for Per capita food supply (kcal/cap/day) in Uganda, 2014 to 2018.
Year kcal/cap/day Change
2014 2,127 kcal/cap/day —
2015 2,073 kcal/cap/day -2.5%
2016 2,033 kcal/cap/day -1.9%
2017 2,022 kcal/cap/day -0.5%
2018 1,981 kcal/cap/day -2.0%

Uganda compared with similar countries

  • Uganda's 1,981 kcal/cap/day is below the median for low income countries, which is 2,229 kcal/cap/day, 89% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
  • Uganda's 1,981 kcal/cap/day is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,444 kcal/cap/day, 81% of the median. (38 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 163 Mozambique 2,103 kcal/cap/day compare
  2. 164 Afghanistan 2,040 kcal/cap/day compare
  3. 165 North Korea 2,019 kcal/cap/day compare
  4. 167 Madagascar 1,938 kcal/cap/day compare
  5. 168 Central African Republic 1,786 kcal/cap/day compare

See the full ranking of 168 places →

More reference data data for Uganda

All data for Uganda →

Frequently asked questions

What is per capita food supply in Uganda?
Per capita food supply in Uganda was 1,981 kcal/cap/day in 2018, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest per capita food supply recorded in Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 2,127 kcal/cap/day in 2014.
What is the lowest per capita food supply recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 1,981 kcal/cap/day in 2018.
How does Uganda rank for per capita food supply?
Uganda ranks 166th out of 168 countries with data for 2018.
Where does this Uganda data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Per capita food supply (kcal/cap/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 5 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Per capita food supply in Uganda. Statizoid. Retrieved 24 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/per-capita-food-supply-kcal-cap-day/uganda/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/per-capita-food-supply-kcal-cap-day/uganda/">Per capita food supply in Uganda</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Per capita food supply (kcal/cap/day)
Unit
kcal/cap/day
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
168 places, 840 data points, 2014–2018
Last refreshed