Characteristics of global consumption of key foods in 2010
| Characteristics of global consumption in 2010 | Fruits | Vegetables | Nuts/seeds | Whole grains | Seafood | Red meats, unprocessed | Processed meats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global mean consumption (95% uncertainty interval) | 81.3 g/day (78.9–83.7) | 208.8 g/day (203.4–214.3) | 8.9 g/day (8.3–9.5) | 38.4 g/day (35.5–41.7) | 27.9 g/day (26.9–29.1) | 41.8 g/day (40.8–42.8) | 13.7 g/day (13.2–14.3) |
| Range across 21 global regions (overall variation) | 27.6–169.9 g/day (6-fold) | 86.1–294.4 g/day (3.4-fold) | 0.3–32.6 g/day (117.4-fold) | 9.4–144.9 g/day (15.4-fold) | 9.2–81.3 g/day (9-fold) | 7.3–91.3 g/day (12.5-fold) | 4.1–44.4 g/day (11-fold) |
| Regions with highest levels (mean consumption) | Central Latin America (169.9 g/day), Australasia (166.2 g/day), Western Europe (165.2 g/day), Caribbean (165.0 g/day), Andean Latin America (148.5 g/day) | East Asia (294.4 g/day), high-income Asia Pacific (281.5 g/day), Central Sub-Saharan Africa (273.9 g/day), Tropical Latin America (260.4 g/day), East Sub-Saharan Africa (243.0 g/day) | Southeast Asia (32.6 g/day), West Sub-Saharan Africa (16.3 g/day), Eastern Europe (11.2), North Africa/Middle East (10.9 g/day), South Asia (10.9 g/day) | Southeast Asia (144.9 g/day), Southern Sub-Saharan Africa (111.5 g/day), East Sub-Saharan Africa (74.5 g/day), West Sub-Saharan Africa (74.0 g/day), Australasia (71.6 g/day) | High-income Asia Pacific (81.3 g/day), Oceania (43.3 g/day), Tropical Latin America (39.7 g/day), Western Europe, (34.9 g/day), East Asia (34.2 g/day) | Tropical Latin America (91.3 g/day), Southern Latin America (80.0 g/day), Australasia (75.9 g/day), Eastern Europe (64.1 g/day), Andean Latin America (60.0 g/day) | Central Latin America (44.4 g/day), high-income North America (34.6 g/day), Central Europe (32.2 g/day), Eastern Europe (31.8 g/day), Andean Latin America (27.0 g/day) |
| Regions with lowest levels (mean consumption) | South Asia (27.6 g/day), East Asia (42.3 g/day), Southern Sub-Saharan Africa (48.6 g/day), Central Asia (64.6 g/day), East Sub-Saharan Africa (68.5 g/day) | Central Asia (86.1 g/day), Oceania (102.7 g/day), high-income North America (123.3 g/day), Southern Latin America (123.3 g/day), Caribbean (139.7 g/day) | Southern Sub-Saharan Africa (0.3 g/day), Southern Latin America (0.6 g/day), Tropical Latin America (2.3 g/day), high-income Asia Pacific (2.6 g/day), Central Sub-Saharan Africa (3.0 g/day) | High-income Asia Pacific (9.4 g/day), East Asia (11.1 g/day), Tropical Latin America (13.7 g/day), Central Europe (15.4 g/day), South Asia (16.0 g/day) | Southern Sub-Saharan Africa (9.2 g/day), Central Latin America (10.4 g/day), Central Asia (11.9 g/day), Central Europe (15.9 g/day), South Asia (17.2 g/day) | South Asia (7.3 g/day), Southeast Asia (26.0 g/day), West Sub-Saharan Africa (33.0 g/day), East Sub-Saharan Africa (34.1 g/day), Caribbean (34.4 g/day) | East Asia (4.1 g/day), North Africa/Middle East (4.4 g/day), West Sub-Saharan Africa (6.0 g/day), East Sub-Saharan Africa (6.4 g/day), high-income Asia Pacific (7.0 g/day) |
| Regions with greater statistical uncertainty | Andean Latin America,* West Sub-Saharan Africa,† Caribbean† | Andean Latin America,* Caribbean,† Asia Central†‡ | Andean Latin America,* Oceania,†‡ Central Sub-Saharan Africa†‡ | South Asia,‡ Eastern Europe,* Oceania†‡ | Andean Latin America,* Oceania,†‡ South Asia‡ | Oceania,†‡ Central Sub-Saharan Africa,†‡ Andean Latin America,* Caribbean† | South Asia,‡ Oceania,†‡ Central Sub-Saharan Africa,†‡ Andean Latin America* |
| Range across 187 countries (overall variation) | 19.2–325.1 g/day (17-fold) | 34.6–493.1 g/day (14.3-fold) | 0.2–152.7 g/day (1000-fold) | 1.3–334.3 g/day (255-fold) | 6.0–87.6 g/day (14.5-fold) | 3.0–124.2 g/day (41.5-fold) | 2.5–66.1 g/day (27-fold) |
| Countries with highest levels (mean consumption) | Jamaica (325.1 g/day), Malaysia (301.1 g/day), Jordan, (275.6 g/day), Greece (255.3 g/day), New Zealand (251.7 g/day), Barbados (239.3 g/day) | Zimbabwe (493.1 g/day), Botswana (475.9 g/day), Swaziland (451.9 g/day), Greece (426.0 g/day), Laos (369.8 g/day), Samoa (344.6 g/day) | Maldives (152.7 g/day), Cambodia (92.3 g/day), Malaysia (85.6 g/day), Myanmar (82.3 g/day), Laos (54.4 g/day), Vietnam (51.0 g/day) | Seychelles (334.3 g/day), Malaysia (285.2 g/day), Chad (246.3 g/day), Mauritius (238.6 g/day), Indonesia (238.5 g/day), Mali (196.2 g/day) | Japan (87.6 g/day), Maldives (67.6 g/day), South Korea (66.6 g/day), Portugal (64.7 g/day), Spain (64.6 g/day), Iceland (58.4 g/day), Denmark (58.1 g/day), Norway (57.3 g/day) | Central African Republic (124.2 g/day), Gabon (108.4 g/day), Samoa (107.9 g/day), Sweden (100.8 g/day), Algeria (100.7 g/day), Paraguay (98.4 g/day), United Arab Emirates (96.3 g/day) | Panama (66.1 g/day), other Central Latin American nations (44.6–56.4 g/day), Poland (48.8 g/day), Latvia (43.6 g/day), Belarus (41.5 g/day), Mexico (40.5 g/day) |
| Countries with lowest levels (mean consumption) | Ethiopia (19.2 g/day), Nepal (19.9 g/day), India (22.7 g/day), Vanuatu (30.0 g/day), Pakistan (31.6 g/day) | Vanuatu (34.6 g/day), Philippines (45.9 g/day), Hungary (61.9 g/day), Switzerland (65.1 g/day), Armenia (66.4 g/day), Georgia (68.7 g/day) | Lesotho (0.2 g/day), other Southern Sub-Saharan African nations (0.2–0.4 g/day), Argentina (0.6 g/day), Uruguay (0.6 g/day), Chile (0.7 g/day), Iceland (0.9 g/day) | Hungary (1.3 g/day), Croatia (2.6 g/day), Albania (2.9 g/day), Turkey (3.1 g/day), Macedonia FYROM (3.3 g/day), Pakistan (3.4 g/day) | Zimbabwe (6.0 g/day), Guatemala (6.3 g/day), Honduras (7.3 g/day), Nicaragua (8.1 g/day), occupied Palestinian Territory (8.2 g/day), Mongolia (8.3 g/day) | India (3.0 g/day), Sri Lanka (11.6 g/day), Maldives (13.0 g/day), Bhutan (13.8 g/day), Indonesia (13.9 g/day), Comoros (15.7 g/day) | Occupied Palestinian Territory (2.5 g/day), other North Africa/Middle Eastern nations (2.6–3.8 g/day), Comoros (2.9 g/day), Afghanistan (3.7 g/day), North Korea (3.8 g/day) |
| Western Europe mean consumption (95% uncertainty interval) | 165.2 g/day (155.0–175.6) | 171.3 g/day (165.0–178.0) | 3.5 g/day (3.3–3.8 g/day) | 61.8 ay (55.9–68.0) | 34.9 g/day (32.4–37.6) | 59.9 g/day (57.3–62.8) | 26.4 g/day (24.8–28.2) |
| Western Europe range with country examples | 93.8 g/day in the UK and 99.4 g/day in Ireland to 209.8 g/day in Israel and 255.3 g/day in Greece | 65.1 g/day in Switzerland and 76.4 g/day in Iceland to 275.3 g/day in Cyprus and 426.0 g/day in Greece | 0.9 g/day in Iceland and 1.5 g/day in Ireland to 8.2 g/day in the Netherlands and 8.5 g/day in Israel | 11.9 g/day in Belgium and Italy to 92.2 g/day in Iceland and 130.1 g/day in Germany | 15.0 g/day in the Netherlands and 18.4 g/day in Germany to 64.6 g/day in Spain and 64.7 g/day in Portugal | 32.9 g/day in Israel and 34.6 g/day in France to 90.6 g/day in Cyprus and 100.8 g/day in Sweden | 4.7 g/day in Greece and 7.2 g/day in Israel to 37.2 g/day in Finland and 38.5 g/day in Austria |
| US mean consumption (95% uncertainty interval) | 93.2 g/day (86.0–100.2) | 115.6 g/day (110.3–120.6) | 4.5 g/day (4.2–4.9) | 47.3 g/day (43.7–50.9) | 20.1 g/day (18.9–21.5) | 44.9 g/day (42.7–47.5) | 35.7 g/day (32.9–38.9) |
| Number of countries achieving optimal mean intakes, corresponding adult global population (% of global adult population) | ≥300 g/day: 2 of 187 countries, 19 million people (0.4%) | ≥400 g/day: 4 of 187 countries, 17 million people (0.4%) | ≥4 oz (28.35 g)/week: 26 of 187 countries, 422 million people (9.6%) | ≥2.5 (50 g) servings/day: 23 of 187 countries, 335 million people (7.6%) | ≥3.5 (100 g) servings/week: 12 of 187 countries, 193 million people (4.4%) ≥2.0 (100 g) servings/week: 73 of 187 countries, 2.1 billion people (47.5%) | ≤1 (100 g) serving/week: 5 of 187 countries, 900 million people (20.3%) | 0 intake: 0 of 187 countries, 0 people (0%) ≤1 (50 g) serving/week: 55 of 187 countries, 1.7 billion people (38.5%) |
| Number of countries not achieving optimal mean intakes, corresponding adult global population (% of global adult population) | <300 g/day: 185 of 187 countries, 4.4 billion people (99.6%) | <400 g/day: 183 of 187 countries, 4.4 billion people (99.6%) | <4 oz (28.35 g)/week: 161 of 187 countries, 4 billion people (90.4%) | <2.5 (50 g) servings/day: 164 of 187 countries, 4.1 billion people (92.4%) | <3.5 (100 g) servings/week: 175 of 187 countries, 4.2 billion people (95.6%) <2.0 (100 g) servings/week: 114 of 187 countries, 2.3 billion people (52.5%) | >1 (100 g) serving/week: 182 of 187 countries, 3.5 billion people (79.7%) | Other than 0 intake: 187 of 187 countries, 4.42 billion people (100%) >1 (50 g) serving/week: 132 of 187 countries, 2.72 billion people (61.5%) |
*Owing to higher within-country statistical uncertainty in the raw data.
†Owing to limited country-specific raw data on consumption levels.
‡Owing to greater variation in consumption levels between countries in the region.