For the 2019 to 2021 period, the calorie equivalent of available food staples (cereals, roots, tubers, and pulses) came to over 1,530 kilocalories per person per day worldwide. This figure was lower in high income countries, where staples provided overall less calories but were combined with comparatively high calorie equivalents in animal products, fats, sweeteners, and other food products. In low income countries, staples supplied over 1,730 kilocalories on average.
Per capita availability of main food groups (calorie equivalent) worldwide from 2019 to 2021, by country income group
The source notes: "The 38 individual countries and 11 regional aggregates in the baseline are classified into the four income groups according to their respective per-capita income in 2018. The applied thresholds are: low: < USD 1 550, lower-middle: < USD 3 895, upper-middle: < USD 13 000, high: > USD 13 000. Staples includes cereals, roots and tubers and pulses. Animal products include meat, dairy products (excluding butter), eggs and fish. Fats include butter and vegetable oil. Sweeteners include sugar and HFCS. The category others include other crop and animal products."
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