The chart represents the caloric breakdown of the average person’s daily consumption. Swipe through the timeline to see how the source and distribution of calories has changed over the last fifty years.
What the World Eats
This interactive was built in conjunction with National Geographic’s Future of Food series.
The data was sourced from FAOSTAT. Values reflect domestic utilization for food consumption in each country or region from 1961 to 2011. Food groupings and units of measure vary slightly from those depicted on the FAOSTAT site.
Download the data from here.
Values for China refer to FAO’s "China, mainland."
*Measures for Russia preceding 1992 are represented with U.S.S.R. data.
**"Pulses" refers to lentils, beans, and peas.
Credits
This project was made possible with support from the Grace Communications Foundation.
Built and designed by Fathom Information Design
© National Geographic Magazine
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Introduction
Daily diets vary considerably around the world. Select different countries to see how consumption patterns have changed in the last fifty years. Click on grams to understand the quantities of foods that are consumed per person in each country. Alternatively view the breakdown by calories to measure how the balance of food translates into bodily energy.
Visit this site on your desktop browser or tablet device to explore the full interactive version, and to compare more detailed diet breakdowns of different countries over time.
This interactive was built in conjunction with National Geographic’s Future of Food series.
The data was sourced from FAOSTAT. Values reflect domestic utilization for food consumption in each country or region from 1961 to 2011. Food groupings and units of measure vary slightly from those depicted on the FAOSTAT site.
Values for China refer to FAO’s "China, mainland".
*Measures for Russia preceding 1992 are represented with U.S.S.R. data.
**"Pulses" refers to lentils, beans, and peas.
Credits
This project was made possible with support from the Grace Communications Foundation.
Built and designed by Fathom Information Design
© National Geographic Magazine