China vs Philippines: Who Filled the Plate? 🇨🇳🇵🇭
How much food is on the table in China and Philippines? Calories available per person per day, 1961-2027.
China: 1,426 kcal (1961) → 3,527 (2023) → 3,550 (2027, projection) → 3,631 (2035, projection)
Philippines: 1,687 kcal (1961) → 2,983 (2023) → 3,105 (2027, projection) → 3,282 (2035, projection)
What the number means: 3,000 kcal = the food available for one person each day adds up to 3,000 kilocalories, about what two large pizzas contain. More is not always better: above ~2,500 kcal the extra food mostly ends up as waste or as weight.
A big jump in a country's line usually means that people got richer and could afford more and richer food; a fall means war, a crisis or a famine.
Calories = the daily calorie supply per person: the food available in a country (production + imports - exports - animal feed - losses) divided by its population, in kilocalories per person per day (FAO Food Balance Sheets). It is what is on the table, not what is eaten: part of it is thrown away, so real intake is lower. An adult needs roughly 2,000-2,500 kcal a day.
Data: FAO Food Balance Sheets (FAOSTAT, 2025 release) via Our World in Data, 1961-2023; 2024: FAO nowcast where available; 2025-2035: OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2026-2035 (the projected change applied to the last FAO value) or, for countries not in the Outlook, the 10-year trend continued (labelled 'estimate'). Hunger: FAO/IFAD/UNICEF/WFP/WHO, SOFI 2026 (FAOSTAT food security indicators, July 2026), 3-year averages to 2025, SOFI regional projections to 2030. Obesity: WHO Global Health Observatory to 2024, World Obesity Atlas growth rates after that. Full list of sources and methods in sources_food.txt.
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