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Table 149. Per Caput Dietary Energy Supply (DES) and Proportion of Population with DES below Minimum Energy Requirement,1990-92 and 1998-2000
Table 150. Daily per Capita Energy Availability from Major Food Groups: Vegetable and Animal Products
Table 151. Daily per Capita Energy Availability from Major Food Groups: Cereals, Rootcrops and Pulses
Table 152. Daily per Capita Energy Availability from Major Food Groups: Treenuts, Oilcrops, Fruits and Vegetables
Table 153. Daily per Capita Energy Availability from Major Food Groups: Sugar & Sweeteners, Alcoholic Beverage, Vegetable Oil and Animal Fat
Table 154. Availability from Major Food Groups as Percentage of Total Dietary Energy Supply: Vegetable and Animal Products
Table 155. Availability from Major Food Groups as Percentage of Total Dietary Energy Supply: Cereals, Rootcrops and Pulses
Table 156. Availability from Major Food Groups as Percentage of Total Dietary Energy Supply: Treenuts, Oilcrops, Fruits and Vegetables
Table 157. Availability from Major Food Groups as Percentage of Total Dietary Energy Supply: Sugar, Alcoholic Beverage, Vegetable Oil and Animal Fats
Table 158. Desirable Dietary Patterns (DDP)
Table 159. Percentage of Protein and Fats from Animal Sources in Total Dietary Energy Supply
Table 160. Yearly Per Capita Availability in Kilogrammes from Major Food Groups, 2000
Table 161. Some Population Indicators Affecting Nutritional Status

Daily per capita energy availability (kilocalories) for countries in Asia-Pacific region with less than 2000 kilocalories in 1990-1992

Percent of underfives suffering from undreweight (1995-2000) for countries in Asia-Pacific region with more than 50% underweight

Table 149. Per Caput Dietary Energy Supply (DES) and Proportion of Population with DES below Minimum Energy Requirement,1990-92 and 1998-2000

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Country	Per caput dietary energy supply		Proportion of population with DES below minimum energy requirement
	1990-92	1998-2000	1990-92	1998-2000
	(kcal/day)		(%)
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
South Asia
1 Bangladesh	2 070	2 100	35	35
2 Bhutan	-	-	-	-
3 India	2 370	2 430	25	24
4 Iran	2 900	2 910	4	5
5 Maldives	2 380	2 580	16	10
6 Nepal	2 380	2 380	19	19
7 Pakistan	2 300	2 460	25	19
8 Sri Lanka	2 200	2 360	29	23
Southeast Asia
1 Cambodia	1 870	1 990	43	36
2 Indonesia	2 690	2 900	9	6
3 Laos	2 110	2 240	29	24
4 Malaysia	2 780	2 930	3	===
5 Myanmar	2 640	2 820	10	6
6 Philippines	2 260	2 360	26	23
7 Thailand	2 250	2 480	28	18
8 Viet Nam	2 260	2 540	27	18
Central and North Asia
1 China *	2 710	3 030	16	9
2 DPR Korea	2 450	2 170	18	34
3 Mongolia	2 060	2 020	34	42
4 Republic of Korea	3 000	3 060	===	===
Pacific
1 Cook Islands	-	-	-	-
2 Fiji Islands	2 640	2 830	10	6
3 Papua New Guinea	2 210	2 180	25	27
4 Samoa	-	-	-	-
5 Solomon Islands	2 020	2 270	33	18
6 Tonga	-	-	-	-
7 Vanuatu	2 540	2 580	12	11
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
1 Australia	3 130	3 140	**	**
2 Japan	2 770	2 760	**	**
3 New Zealand	3 220	3 240	**	**
Source: FAO
Notes: - Not available
=== The proportion is below 2.5%.
* Including Taiwan Province of China
** The estimates for individual countries are not available; the average proportion for the group of industrialized countries as a whole is below 2.5%.

Table 150. Daily per Capita Energy Availability from Major Food Groups: Vegetable and Animal Products

Unit: Kilocalories
	Total Availability			Total Vegetable Products			Total Animal Products
Country	Average		2000	Average		2000	Average		2000
	90-92	97-99		90-92	97-99		90-92	97-99
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
South Asia
1. Bangladesh	1,795	2,090	2,103	1,742	2,022	2,035	53	68	67
2. Bhutan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3. India	2,096	2,448	2,428	1,960	2,257	2,234	136	191	194
4. Iran	2,486	2,926	2,913	2,277	2,657	2,644	209	269	269
5. Maldives	2,348	2,566	2,592	1,831	1,932	1,935	517	634	657
6. Nepal	1,933	2,322	2,436	1,826	2,162	2,276	107	160	160
7. Pakistan	2,106	2,469	2,452	1,854	2,025	2,023	252	444	429
8. Sri Lanka	2,007	2,318	2,405	1,906	2,161	2,249	101	151	155
Southeast Asia
1. Cambodia	1,891	1,912	2,070	1,788	1,751	1,888	103	161	182
2. Indonesia	2,427	2,885	2,902	2,330	2,760	2,785	97	125	117
3. Laos	1,992	2,214	2,266	1,761	2,060	2,108	231	153	159
4. Malaysia	2,547	2,926	2,919	2,121	2,346	2,353	426	579	566
5. Myanmar	2,318	2,806	2,842	2,228	2,688	2,718	90	118	124
6. Philippines	2,062	2,345	2,379	1,807	2,013	2,025	255	332	354
7. Thailand	2,138	2,448	2,506	1,914	2,147	2,222	224	301	284
8. Viet Nam	1,983	2,499	2,583	1,823	2,248	2,311	160	251	272
Central and North Asia
1. China	2,441	3,028	3,029	2,134	2,483	2,446	307	545	583
2. DPR Korea	2,635	2,171	2,185	2,431	2,068	2,061	204	103	123
3. Mongolia	1,892	2,032	1,981	1,100	1,125	1,038	792	907	943
4. Rep. of Korea	2,947	3,064	3,093	2,581	2,632	2,629	366	432	464
Pacific
1. Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2. Fiji	2,769	2,797	2,861	2,278	2,246	2,304	491	551	557
3. Papua New Guinea	2,347	2,180	2,175	2,119	1,950	1,967	228	231	209
4. Samoa	2,548	-	-	1,894	-	-	654	-	-
5. Solomon Islands	1,988	2,263	2,277	1,762	2,040	2,065	226	223	212
6. Tonga	2,642	-	-	2,190	-	-	452	-	-
7. Vanuatu	2,463	2,582	2,587	2,082	2,169	2,109	381	413	284
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
1. Australia	2,860	3,131	3,176	1,803	-	2,126	1,057	-	1,049
2. Japan	2,598	2,774	2,752	2,022	2,203	2,193	576	570	569
3. New Zealand	3,209	3,217	3,252	2,141	2,087	2,166	1,068	1,130	1,086

Table 151. Daily per Capita Energy Availability from Major Food Groups: Cereals, Rootcrops and Pulses

Unit: Kilocalories
	Cereals and Cereal Products			Rootcrops, Tubers and Products			Pulses and Products
Country	Average		2000	Average		2000	Average		2000
	90-92	97-99		90-92	97-99		90-92	97-99
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
South Asia
1. Bangladesh	1,673	1,729	1,737	34	30	40	48	41	35
2. Bhutan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3. India	1,469	1,492	1,455	52	47	51	126	118	106
4. Iran	1,603	1,690	1,680	77	85	91	69	50	62
5. Maldives	1,221	1,019	1,036	96	78	79	112	13	13
6. Nepal	1,662	1,772	1,826	65	72	80	58	61	75
7. Pakistan	1,308	1,298	1,274	12	23	27	47	62	61
8. Sri Lanka	1,295	1,246	1,276	107	67	65	56	72	73
Southeast Asia
1. Cambodia	1,781	1,464	1,548	64	36	38	29	11	14
2. Indonesia	1,775	1,843	1,863	177	191	191	114	36	36
3. Laos	1,568	1,685	1,706	128	80	87	83	26	25
4. Malaysia	1,187	1,210	1,272	110	62	62	30	29	15
5. Myanmar	2,051	2,129	2,121	19	14	14	58	89	114
6. Philippines	1,269	1,228	1,231	143	101	91	12	15	15
7. Thailand	1,382	1,195	1,221	59	46	48	64	32	32
8. Viet Nam	1,602	1,758	1,796	185	105	97	30	25	26
Central and North Asia
1. China	1,833	1,713	1,646	151	166	176	52	13	13
2. DPR Korea	1,866	1,390	1,329	160	99	121	201	103	116
3. Mongolia	898	900	753	36	43	43	7	4	3
4. Rep. of Korea	1,697	1,524	1,500	34	36	39	105	14	16
Pacific
1. Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2. Fiji	1,131	1,211	1,217	254	210	239	69	91	90
3. Papua New Guinea	611	667	661	1,095	559	559	4	4	4
4. Samoa	552	-	-	571	-	-	3	-	-
5. Solomon Islands	557	777	768	816	773	803	62	68	67
6. Tonga	543	-	-	1,080	-	-	-	-	-
7. Vanuatu	574	684	1,221	832	554	48	-	-	32
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
1. Australia	665	689	680	113	98	87	42	54	41
2. Japan	1,145	1,085	1,082	88	73	73	30	17	17
3. New Zealand	836	565	735	122	154	138	52	26	34

Table 152. Daily per Capita Energy Availability from Major Food Groups: Treenuts, Oilcrops, Fruits and Vegetables

Unit: Kilocalories
	Treenuts & Products			Oilcrops (excl. Products)			Fruits & Products			Vegetables & Products
Country	Average		2000	Average		2000	Average		2000	Average		2000
	90-92	97-99		90-92	97-99		90-92	97-99		90-92	97-99
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
South Asia
1. Bangladesh	2	1	1	4	7	3	15	14	13	8	97	8
2. Bhutan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3. India	3	6	6	41	42	37	36	48	53	35	39	40
4. Iran	30	37	51	1	2	3	154	200	198	73	77	75
5. Maldives	44	57	59	47	51	50	53	75	65	59	83	80
6. Nepal	1	4	5	1	1	5	30	22	22	30	35	35
7. Pakistan	5	6	5	6	5	7	42	56	47	21	25	28
8. Sri Lanka	1	3	3	273	266	289	69	77	78	26	31	32
Southeast Asia
1. Cambodia	1	1	1	17	29	34	31	32	31	26	20	19
2. Indonesia	3	4	5	235	217	204	38	41	45	20	25	24
3. Laos	-	-	-	21	29	28	31	32	33	12	20	31
4. Malaysia	5	5	5	87	87	78	59	69	67	24	33	21
5. Myanmar	5	5	5	47	62	67	30	36	35	32	41	46
6. Philippines	1	2	2	23	27	27	126	131	134	49	47	47
7. Thailand	5	6	6	114	106	107	115	114	109	28	27	28
8. Viet Nam	0	2	4	19	39	40	57	62	60	30	42	46
Central and North Asia
1. China	3	5	6	54	94	115	20	45	50	70	114	126
2. DPR Korea	3	3	3	105	100	106	68	62	63	120	91	98
3. Mongolia	-	0	-	-	0	0	5	8	9	5	15	17
4. Rep. of Korea	11	14	14	94	88	95	59	67	73	152	159	176
Pacific
1. Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2. Fiji	2	1	1	204	197	190	23	28	29	19	28	31
3. Papua New Guinea	9	8	8	65	69	82	343	313	311	84	83	85
4. Samoa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5. Solomon Islands	4	3	4	231	223	231	56	45	45	11	9	10
6. Tonga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7. Vanuatu	0	-	-	529	456	468	164	147	143	33	32	32
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
1. Australia	17	21	24	40	31	33	110	112	117	59	63	70
2. Japan	8	8	9	124	21	121	51	51	51	75	78	79
3. New Zealand	27	28	11	32	25	47	148	120	146	59	69	107

Table 153. Daily per Capita Energy Availability from Major Food Groups: Sugar & Sweeteners, Alcoholic Beverage, Vegetable Oil and Animal Fat

Unit: Kilocalories
	Sugar & Sweeteners			Alcoholic Beverage			Vegetable Oil & Products			Animal Fats & Products
Country	Average		2000	Average		2000	Average		2000	Average		2000
	90-92	97-99		90-92	97-99		90-92	97-99		90-92	97-99
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
South Asia
1. Bangladesh	72	76	71		0	0	71	103	0	5	6	6
2. Bhutan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3. India	219	248	244	8	9	11	155	180	202	29	40	47
4. Iran	223	273	274	-	0	0	259	238	206	37	42	45
5. Maldives	338	328	336	2	19	16	180	172	177	0	15	25
6. Nepal	42	49	76	1	1	1	86	96	120	29	28	28
7. Pakistan	280	278	283	-	0	0	226	229	231	82	95	96
8. Sri Lanka	208	291	310	3	3	3	60	58	65	7	8	7
Southeast Asia
1. Cambodia	8	68	76	0	4	3	34	76	77	13	16	16
2. Indonesia	132	177	181	1	1	2	201	217	229	9	9	2
3. Laos	23	44	38	44	77	78	27	34	32	13	16	19
4. Malaysia	359	481	451	10	6	30	431	338	353	11	31	7
5. Myanmar	51	109	126	2	3	2	184	192	181	9	10	10
6. Philippines	261	278	275	84	50	50	126	122	139	26	39	50
7. Thailand	193	286	285	100	130	160	121	141	155	17	16	14
8. Viet Nam	61	118	139	10	18	19	41	59	63	17	20	18
Central and North Asia
1. China	73	81	64	44	67	60	143	181	187	27	40	48
2. DPR Korea	116	22	31	79	87	90	119	111	104	16	8	10
3. Mongolia	204	86	125	21	32	33	23	25	43	116	74	68
4. Rep. of Korea	286	321	309	255	121	117	226	280	283	44	55	55
Pacific
1. Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2. Fiji	373	165	171	32	30	26	305	265	296	127	151	151
3. Papua New Guinea	67	114	111	16	13	14	89	111	122	31	20	20
4. Samoa	217	-	-	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5. Solomon Islands	87	76	60	10	3	4	47	57	68	21	18	17
6. Tonga	219	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7. Vanuatu	100	139	138	16	14	13	136	128	126	55	56	55
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
1. Australia	452	429	411	163	154	155	408	459	499	139	119	123
2. Japan	305	281	261	161	151	148	279	308	318	51	41	38
3. New Zealand	515	455	310	163	190	3	420	383	65	183	158	7

Table 154. Availability from Major Food Groups as Percentage of Total Dietary Energy Supply: Vegetable and Animal Products

UNIT: Percent
	Total Availability (Kilocalories)			Total Vegetable Products			Total Animal Products
Country	Average		2000	Average		2000	Average		2000
	90-92	97-99		90-92	97-99		90-92	97-99
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
South Asia
1. Bangladesh	1,795	2,090	2,103	97.0	96.7	96.7	3.0	3.3	3.1
2. Bhutan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3. India	2,096	2,448	2,428	93.5	92.2	92.0	6.5	7.8	7.9
4. Iran	2,486	2,926	2,913	91.6	90.8	90.7	8.4	9.2	9.2
5. Maldives	2,348	2,566	2,592	78.0	75.3	74.6	22.0	24.7	25.3
6. Nepal	1,933	2,322	2,436	94.5	93.1	93.4	5.5	6.9	6.5
7. Pakistan	2,106	2,469	2,452	88.0	82.0	82.5	12.0	18.0	17.4
8. Sri Lanka	2,007	2,318	2,405	95.0	93.2	93.5	5.0	6.5	6.4
Southeast Asia
1. Cambodia	1,891	1,912	2,070	94.6	91.6	91.2	5.4	8.4	8.7
2. Indonesia	2,427	2,885	2,902	96.0	95.7	95.9	4.0	4.3	4.0
3. Laos	1,992	2,214	2,266	88.4	93.0	93.0	11.6	6.9	7.0
4. Malaysia	2,547	2,926	2,919	83.3	80.2	80.6	16.7	19.8	19.3
5. Myanmar	2,318	2,806	2,842	96.1	95.8	95.6	3.9	4.2	4.3
6. Philippines	2,062	2,345	2,379	87.6	85.8	85.1	12.4	14.2	14.8
7. Thailand	2,138	2,448	2,506	89.5	87.7	88.6	10.5	12.3	11.3
8. Viet Nam	1,983	2,499	2,583	91.9	90.0	89.4	8.1	10.0	10.5
Central and North Asia
1. China	2,441	3,028	3,029	87.4	82.0	80.7	12.6	18.0	19.2
2. DPR Korea	2,635	2,171	2,185	92.3	95.3	94.3	7.7	4.7	5.6
3. Mongolia	1,892	2,032	1,981	58.1	55.4	52.4	41.9	44.6	47.6
4. Rep. of Korea	2,947	3,064	3,093	87.6	85.9	85.0	12.4	14.1	15.0
Pacific
1. Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2. Fiji	2,769	2,797	2,861	82.3	80.3	80.5	17.7	19.7	19.5
3. Papua New Guinea	2,347	2,180	2,175	90.3	89.4	90.4	9.7	10.6	9.6
4. Samoa	2,548	0	-	74.3	-	-	25.7	-	-
5. Solomon Islands	1,988	2,263	2,277	88.6	90.1	90.6	11.4	9.9	9.3
6. Tonga	2,642	0	-	82.9	-	-	17.1	-	-
7. Vanuatu	2,463	2,582	2,587	84.5	84.0	81.5	15.5	16.0	18.4
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
1. Australia	2,860	3,131	3,176	63.0	0.0	66.9	37.0	0.0	33.0
2. Japan	2,598	2,774	2,752	77.8	79.4	79.6	22.2	20.5	20.6
3. New Zealand	3,209	3,217	3,252	66.7	64.9	66.6	33.3	35.1	33.3

Table 155. Availability from Major Food Groups as Percentage of Total Dietary Energy Supply: Cereals, Rootcrops and Pulses

Unit: Percent
	Cereals and Cereal Products			Rootcrops, Tubers and Products			Pulses and Products
Country	Average		2000	Average		2000	Average		2000
	90-92	97-99		90-92	97-99		90-92	97-99
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
South Asia
1. Bangladesh	93.2	82.7	82.6	1.9	1.4	1.9	2.7	2.0	1.7
2. Bhutan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3. India	70.1	60.9	59.9	2.5	1.9	2.1	6.0	4.8	4.4
4. Iran	64.5	57.8	57.7	3.1	2.9	3.1	2.8	1.7	2.1
5. Maldives	52.0	39.7	40.0	4.1	3.0	3.0	4.8	0.5	0.5
6. Nepal	86.0	76.3	75.0	3.4	3.1	3.3	3.0	2.6	3.1
7. Pakistan	62.1	52.6	52.0	0.6	0.9	1.1	2.2	2.5	2.5
8. Sri Lanka	64.5	53.8	53.1	5.3	2.9	2.7	2.8	3.1	3.0
Southeast Asia
1. Cambodia	94.2	76.6	74.8	3.4	1.9	1.8	1.5	0.6	0.7
2. Indonesia	73.1	63.9	64.2	7.3	6.6	6.6	4.7	1.2	1.2
3. Laos	78.7	76.1	75.3	6.4	3.6	3.8	4.2	1.2	1.1
4. Malaysia	46.6	41.4	43.6	4.3	2.1	2.1	1.2	1.0	0.5
5. Myanmar	88.5	75.9	74.6	0.8	0.5	0.5	2.5	3.2	4.0
6. Philippines	61.5	52.4	51.7	6.9	4.3	3.8	0.6	0.6	0.6
7. Thailand	64.6	48.8	48.7	2.8	1.9	1.9	3.0	1.3	1.3
8. Viet Nam	80.8	70.3	69.5	9.3	4.2	3.8	1.5	1.0	1.0
Central and North Asia
1. China, Main	75.1	56.6	54.3	6.2	5.5	5.8	2.1	0.4	0.4
2. DPR Korea	70.8	64.0	60.8	6.1	4.6	5.5	7.6	4.7	5.3
3. Mongolia	47.5	44.3	38.0	1.9	2.1	2.2	0.4	0.2	0.2
4. Rep. of Korea	57.6	49.7	48.5	1.2	1.2	1.3	3.6	0.5	0.5
Pacific
1. Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2. Fiji	40.8	43.3	42.5	9.2	7.5	8.4	2.5	3.3	3.1
3. Papua New Guinea	26.0	30.6	30.4	46.7	25.6	25.7	0.2	0.2	0.2
4. Samoa	21.7	-	-	22.4	-	-	0.1	-	-
5. Solomon Islands	28.0	34.3	33.7	41.0	34.2	35.3	3.1	3.0	2.9
6. Tonga	20.6	-	-	40.9	-	-	0.0	-	-
7. Vanuatu	23.3	26.5	47.2	33.8	21.5	1.9	-	-	1.2
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
1. Australia	23.3	22.0	21.4	4.0	3.1	2.7	1.5	1.7	1.3
2. Japan	44.1	39.1	39.3	3.4	2.6	2.7	1.2	0.6	0.6
3. New Zealand	26.1	17.6	22.6	3.8	4.8	4.2	1.6	0.8	1.0