| Consumption of 9 major vegetal foods (2003-2005) | |||||||||
| FAO Stat 2009 | DIETARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION (kcal/person/day) | ||||||||
| COUNTRIES | Rice | Wheat | Maize | Pulses | Sugar raw eq. | Potatoes | Soybean oil | Palm oil | Rape & mustard oil |
| Bangladesh | 1,580 | 172 | 30 | 41 | 51 | 42 | 39 | 78 | 16 |
| India | 699 | 498 | 39 | 108 | 172 | 28 | 45 | 67 | 40 |
| Nepal | 831 | 349 | 382 | 77 | 41 | 88 | 27 | 80 | 47 |
| Pakistan | 160 | 876 | 90 | 62 | 253 | 19 | 13 | 149 | 24 |
| Sri Lanka | 925 | 343 | 53 | 66 | 287 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
Apparently, Bangladeshis get the highest amount of calorie per day from rice. It is also true in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. However, Pakistanis get the highest calorie per day from wheat. Rice is relative more popular in Bangladesh, wheat in Pakistan, maize in Nepal, pulses in India, sugar in Sri Lanka, potatoes in Nepal, soybean oil in India, palm oil in Pakistan, and rape & mustard oil in Nepal. The people in the Indian subcontinent have different tastes. (Source: FAO Statistical Year Book 2009)
