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. 2014 Dec 12;1:23. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2014.00023

Table 3.

Changes of dietary energy and share of vegetal-based energy in the diet in the Mediterranean in the period 1990–2009.

Country 1990
2009
Change in the period 1990–2009 (%)
Food supply (Kcal/capita/day) Vegetal products (%) Food supply (Kcal/capita/day) Vegetal products (Kcal/capita/day) Food supply contribution of vegetal-based products to the total dietary energy
Albania 2656 82.38 2903 70.34 9.3 −12.04
Algeria 2855 88.83 3239 89.10 13.5 0.27
Bosnia (1992)a 2419 88.84 3070 82.67 26.9 −6.17
Croatia (1992)a 2412 76.24 3130 73.19 29.8 −3.05
Cyprus 2685 72.70 2678 73.97 −0.003 1.27
Egypt 3154 93.34 3349 91.40 6.2 −1.94
France 3515 62.02 3531 66.50 0.5 4.48
Greece 3539 78.89 3661 76.70 3.4 −2.19
Israel 3398 80.69 3569 78.29 0.05 −2.41
Italy 3584 73.91 3627 74.28 1.2 0.36
Lebanon 2965 86.17 3153 82.97 6.3 −3.20
Libya 3222 86.56 3157 87.58 −2.0 1.02
Macedonia (1992)a 2418 81.64 2957 81.50 22.3 −0.14
Malta 3078 74.72 3438 73.59 0.12 −1.13
Montenegro (2006)a 2681 71.54 2887 72.19 7.7 0.65
Morocco 3073 93.20 3264 91.54 6.2 −1.65
Palestinian Territories (1996)a 2321 87.72 2130 88.87 −8.2 1.15
Portugal 3393 76.66 3617 70.86 0.07 −5.80
Serbia (2006)a 2696 77.11 2823 78.07 4.7 0.96
Slovenia (1992)a 2670 73.90 3275 71.42 0.23 −2.48
Spain 3279 74.69 3239 74.50 −1.2 −0.19
Syria 2896 87.15 3212 85.62 10.9 −1.54
Tunisia 3124 91.33 3314 89.50 6.1 −1.83
Turkey 3766 89.03 3666 88.38 −2.7 −0.65

aIn case data for 1990 are not available the reference year is put in brackets after the country name.

Source: FAO Food Balance Sheets (57).