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School Lunches Around the World

India has the highest Number of Kids Fed in 2022 (106,259,312), followed by China (37,000,000) and Brazil (35,822,368). Andorra has the lowest (1,345).

CultureEducation159 countries · 4 metricsUpdated May 1, 2026Original page
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Number of Kids FedBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
Year 2022135 of 235 countries
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Number of Kids Fed, 2022

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Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 135 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median
490,000
Middle half 173.8K – 1.7M
Average
2,840,544
135 countries
Highest
106,259,312
India
Lowest
1,345
Andorra

Data

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159 countries · # = rank by Number of Kids Fed
#
1IndiaYesUniversal free meals106,259,312
2ChinaYesTargeted free meals37,000,000
3BrazilYesUniversal free meals35,822,368
4United StatesYesTargeted free meals30,100,000
5NigeriaYesTargeted free meals9,990,862
6FranceYesSubsidised meals9,563,276
7South AfricaYes—9,322,860
8JapanYesSubsidised meals9,258,701
9EthiopiaYes—6,911,733
10Tanzania——6,883,911
11South KoreaYesTargeted free meals6,307,298
12MexicoYes—5,883,505
13Colombia——5,085,240
14NepalYes—4,819,028
15Burkina FasoYes—4,449,106
16PeruYes—4,243,054
17ThailandYes—3,939,102
18Rwanda——3,634,532
19GhanaYes—3,600,000
20PhilippinesYesNo provision3,491,028
21BangladeshYes—2,947,899
22ArgentinaYes—2,810,772
23EcuadorYes—2,739,299
24GuatemalaYes—2,654,521
25MalawiYes—2,607,267
26KazakhstanYes—2,470,282
27ZambiaYes—2,361,020
28United KingdomYesTargeted free meals2,280,035
29SwedenYesUniversal free meals2,132,504
30SpainYesTargeted free meals1,985,686
31PolandYesSubsidised meals1,951,891
32Angola——1,890,610
33Yemen——1,864,000
34RomaniaYesSubsidised meals1,672,561
35KenyaYes—1,630,000
36ChileYes—1,568,394
37Myanmar——1,500,000
38Morocco——1,442,797
39ZimbabweYes—1,413,095
40ItalyYesSubsidised meals1,402,235
41BeninYes—1,267,366
42CzechiaYesTargeted free meals1,243,429
43HondurasYes—1,218,072
44UgandaYes—1,216,700
45CanadaNoTargeted free meals1,173,731
46PortugalYesTargeted free meals1,135,742
47Sri LankaYes—1,077,911
48MadagascarYes—1,074,166
49FinlandYesUniversal free meals1,056,288
50MalaysiaYesUniversal free meals1,008,794
51Ivory CoastYes—997,631
52HungaryYesTargeted free meals989,551
53Afghanistan——911,741
54Slovakia—Targeted free meals775,045
55BurundiYes—743,570
56Ukraine——710,365
57SyriaYes—706,792
58MaliYes—658,172
59TajikistanYes—657,721
60Sierra LeoneYes—654,961
61Niger——597,387
62South SudanYes—583,584
63MozambiqueYes—554,962
64KyrgyzstanYes—545,114
65NamibiaYes—518,829
66LiberiaYes—517,076
67NetherlandsYesNo provision514,980
68Jordan——490,000
69BelgiumYesSubsidised meals486,479
70IsraelYes—481,813
71AustriaYesSubsidised meals476,801
72IraqYes—450,000
73CroatiaYesSubsidised meals422,728
74BulgariaYesSubsidised meals420,993
75SwitzerlandYes—390,442
76TunisiaYes—390,000
77PanamaYes—385,340
78MongoliaYes—382,002
79SenegalYes—369,053
80BotswanaYes—364,859
81MauritaniaYes—322,884
82LesothoYes—302,983
83CambodiaYes—299,366
84United Arab EmiratesYesNo provision288,795
85LatviaYesUniversal free meals276,963
86Timor-LesteYes—272,563
87Moldova——271,820
88GambiaYes—268,514
89Guinea-BissauYes—267,799
90IrelandYesSubsidised meals261,005
91LithuaniaYesUniversal free meals251,748
92ChadYes—248,375
93LaosYes—240,000
94EstoniaYesUniversal free meals233,774
95New ZealandYesNo provision226,100
96DR CongoYes—222,800
97TogoYes—218,567
98UruguayYes—192,083
99Republic of the CongoYes—178,219
100SloveniaYesTargeted free meals178,205
101CameroonYes—174,408
102Central African RepublicYes—173,212
103GuineaYes—172,527
104GreeceYesSubsidised meals157,181
105ArmeniaYes—116,262
106LuxembourgYesTargeted free meals109,323
107SomaliaYes—104,000
108JamaicaYes—103,879
109BhutanYes—98,133
110Cape VerdeYes—90,754
111IcelandYes—83,845
112GuyanaYes—81,712
113Trinidad and TobagoYes—74,287
114Bosnia and HerzegovinaYes—66,262
115Oman——59,030
116North MacedoniaYes—48,865
117Sao Tome and PrincipeYes—48,763
118BruneiYes—34,669
119BarbadosYes—25,645
120Djibouti——24,590
121Fiji——20,629
122CyprusYesTargeted free meals14,502
123MaltaYesTargeted free meals9,370
124Saint LuciaYes—8,157
125Antigua and BarbudaYes—6,951
126BahamasYes—6,673
127Grenada——6,000
128MonacoYes—4,220
129Dominica——3,442
130Saint Kitts and NevisYes—3,406
131Nauru——2,948
132PalauYes—2,216
133San MarinoYes—2,191
134BelizeYes—1,565
135AndorraYes—1,345
—IndonesiaNo——
—PakistanNo——
—IranYesUniversal free meals—
—GermanyYesTargeted free meals—
—SudanYes——
—AustraliaYesNo provision—
—HaitiYes——
—LibyaYes——
—SerbiaYes——
—DenmarkNoNo provision—
—SingaporeYesNo provision—
—PalestineNo——
—NorwayNoSubsidised meals—
—KuwaitYes——
—GeorgiaNo——
—Equatorial GuineaNo——
—EswatiniYes——
—Solomon IslandsNo——
—MontenegroNo——
—SamoaNo——
—KiribatiYes——
—MicronesiaNo——
—TongaNo——
—TuvaluNo——

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Pearson r against 1,438 other country metrics sharing at least 81 countries. Correlation is not causation.

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Opposite directions

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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Number of Kids Fed?
India has the highest Number of Kids Fed in 2022, at 106,259,312, followed by China (37,000,000) and Brazil (35,822,368).
Which country has the lowest Number of Kids Fed?
Andorra has the lowest Number of Kids Fed in 2022, at 1,345.
What is the median Number of Kids Fed across countries?
The median is 490,000 across the 135 countries with data in 2022.
Where does this school lunches around the world data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: School Meal Programs Around the World - Global Child Nutrition Foundation; School meals in Europe: Which countries provide free food for students? - Euronews; Which countries are already serving up school food for all? - Sustain; School meal - Wiki.

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