The both-sufficient club. Only five of the large economies are self-sufficient in both food and energy: Russia, Canada, the United States, Brazil, and Argentina. They could feed and power themselves behind an ocean or a border. Every other country depends on someone for one or both.
| Country | Region | Food | Energy |
|---|
Self-sufficientMixedDependent
Reading the verdicts
Self-sufficiency is measured differently by every government, so the verdicts are categorical rather than precise: a country counted self-sufficient produces more of its staple food, or its energy, than it consumes. Net exporter is not the same as self-sufficient in every form. Australia sells coal and gas abroad yet imports most of its refined fuel; Nigeria exports crude and imports petrol. Those countries read as mixed.
This instrument is one of the inputs to the question of where a family would be safest if trade broke down. It sits beside the Risk Index, the chokepoints, and the custody map: distance from the narrows, plus the ability to feed and power yourself, is what a country's resilience actually rests on. The Sovereign Family states the household version.
Cite this publication
Journal for Jurisdiction Planning (2026). Food and Energy Self-Sufficiency, v1.0. jurisdictionplanning.org/self-sufficiency. Last reviewed 20 July 2026.