Alcoholic Beverages — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country
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What the numbers show
Alcoholic Beverages — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 155 countries. The highest value is 1.9 g/cap/d in Botswana; the lowest is 0.01 g/cap/d in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.44 g/cap/d, and the mean is 0.4924 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 190.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 366.7%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 66.7%).
Alcoholic Beverages — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botswana | 1.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 331.8% | rising |
| 2 | Czechia | 1.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | Lithuania | 1.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 1.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 5 | Ireland | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 6 | Austria | 1.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 7 | Eswatini | 1.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 8 | Germany | 1.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 9 | Belgium | 1.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 9 | Slovenia | 1.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.6% | flat |
| 11 | Spain | 1.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 12 | Poland | 1.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 12 | Portugal | 1.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 14 | Romania | 1.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 15 | Estonia | 1.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 16 | Croatia | 1.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 17 | Hungary | 0.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 19 | Denmark | 0.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 19 | Montenegro | 0.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 19 | Seychelles | 0.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 22 | Latvia | 0.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 23 | Australia | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 24 | Cambodia | 0.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 134.2% | rising |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 0.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 0.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 26 | Slovak Republic | 0.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 28 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 29 | Chile | 0.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 0.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 30 | Paraguay | 0.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 30 | Uganda | 0.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 33 | Gabon | 0.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 33 | Iceland | 0.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 33 | Serbia | 0.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 36 | Brazil | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 37 | Namibia | 0.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 37 | Panama | 0.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 39 | France | 0.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 39 | Norway | 0.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 41 | Switzerland | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 41 | Russian Federation | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 43 | Finland | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 43 | Uruguay | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 43 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 46 | New Zealand | 0.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 47 | Mexico | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 48 | Canada | 0.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 49 | Belarus | 0.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 49 | Sweden | 0.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 51 | South Africa | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 52 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 53 | Bahamas | 0.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 215.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Bhutan | 0.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 53 | Republic of Korea | 0.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 56 | Cameroon | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 56 | Congo | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 56 | Italy | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 56 | Malta | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 61 | New Caledonia | 0.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 62 | Argentina | 0.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 63 | French Polynesia | 0.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 64 | Colombia | 0.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 64 | Guyana | 0.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 66 | Belize | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 66 | Mongolia | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 66 | Peru | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 69 | Angola | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 70 | Albania | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 70 | Greece | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 70 | Ukraine | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 70 | Zambia | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 74 | Costa Rica | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 95.7% | rising |
| 75 | Ecuador | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 75 | Grenada | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 75 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 79 | Cyprus | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 79 | Mauritius | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 82 | Barbados | 0.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 82 | Samoa | 0.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 84 | Georgia | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 86 | Thailand | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 86 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 88 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 89 | China (People’s Republic of) | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 89 | China, mainland | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 89 | China, Macao SAR | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 92 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 92 | Israel | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 92 | Suriname | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 95 | Honduras | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 95 | Rwanda | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 97 | El Salvador | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 98 | Ghana | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 99 | Lesotho | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 99 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 102 | Malawi | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 102 | Tuvalu | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 104 | Fiji | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 105 | Cuba | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 105 | Ethiopia | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 105 | Kenya | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 108 | Bahrain | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 108 | Philippines | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 110 | Guatemala | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 111 | Tunisia | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 112 | Nicaragua | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 112 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 114 | Tonga | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 115 | Marshall Islands | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 116 | Jamaica | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 116 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 118 | Armenia | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 118 | Kiribati | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 366.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 120 | Gambia | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Mozambique | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 120 | Nigeria | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 120 | Nauru | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 126 | Haiti | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Nepal | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 233.3% | rising |
| 129 | Maldives | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 131 | Lebanon | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 131 | Papua New Guinea | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 134 | Liberia | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 134 | Sri Lanka | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 136 | Madagascar | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Malaysia | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 138 | Algeria | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Guinea | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 138 | India | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 138 | Morocco | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 138 | Myanmar | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 138 | Qatar | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 138 | Tajikistan | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Turkmenistan | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 146 | Oman | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 146 | Sierra Leone | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 148 | Djibouti | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 148 | Iraq | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Jordan | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 148 | Senegal | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 152 | Comoros | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Egypt | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Indonesia | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Niger | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 0.95 g/cap/d
- Europe 0.85 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 0.94 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 0.81 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 0.81 g/cap/d
- United States of America 0.85 g/cap/d
- Northern America 0.83 g/cap/d
- Southern Africa 0.7 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 0.8 g/cap/d
- South America 0.65 g/cap/d
- Americas 0.7 g/cap/d
- Oceania 0.64 g/cap/d
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.