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 185 countries. The highest value is 1.9 g/cap/d in Botswana; the lowest is 0 g/cap/d in Syrian Arab Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.4 g/cap/d, and the mean is 0.457 g/cap/d.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (up 500.0%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 100.0%).
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 | Slovakia | 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 |
| 29 | United States | 0.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 0.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 31 | Paraguay | 0.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 31 | Uganda | 0.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 34 | Gabon | 0.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 34 | Iceland | 0.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 34 | Serbia | 0.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 37 | Brazil | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 38 | Namibia | 0.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 38 | Panama | 0.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 40 | France | 0.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 40 | Norway | 0.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 42 | Switzerland | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 42 | Russia | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 42 | Russian Federation | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 45 | Finland | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 45 | United Kingdom | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 45 | Uruguay | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 45 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 49 | New Zealand | 0.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 50 | Mexico | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 51 | Canada | 0.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 52 | Belarus | 0.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 52 | Sweden | 0.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 54 | South Africa | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 55 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 56 | Bahamas | 0.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 215.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Bhutan | 0.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 56 | Republic of Korea | 0.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 59 | Cameroon | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 59 | Congo | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 59 | Italy | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 59 | Malta | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 64 | New Caledonia | 0.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 65 | Argentina | 0.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 66 | French Polynesia | 0.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 67 | Colombia | 0.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 67 | Guyana | 0.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 69 | Belize | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 69 | Moldova | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 69 | Mongolia | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 69 | Peru | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 69 | Republic of Moldova | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 69 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 75 | Angola | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 76 | Albania | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 76 | Greece | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 76 | Ukraine | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 76 | Zambia | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 95.7% | rising |
| 81 | Ecuador | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 81 | Grenada | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 81 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 85 | Cyprus | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 85 | North Macedonia | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 85 | Mauritius | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 85 | Polynesia | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 89 | Barbados | 0.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 89 | Samoa | 0.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 91 | Georgia | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 91 | Kazakhstan | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 93 | Thailand | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 93 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 95 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 95 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 97 | Vietnam | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 89.5% | rising |
| 97 | Viet Nam | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 89.5% | rising |
| 99 | Caribbean | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 100 | China | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 100 | Cabo Verde | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 100 | China, mainland | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 100 | China, Macao SAR | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 104 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 104 | Israel | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 104 | Suriname | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 107 | Honduras | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 107 | Rwanda | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 109 | El Salvador | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 110 | Ghana | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 111 | Lesotho | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 111 | Zimbabwe | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 111 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 114 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.0% | flat |
| 114 | Malawi | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 114 | Tuvalu | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 114 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.0% | flat |
| 118 | Fiji | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 119 | Cuba | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 119 | Ethiopia | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 119 | Kenya | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 122 | Bahrain | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 122 | Philippines | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 124 | Guatemala | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 124 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Tunisia | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 127 | Nicaragua | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 127 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 127 | Micronesia | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Tonga | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 131 | Marshall Islands | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 131 | Turkey | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 131 | Türkiye | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 134 | Jamaica | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 134 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 134 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 137 | Armenia | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 137 | Kiribati | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 366.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Azerbaijan | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 139 | Gambia | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Mozambique | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 139 | Nigeria | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 139 | Nauru | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Nauru | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 145 | Laos | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 145 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 148 | Haiti | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 148 | Uzbekistan | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 151 | Nepal | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 233.3% | rising |
| 151 | Melanesia | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 153 | Maldives | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 155 | Lebanon | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 157 | Vanuatu | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 157 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Liberia | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 159 | Sri Lanka | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 161 | Madagascar | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Malaysia | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 161 | East Timor | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 161 | Timor-Leste | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 165 | Algeria | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Guinea | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 165 | India | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 165 | Morocco | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 165 | Myanmar | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 165 | Qatar | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 165 | Tajikistan | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Turkmenistan | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 173 | Oman | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 173 | Sierra Leone | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 175 | Djibouti | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 175 | Iraq | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Jordan | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 175 | Senegal | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 179 | Comoros | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Egypt | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Indonesia | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Niger | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 179 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Syria | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
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
- European Union (27) 0.94 g/cap/d
- Europe 0.85 g/cap/d
- United States of America 0.85 g/cap/d
- Northern America 0.83 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 0.81 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 0.81 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 0.8 g/cap/d
- Americas 0.7 g/cap/d
- Southern Africa 0.7 g/cap/d
- South America 0.65 g/cap/d
- Oceania 0.64 g/cap/d
- Central America 0.59 g/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 0.34 g/cap/d
- World 0.31 g/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 0.31 g/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.29 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.29 g/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.27 g/cap/d
- Africa 0.25 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.23 g/cap/d
- Western Africa 0.22 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.21 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.18 g/cap/d
- Central Asia 0.17 g/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 0.17 g/cap/d
- Asia 0.16 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 0.08 g/cap/d
- Southern Asia 0.03 g/cap/d
- Northern Africa 0.02 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.