Animal fats — Fat supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country
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What the numbers show
Animal fats — Fat supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 49.91 g/cap/d in Austria; the lowest is 0.13 g/cap/d in Sierra Leone.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.38 g/cap/d, and the mean is 8.93 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 384.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 4,075.0%), and the largest decrease in Madagascar (down 59.3%).
Animal fats — Fat supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 49.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 2 | Denmark | 46.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 3 | Belgium | 45.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 4 | Slovakia | 44.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 5 | France | 35.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 31.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 7 | Czechia | 31.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 8 | Latvia | 30.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 9 | Hungary | 30.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 10 | Ireland | 29.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 11 | Germany | 29.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 12 | Estonia | 27.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 359.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Croatia | 27.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 26.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 25.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 142.1% | rising |
| 16 | Iceland | 24.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 17 | New Zealand | 22.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 18 | Finland | 22.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 19 | Bahrain | 20.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 20 | Belarus | 20.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 21 | Portugal | 20.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 22 | Switzerland | 19.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 23 | Slovenia | 19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 24 | Lithuania | 17.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 25 | Norway | 17.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 26 | Italy | 16.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 27 | Uruguay | 15.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 28 | Azerbaijan | 15.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 103.7% | rising |
| 29 | Sweden | 15.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 30 | Mongolia | 15.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 31 | Romania | 15.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 32 | Pakistan | 14.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 14.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 34 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.7% | flat |
| 35 | French Polynesia | 13.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 36 | Australia and New Zealand | 13.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 37 | Argentina | 12.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 38 | Panama | 12.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 12.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 11.95 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 41 | Brazil | 11.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 42 | Armenia | 11.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 43 | China, Macao SAR | 11.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 74.6% | rising |
| 44 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 11.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 45 | Australia | 11.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 46 | Georgia | 10.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 111.5% | rising |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 10.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 48 | India | 10.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 49 | Luxembourg | 10.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 50 | Uzbekistan | 9.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 51 | Ecuador | 9.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 52 | Fiji | 9.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 53 | New Caledonia | 9.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 54 | Paraguay | 9.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 55 | Barbados | 9.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 56 | Tonga | 8.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 57 | Montenegro | 8.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 58 | Republic of Korea | 8.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 59 | China, Taiwan Province of | 8.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 60 | Malta | 8.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 61 | Chile | 8.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 62 | Spain | 8.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 63 | Samoa | 8.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 8.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 65 | Greece | 7.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 66 | Serbia | 7.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 158.9% | rising |
| 67 | Bhutan | 6.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 68 | Albania | 6.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 69 | Seychelles | 6.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 112.1% | rising |
| 70 | Nepal | 6.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 71 | Guatemala | 6.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 181.9% | rising |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 6.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | 6.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 75 | Marshall Islands | 6.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 76 | Ukraine | 6.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 77 | Malaysia | 6.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 78 | Jamaica | 5.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 79 | Maldives | 5.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 80 | Bahamas | 5.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 81 | Cuba | 5.56 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 82 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 82 | Philippines | 5.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 82 | Tuvalu | 5.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 85 | Qatar | 5.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 86 | Cyprus | 5.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 88.6% | rising |
| 87 | Mexico | 5.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 5.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 89 | Jordan | 5.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 90 | Tunisia | 4.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 91 | Kuwait | 4.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 92 | Oman | 4.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 93 | Israel | 4.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 94 | Turkmenistan | 4.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 95 | Namibia | 4.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 97 | Iraq | 4.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 380.2% | volatile |
| 98 | El Salvador | 4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 3.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.9% | falling |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 3.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 101 | Grenada | 3.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 196.6% | rising |
| 102 | China | 3.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 103 | China, mainland | 3.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 3.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4,075.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 3.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 106 | Colombia | 3.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 107 | Botswana | 3.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 108 | Mauritius | 3.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 109 | Belize | 3.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 110 | Morocco | 3.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 111 | Honduras | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 112 | Afghanistan | 3.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 113 | Thailand | 2.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 110.3% | rising |
| 114 | Libya | 2.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 115 | Mauritania | 2.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 116 | Lebanon | 2.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 117 | Egypt | 2.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 118 | Solomon Islands | 2.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 2.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 107.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Nauru | 2.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 121 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Malawi | 2.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 155.6% | rising |
| 122 | Eswatini | 2.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 111.1% | rising |
| 125 | Niger | 2.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.5% | flat |
| 126 | Vanuatu | 2.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 127 | Kiribati | 1.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 127 | Peru | 1.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 129 | Myanmar | 1.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 130 | Kenya | 1.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 131 | Cambodia | 1.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 132 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 133 | Angola | 1.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 134 | Yemen | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 135 | Zambia | 1.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 136 | Papua New Guinea | 1.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 137 | Comoros | 1.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 296.3% | volatile |
| 137 | South Africa | 1.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 139 | Haiti | 1.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 140 | Guyana | 1.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 140 | Nigeria | 1.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 142 | Djibouti | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 143 | Senegal | 0.99 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 144 | Ethiopia | 0.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 144 | Suriname | 0.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 146 | Bangladesh | 0.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 146 | Algeria | 0.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 148 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 149 | Uganda | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 150 | Cameroon | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 151 | Gabon | 0.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 152 | Guinea | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 153 | Rwanda | 0.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 154 | Lesotho | 0.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 155 | Mozambique | 0.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 156 | Ghana | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 157 | Gambia | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 159 | Sri Lanka | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 160 | Indonesia | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | flat |
| 161 | Congo | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 161 | Liberia | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.9% | flat |
| 163 | Madagascar | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 32.38 g/cap/d
- Polynesia 10.69 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 25.39 g/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 10.26 g/cap/d
- Europe 20.58 g/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7.02 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 17.64 g/cap/d
- Asia 6.09 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 17.56 g/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 5.66 g/cap/d
- Northern America 15.54 g/cap/d
- Viet Nam 5.3 g/cap/d
- United States of America 14.33 g/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5.28 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 12.67 g/cap/d
- Türkiye 4.27 g/cap/d
- Americas 10.57 g/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.07 g/cap/d
- Oceania 9.89 g/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 2.78 g/cap/d
- Southern Asia 9.34 g/cap/d
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 2.41 g/cap/d
- South America 9.08 g/cap/d
- Micronesia 2.38 g/cap/d
- World 7.15 g/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.36 g/cap/d
- Central Asia 6.89 g/cap/d
- Melanesia 2.02 g/cap/d
- Central America 5.41 g/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.55 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 4.84 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.33 g/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 3.68 g/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 1.28 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3.38 g/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.75 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3.19 g/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.68 g/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 2.68 g/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.09 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.