Animal fats — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country

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...

Countries reporting
165
Highest
1.7 g/cap/d
Belgium
Lowest
0.01 g/cap/d
South Africa
Median
0.14 g/cap/d
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,901

What the numbers show

Animal fats — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 1.7 g/cap/d in Belgium; the lowest is 0.01 g/cap/d in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.14 g/cap/d, and the mean is 0.2489 g/cap/d.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 170.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Croatia (up 1,375.0%), and the largest decrease in Madagascar (down 83.3%).

Animal fats — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belgium 1.7 g/cap/d 2023 up 102.4% rising
2 Canada 1.45 g/cap/d 2023 down 4.0% flat
3 Estonia 1.41 g/cap/d 2023 up 729.4% volatile
4 Croatia 1.18 g/cap/d 2023 up 1,375.0% volatile
5 Slovakia 1.09 g/cap/d 2023 up 75.8% rising
6 Austria 0.9 g/cap/d 2023 up 3.4% rising
6 Finland 0.9 g/cap/d 2023 up 57.9% rising
8 Italy 0.89 g/cap/d 2023 up 187.1% volatile
9 France 0.87 g/cap/d 2023 up 50.0% rising
10 Iceland 0.86 g/cap/d 2023 up 11.7% rising
11 Latvia 0.84 g/cap/d 2023 down 39.6% falling
12 Czechia 0.75 g/cap/d 2023 up 41.5% rising
13 Mongolia 0.73 g/cap/d 2023 up 35.2% rising
13 French Polynesia 0.73 g/cap/d 2023 down 27.7% rising
15 Poland 0.67 g/cap/d 2023 up 17.5% rising
16 Portugal 0.66 g/cap/d 2023 up 26.9% rising
17 Denmark 0.63 g/cap/d 2023 down 17.1% falling
17 Türkiye 0.05 g/cap/d 2023 down 28.6% falling
18 New Caledonia 0.58 g/cap/d 2023 down 37.6% falling
18 Sweden 0.58 g/cap/d 2023 down 40.8% falling
20 Antigua and Barbuda 0.56 g/cap/d 2023 down 39.1% volatile
20 New Zealand 0.56 g/cap/d 2023 up 30.2% rising
22 Norway 0.55 g/cap/d 2023 down 20.3% falling
23 Armenia 0.54 g/cap/d 2023 up 35.0% rising
23 Bulgaria 0.54 g/cap/d 2023 up 22.7% rising
25 Uruguay 0.51 g/cap/d 2023 up 104.0% rising
26 Germany 0.5 g/cap/d 2023 down 13.8% falling
26 Ireland 0.5 g/cap/d 2023 up 6.4% falling
28 Tonga 0.47 g/cap/d 2023 rising
29 Slovenia 0.44 g/cap/d 2023 down 34.3% falling
29 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.44 g/cap/d 2023 up 450.0% volatile
31 Republic of Korea 0.42 g/cap/d 2023 up 5.0% rising
32 Panama 0.41 g/cap/d 2023 down 6.8% falling
33 Australia and New Zealand 0.38 g/cap/d 2023 up 72.7% rising
34 Greece 0.37 g/cap/d 2023 up 85.0% rising
34 Saudi Arabia 0.37 g/cap/d 2023 down 31.5% flat
36 Bahrain 0.36 g/cap/d 2023 volatile
36 Belarus 0.36 g/cap/d 2023 up 176.9% rising
38 Botswana 0.35 g/cap/d 2023 up 118.8% rising
38 Ecuador 0.35 g/cap/d 2023 down 22.2% falling
38 Philippines 0.35 g/cap/d 2023 down 7.9% falling
38 Paraguay 0.35 g/cap/d 2023 down 37.5% falling
42 Australia 0.34 g/cap/d 2023 up 88.9% rising
42 Georgia 0.34 g/cap/d 2023 up 47.8% rising
44 Mauritius 0.33 g/cap/d 2023 down 35.3% rising
44 Turkmenistan 0.33 g/cap/d 2023 down 5.7% falling
46 Albania 0.32 g/cap/d 2023 down 5.9% falling
46 Hungary 0.32 g/cap/d 2023 down 46.7% falling
46 Zimbabwe 0.32 g/cap/d 2023 up 190.9% volatile
49 China, Macao SAR 0.31 g/cap/d 2023 down 16.2% falling
50 Chile 0.29 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged falling
51 Samoa 0.27 g/cap/d 2023 down 10.0% volatile
52 Barbados 0.25 g/cap/d 2023 down 40.5% falling
52 Cyprus 0.25 g/cap/d 2023 up 212.5% volatile
52 Pakistan 0.25 g/cap/d 2023 up 19.0% rising
55 Fiji 0.24 g/cap/d 2023 up 71.4% volatile
56 Russian Federation 0.23 g/cap/d 2023 down 20.7% falling
57 Switzerland 0.21 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged falling
57 Montenegro 0.21 g/cap/d 2023 up 40.0% rising
57 Eswatini 0.21 g/cap/d 2023 up 75.0% rising
60 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.19 g/cap/d 2023 up 18.8% rising
60 Lebanon 0.19 g/cap/d 2023 down 13.6% falling
60 Malawi 0.19 g/cap/d 2023 up 171.4% rising
60 Nicaragua 0.19 g/cap/d 2023 up 137.5% rising
60 Tuvalu 0.19 g/cap/d 2023 rising
60 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.19 g/cap/d 2023 up 216.7% rising
66 Burkina Faso 0.18 g/cap/d 2023 up 80.0% volatile
66 Spain 0.18 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged falling
66 Malta 0.18 g/cap/d 2023 up 20.0% falling
69 Azerbaijan 0.17 g/cap/d 2023 up 88.9% rising
69 Brazil 0.17 g/cap/d 2023 up 6.2% flat
69 Kazakhstan 0.17 g/cap/d 2023 up 21.4% rising
69 Malaysia 0.17 g/cap/d 2023 up 13.3% rising
69 Namibia 0.17 g/cap/d 2023 down 5.6% falling
69 Ukraine 0.17 g/cap/d 2023 down 5.6% falling
75 Grenada 0.16 g/cap/d 2023 up 128.6% rising
75 Jordan 0.16 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.8% flat
75 China, Taiwan Province of 0.16 g/cap/d 2023 up 77.8% rising
78 Costa Rica 0.15 g/cap/d 2023 up 25.0% rising
78 Libya 0.15 g/cap/d 2023 down 68.1% falling
78 Lithuania 0.15 g/cap/d 2023 down 66.7% volatile
78 Maldives 0.15 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged volatile
82 Guatemala 0.14 g/cap/d 2023 up 40.0% rising
82 Oman 0.14 g/cap/d 2023 down 30.0% volatile
82 Vanuatu 0.14 g/cap/d 2023 down 36.4% falling
85 Nauru 0.13 g/cap/d 2023 flat
85 Romania 0.13 g/cap/d 2023 down 38.1% falling
85 Tunisia 0.13 g/cap/d 2023 up 18.2% rising
85 Uzbekistan 0.13 g/cap/d 2023 up 30.0% rising
89 Saint Lucia 0.12 g/cap/d 2023 up 20.0% falling
89 Luxembourg 0.12 g/cap/d 2023 down 69.2% volatile
89 Seychelles 0.12 g/cap/d 2023 down 70.0% volatile
92 Colombia 0.11 g/cap/d 2023 up 22.2% rising
92 Cambodia 0.11 g/cap/d 2023 up 22.2% rising
92 Marshall Islands 0.11 g/cap/d 2023 rising
92 Mauritania 0.11 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.4% falling
96 Israel 0.1 g/cap/d 2023 up 66.7% rising
96 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1 g/cap/d 2023 up 233.3% rising
96 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1 g/cap/d 2023 down 9.1% falling
99 Bhutan 0.09 g/cap/d 2023 falling
99 North Macedonia 0.09 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
99 Myanmar 0.09 g/cap/d 2023 down 60.9% falling
99 Papua New Guinea 0.09 g/cap/d 2023 down 10.0% rising
99 Zambia 0.09 g/cap/d 2023 down 18.2% falling
104 Djibouti 0.08 g/cap/d 2023 down 11.1% falling
104 Iraq 0.08 g/cap/d 2023 up 100.0% rising
104 Morocco 0.08 g/cap/d 2023 down 27.3% falling
104 Solomon Islands 0.08 g/cap/d 2023 down 20.0% falling
104 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.08 g/cap/d 2023 up 14.3% falling
109 Bahamas 0.07 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
109 Jamaica 0.07 g/cap/d 2023 up 75.0% rising
109 Kiribati 0.07 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
109 Nepal 0.07 g/cap/d 2023 down 36.4% falling
109 Sao Tome and Principe 0.07 g/cap/d 2023 up 133.3% rising
114 Afghanistan 0.06 g/cap/d 2023 down 53.8% falling
114 United Arab Emirates 0.06 g/cap/d 2023 down 45.5% volatile
114 Belize 0.06 g/cap/d 2023 down 25.0% volatile
114 Kenya 0.06 g/cap/d 2023 up 20.0% rising
114 Qatar 0.06 g/cap/d 2023 flat
114 Senegal 0.06 g/cap/d 2023 down 14.3% flat
114 El Salvador 0.06 g/cap/d 2023 down 25.0% falling
114 Uganda 0.06 g/cap/d 2023 down 25.0% falling
114 Yemen 0.06 g/cap/d 2023 down 25.0% falling
123 Argentina 0.05 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
123 Comoros 0.05 g/cap/d 2023 up 66.7% volatile
123 Algeria 0.05 g/cap/d 2023 down 16.7% falling
123 Egypt 0.05 g/cap/d 2023 down 44.4% falling
123 Ethiopia 0.05 g/cap/d 2023 up 25.0% falling
123 Guinea 0.05 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
123 Kuwait 0.05 g/cap/d 2023 down 61.5% volatile
123 Thailand 0.05 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
123 Trinidad and Tobago 0.05 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
132 Cameroon 0.04 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged falling
132 Dominican Republic 0.04 g/cap/d 2023 down 33.3% falling
132 Guinea-Bissau 0.04 g/cap/d 2023 down 33.3% falling
132 Guyana 0.04 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
132 Honduras 0.04 g/cap/d 2023 down 50.0% falling
132 Kyrgyzstan 0.04 g/cap/d 2023 up 100.0% volatile
132 Lesotho 0.04 g/cap/d 2023 down 66.7% falling
132 Mexico 0.04 g/cap/d 2023 down 33.3% falling
132 Niger 0.04 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged falling
141 Angola 0.03 g/cap/d 2023 down 25.0% falling
141 Bangladesh 0.03 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
141 China 0.03 g/cap/d 2023 up 200.0% rising
141 Cuba 0.03 g/cap/d 2019 up 200.0% volatile
141 Gabon 0.03 g/cap/d 2023 down 50.0% falling
141 Ghana 0.03 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
141 India 0.03 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
141 Nigeria 0.03 g/cap/d 2023 down 25.0% falling
141 Rwanda 0.03 g/cap/d 2023 down 25.0% falling
141 Serbia 0.03 g/cap/d 2023 up 50.0% rising
141 Suriname 0.03 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged falling
152 Gambia 0.02 g/cap/d 2023 down 33.3% falling
152 Haiti 0.02 g/cap/d 2023 down 33.3% falling
152 Indonesia 0.02 g/cap/d 2023 down 33.3% falling
152 Liberia 0.02 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
152 Sri Lanka 0.02 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
152 Tajikistan 0.02 g/cap/d 2023 volatile
152 China, mainland 0.02 g/cap/d 2023 up 100.0% rising
159 Congo 0.01 g/cap/d 2023 down 50.0% falling
159 Madagascar 0.01 g/cap/d 2023 down 83.3% volatile
159 Mozambique 0.01 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged volatile
159 Peru 0.01 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
159 Sierra Leone 0.01 g/cap/d 2023 down 50.0% falling
159 South Africa 0.01 g/cap/d 2023 down 50.0% falling

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Indicator
Animal fats — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day)
Unit
g/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
213 places, 2,901 data points, 2010–2023
Last refreshed

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.