Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — Value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — Value was 61.9 g/cap/d in 2021. ▲ Rising
Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — Value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 61.9 g/cap/d, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 61.9 g/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 52.1 g/cap/d, in 2000.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 35th of 40 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 55.98 g/cap/d | 52.1 g/cap/d | 61.1 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.61 g/cap/d | 56.5 g/cap/d | 61.5 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.9 g/cap/d | 61.9 g/cap/d | 61.9 g/cap/d | 2 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 61.9 g/cap/d in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 61.9 g/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.1 g/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 35th out of 40 groups with data for 2021.
- Is average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.