Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — Value in Melanesia
Melanesia: Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — Value was 64.3 g/cap/d in 2021. ▼ Falling
Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — Value in Melanesia, 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 Melanesia is 64.3 g/cap/d, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value in Melanesia peaked at 70.4 g/cap/d in 2009 and was at its lowest, 64.3 g/cap/d, in 2021.
That places Melanesia 151st out of 182 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 69.28 g/cap/d | 67.9 g/cap/d | 70.4 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.58 g/cap/d | 65 g/cap/d | 67.3 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.35 g/cap/d | 64.3 g/cap/d | 64.4 g/cap/d | 2 |
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- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,260 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,751 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 19 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 43.6 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value in Melanesia?
- Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value in Melanesia was 64.3 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 70.4 g/cap/d in 2009.
- What is the lowest average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.3 g/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Melanesia rank for average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value?
- Melanesia ranks 151st out of 182 countries with data for 2021.
- Is average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.