Bananas — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country
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What the numbers show
Bananas — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 2.44 g/cap/d in Papua New Guinea; the lowest is 0 g/cap/d in Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.22 g/cap/d, and the mean is 0.3201 g/cap/d.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 2,500.0%), and the largest decrease in Cote d'Ivoire (down 100.0%).
Bananas — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 2.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 2 | Laos | 2.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 2 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 4 | Melanesia | 2.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 5 | Comoros | 2.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 6 | Samoa | 1.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 7 | Peru | 1.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 1.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 9 | Vanuatu | 1.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 10 | Kiribati | 1.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 11 | Kenya | 1.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 12 | Malawi | 1.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 114.0% | rising |
| 13 | Angola | 1.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 14 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 15 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 16 | Indonesia | 0.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 16 | Nigeria | 0.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Polynesia | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 19 | Bahamas | 0.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 19 | Tuvalu | 0.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 21 | Micronesia | 0.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 22 | Brazil | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 23 | Philippines | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 24 | Caribbean | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 25 | Liberia | 0.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 26 | Cuba | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 26 | Jamaica | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 28 | Cameroon | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 28 | India | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 28 | Israel | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 28 | Rwanda | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 89.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Croatia | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 34 | Guyana | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 230.8% | rising |
| 34 | Portugal | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 34 | Vietnam | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 34 | Viet Nam | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 38 | Malta | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 156.2% | rising |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 0.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 160.0% | rising |
| 40 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 41 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 42 | Austria | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 43 | Belgium | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 43 | Finland | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 43 | Greece | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 43 | Iceland | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.6% | falling |
| 43 | Mexico | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 48 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 126.7% | rising |
| 48 | Seychelles | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 48 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 183.3% | rising |
| 51 | Haiti | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 51 | Norway | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 53 | Australia | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 53 | Canada | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 53 | Nepal | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 128.6% | rising |
| 53 | New Zealand | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 53 | Uruguay | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 53 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 59 | Argentina | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 59 | Congo | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 59 | Colombia | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Estonia | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 59 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 64 | Denmark | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 64 | Guinea | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 66 | Fiji | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 154.5% | rising |
| 66 | United Kingdom | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 66 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 69 | Switzerland | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 69 | Germany | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 69 | Ireland | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 69 | Italy | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 69 | Libya | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Latvia | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 92.9% | rising |
| 69 | Madagascar | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 76 | Czechia | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 76 | France | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 136.4% | rising |
| 76 | Grenada | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 76 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2,500.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Serbia | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 76 | Slovenia | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 76 | United States | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 83 | United Arab Emirates | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.3% | flat |
| 83 | Thailand | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.9% | falling |
| 85 | Barbados | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 86 | Lithuania | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 86 | Russia | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 86 | El Salvador | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 86 | Russian Federation | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 90 | Egypt | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 90 | Georgia | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 144.4% | rising |
| 90 | Luxembourg | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Panama | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 90 | Turkey | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 90 | Türkiye | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 96 | Cyprus | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.2% | flat |
| 96 | Kuwait | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Saint Lucia | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Mauritius | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 96 | Slovakia | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 101 | Spain | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 101 | South Africa | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 103 | Lebanon | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 850.0% | rising |
| 103 | Morocco | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 103 | Montenegro | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 103 | Romania | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 280.0% | rising |
| 107 | Armenia | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 800.0% | rising |
| 107 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 107 | Ecuador | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Honduras | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Jordan | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 112 | China | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 112 | Sweden | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 112 | Cabo Verde | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 112 | China, mainland | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 116 | Bulgaria | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 116 | Malaysia | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 116 | Tonga | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 116 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 116 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 116 | China, Macao SAR | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 122 | Bhutan | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 122 | Ethiopia | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 122 | Gabon | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 122 | New Caledonia | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.4% | falling |
| 127 | Botswana | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Mozambique | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 65.0% | falling |
| 127 | Paraguay | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 127 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 127 | Republic of Korea | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 132 | Costa Rica | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Maldives | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 160.0% | falling |
| 134 | Cambodia | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 134 | Ukraine | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 136 | Azerbaijan | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 450.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Belize | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Djibouti | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Guatemala | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Hungary | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 141 | Bangladesh | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 141 | Iraq | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Moldova | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 141 | Poland | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 141 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 146 | Algeria | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 146 | Kazakhstan | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 146 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Chile | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 149 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 149 | Oman | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Qatar | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 149 | Suriname | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Uzbekistan | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Yemen | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 155 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 65.0% | falling |
| 157 | Mongolia | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 157 | Senegal | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 157 | Tajikistan | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Burkina Faso | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Saudi Arabia | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Afghanistan | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 163 | Albania | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 78.6% | flat |
| 163 | Marshall Islands | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 163 | Namibia | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 166 | Lesotho | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Nauru | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 166 | French Polynesia | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Syria | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Tunisia | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 166 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Nauru | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 173 | Bahrain | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Belarus | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 94.4% | flat |
| 173 | Pakistan | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | East Timor | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 173 | Zambia | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Timor-Leste | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 180 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Ghana | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | North Macedonia | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Mauritania | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Niger | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 180 | Nicaragua | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 180 | Eswatini | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Uganda | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0 g/cap/d | 2018 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.85 g/cap/d
- Oceania 0.81 g/cap/d
- South America 0.53 g/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 0.53 g/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 0.43 g/cap/d
- Western Africa 0.43 g/cap/d
- Americas 0.39 g/cap/d
- Africa 0.37 g/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.35 g/cap/d
- Southern Asia 0.34 g/cap/d
- World 0.32 g/cap/d
- Asia 0.29 g/cap/d
- Central America 0.29 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.29 g/cap/d
- Western Europe 0.28 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 0.28 g/cap/d
- Northern America 0.26 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 0.26 g/cap/d
- United States of America 0.26 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.26 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 0.25 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.25 g/cap/d
- Europe 0.24 g/cap/d
- Northern Africa 0.22 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.22 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 0.18 g/cap/d
- Southern Africa 0.18 g/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 0.17 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 0.15 g/cap/d
- Central Asia 0.07 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.