Eggs — 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
194
Highest
10.23 g/cap/d
Belgium
Lowest
0.02 g/cap/d
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Median
2.2 g/cap/d
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
3,046
What the numbers show
Eggs — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 10.23 g/cap/d in Belgium; the lowest is 0.02 g/cap/d in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.2 g/cap/d, and the mean is 2.55 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 512.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Indonesia (up 353.5%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 77.6%).
Eggs — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 10.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 154.5% | rising |
| 2 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 8.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 84.0% | rising |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 7.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 7.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 4 | China, Macao SAR | 7.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 6 | China | 7.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 7 | Malaysia | 6.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 6.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 9 | Grenada | 6.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 130.6% | rising |
| 10 | Indonesia | 6.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 353.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Maldives | 6.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 12 | Argentina | 5.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 13 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 5.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 14 | Paraguay | 5.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 15 | Russia | 5.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 5.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 5.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 145.1% | rising |
| 18 | Belarus | 5.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.9% | flat |
| 19 | Ukraine | 5.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 20 | Canada | 5.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 21 | United States | 4.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 22 | Denmark | 4.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 23 | Spain | 4.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 4.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 25 | Austria | 4.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 26 | Germany | 4.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 26 | Hungary | 4.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 28 | Qatar | 4.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 29 | China, Taiwan Province of | 4.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 30 | Lithuania | 4.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 30 | Uruguay | 4.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 32 | Kuwait | 4.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 4.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 34 | Italy | 4.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Montenegro | 4.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 36 | Armenia | 4.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 37 | France | 4.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 37 | Romania | 4.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 39 | Republic of Korea | 4.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 40 | Brazil | 3.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 41 | Estonia | 3.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 42 | Israel | 3.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 3.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 164.9% | rising |
| 44 | Malta | 3.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 45 | Guatemala | 3.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 46 | Fiji | 3.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 141.5% | rising |
| 46 | Moldova | 3.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 46 | Republic of Moldova | 3.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 49 | Bahamas | 3.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 153.0% | rising |
| 49 | Portugal | 3.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 51 | Norway | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 52 | Thailand | 3.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 53 | Nauru | 3.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 53 | Nauru | 3.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 55 | Serbia | 3.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 56 | Turkmenistan | 3.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 57 | Georgia | 3.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 58 | Albania | 3.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 3.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.6% | rising |
| 59 | Tuvalu | 3.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 61 | Peru | 3.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 62 | Switzerland | 3.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 63 | New Zealand | 3.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 64 | United Kingdom | 3.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 64 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 3.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 67 | Turkey | 3.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 67 | Türkiye | 3.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 69 | Finland | 3.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 69 | Sweden | 3.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 71 | French Polynesia | 3.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 72 | Seychelles | 3.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 73 | Ireland | 3.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 74 | Marshall Islands | 3.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 75 | Bahrain | 3.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 75 | Slovenia | 3.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 3.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 78 | Greece | 3.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 79 | Barbados | 2.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 79 | Chile | 2.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 81 | Czechia | 2.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 82 | Cuba | 2.89 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 83 | Latvia | 2.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 84 | Croatia | 2.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 85 | Iceland | 2.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 86 | Libya | 2.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 87 | El Salvador | 2.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 88 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 89 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 90 | New Caledonia | 2.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.6% | flat |
| 91 | Ecuador | 2.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.3% | flat |
| 91 | Mauritius | 2.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 93 | Australia | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 94 | Morocco | 2.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 95 | Slovakia | 2.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 96 | Lebanon | 2.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 138.7% | rising |
| 97 | United Arab Emirates | 2.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 98 | Tunisia | 2.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 100 | Caribbean | 2.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 100 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 102 | Mongolia | 2.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 103 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 104 | Panama | 2.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 2.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 107 | Cyprus | 1.99 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 108 | Tajikistan | 1.94 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 280.4% | rising |
| 109 | Polynesia | 1.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 110 | Algeria | 1.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 111 | South Africa | 1.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 112 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 115.5% | rising |
| 113 | Philippines | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 114 | Suriname | 1.78 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 115 | Micronesia | 1.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 255.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Oman | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 117 | Poland | 1.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 119 | Saint Lucia | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 121 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 122 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 123 | Belize | 1.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 1.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 125 | India | 1.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 86.1% | rising |
| 126 | Jordan | 1.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.8% | flat |
| 127 | Cabo Verde | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 128 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.38 g/cap/d | 2018 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 129 | Bhutan | 1.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 130 | Syria | 1.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 130 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 132 | Vietnam | 1.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 132 | Viet Nam | 1.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 134 | Honduras | 1.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 135 | Pakistan | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 136 | Bangladesh | 1.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 136 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 138 | Egypt | 1.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 138 | Tonga | 1.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 140 | Jamaica | 1.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 86.4% | rising |
| 140 | Vanuatu | 1.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 142 | Kiribati | 1.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 122.4% | rising |
| 142 | Sri Lanka | 1.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 144 | Senegal | 1.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 110.2% | rising |
| 145 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 114.6% | rising |
| 146 | Zambia | 0.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 147 | Nigeria | 0.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 148 | Iraq | 0.78 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 77.6% | falling |
| 149 | East Timor | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 149 | Timor-Leste | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 151 | Nepal | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 152 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 152 | Djibouti | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 226.3% | rising |
| 152 | Myanmar | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 152 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 156 | Gambia | 0.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 125.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Guinea | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 157 | Laos | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 157 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 160 | Angola | 0.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Cameroon | 0.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 315.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Guyana | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 162 | Yemen | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 164 | Zimbabwe | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 164 | Melanesia | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 166 | Liberia | 0.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 167 | Comoros | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 167 | Samoa | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 169 | Eswatini | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 170 | Botswana | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 171 | Sierra Leone | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 172 | Kenya | 0.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 173 | Cambodia | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 175 | Ghana | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 175 | Mauritania | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 177 | Malawi | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 178 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 178 | Namibia | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 178 | Solomon Islands | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 181 | Gabon | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 182 | Uganda | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Afghanistan | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 53.8% | rising |
| 185 | Lesotho | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 186 | Madagascar | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 186 | Mozambique | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 72.7% | falling |
| 188 | Papua New Guinea | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 189 | Haiti | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 190 | Rwanda | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 191 | Ethiopia | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 192 | Niger | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 193 | Congo | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 194 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Asia 6.88 g/cap/d
- Central America 5.59 g/cap/d
- Northern America 4.88 g/cap/d
- United States of America 4.87 g/cap/d
- Western Europe 4.75 g/cap/d
- Americas 4.51 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 4.39 g/cap/d
- Europe 4.29 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 4.09 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 4.09 g/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 3.97 g/cap/d
- South America 3.94 g/cap/d
- Asia 3.78 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 3.46 g/cap/d
- World 3.34 g/cap/d
- Central Asia 3.25 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 2.32 g/cap/d
- Oceania 1.97 g/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.7 g/cap/d
- Southern Africa 1.64 g/cap/d
- Southern Asia 1.43 g/cap/d
- Northern Africa 1.4 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.87 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.81 g/cap/d
- Africa 0.66 g/cap/d
- Western Africa 0.62 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.5 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.45 g/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 0.32 g/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.2 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.