Fats, Animals, Raw — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country
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What the numbers show
Fats, Animals, Raw — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 0.91 g/cap/d in Canada; the lowest is 0 g/cap/d in Romania.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.05 g/cap/d, and the mean is 0.1092 g/cap/d.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 3,300.0%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 100.0%).
Fats, Animals, Raw — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 0.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 2 | Mongolia | 0.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 3 | Croatia | 0.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 5 | New Zealand | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Slovak Republic | 0.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 6 | Uruguay | 0.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 147.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Armenia | 0.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 9 | Panama | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 10 | Paraguay | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 11 | Ireland | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3,300.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Philippines | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 13 | Ecuador | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 13 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 560.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Turkmenistan | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 15 | Republic of Korea | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 210.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Tonga | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 19 | Albania | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 19 | Czechia | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 19 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 180.0% | rising |
| 22 | Portugal | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 23 | Austria | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 23 | Chile | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 25 | Australia | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 26 | Georgia | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 26 | Hungary | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 91.7% | rising |
| 28 | Eswatini | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 29 | Botswana | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 29 | Malawi | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 171.4% | rising |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Nicaragua | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 31 | Tuvalu | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 31 | Samoa | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 35 | Bahrain | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 35 | Pakistan | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 37 | Brazil | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 37 | Montenegro | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 37 | Namibia | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 40 | Ukraine | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 41 | France | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Grenada | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Belgium | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Jordan | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 43 | Oman | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 46 | Vanuatu | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 48 | Colombia | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 48 | Guatemala | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 48 | New Caledonia | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 51 | Switzerland | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 51 | Estonia | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Myanmar | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 51 | Mauritania | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 51 | Malaysia | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 56 | Djibouti | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 56 | Cambodia | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 56 | Lebanon | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 56 | Solomon Islands | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 56 | Seychelles | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 56 | Zambia | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 56 | Russian Federation | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 65 | Fiji | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Israel | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 65 | Kiribati | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 65 | Saint Lucia | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 65 | Malta | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 70 | Cyprus | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 70 | Greece | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Morocco | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 70 | Norway | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 70 | Nauru | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 70 | French Polynesia | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 70 | Saudi Arabia | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 70 | Uganda | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 70 | Uzbekistan | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 79 | Algeria | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 79 | Ethiopia | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | flat |
| 79 | Guinea | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 79 | Iraq | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 79 | Lithuania | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 79 | Senegal | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 79 | El Salvador | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 79 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 79 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Yemen | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 89 | Afghanistan | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 89 | United Arab Emirates | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 89 | Bhutan | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 89 | Cameroon | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 89 | Spain | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 89 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 89 | Jamaica | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Lesotho | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 89 | Mexico | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 89 | Nepal | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 89 | Thailand | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | China, Macao SAR | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Angola | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 101 | Argentina | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 101 | Bangladesh | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 101 | Cuba | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Egypt | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 101 | Finland | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 101 | Ghana | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 101 | Guyana | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 101 | Libya | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 101 | Niger | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 101 | Nigeria | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 101 | Rwanda | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Slovenia | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Sweden | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Tunisia | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 118 | Barbados | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Comoros | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 118 | Gabon | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 118 | Honduras | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 118 | Haiti | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 118 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 118 | Liberia | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Poland | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 118 | Suriname | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 118 | Tajikistan | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 118 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 132 | Bahamas | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 132 | Belize | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | China (People’s Republic of) | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 132 | Congo | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Germany | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Denmark | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 132 | Gambia | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 132 | Indonesia | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 132 | Iceland | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Italy | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Kenya | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Kuwait | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Luxembourg | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 132 | Madagascar | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Marshall Islands | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 132 | North Macedonia | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 132 | Mozambique | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Mauritius | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Qatar | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 132 | South Africa | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 132 | China, mainland | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 156 | Belarus | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Kazakhstan | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Latvia | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Romania | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern America 0.25 g/cap/d
- Oceania 0.22 g/cap/d
- United States of America 0.17 g/cap/d
- Americas 0.16 g/cap/d
- South America 0.14 g/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 0.13 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 0.1 g/cap/d
- Western Europe 0.1 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 0.09 g/cap/d
- Europe 0.09 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.09 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.