Fish, Seafood — Fat supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country
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What the numbers show
Fish, Seafood — Fat supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 6.81 g/cap/d in Iceland; the lowest is 0.04 g/cap/d in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.28 g/cap/d, and the mean is 1.59 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 170.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 205.9%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 56.4%).
Fish, Seafood — Fat supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 6.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 2 | Maldives | 6.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 3 | Kiribati | 6.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 4 | Samoa | 5.78 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 5 | Tuvalu | 5.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 6 | Barbados | 4.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 7 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 8 | Myanmar | 4.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 9 | Cambodia | 4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 10 | French Polynesia | 3.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 11 | Marshall Islands | 3.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 12 | Indonesia | 3.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 13 | Malaysia | 3.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 14 | Tonga | 3.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 15 | Seychelles | 3.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 16 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 3.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 17 | Vanuatu | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 18 | Norway | 3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 19 | Republic of Korea | 2.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 19 | China, Macao SAR | 2.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 21 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 2.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 23 | Spain | 2.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 23 | Latvia | 2.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 2.78 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 26 | Gabon | 2.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 2.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 28 | Finland | 2.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 28 | Fiji | 2.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 30 | Jamaica | 2.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 31 | Solomon Islands | 2.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 32 | Lithuania | 2.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 33 | Portugal | 2.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 34 | Malta | 2.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 2.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 36 | Philippines | 2.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 37 | Mauritius | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 38 | Saint Lucia | 2.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 39 | China, mainland | 2.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 40 | China (People’s Republic of) | 2.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 41 | Denmark | 2.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 41 | Grenada | 2.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 43 | Ghana | 2.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 44 | Sweden | 2.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 45 | Peru | 2.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 2.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 47 | Bahamas | 2.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 47 | Israel | 2.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 47 | Italy | 2.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 50 | France | 1.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 51 | New Caledonia | 1.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 52 | Nauru | 1.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 52 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 1.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 55 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 56 | Russian Federation | 1.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 57 | Luxembourg | 1.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 58 | Congo | 1.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 58 | Egypt | 1.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 60 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 61 | Belgium | 1.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 62 | Oman | 1.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 63 | Gambia | 1.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 64 | Uganda | 1.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 65 | Australia | 1.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 66 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 68 | Ireland | 1.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Qatar | 1.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 70 | Suriname | 1.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 71 | Comoros | 1.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 72 | New Zealand | 1.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 73 | Cameroon | 1.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 197.9% | rising |
| 75 | Libya | 1.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 76 | Panama | 1.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 76 | Tunisia | 1.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 78 | Angola | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 78 | Bahrain | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 78 | Morocco | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 81 | Guyana | 1.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 82 | Croatia | 1.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 82 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 84 | Austria | 1.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 85 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 86 | Ukraine | 1.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 87 | Zambia | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 88 | Canada | 1.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 89 | Senegal | 1.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 90 | Switzerland | 1.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 91 | Germany | 1.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Greece | 1.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 93 | Mexico | 1.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 94 | Cyprus | 1.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 94 | Guinea | 1.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 96 | Saudi Arabia | 1.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 97 | Poland | 1.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 98 | Colombia | 1.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 99 | Kuwait | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 100 | Slovak Republic | 0.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 101 | Mozambique | 0.97 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 102 | Burkina Faso | 0.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 103 | Malawi | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 104 | Belarus | 0.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 104 | Chile | 0.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 106 | Czechia | 0.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 107 | Montenegro | 0.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 108 | Serbia | 0.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 109 | Georgia | 0.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 110 | India | 0.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 110 | Uruguay | 0.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 112 | Namibia | 0.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 113 | Slovenia | 0.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 114 | Belize | 0.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 115 | Romania | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 0.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 117 | Bhutan | 0.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 118 | Albania | 0.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 119 | Mauritania | 0.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 120 | Bulgaria | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 120 | Estonia | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 122 | El Salvador | 0.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 123 | Papua New Guinea | 0.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 124 | Djibouti | 0.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 78.8% | rising |
| 125 | Brazil | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 125 | Haiti | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 125 | Hungary | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 125 | Nigeria | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 130 | Rwanda | 0.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 131 | Paraguay | 0.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 132 | Uzbekistan | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 205.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Cuba | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 134 | Armenia | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 135 | Honduras | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 136.8% | rising |
| 135 | Nicaragua | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Liberia | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 138 | Lebanon | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 138 | Nepal | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 87.0% | rising |
| 140 | Jordan | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 141 | South Africa | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 142 | Argentina | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 143 | Kazakhstan | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 144 | Ecuador | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 144 | Eswatini | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 146 | Guatemala | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 147 | Madagascar | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 148 | Kenya | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 148 | Zimbabwe | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 150 | Algeria | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 150 | Iraq | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 152 | Botswana | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 153 | Turkmenistan | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 154 | Niger | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 155 | Azerbaijan | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 155 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 157 | Lesotho | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 158 | Yemen | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 159 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 159 | Pakistan | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 161 | Mongolia | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 162 | Tajikistan | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 163 | Ethiopia | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 164 | Afghanistan | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Europe 1.67 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 1.63 g/cap/d
- Western Europe 1.46 g/cap/d
- South-eastern Asia 3.2 g/cap/d
- Northern America 1.1 g/cap/d
- United States of America 1.09 g/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 2.47 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.02 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 2.09 g/cap/d
- Americas 0.91 g/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 1.86 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.51 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.