Grand Total — 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...
What the numbers show
Grand Total — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 151.69 g/cap/d in Iceland; the lowest is 27.72 g/cap/d in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 92.94 g/cap/d, and the mean is 91.21 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 43.4%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 23.1%).
Grand Total — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 151.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 2 | Ireland | 136.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 3 | Serbia | 135.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 4 | Montenegro | 134.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 5 | Mongolia | 132.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 6 | China, mainland | 131.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 7 | China | 130.99 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 8 | Israel | 130.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 9 | Tonga | 129.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 10 | Belarus | 127.95 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 11 | Portugal | 126.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 12 | Denmark | 126.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 13 | Finland | 126.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 14 | Norway | 125.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 15 | Australia | 124.99 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 16 | Lithuania | 123.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 17 | United States | 123.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 122.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 19 | Argentina | 121.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 20 | Australia and New Zealand | 121.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 21 | Belgium | 120.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 22 | Turkey | 119.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 22 | Türkiye | 119.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 24 | Marshall Islands | 119.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 25 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 118.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 26 | Russia | 117.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 117.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 28 | China, Macao SAR | 117.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 29 | Poland | 117.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 30 | Spain | 117.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 31 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 117.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 32 | Italy | 116.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 33 | France | 115.99 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | Croatia | 115.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 35 | Guyana | 114.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 36 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 114.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 37 | Albania | 113.95 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 113.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 39 | Canada | 112.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 40 | Sweden | 112.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 41 | Romania | 112.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 42 | Estonia | 112.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 43 | Greece | 112.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 44 | Polynesia | 111.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 111.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 46 | Nauru | 111.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 46 | Nauru | 111.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 48 | Latvia | 110.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 49 | French Polynesia | 110.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 50 | Republic of Korea | 110.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 51 | United Kingdom | 110.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 51 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 110.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 53 | Germany | 109.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 54 | Barbados | 108.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 55 | Austria | 108.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 106.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 57 | Brazil | 106.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 58 | Malta | 105.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 105.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 60 | Samoa | 105.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 61 | Chile | 105.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 62 | Qatar | 105.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 63 | Tunisia | 105.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 64 | Mauritius | 104.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 65 | Bahamas | 104.78 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 104.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 67 | Uruguay | 104.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 68 | Seychelles | 104.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 103.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 70 | Armenia | 103.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 103.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 72 | Tuvalu | 103.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 73 | Vietnam | 102.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 73 | Viet Nam | 102.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 101.95 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 76 | Slovenia | 101.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 77 | Switzerland | 101.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 78 | New Zealand | 100.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 79 | Mexico | 100.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 80 | Bahrain | 99.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 81 | China, Taiwan Province of | 98.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 82 | Cyprus | 98.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 83 | Grenada | 98.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 84 | Antigua and Barbuda | 98.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 85 | Morocco | 98.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 86 | Maldives | 97.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 87 | United Arab Emirates | 96.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 88 | Czechia | 96.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 89 | Kuwait | 95.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 90 | Cuba | 95.29 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 91 | Hungary | 93.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 92 | Algeria | 93.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 93 | Panama | 93.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 94 | Malaysia | 93.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 95 | Moldova | 93.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 95 | Republic of Moldova | 93.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 97 | Saint Lucia | 93.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 92.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 99 | Burkina Faso | 92.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 100 | Niger | 92.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 91.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 102 | Jamaica | 91.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 103 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 90.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 104 | Ukraine | 90.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 105 | Georgia | 90.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 90.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 107 | Egypt | 89.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 108 | El Salvador | 88.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 109 | Belize | 88.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 110 | Peru | 88.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 111 | Trinidad and Tobago | 87.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 112 | Fiji | 87.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 113 | Libya | 86.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 114 | Bulgaria | 86.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 115 | Oman | 85.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 116 | Micronesia | 85.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 117 | Gabon | 84.78 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 118 | Kiribati | 83.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 119 | Mauritania | 83.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 120 | Colombia | 83.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 121 | Tajikistan | 83.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 122 | Cabo Verde | 82.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 123 | Nepal | 81.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 124 | Laos | 81.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 124 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 81.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 126 | Slovakia | 81.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 127 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 80.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 128 | Ethiopia | 79.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 129 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 79.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 130 | Lebanon | 79.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 131 | South Africa | 79.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 132 | Myanmar | 78.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 133 | Indonesia | 77.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 134 | Philippines | 77.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 135 | Djibouti | 74.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 136 | Vanuatu | 74.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 137 | India | 74.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 138 | Iraq | 74.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 139 | Guatemala | 74.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 140 | Nicaragua | 73.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 141 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 73.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 142 | Pakistan | 73.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 143 | Botswana | 73.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 144 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 71.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 145 | Bhutan | 71.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 146 | Senegal | 71.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 147 | Caribbean | 71.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 148 | Cameroon | 71.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 149 | Jordan | 71.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 150 | Syria | 70.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 150 | Syrian Arab Republic | 70.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 152 | Ecuador | 69.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 153 | Zimbabwe | 69.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 154 | Thailand | 68.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 155 | Suriname | 68.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 156 | Bangladesh | 67.99 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 157 | Ghana | 67.94 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 158 | Sri Lanka | 67.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 159 | Paraguay | 66.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 160 | Malawi | 65.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 161 | East Timor | 65.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 161 | Timor-Leste | 65.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 163 | Cote d'Ivoire | 65.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 163 | Côte d'Ivoire | 65.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 165 | Melanesia | 64.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 166 | Cambodia | 64.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 167 | Namibia | 64.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 168 | Comoros | 63.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 169 | Honduras | 63.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 170 | Afghanistan | 62.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 171 | Papua New Guinea | 62.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 172 | United Republic of Tanzania | 60.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 173 | Congo | 58.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 174 | Eswatini | 58.78 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 175 | Guinea | 58.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 176 | Gambia | 58.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 177 | Sierra Leone | 57.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 178 | Rwanda | 57.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 179 | Nigeria | 57.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 180 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 56.94 g/cap/d | 2018 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 181 | Uganda | 56.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 182 | Kenya | 55.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 183 | Solomon Islands | 54.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 184 | Sao Tome and Principe | 54.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 185 | Guinea-Bissau | 52.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 186 | Lesotho | 50.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 187 | Zambia | 48.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 188 | Angola | 47.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 189 | Haiti | 46.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 190 | Liberia | 45.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 191 | Yemen | 45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 192 | Mozambique | 44.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 193 | Madagascar | 39.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 194 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 27.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Asia 126.26 g/cap/d
- United States of America 123.1 g/cap/d
- Northern America 122.06 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 117.67 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 114.66 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 113.62 g/cap/d
- Europe 113.22 g/cap/d
- Western Europe 112.5 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 110.85 g/cap/d
- Americas 105.41 g/cap/d
- Oceania 104.88 g/cap/d
- Central Asia 104.36 g/cap/d
- South America 98.69 g/cap/d
- Asia 94.74 g/cap/d
- Central America 93.7 g/cap/d
- World 92.47 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 91.25 g/cap/d
- Northern Africa 86.71 g/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 80.89 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 77.62 g/cap/d
- Southern Africa 77.09 g/cap/d
- Southern Asia 73.89 g/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 71.38 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 67.36 g/cap/d
- Africa 65.21 g/cap/d
- Western Africa 64.28 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 62.42 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 61.54 g/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 61.22 g/cap/d
- Middle Africa 44.29 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.