Marine Fish, Other — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country
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What the numbers show
Marine Fish, Other — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 157 countries. The highest value is 8.37 g/cap/d in Tuvalu; the lowest is 0 g/cap/d in Netherlands (Kingdom of the).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.16 g/cap/d, and the mean is 0.6592 g/cap/d.
Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 1,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 100.0%).
Marine Fish, Other — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 8.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 2 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 3 | Naoero | 5.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 4 | China, Macao SAR | 4.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 5 | Marshall Islands | 4.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 6 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 4.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 7 | Cambodia | 3.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 8 | Myanmar | 3.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 9 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 10 | Jamaica | 3.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 10 | French Polynesia | 3.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 12 | Kiribati | 2.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 873.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Tonga | 2.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 14 | Grenada | 2.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 381.2% | rising |
| 15 | Saint Lucia | 2.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 16 | Malaysia | 2.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 17 | Mozambique | 1.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 18 | Barbados | 1.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 19 | Latvia | 1.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 20 | Guyana | 1.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 21 | Suriname | 1.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 22 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 23 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 24 | Mauritius | 1.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.4% | flat |
| 25 | Bhutan | 1.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 26 | Malta | 0.94 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 27 | Oman | 0.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 0.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 145.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Vanuatu | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Australia | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 30 | Cameroon | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 30 | New Caledonia | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 33 | Solomon Islands | 0.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 34 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 36 | Switzerland | 0.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 37 | Bahrain | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 37 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 39 | Comoros | 0.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 40 | China | 0.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 41 | Finland | 0.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 41 | Portugal | 0.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | flat |
| 43 | China, mainland | 0.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 96.3% | rising |
| 44 | Italy | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 0.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 45 | Rwanda | 0.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 47 | Mauritania | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 49 | Kuwait | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Samoa | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 74.4% | falling |
| 51 | Montenegro | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 109.5% | rising |
| 53 | Madagascar | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 54 | Bahamas | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.6% | falling |
| 54 | Greece | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.2% | flat |
| 54 | Panama | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 131.2% | rising |
| 57 | Haiti | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 57 | Eswatini | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 311.1% | rising |
| 60 | Spain | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 60 | Maldives | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 63 | Qatar | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 64 | Cyprus | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 65 | Sweden | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 66 | Georgia | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 67 | Indonesia | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Senegal | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 525.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Lebanon | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Jordan | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 70 | Liberia | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 72 | Austria | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 72 | Belgium | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 72 | Belize | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 75 | Philippines | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 171.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Seychelles | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Gabon | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Slovenia | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 77 | Uruguay | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 82 | Nigeria | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 82 | El Salvador | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Slovakia | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 85 | Angola | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Czechia | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 85 | Germany | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 333.3% | rising |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 90 | United Arab Emirates | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Belarus | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Gambia | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 90 | Israel | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 90 | Uganda | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Albania | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 95 | Congo | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Cuba | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2019 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 95 | Ghana | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | falling |
| 95 | India | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 95 | Tunisia | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | flat |
| 101 | Colombia | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 101 | Morocco | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 77.5% | falling |
| 103 | Mongolia | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 103 | Namibia | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Romania | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 106 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 106 | Honduras | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 106 | Hungary | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 106 | Papua New Guinea | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Ukraine | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Armenia | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 113 | Mexico | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Canada | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 115 | Ecuador | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 115 | France | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 115 | Guatemala | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Libya | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Serbia | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Republic of Korea | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Egypt | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Malawi | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 124 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 127 | Brazil | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Djibouti | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 127 | Croatia | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Lesotho | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 127 | Zambia | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Botswana | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Fiji | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Iraq | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Nicaragua | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Norway | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 132 | Nepal | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 132 | South Africa | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 132 | Zimbabwe | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 141 | Chile | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 141 | Niger | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 141 | New Zealand | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Thailand | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Uzbekistan | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Russian Federation | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Argentina | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Denmark | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Algeria | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Guinea | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Ireland | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Kenya | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Lithuania | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Paraguay | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Turkmenistan | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 5.32 g/cap/d
- Côte d'Ivoire 1.06 g/cap/d
- Micronesia 3.97 g/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 0.98 g/cap/d
- Viet Nam 2.32 g/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 0.65 g/cap/d
- Polynesia 2.1 g/cap/d
- Oceania 0.53 g/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.22 g/cap/d
- Caribbean 0.5 g/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 0.57 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 0.4 g/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.51 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.34 g/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.47 g/cap/d
- World 0.32 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.45 g/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 0.28 g/cap/d
- Asia 0.42 g/cap/d
- Western Africa 0.26 g/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.28 g/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 0.22 g/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 0.23 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 0.2 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.2 g/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.15 g/cap/d
- United States of America 0.19 g/cap/d
- Melanesia 0.14 g/cap/d
- Africa 0.18 g/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.04 g/cap/d
- Northern America 0.17 g/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.01 g/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.01 g/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.01 g/cap/d
- Europe 0.15 g/cap/d
- Americas 0.14 g/cap/d
- Western Europe 0.12 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 0.12 g/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 g/cap/d
- Türkiye 0 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.