Meat and meat products — Protein supply — Value by country
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics...
What the numbers show
Meat and meat products — Protein supply — Value is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 76.3 g/cap/d in Mongolia; the lowest is 2.1 g/cap/d in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 26.9 g/cap/d, and the mean is 25.34 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 36.
Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 217.9%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 56.3%).
Meat and meat products — Protein supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 76.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 2 | Tonga | 68.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 3 | Ireland | 56.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 4 | Marshall Islands | 55 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 5 | China, Macao SAR | 54.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 6 | Argentina | 53.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 7 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 51.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 9 | Belarus | 51.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 10 | Bahamas | 50.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 11 | Israel | 49.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 12 | Samoa | 48.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 13 | Nauru | 48.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 14 | Brazil | 46.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 15 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 45.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 16 | Iceland | 44.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 17 | French Polynesia | 43.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 18 | Antigua and Barbuda | 43.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 19 | Portugal | 42.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 20 | Chile | 42.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 21 | Spain | 42.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 22 | Saint Lucia | 41 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 23 | Denmark | 40.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 24 | Croatia | 40.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 25 | Montenegro | 40.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 25 | New Caledonia | 40.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 27 | Canada | 39.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 28 | Guyana | 39.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 91.8% | rising |
| 29 | China, Taiwan Province of | 39.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 30 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 39.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 31 | Lithuania | 38.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 32 | Poland | 38.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 33 | Tuvalu | 38.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 34 | Russian Federation | 38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 35 | Serbia | 37.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 36 | New Zealand | 37.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 36 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 37.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 36 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 37.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 39 | Panama | 37.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 39 | Republic of Korea | 37.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 41 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 37 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 42 | Mexico | 36.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 43 | Grenada | 35.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 44 | France | 35.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 44 | Luxembourg | 35.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 46 | Bahrain | 35.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 47 | Latvia | 35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 48 | Czechia | 33.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 49 | Sweden | 33.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 50 | Greece | 33.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 51 | Barbados | 33.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 52 | Austria | 32.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 53 | China | 32.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 54 | China, mainland | 32.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 55 | Qatar | 31.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 56 | Cyprus | 31.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 57 | Jamaica | 31.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 58 | Seychelles | 31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 60 | Hungary | 30.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 60 | Romania | 30.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 62 | Finland | 30.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 63 | Gabon | 30.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 64 | Germany | 30.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 30.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 64 | Malta | 30.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 67 | Malaysia | 30.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 68 | Trinidad and Tobago | 30 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 68 | Uruguay | 30 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.8% | flat |
| 70 | Cuba | 29.8 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 70 | Italy | 29.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 70 | Mauritius | 29.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 73 | Belize | 29.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 74 | Fiji | 29.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 103.5% | rising |
| 74 | Kuwait | 29.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 74 | Norway | 29.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Papua New Guinea | 29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 77 | Slovakia | 29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 79 | Belgium | 28.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 28.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 81 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 28.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 82 | Viet Nam | 28.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 83 | Colombia | 28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 84 | Congo | 27.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 108.2% | rising |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 27.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 27.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 87 | Slovenia | 27.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 27.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 89 | Switzerland | 26.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 90 | Albania | 26.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 26.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 92 | Estonia | 26.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 93 | Peru | 25.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 94 | Armenia | 25.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 95 | Ecuador | 25.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | 25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 24.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 98 | Guatemala | 24.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 99 | Libya | 23.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 101 | Türkiye | 22.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 102 | Ukraine | 22.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 104 | Botswana | 21.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 105 | Suriname | 21.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 106 | El Salvador | 20.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 107 | Georgia | 20 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 107 | Kiribati | 20 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 107 | Cabo Verde | 20 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 19.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 112 | Timor-Leste | 19.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 113 | Vanuatu | 18.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 114 | Mauritania | 18.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 114 | Oman | 18.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 116 | Republic of Moldova | 17.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.1% | flat |
| 116 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 17.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 118 | Lebanon | 17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 119 | Honduras | 16.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 120 | Philippines | 16.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 16.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 96.4% | rising |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 16.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 123 | Jordan | 16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 124 | Morocco | 15.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 125 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 15.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 126 | Tunisia | 14.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 127 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 13.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 128 | Egypt | 13.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 129 | Maldives | 12.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 129 | Paraguay | 12.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 131 | Comoros | 12.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 132 | Namibia | 12.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 133 | Malawi | 12.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 108.5% | rising |
| 134 | Iraq | 11.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 135 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 136 | Thailand | 11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 10.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 137 | Algeria | 10.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 137 | Pakistan | 10.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 140 | Eswatini | 10.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 141 | Senegal | 9.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 142 | Haiti | 9.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 143 | Lesotho | 9.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.7% | flat |
| 144 | Myanmar | 9.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 145 | Indonesia | 9.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 145 | Liberia | 9.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 147 | Ghana | 8.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 147 | Gambia | 8.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 217.9% | rising |
| 149 | Angola | 8.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 150 | Zambia | 8.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 150 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 152 | Syrian Arab Republic | 8.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 153 | Nepal | 7.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 154 | Guinea | 7.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 154 | Cambodia | 7.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.9% | flat |
| 156 | Bhutan | 7.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 157 | Cameroon | 7.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 157 | Djibouti | 7.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 6.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 160 | Yemen | 6.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 161 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 6.5 g/cap/d | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 163 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 164 | Sri Lanka | 5.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | 5.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 166 | Kenya | 5.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 166 | Uganda | 5.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 168 | Mozambique | 4.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 169 | India | 4.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 127.8% | rising |
| 170 | Niger | 3.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 171 | Ethiopia | 3.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 172 | Nigeria | 3.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 173 | Afghanistan | 3.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 174 | Rwanda | 3.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 175 | Madagascar | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 176 | Bangladesh | 2.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 177 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 50.5 g/cap/d
- South Africa 28.6 g/cap/d
About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.