Meat — Fat 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
Meat — Fat supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 53.35 g/cap/d in Tonga; the lowest is 0.95 g/cap/d in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.56 g/cap/d, and the mean is 17.25 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 56.
Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 171.5%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 57.1%).
Meat — Fat supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonga | 53.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 2 | Mongolia | 43.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 3 | Argentina | 41.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 4 | Montenegro | 37.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 5 | China, Macao SAR | 37.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 6 | Bahamas | 36.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 7 | Denmark | 35.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 8 | Marshall Islands | 35.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 9 | Nauru | 35.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 9 | Nauru | 35.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 11 | Iceland | 35.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 12 | Ireland | 34.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 13 | Belarus | 34.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 34.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 15 | Polynesia | 33.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 16 | China, mainland | 33.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 17 | China | 33.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 18 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 32.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 19 | Samoa | 32.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 32.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 21 | United States | 31.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 22 | Brazil | 31.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 23 | Chile | 31.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 24 | New Caledonia | 30.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 25 | Australia | 30.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 26 | China, Taiwan Province of | 30.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 27 | Portugal | 29.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 28 | Australia and New Zealand | 28.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 29 | Poland | 28.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 30 | Croatia | 28.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 31 | Israel | 28.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 32 | Serbia | 27.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 33 | Lithuania | 27.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 34 | French Polynesia | 26.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 35 | Spain | 26.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 36 | Tuvalu | 26.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 37 | Finland | 26.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 26.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 38 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 26.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 40 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 25.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 41 | France | 25.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 42 | Grenada | 24.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 42 | Republic of Korea | 24.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 44 | Vietnam | 24.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 44 | Viet Nam | 24.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 46 | Mexico | 24.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 47 | Latvia | 24.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 48 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 24.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 49 | Saint Lucia | 24.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 50 | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 51 | Cuba | 24.11 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 52 | Norway | 24.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 53 | Russia | 23.94 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 53 | Russian Federation | 23.94 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 55 | Canada | 23.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 56 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 23.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 57 | Bahrain | 23.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 58 | Hungary | 23.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 59 | Uruguay | 22.99 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 60 | Guyana | 22.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 94.1% | rising |
| 61 | Switzerland | 22.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 22.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 63 | Czechia | 21.99 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 64 | New Zealand | 21.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 65 | Belize | 21.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 66 | Austria | 21.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 67 | Romania | 21.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 68 | Italy | 20.94 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 69 | Cyprus | 20.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 70 | Sweden | 20.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 71 | Greece | 20.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 72 | Seychelles | 20.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 73 | Estonia | 20.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 20.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 75 | Turkmenistan | 20.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 76 | Malta | 20.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 77 | Micronesia | 20.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 116.5% | rising |
| 78 | Colombia | 20.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 79 | Armenia | 19.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 80 | Slovakia | 19.78 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 81 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 19.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 82 | Germany | 19.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 83 | Barbados | 19.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 19.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 85 | Qatar | 18.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 86 | Panama | 18.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 87 | South Africa | 18.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 18.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 89 | Kuwait | 18.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 91 | Albania | 17.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 92 | Fiji | 17.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 93 | Malaysia | 17.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 17.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 95 | Turkey | 16.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 95 | Türkiye | 16.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 97 | Mauritius | 16.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 98 | Gabon | 16.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 16.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 100 | Costa Rica | 16.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 101 | United Arab Emirates | 16.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 101 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 103 | Ecuador | 15.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 104 | Belgium | 15.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 105 | Slovenia | 15.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 106 | Jamaica | 15.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 107 | Papua New Guinea | 15.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 108 | Melanesia | 15.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 109 | Ukraine | 14.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 110 | Cabo Verde | 14.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 111 | Kiribati | 14.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 112 | Peru | 14.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 113 | Saudi Arabia | 14.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 115 | Suriname | 14.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 14.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 117 | Tajikistan | 13.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 84.7% | rising |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 13.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 119 | Caribbean | 13.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 120 | Congo | 13.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 110.3% | rising |
| 121 | Guatemala | 13.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 122 | Georgia | 13.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 123 | Malawi | 12.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 171.5% | rising |
| 124 | Laos | 12.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 124 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 12.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 126 | Moldova | 11.95 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 126 | Republic of Moldova | 11.95 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 128 | El Salvador | 11.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 129 | Philippines | 11.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 130 | Oman | 11.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 131 | East Timor | 11.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 131 | Timor-Leste | 11.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 133 | Mauritania | 10.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 134 | Libya | 10.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 135 | Lebanon | 10.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 136 | Botswana | 9.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 96.4% | rising |
| 137 | Honduras | 9.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 138 | Thailand | 9.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 139 | Jordan | 9.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 140 | Paraguay | 9.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 141 | Morocco | 9.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 9.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 143 | Burkina Faso | 9.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 144 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 8.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 145 | Tunisia | 8.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 146 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 7.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 147 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 148 | Eswatini | 7.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 149 | Namibia | 7.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 150 | Maldives | 7.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 151 | Algeria | 7.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 152 | Myanmar | 7.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 153 | Haiti | 6.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 154 | Cambodia | 6.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 155 | Angola | 6.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 156 | Egypt | 6.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 157 | Lesotho | 6.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 158 | Zambia | 6.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 159 | Senegal | 6.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 160 | Syria | 6.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 160 | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 162 | Comoros | 5.94 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 163 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 164 | Iraq | 5.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 5.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 166 | Indonesia | 5.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 167 | Guinea | 4.94 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 168 | Pakistan | 4.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 169 | Cameroon | 4.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 170 | Djibouti | 4.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 171 | Gambia | 4.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 168.0% | rising |
| 172 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 173 | Bhutan | 4.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 174 | Ghana | 4.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 175 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 4.34 g/cap/d | 2018 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 176 | Uganda | 4.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 177 | Liberia | 4.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 178 | Yemen | 3.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 179 | Mozambique | 3.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 180 | Kenya | 3.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 181 | Sierra Leone | 2.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 182 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 182 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 184 | Nepal | 2.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 185 | Sri Lanka | 2.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 186 | Nigeria | 2.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 187 | Ethiopia | 2.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 188 | Afghanistan | 2.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 189 | Niger | 2.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 190 | Rwanda | 2.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 191 | Madagascar | 1.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 192 | India | 1.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 193 | Bangladesh | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 194 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.95 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
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 31.87 g/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 31.08 g/cap/d
- Northern America 31.05 g/cap/d
- South America 27.01 g/cap/d
- Americas 26.99 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 26.38 g/cap/d
- Oceania 24.94 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 23.64 g/cap/d
- Europe 23.38 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 23.36 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 23.08 g/cap/d
- Western Europe 21.99 g/cap/d
- Central America 21.28 g/cap/d
- Central Asia 18.4 g/cap/d
- Southern Africa 17.18 g/cap/d
- World 15.25 g/cap/d
- Asia 14.38 g/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 13.94 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 12.04 g/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 10.4 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 8.22 g/cap/d
- Northern Africa 7.32 g/cap/d
- Africa 5.41 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 5.16 g/cap/d
- Middle Africa 5.14 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5.09 g/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 4.52 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4.04 g/cap/d
- Western Africa 3.47 g/cap/d
- Southern Asia 2.32 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.