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...

Countries reporting
194
Highest
53.35 g/cap/d
Tonga
Lowest
0.95 g/cap/d
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Median
16.56 g/cap/d
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
3,046

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Meat — Fat supply quantity (g/capita/day)
Unit
g/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 3,046 data points, 2010–2023
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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.