Meat — Protein supply quantity in China
China: Meat — Protein supply quantity was 30.36 g/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Protein supply quantity in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat — protein supply quantity in China is 30.36 g/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — protein supply quantity in China peaked at 30.36 g/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23.71 g/cap/d, in 2011.
China ranks 63rd of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Meat — Protein supply quantity in China, year by year
| Year | g/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 24.15 g/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 23.71 g/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 24.03 g/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 24.46 g/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 24.97 g/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 25.11 g/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 25.61 g/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 25.44 g/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 25.72 g/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 25.98 g/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 24.7 g/cap/d | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 27.31 g/cap/d | +10.6% |
| 2022 | 28.88 g/cap/d | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 30.36 g/cap/d | +5.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 30.36 g/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 25.09 g/cap/d, 1.2× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- China's 30.36 g/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 28.55 g/cap/d, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 24.92 g/cap/d | 23.71 g/cap/d | 25.98 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.81 g/cap/d | 24.7 g/cap/d | 30.36 g/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 60 Hungary 30.5 g/cap/d compare
- 61 Seychelles 30.47 g/cap/d compare
- 62 United Arab Emirates 30.4 g/cap/d compare
- 64 China, mainland 30.14 g/cap/d compare
- 65 Sweden 29.81 g/cap/d compare
- 66 Malta 29.79 g/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat — protein supply quantity in China?
- Meat — protein supply quantity in China was 30.36 g/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — protein supply quantity recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 30.36 g/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat — protein supply quantity recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.71 g/cap/d in 2011.
- How does China rank for meat — protein supply quantity?
- China ranks 63rd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — protein supply quantity rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.