Milk and milk 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
Milk and milk products — Protein supply — Value is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 40.1 g/cap/d in Estonia; the lowest is 0.2 g/cap/d in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.7 g/cap/d, and the mean is 11.21 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 200.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of the Congo (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 62.5%).
Milk and milk products — Protein supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonia | 40.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 21.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 2 | Finland | 35.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 2 | Republic of Moldova | 14.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 2 | Cabo Verde | 9.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 3 | Belgium | 34.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 3 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 11.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 3 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 4 | Montenegro | 34.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 4 | Syrian Arab Republic | 8.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 5 | Germany | 34.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 6 | Iceland | 34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 7 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 33.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 8 | Denmark | 33.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 2.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 9 | Lithuania | 31.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 9 | Timor-Leste | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 10 | Albania | 30.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 10 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 11 | Switzerland | 29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 13 | Ireland | 28.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Poland | 27.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 15 | Greece | 27.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | flat |
| 16 | Sweden | 27.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 27.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 18 | France | 27.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 19 | Italy | 26.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 20 | Romania | 25.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 21 | Turkmenistan | 25.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 22 | Belarus | 25.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 134.6% | rising |
| 23 | Uruguay | 24.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 24 | Latvia | 24.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 25 | Austria | 23.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 25 | Croatia | 23.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 27 | Czechia | 21.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 27 | Portugal | 21.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 29 | Norway | 21.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 30 | Slovenia | 20.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 31 | Spain | 20.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 32 | Australia | 20.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 34 | Pakistan | 20 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 19.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 35 | Russian Federation | 19.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 37 | Israel | 19.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 38 | Canada | 19.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 39 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 19.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 40 | Cyprus | 18.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia | 18.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 42 | Armenia | 18.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 43 | Malta | 18.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 18.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 45 | Mongolia | 17.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 17.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 47 | Hungary | 16.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 48 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 49 | Georgia | 16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 50 | Azerbaijan | 15.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 51 | Brazil | 14.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 51 | North Macedonia | 14.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 53 | Algeria | 14.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 54 | Argentina | 14.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 55 | Oman | 13.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 55 | Ukraine | 13.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 57 | Slovakia | 13.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 58 | Tunisia | 12.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 59 | Bahrain | 12.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 60 | Guyana | 12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 60 | El Salvador | 12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 62 | Mauritius | 11.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 63 | India | 11.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 64 | Mauritania | 11.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 65 | Bahamas | 11.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 66 | Libya | 11.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 67 | New Caledonia | 11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 10.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 78.7% | rising |
| 68 | Grenada | 10.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 68 | Nicaragua | 10.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 71 | Chile | 10.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 72 | Colombia | 10.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Ecuador | 10.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 72 | Mexico | 10.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 10.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 76 | Kuwait | 10.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 77 | French Polynesia | 10.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 78 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 79 | Tajikistan | 9.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 80 | Jordan | 9.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 81 | Barbados | 9.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 82 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 82 | Lebanon | 9.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 84 | Maldives | 9.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 85 | Jamaica | 8.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 86 | Cuba | 8.5 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 87 | Kenya | 8.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 88 | Panama | 8.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 89 | United Arab Emirates | 8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 89 | Seychelles | 8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 116.2% | rising |
| 91 | Nauru | 7.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 91 | Qatar | 7.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.7% | flat |
| 94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 95 | Bangladesh | 7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Lesotho | 7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 97 | Peru | 6.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 98 | Nepal | 6.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 99 | Honduras | 6.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 100 | Djibouti | 5.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 100 | Egypt | 5.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 102 | Saint Lucia | 5.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 102 | Paraguay | 5.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 104 | New Zealand | 5.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 105 | Fiji | 5.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 129.2% | rising |
| 106 | Namibia | 5.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 107 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 5.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 108 | Belize | 5.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 109 | Afghanistan | 5.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 109 | Morocco | 5.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 111 | Niger | 5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 111 | China, Taiwan Province of | 5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 113 | Uganda | 4.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 114 | Bhutan | 4.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 114 | Guatemala | 4.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 116 | South Africa | 4.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 117 | Marshall Islands | 4.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 117 | Suriname | 4.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 117 | Samoa | 4.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 120 | Tonga | 4.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 4.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 122 | Eswatini | 4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 123 | Gambia | 3.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 124 | Botswana | 3.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 124 | Republic of Korea | 3.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 126 | China | 3.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 127 | Iraq | 3.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 127 | China, mainland | 3.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 127 | China, Macao SAR | 3.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 130 | Ethiopia | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 130 | Yemen | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 132 | Malaysia | 3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 133 | Gabon | 2.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 133 | Thailand | 2.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 135 | Zimbabwe | 2.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 136 | Tuvalu | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 138 | Burkina Faso | 2.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Philippines | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 140 | Rwanda | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 140 | Senegal | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 140 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 143 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 143 | Kiribati | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 145 | Guinea | 1.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 146 | Comoros | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 147 | Indonesia | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 147 | Madagascar | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 149 | Cameroon | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 149 | Myanmar | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 151 | Malawi | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 152 | Sierra Leone | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 154 | Angola | 0.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 155 | Congo | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 155 | Haiti | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 155 | Cambodia | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 155 | Zambia | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 159 | Ghana | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | flat |
| 160 | Nigeria | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 161 | Liberia | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 162 | Mozambique | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 162 | Papua New Guinea | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | 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 22.6 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.