Mutton & Goat Meat — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) 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
Mutton & Goat Meat — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 69.4 kg/cap in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.01 kg/cap in Panama.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.46 kg/cap, and the mean is 3.3 kg/cap.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6,940.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 656.5%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 87.5%).
Mutton & Goat Meat — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 69.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 2 | Bahrain | 21.63 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 3 | Tonga | 20.77 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 17.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 5 | Iceland | 17.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 6 | Kuwait | 14.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 7 | Mauritania | 12.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 8 | Oman | 11.95 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 9 | New Zealand | 11.54 kg/cap | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 10 | Australia and New Zealand | 10.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 11 | Australia | 10.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 12 | Fiji | 10.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.59 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 14 | Qatar | 9.27 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 15 | Algeria | 8.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 16 | Azerbaijan | 8.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 8.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 18 | Albania | 8.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 19 | Samoa | 8.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 83.1% | falling |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 7.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 21 | Greece | 7.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 7.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 6.42 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 24 | Libya | 5.94 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 25 | Tajikistan | 5.87 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 26 | Tunisia | 5.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 27 | Morocco | 5.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 28 | Serbia | 4.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 29 | Jordan | 4.75 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 30 | Israel | 4.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 134.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Nauru | 4.59 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 32 | Norway | 4.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 33 | Ireland | 4.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 34 | China, mainland | 4.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 35 | Djibouti | 3.99 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 36 | China | 3.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 37 | Barbados | 3.92 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 38 | Namibia | 3.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 129.4% | rising |
| 39 | Tuvalu | 3.81 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 40 | Cyprus | 3.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 41 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.66 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 42 | Afghanistan | 3.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 43 | Yemen | 3.51 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 44 | Armenia | 3.5 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 45 | Liberia | 3.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 656.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Senegal | 3.43 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 47 | Seychelles | 3.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 103.7% | rising |
| 48 | Bahamas | 3.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 49 | Grenada | 3.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Pakistan | 3.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 51 | Romania | 2.98 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 52 | Malawi | 2.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 53 | Mauritius | 2.88 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 54 | Nepal | 2.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 55 | Eswatini | 2.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 2.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 57 | South Africa | 2.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 2.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 60 | Botswana | 2.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 61 | Burkina Faso | 2.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 61 | France | 2.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 63 | Saint Lucia | 2.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 64 | Guinea | 2.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 65 | Ethiopia | 2.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 66 | Maldives | 2.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 204.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Portugal | 2.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 68 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 69 | Croatia | 1.97 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 70 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.6% | flat |
| 71 | French Polynesia | 1.91 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 72 | Ghana | 1.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 73 | India | 1.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 263.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Kenya | 1.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 74 | Nigeria | 1.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 76 | Niger | 1.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 77 | Montenegro | 1.62 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 78 | Spain | 1.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 78 | Iraq | 1.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 1.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 81 | Cameroon | 1.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 82 | Russian Federation | 1.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 83 | Bangladesh | 1.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 84 | Sweden | 1.33 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 85 | Georgia | 1.29 kg/cap | 2023 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 86 | Switzerland | 1.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 87 | Malaysia | 1.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 88 | Jamaica | 1.15 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 89 | Canada | 1.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 90 | North Macedonia | 1.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 91 | New Caledonia | 1.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 92 | Guyana | 1.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 93 | Argentina | 1.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 94 | Cuba | 1.06 kg/cap | 2019 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 95 | Marshall Islands | 1.04 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 96 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 98 | Austria | 1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 99 | Luxembourg | 0.97 kg/cap | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 100 | Belgium | 0.96 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 100 | Malta | 0.96 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 102 | Rwanda | 0.92 kg/cap | 2023 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 103 | Italy | 0.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 103 | Zambia | 0.87 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 105 | Mexico | 0.86 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 106 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 107 | Slovenia | 0.83 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 108 | China, Macao SAR | 0.81 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 109 | Peru | 0.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 109 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 111 | Lebanon | 0.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 62.2% | falling |
| 111 | Uganda | 0.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 113 | Germany | 0.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 114 | Brazil | 0.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 115 | Denmark | 0.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 116 | Angola | 0.65 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 116 | Republic of Korea | 0.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Gambia | 0.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 119 | Uruguay | 0.62 kg/cap | 2023 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Haiti | 0.6 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 121 | Comoros | 0.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 122 | Lesotho | 0.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Egypt | 0.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 123 | Gabon | 0.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 125 | Kiribati | 0.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 183.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Sierra Leone | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 127 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.45 kg/cap | 2023 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.44 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 129 | Chile | 0.42 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 129 | Ecuador | 0.42 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 131 | Finland | 0.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 131 | Indonesia | 0.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 133 | Paraguay | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 134 | Lithuania | 0.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 135 | Latvia | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 136 | Estonia | 0.35 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 137 | Bhutan | 0.32 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 138 | Belize | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 181.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Ukraine | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 140 | Czechia | 0.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 141 | Congo | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 141 | Philippines | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 143 | Myanmar | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Dominican Republic | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 145 | Madagascar | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 146 | Hungary | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 147 | Slovakia | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 149 | Guatemala | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 149 | Mozambique | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 151 | Belarus | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 75.0% | falling |
| 153 | Vanuatu | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 82.9% | falling |
| 155 | Costa Rica | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Suriname | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Thailand | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Poland | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 159 | Colombia | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Honduras | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 159 | El Salvador | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Cambodia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Nicaragua | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Panama | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Syrian Arab Republic 8.88 kg/cap
- Oceania 8.36 kg/cap
- Central Asia 8.1 kg/cap
- Türkiye 8 kg/cap
- Polynesia 7.33 kg/cap
- Western Asia 6.15 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 4.08 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.34 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3.88 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.1 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 3.65 kg/cap
- Asia 2.74 kg/cap
- Melanesia 2.74 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 3.03 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.68 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 2.34 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 2.36 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2.04 kg/cap
- World 2.31 kg/cap
- United Republic of Tanzania 1.53 kg/cap
- Africa 2.29 kg/cap
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 1.42 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.2 kg/cap
- Micronesia 0.57 kg/cap
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.57 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 2.09 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 1.95 kg/cap
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.42 kg/cap
- Western Africa 1.91 kg/cap
- Timor-Leste 0.37 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 1.6 kg/cap
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.35 kg/cap
- Europe 1.59 kg/cap
- Viet Nam 0.24 kg/cap
- Cabo Verde 1.55 kg/cap
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.2 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 1.34 kg/cap
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.12 kg/cap
- Western Europe 1.29 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 0 kg/cap
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.