Mutton & Goat Meat — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country
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What the numbers show
Mutton & Goat Meat — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 32.31 g/cap/d in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 g/cap/d in Nicaragua.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.685 g/cap/d, and the mean is 1.5 g/cap/d.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 609.1%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 100.0%).
Mutton & Goat Meat — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 32.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 2 | Bahrain | 9.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 3 | Tonga | 9.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 7.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 5 | Iceland | 7.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 6 | Kuwait | 6.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 7 | Mauritania | 5.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 8 | Oman | 5.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 9 | New Zealand | 5.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 10 | Australia and New Zealand | 4.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 11 | Australia | 4.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 12 | Fiji | 4.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 91.9% | rising |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 14 | Qatar | 4.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 4.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 16 | Albania | 3.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 17 | Algeria | 3.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 18 | Azerbaijan | 3.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 19 | Samoa | 3.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 83.1% | falling |
| 20 | Greece | 3.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 3.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 3.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 2.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 24 | Libya | 2.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 25 | Tajikistan | 2.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 26 | Tunisia | 2.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 27 | Morocco | 2.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 28 | Jordan | 2.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 29 | Serbia | 2.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 30 | Israel | 2.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 129.3% | rising |
| 31 | Naoero | 2.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 32 | Norway | 1.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 33 | Ireland | 1.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 34 | Djibouti | 1.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 34 | China, mainland | 1.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 36 | China | 1.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 37 | Namibia | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 111.8% | rising |
| 38 | Barbados | 1.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 39 | Cyprus | 1.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 40 | Tuvalu | 1.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 40 | Yemen | 1.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 42 | Afghanistan | 1.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 43 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 44 | Senegal | 1.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 45 | Liberia | 1.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 609.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Armenia | 1.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 47 | Pakistan | 1.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 48 | Grenada | 1.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 202.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Seychelles | 1.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 98.7% | rising |
| 50 | Bahamas | 1.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 51 | Malawi | 1.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 52 | Romania | 1.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 53 | Nepal | 1.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 54 | Mauritius | 1.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 55 | Eswatini | 1.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 1.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 57 | Botswana | 1.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 1.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 60 | South Africa | 1.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 61 | Burkina Faso | 1.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 62 | Guinea | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 63 | Saint Lucia | 0.99 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 64 | France | 0.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 65 | Ethiopia | 0.97 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 66 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.4% | flat |
| 67 | Maldives | 0.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 203.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Ghana | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 68 | India | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 260.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 68 | Nigeria | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 68 | Portugal | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 73 | Kenya | 0.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 74 | Croatia | 0.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 75 | French Polynesia | 0.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 76 | Niger | 0.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 77 | Cameroon | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 78 | Montenegro | 0.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 79 | Bangladesh | 0.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 79 | Iraq | 0.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 81 | Spain | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 83 | Russian Federation | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 84 | Sweden | 0.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 85 | Georgia | 0.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 86 | Switzerland | 0.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 87 | Jamaica | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 87 | Malaysia | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 89 | Canada | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 89 | Guyana | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 92 | Argentina | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 92 | Cuba | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2019 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 92 | New Caledonia | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 95 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 95 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Marshall Islands | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 98 | Austria | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 98 | Rwanda | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 100 | Belgium | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 100 | Luxembourg | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 100 | Malta | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 100 | Zambia | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 104 | Mexico | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 105 | Italy | 0.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 106 | Slovenia | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 106 | Uganda | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 106 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 109 | China, Macao SAR | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 110 | Lebanon | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 110 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 112 | Peru | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 113 | Brazil | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 113 | Germany | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Angola | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 116 | Denmark | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 116 | Gambia | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 118 | Comoros | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 118 | Haiti | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 118 | Republic of Korea | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 383.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Uruguay | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Gabon | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 122 | Lesotho | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Egypt | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 125 | Kiribati | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 187.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Sierra Leone | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 127 | Chile | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 127 | Indonesia | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 127 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 131 | Ecuador | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 132 | Finland | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 132 | Paraguay | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 134 | Lithuania | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 135 | Bhutan | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 135 | Estonia | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 135 | Latvia | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 138 | Ukraine | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 139 | Belize | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 180.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Philippines | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 141 | Congo | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 141 | Czechia | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 143 | Myanmar | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Dominican Republic | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 145 | Madagascar | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 146 | Sri Lanka | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 147 | Guatemala | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 147 | Hungary | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 147 | Mozambique | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 147 | Slovakia | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 151 | Belarus | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Costa Rica | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Vanuatu | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 84.2% | falling |
| 156 | Poland | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 156 | Suriname | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Thailand | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Colombia | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Honduras | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 159 | Panama | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | El Salvador | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Cambodia | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Nicaragua | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Oceania 3.71 g/cap/d
- Türkiye 3.63 g/cap/d
- Central Asia 3.62 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 2.8 g/cap/d
- Northern Africa 1.85 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.8 g/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 1.71 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 1.34 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.25 g/cap/d
- Africa 1.07 g/cap/d
- Southern Africa 1.07 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.04 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.