Onions — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country
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What the numbers show
Onions — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 1.85 g/cap/d in Tajikistan; the lowest is 0 g/cap/d in Lao People's Democratic Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.335 g/cap/d, and the mean is 0.3906 g/cap/d.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 3,450.0%), and the largest decrease in East Timor (down 100.0%).
Onions — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tajikistan | 1.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 2 | Niger | 1.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 1.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 4 | Albania | 1.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 5 | Algeria | 1.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 5 | Nauru | 1.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 5 | Nauru | 1.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 8 | North Macedonia | 1.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 73.8% | rising |
| 9 | Maldives | 1.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 10 | Senegal | 1.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Korea | 0.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 0.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 14 | Libya | 0.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 14 | Ukraine | 0.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.7% | flat |
| 16 | Belarus | 0.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 16 | Egypt | 0.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 265.2% | rising |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 0.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 19 | Kuwait | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 20 | Guyana | 0.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 102.6% | rising |
| 20 | Qatar | 0.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 22 | Moldova | 0.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 22 | Republic of Moldova | 0.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 24 | Turkey | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 24 | Türkiye | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 26 | Bahrain | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 26 | Malta | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 28 | Djibouti | 0.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 29 | Oman | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3,450.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 32 | Germany | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 32 | Ireland | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 34 | Lithuania | 0.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 35 | Mauritius | 0.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 36 | Chile | 0.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 0.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 103.3% | rising |
| 37 | Spain | 0.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 39 | Croatia | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 40 | Czechia | 0.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 40 | Mauritania | 0.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 43 | India | 0.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 44 | Slovenia | 0.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 45 | Seychelles | 0.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.0% | flat |
| 46 | Myanmar | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 46 | Malaysia | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 48 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Estonia | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 49 | Poland | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 52 | Lebanon | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 52 | Morocco | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 52 | Montenegro | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 55 | Luxembourg | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 55 | China, mainland | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 58 | China | 0.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 0.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 58 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 61 | Greece | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 61 | Tunisia | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 61 | Cabo Verde | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 64 | Canada | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 65 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 65 | Romania | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 67 | Barbados | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 67 | Malawi | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 126.3% | rising |
| 67 | Russia | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 67 | Russian Federation | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 71 | Australia | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 71 | Mongolia | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 73 | Iceland | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 73 | Israel | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Turkmenistan | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 76 | Latvia | 0.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 77 | Austria | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 77 | Cameroon | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 77 | Jordan | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 77 | Portugal | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 77 | Sweden | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 77 | United States | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 83 | Colombia | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 83 | Denmark | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 83 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 86 | Argentina | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 89 | Georgia | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 89 | Italy | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 89 | Panama | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | flat |
| 89 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 93 | Armenia | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 93 | Guatemala | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 96 | France | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 113.3% | rising |
| 97 | Uruguay | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 98 | Mexico | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 98 | Mozambique | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 100 | Bahamas | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 100 | Fiji | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 100 | Suriname | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 103 | Slovakia | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 104 | Finland | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 104 | South Africa | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 106 | Brazil | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 106 | Cuba | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2019 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 106 | Indonesia | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 92.3% | rising |
| 106 | Samoa | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 110 | Switzerland | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 110 | Cyprus | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 110 | Hungary | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 110 | Namibia | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 110 | Pakistan | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 116 | Afghanistan | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 116 | Nicaragua | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 118 | Grenada | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 144.4% | rising |
| 118 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 118 | Saint Lucia | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 118 | Nigeria | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 118 | French Polynesia | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.1% | flat |
| 118 | El Salvador | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 118 | Uganda | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 125 | Peru | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 125 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 127 | Vietnam | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 127 | Viet Nam | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 129 | Bhutan | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 129 | Polynesia | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.6% | flat |
| 131 | China, Macao SAR | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 132 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 133 | Guinea | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 133 | Jamaica | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 135 | Ghana | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.8% | flat |
| 135 | Nepal | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 135 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 135 | Eswatini | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Caribbean | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 140 | Paraguay | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 140 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Belgium | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 116.7% | rising |
| 142 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 144 | Belize | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 144 | Iraq | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 146 | Comoros | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 146 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2018 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 148 | Botswana | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 148 | Syria | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 148 | Yemen | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 148 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 152 | Kenya | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 152 | Serbia | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Norway | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 154 | Philippines | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 154 | Rwanda | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 154 | Micronesia | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Ethiopia | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 158 | Gabon | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 158 | Sierra Leone | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 158 | Tuvalu | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 162 | Congo | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 162 | Marshall Islands | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Zambia | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 166 | Haiti | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Thailand | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 168 | Honduras | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 169 | Tonga | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Melanesia | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 171 | Ecuador | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 171 | Kiribati | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 171 | New Caledonia | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 171 | Vanuatu | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 177 | Angola | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 177 | Madagascar | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Papua New Guinea | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Laos | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | East Timor | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Timor-Leste | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Asia 1.09 g/cap/d
- Northern Africa 0.86 g/cap/d
- Southern Asia 0.52 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 0.5 g/cap/d
- Europe 0.48 g/cap/d
- Asia 0.47 g/cap/d
- Western Europe 0.47 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 0.47 g/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 0.47 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 0.46 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 0.45 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 0.44 g/cap/d
- World 0.42 g/cap/d
- Northern America 0.39 g/cap/d
- United States of America 0.38 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.37 g/cap/d
- Americas 0.32 g/cap/d
- Africa 0.31 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.3 g/cap/d
- Western Africa 0.29 g/cap/d
- South America 0.28 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.28 g/cap/d
- Central America 0.28 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.27 g/cap/d
- Oceania 0.25 g/cap/d
- Southern Africa 0.25 g/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 0.22 g/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.15 g/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 0.14 g/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.07 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.