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 162 countries. The highest value is 1.85 g/cap/d in Tajikistan; the lowest is 0 g/cap/d in Trinidad and Tobago.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.335 g/cap/d, and the mean is 0.391 g/cap/d.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 3,450.0%), and the largest decrease in China, Hong Kong SAR (down 90.0%).
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 |
| 7 | North Macedonia | 1.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 73.8% | rising |
| 8 | Maldives | 1.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 9 | Senegal | 1.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 11 | Republic of Korea | 0.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 12 | Azerbaijan | 0.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 13 | Libya | 0.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 13 | Ukraine | 0.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.7% | flat |
| 15 | Belarus | 0.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 15 | Egypt | 0.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 265.2% | rising |
| 15 | Uzbekistan | 0.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 18 | Kuwait | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 19 | Guyana | 0.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 102.6% | rising |
| 19 | Qatar | 0.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 21 | Bahrain | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 21 | Malta | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 23 | Djibouti | 0.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 24 | Oman | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3,450.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Germany | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 26 | Ireland | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 28 | Lithuania | 0.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 29 | Mauritius | 0.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 30 | Chile | 0.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 31 | Bangladesh | 0.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 103.3% | rising |
| 31 | Spain | 0.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 33 | Croatia | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 34 | Czechia | 0.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 34 | Mauritania | 0.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 37 | India | 0.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 38 | Slovenia | 0.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 39 | Seychelles | 0.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.0% | flat |
| 40 | Myanmar | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 40 | Malaysia | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 42 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Estonia | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 43 | Poland | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 46 | Lebanon | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 46 | Morocco | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 46 | Montenegro | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 49 | Luxembourg | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 49 | China, mainland | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 52 | China (People’s Republic of) | 0.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 52 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 54 | Greece | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 54 | Tunisia | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 56 | Canada | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 57 | Romania | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 59 | Barbados | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 59 | Malawi | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 126.3% | rising |
| 59 | Russian Federation | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 62 | Australia | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 62 | Mongolia | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 64 | Iceland | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 64 | Israel | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 67 | Latvia | 0.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 68 | Austria | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 68 | Cameroon | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 68 | Jordan | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 68 | Portugal | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 68 | Sweden | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 73 | Colombia | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 73 | Denmark | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 75 | Argentina | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 78 | Georgia | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 78 | Italy | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 78 | Panama | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | flat |
| 78 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 82 | Armenia | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 82 | Guatemala | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 85 | France | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 113.3% | rising |
| 86 | Uruguay | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 87 | Mexico | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 87 | Mozambique | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 89 | Bahamas | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 89 | Fiji | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 89 | Suriname | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 92 | Slovak Republic | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 93 | Finland | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 93 | South Africa | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 95 | Brazil | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 95 | Cuba | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2019 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 95 | Indonesia | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 92.3% | rising |
| 95 | Samoa | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 99 | Switzerland | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 99 | Cyprus | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 99 | Hungary | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 99 | Namibia | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 99 | Pakistan | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 107 | Grenada | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 144.4% | rising |
| 107 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 107 | Saint Lucia | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 107 | Nigeria | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 107 | French Polynesia | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.1% | flat |
| 107 | El Salvador | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 107 | Uganda | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 114 | Peru | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 115 | Bhutan | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 116 | China, Macao SAR | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 117 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 118 | Guinea | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 118 | Jamaica | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 120 | Ghana | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.8% | flat |
| 120 | Nepal | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 120 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 120 | Eswatini | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Paraguay | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 124 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Belgium | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 116.7% | rising |
| 127 | Belize | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 127 | Iraq | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 129 | Comoros | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 130 | Botswana | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 130 | Yemen | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 132 | Kenya | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Serbia | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Norway | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 134 | Philippines | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 134 | Rwanda | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 137 | Ethiopia | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 137 | Gabon | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 137 | Sierra Leone | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 137 | Tuvalu | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 141 | Congo | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 141 | Marshall Islands | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Zambia | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 145 | Haiti | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 145 | Thailand | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 147 | Honduras | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 148 | Tonga | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Ecuador | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 149 | Kiribati | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 149 | New Caledonia | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Solomon Islands | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 149 | Vanuatu | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Angola | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | Madagascar | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Papua New Guinea | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Cambodia | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 158 | Liberia | 0 g/cap/d | 2021 | — | flat |
| 158 | Lesotho | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 158 | New Zealand | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 0.47 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 0.46 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 0.44 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
- Europe 0.48 g/cap/d
- Americas 0.32 g/cap/d
- Asia 0.47 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.3 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.27 g/cap/d
- South America 0.28 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.