Pelagic Fish — Fat supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country
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What the numbers show
Pelagic Fish — Fat supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 6.02 g/cap/d in Maldives; the lowest is 0 g/cap/d in Bhutan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.55 g/cap/d, and the mean is 0.8624 g/cap/d.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Turkmenistan (down 77.8%).
Pelagic Fish — Fat supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldives | 6.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 2 | Samoa | 5.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 3 | Iceland | 5.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 4 | Kiribati | 4.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 5 | Barbados | 4.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 6 | Micronesia | 3.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 7 | Polynesia | 3.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 8 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 3.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 9 | French Polynesia | 2.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 10 | Seychelles | 2.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 11 | Marshall Islands | 2.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 12 | Vanuatu | 2.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 13 | Tuvalu | 2.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 14 | Lithuania | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 15 | Fiji | 2.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 84.5% | rising |
| 16 | Solomon Islands | 2.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 2.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 18 | Tonga | 2.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 20 | Gabon | 1.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 20 | Latvia | 1.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 22 | Denmark | 1.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 23 | Malta | 1.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 24 | Spain | 1.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 91.0% | rising |
| 26 | Peru | 1.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 27 | Ghana | 1.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 28 | Malaysia | 1.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 29 | Mauritius | 1.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 30 | Jamaica | 1.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 31 | Republic of Korea | 1.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 32 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 33 | Saint Lucia | 1.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 34 | New Caledonia | 1.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 34 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 36 | Bahamas | 1.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 36 | Philippines | 1.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 1.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 191.8% | rising |
| 39 | Indonesia | 1.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 40 | Gambia | 1.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 41 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 42 | Comoros | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 42 | Libya | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 44 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 123.1% | rising |
| 44 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 123.1% | rising |
| 46 | Grenada | 1.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 47 | Finland | 1.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 47 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 86.9% | rising |
| 49 | Morocco | 1.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 1.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 51 | Tunisia | 1.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 52 | Angola | 1.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 1.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 215.2% | rising |
| 52 | Italy | 1.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 55 | Sweden | 1.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 56 | Panama | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | France | 0.97 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 58 | Cameroon | 0.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 58 | Israel | 0.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 58 | Portugal | 0.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 61 | Ireland | 0.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 62 | Suriname | 0.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 63 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.3% | flat |
| 64 | Croatia | 0.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 65 | Melanesia | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 66 | Senegal | 0.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 67 | Poland | 0.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 67 | Russia | 0.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 67 | Russian Federation | 0.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 70 | Moldova | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 70 | Republic of Moldova | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 72 | Congo | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 72 | Qatar | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 72 | Ukraine | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 75 | Chile | 0.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 75 | Oman | 0.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 77 | Australia | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 77 | New Zealand | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 77 | Caribbean | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 77 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 81 | Guinea | 0.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 81 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 83 | Austria | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Norway | 0.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 84 | Nauru | 0.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 84 | Nauru | 0.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 87 | Belgium | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 87 | Georgia | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 89 | Guyana | 0.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 89 | Luxembourg | 0.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 89 | Namibia | 0.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 92 | Djibouti | 0.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 92 | United Kingdom | 0.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 92 | Mexico | 0.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 92 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 96 | Belize | 0.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 97 | Kuwait | 0.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 98 | Belarus | 0.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 98 | Serbia | 0.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 147.6% | rising |
| 100 | Saudi Arabia | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 102 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 103 | Colombia | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 103 | East Timor | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 103 | Timor-Leste | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 106 | Greece | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 107 | Papua New Guinea | 0.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.4% | falling |
| 107 | El Salvador | 0.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 109 | Haiti | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 109 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 111 | Montenegro | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 111 | Uruguay | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 113 | Romania | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 113 | Slovakia | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 115 | Albania | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 115 | Canada | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 115 | Czechia | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 115 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 0.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 119 | United States | 0.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 121 | Germany | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 122 | Bulgaria | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 122 | Bahrain | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 122 | Cyprus | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 125 | Switzerland | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 125 | Slovenia | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 127 | Nicaragua | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 128 | Zambia | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 129 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Lebanon | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 131 | Liberia | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 133 | South Africa | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 133 | Cabo Verde | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 135 | Cuba | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 145.5% | rising |
| 136 | Jordan | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 136 | Vietnam | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.6% | flat |
| 136 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 136 | Viet Nam | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.6% | flat |
| 140 | Egypt | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 140 | Estonia | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 142 | Algeria | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 143 | Botswana | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 143 | Hungary | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 143 | Turkey | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 143 | Türkiye | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 147 | Argentina | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 147 | China, Macao SAR | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 149 | Eswatini | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 150 | Kazakhstan | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 150 | Mozambique | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Mauritania | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 153 | Nigeria | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 154 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 220.0% | rising |
| 155 | Lesotho | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 156 | Yemen | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 157 | Armenia | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 157 | Ecuador | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 157 | Guatemala | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 116.7% | rising |
| 160 | Azerbaijan | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 160 | Honduras | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Mongolia | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 163 | Madagascar | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 164 | Bangladesh | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 164 | India | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 164 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 164 | Zimbabwe | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 168 | Brazil | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 168 | Paraguay | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 168 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 171 | Pakistan | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 172 | Iraq | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 172 | Cambodia | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 400.0% | rising |
| 172 | Syria | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 76.2% | falling |
| 172 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 76.2% | falling |
| 176 | China | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 176 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 178 | Uzbekistan | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | China, mainland | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 180 | Myanmar | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 180 | Rwanda | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | flat |
| 180 | Turkmenistan | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 180 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 184 | Afghanistan | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Kenya | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | flat |
| 184 | Laos | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 184 | Malawi | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Niger | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 184 | Tajikistan | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 184 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 191 | Bhutan | 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.
- Southern Europe 1.14 g/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 1.08 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 0.84 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 0.81 g/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.79 g/cap/d
- Europe 0.77 g/cap/d
- Oceania 0.76 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 0.67 g/cap/d
- Western Europe 0.62 g/cap/d
- Central America 0.52 g/cap/d
- Western Africa 0.48 g/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.4 g/cap/d
- Americas 0.39 g/cap/d
- Northern America 0.39 g/cap/d
- Northern Africa 0.39 g/cap/d
- United States of America 0.39 g/cap/d
- World 0.36 g/cap/d
- South America 0.32 g/cap/d
- Asia 0.31 g/cap/d
- Africa 0.3 g/cap/d
- Southern Africa 0.28 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 0.28 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.26 g/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 0.24 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.16 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.14 g/cap/d
- Southern Asia 0.12 g/cap/d
- Central Asia 0.07 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.07 g/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 0.05 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.