Pelagic Fish — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country
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Countries reporting
194
Highest
22.32 g/cap/d
Maldives
Lowest
0 g/cap/d
Uganda
Median
1.38 g/cap/d
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
3,038
What the numbers show
Pelagic Fish — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 22.32 g/cap/d in Maldives; the lowest is 0 g/cap/d in Uganda.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.38 g/cap/d, and the mean is 2.32 g/cap/d.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic People's Republic of Korea (up 6,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 73.8%).
Pelagic Fish — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldives | 22.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 2 | Kiribati | 16.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.7% | flat |
| 3 | Iceland | 15.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 4 | Micronesia | 11.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 5 | Samoa | 11.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 6 | Seychelles | 10.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 81.7% | rising |
| 7 | Solomon Islands | 9.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 8 | Polynesia | 8.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 9 | French Polynesia | 8.78 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 10 | Barbados | 8.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 11 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 8.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 12 | Tuvalu | 7.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 13 | Lithuania | 7.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 14 | Marshall Islands | 5.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 15 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 16 | Vanuatu | 5.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.6% | flat |
| 17 | Malaysia | 5.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 18 | Ghana | 5.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 19 | Fiji | 5.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 20 | Tonga | 5.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 5.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 5.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 23 | Republic of Korea | 4.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 24 | Latvia | 4.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 126.1% | rising |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 126.1% | rising |
| 27 | New Caledonia | 4.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 4.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 29 | Mauritius | 4.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 30 | Malta | 4.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 31 | Thailand | 4.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 32 | Morocco | 4.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 33 | Gabon | 4.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 34 | Comoros | 4.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 35 | Indonesia | 4.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 36 | Denmark | 4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 37 | Philippines | 3.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 38 | Gambia | 3.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 39 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 111.1% | rising |
| 40 | Saint Lucia | 3.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 41 | Spain | 3.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 42 | Jamaica | 3.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 43 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 44 | Angola | 3.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 45 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 95.0% | rising |
| 46 | Bahamas | 3.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 47 | Tunisia | 2.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 2.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 179.4% | rising |
| 48 | Finland | 2.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 50 | Croatia | 2.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 51 | Cameroon | 2.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 51 | Panama | 2.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 53 | Melanesia | 2.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 2.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 55 | Libya | 2.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 56 | Congo | 2.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 57 | Grenada | 2.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 58 | Nauru | 2.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 58 | Nauru | 2.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 60 | Oman | 2.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | flat |
| 61 | Moldova | 2.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 61 | Republic of Moldova | 2.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 63 | Ukraine | 2.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 64 | Poland | 2.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 65 | France | 2.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 65 | Italy | 2.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 2.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 198.6% | rising |
| 68 | Sweden | 2.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 69 | Georgia | 2.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 70 | Portugal | 1.99 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 71 | Burkina Faso | 1.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 147.5% | rising |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 73 | Israel | 1.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 74 | Belize | 1.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 75 | Senegal | 1.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 76 | Chile | 1.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 76 | Ireland | 1.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 78 | Belarus | 1.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 79 | Qatar | 1.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 80 | New Zealand | 1.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 81 | Namibia | 1.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 82 | Suriname | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 83 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 1.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 85 | Guinea | 1.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 86 | Russia | 1.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 86 | Russian Federation | 1.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 88 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 90 | Australia | 1.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 91 | East Timor | 1.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 161.0% | rising |
| 91 | Timor-Leste | 1.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 161.0% | rising |
| 93 | Mexico | 1.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 94 | El Salvador | 1.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 95 | Djibouti | 1.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 102.9% | rising |
| 95 | Norway | 1.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 97 | Caribbean | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 98 | Zambia | 1.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 285.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Guyana | 1.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 100 | Colombia | 1.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 1.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 102 | Kuwait | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 103 | Serbia | 1.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 104 | Austria | 1.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 105 | Belgium | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 107 | Greece | 1.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 108 | Bahrain | 1.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 108 | United Kingdom | 1.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 108 | Uruguay | 1.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 108 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 108 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 113 | Romania | 1.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 1.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 115 | Cabo Verde | 1.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 116 | Montenegro | 1.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 117 | Canada | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 118 | Vietnam | 0.99 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 118 | Viet Nam | 0.99 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 120 | Haiti | 0.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 120 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 122 | Slovakia | 0.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 123 | Albania | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 125 | United States | 0.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 126 | Czechia | 0.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 127 | Cyprus | 0.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 128 | North Macedonia | 0.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 129 | Egypt | 0.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 130 | South Africa | 0.78 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 131 | Cuba | 0.77 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 185.2% | rising |
| 131 | Estonia | 0.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.0% | flat |
| 131 | Slovenia | 0.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 134 | Germany | 0.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 135 | Switzerland | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 137 | Algeria | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 138 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 139 | Turkey | 0.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 139 | Türkiye | 0.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 141 | Mozambique | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 725.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Nigeria | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 143 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.65 g/cap/d | 2018 | up 6,400.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Lebanon | 0.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 145 | Liberia | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 146 | China, Macao SAR | 0.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 147 | Jordan | 0.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 148 | Mauritania | 0.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 149 | Argentina | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 150 | Ecuador | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 150 | Kazakhstan | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 152 | Guatemala | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 152 | Yemen | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 154 | Hungary | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 155 | Botswana | 0.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 156 | Eswatini | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 123.5% | rising |
| 158 | Azerbaijan | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 158 | Madagascar | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 160 | Lesotho | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 161 | Armenia | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 162 | Brazil | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 162 | Zimbabwe | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 164 | Honduras | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 166 | Mongolia | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 167 | India | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 168 | Bangladesh | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 168 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 170 | China | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 170 | Paraguay | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 172 | Pakistan | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 173 | China, mainland | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 174 | Iraq | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 174 | Syria | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 174 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 177 | Cambodia | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 177 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Turkmenistan | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Rwanda | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Uzbekistan | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 180 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 183 | Myanmar | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 184 | Kenya | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | flat |
| 185 | Laos | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Malawi | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 187 | Niger | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 187 | Tajikistan | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 190 | Afghanistan | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Bhutan | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Ethiopia | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 193 | Nepal | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 193 | Uganda | 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.
- South-Eastern Asia 3.21 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 2.37 g/cap/d
- Oceania 2.07 g/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 2.05 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 1.85 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 1.8 g/cap/d
- Europe 1.75 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 1.69 g/cap/d
- Western Africa 1.6 g/cap/d
- Central America 1.39 g/cap/d
- Western Europe 1.35 g/cap/d
- Northern Africa 1.27 g/cap/d
- Middle Africa 1.2 g/cap/d
- Americas 1 g/cap/d
- World 0.99 g/cap/d
- Africa 0.98 g/cap/d
- South America 0.92 g/cap/d
- Northern America 0.87 g/cap/d
- Asia 0.86 g/cap/d
- United States of America 0.86 g/cap/d
- Southern Africa 0.79 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.78 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 0.74 g/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 0.65 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.46 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.43 g/cap/d
- Southern Asia 0.28 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.21 g/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 0.18 g/cap/d
- Central Asia 0.17 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.