Pigmeat — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country
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...
What the numbers show
Pigmeat — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 24.01 g/cap/d in Poland; the lowest is 0 g/cap/d in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.31 g/cap/d, and the mean is 6.02 g/cap/d.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 500.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).
Pigmeat — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 24.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 2 | China, Macao SAR | 22.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 3 | Lithuania | 22.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 3 | Montenegro | 22.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 5 | Denmark | 21.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 130.7% | rising |
| 6 | Croatia | 20.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 7 | Spain | 18.97 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 8 | Serbia | 18.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 9 | Hungary | 17.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 10 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 17.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 11 | China | 16.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 11 | China, mainland | 16.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 13 | Austria | 16.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 14 | Czechia | 15.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 15 | China, Taiwan Province of | 15.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 16 | Republic of Korea | 15.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 17 | Slovakia | 15.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 18 | Belarus | 14.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 19 | Germany | 14.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 20 | Latvia | 14.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 21 | Portugal | 14.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 22 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 14.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 23 | Romania | 14.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 24 | Nauru | 13.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 24 | Nauru | 13.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 26 | Vietnam | 13.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 13.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 28 | Marshall Islands | 12.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 12.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 30 | New Caledonia | 12.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 85.4% | rising |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 12.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 32 | Italy | 12.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 33 | Tonga | 12.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 34 | Bahamas | 12.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 35 | Sweden | 12.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 36 | Russia | 11.97 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 11.97 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 38 | Estonia | 11.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 39 | France | 11.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 40 | Chile | 11.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 41 | Ireland | 11.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 42 | United States | 11.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 43 | Cyprus | 11.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 44 | Finland | 10.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 45 | Belgium | 10.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 46 | Switzerland | 9.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 47 | Canada | 9.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 48 | Norway | 9.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 49 | United Kingdom | 9.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 49 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 9.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 51 | Greece | 9.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 52 | Uruguay | 8.95 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 53 | Malta | 8.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 54 | Cuba | 8.79 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 55 | Mexico | 8.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 56 | Tuvalu | 8.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 57 | Grenada | 8.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 136.3% | rising |
| 58 | Iceland | 8.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 59 | Polynesia | 7.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 60 | Australia | 7.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 61 | Micronesia | 7.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 101.5% | rising |
| 62 | Australia and New Zealand | 7.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 63 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 7.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 64 | Slovenia | 7.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 65 | French Polynesia | 7.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 66 | Ukraine | 7.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 67 | New Zealand | 7.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 68 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.97 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 69 | Malawi | 6.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 294.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Argentina | 6.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 6.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 72 | Samoa | 6.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 73 | Brazil | 6.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 74 | Kiribati | 6.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 75 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 131.5% | rising |
| 76 | Saint Lucia | 6.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 79.9% | rising |
| 77 | Belize | 5.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 5.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 79 | Georgia | 5.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 80 | Philippines | 5.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 81 | Cabo Verde | 5.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 82 | Laos | 5.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 82 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 84 | Colombia | 5.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 105.5% | rising |
| 85 | Seychelles | 5.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 5.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 88 | Thailand | 4.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 89 | Vanuatu | 4.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 90 | East Timor | 4.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 90 | Timor-Leste | 4.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 92 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 93 | Panama | 4.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 94 | Moldova | 4.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 94 | Republic of Moldova | 4.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 96 | Ecuador | 4.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 97 | Armenia | 4.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 98 | Paraguay | 3.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 99 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 100 | Barbados | 3.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 101 | Gabon | 3.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 102 | Caribbean | 3.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 103 | Papua New Guinea | 3.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 104 | Melanesia | 3.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 105 | Burkina Faso | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 248.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Congo | 2.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 293.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Albania | 2.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 108 | Suriname | 2.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 109 | Honduras | 2.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 110 | Angola | 2.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 110 | Malaysia | 2.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 113 | Guyana | 2.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 177.2% | rising |
| 114 | Cambodia | 2.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 115 | Myanmar | 2.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 116 | Kazakhstan | 2.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 2.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 84.7% | rising |
| 118 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 119 | Lesotho | 2.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 190.3% | volatile |
| 119 | South Africa | 2.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 121 | Peru | 2.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 122 | El Salvador | 2.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 87.9% | rising |
| 123 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 124 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.92 g/cap/d | 2018 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 125 | Guatemala | 1.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.7% | flat |
| 126 | Haiti | 1.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 127 | Mauritius | 1.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 128 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 1.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 130 | Namibia | 1.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 131 | Mozambique | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 132 | Uganda | 1.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 133 | Mongolia | 1.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 494.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Jamaica | 0.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 135 | Liberia | 0.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.4% | rising |
| 136 | Eswatini | 0.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 137 | Bhutan | 0.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 138 | Cameroon | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.3% | flat |
| 139 | Nigeria | 0.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 140 | Fiji | 0.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 141 | Zambia | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 142 | Senegal | 0.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 143 | Israel | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 143 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 72.3% | falling |
| 145 | Ghana | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 145 | Oman | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Nepal | 0.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 148 | Lebanon | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 149 | Madagascar | 0.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | 0.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 151 | Azerbaijan | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 312.5% | rising |
| 152 | Maldives | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 153 | Gambia | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 500.0% | rising |
| 154 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 155 | Bahrain | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 155 | Kenya | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Rwanda | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 157 | Sierra Leone | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 159 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.0% | flat |
| 160 | Indonesia | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 161 | Botswana | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 162 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 162 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 164 | Guinea | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 164 | Iraq | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Tajikistan | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 167 | India | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 168 | Djibouti | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Qatar | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Comoros | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Syria | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Uzbekistan | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Turkmenistan | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Niger | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 176 | Ethiopia | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Sri Lanka | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | rising |
| 176 | Morocco | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 176 | Tunisia | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 180 | Afghanistan | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | United Arab Emirates | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Algeria | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 180 | Jordan | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Libya | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 180 | Mauritania | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Yemen | 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.
- Eastern Asia 15.42 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 15.04 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 14.45 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 13.56 g/cap/d
- Western Europe 13.35 g/cap/d
- Europe 13.32 g/cap/d
- United States of America 11.11 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 11.06 g/cap/d
- Northern America 10.97 g/cap/d
- Americas 7.77 g/cap/d
- Central America 6.94 g/cap/d
- Oceania 6.46 g/cap/d
- Asia 5.99 g/cap/d
- World 5.91 g/cap/d
- South America 5.68 g/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 3.9 g/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 3.33 g/cap/d
- Southern Africa 1.98 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.91 g/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.85 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.67 g/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 0.65 g/cap/d
- Central Asia 0.64 g/cap/d
- Western Africa 0.62 g/cap/d
- Africa 0.61 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.6 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.55 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 0.23 g/cap/d
- Southern Asia 0.08 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.