Pulses, Other and products — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country
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What the numbers show
Pulses, Other and products — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 31.06 g/cap/d in Niger; the lowest is 0 g/cap/d in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.94 g/cap/d, and the mean is 2.02 g/cap/d.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 2,350.0%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 100.0%).
Pulses, Other and products — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 31.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 6.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 19.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 10.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 4 | Nepal | 7.97 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 5 | Comoros | 7.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 6 | Nigeria | 7.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 7 | Malawi | 6.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 6.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 9 | India | 6.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 5.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 11 | Djibouti | 5.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 420.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 5.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 14 | Norway | 5.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 107.4% | rising |
| 15 | Solomon Islands | 5.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 4.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 105.4% | rising |
| 17 | Namibia | 4.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 18 | Cuba | 4.43 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 18 | Qatar | 4.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 20 | Saint Lucia | 4.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 21 | Tunisia | 4.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 22 | Algeria | 4.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.9% | flat |
| 23 | Morocco | 4.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 24 | Cameroon | 4.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 25 | Jordan | 4.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 26 | Australia | 4.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 793.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Iraq | 3.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 186.7% | rising |
| 28 | Australia and New Zealand | 3.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 631.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Myanmar | 3.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 30 | Kenya | 3.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 3.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 32 | Seychelles | 3.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 33 | Mauritania | 3.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 34 | Haiti | 3.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 35 | Bhutan | 3.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 36 | Peru | 3.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 37 | Oman | 2.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 38 | Mauritius | 2.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 38 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 40 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 41 | Barbados | 2.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 42 | Senegal | 2.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 43 | Lebanon | 2.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 44 | Belgium | 2.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2,158.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Pakistan | 2.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 46 | Libya | 2.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 280.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Grenada | 2.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 47 | Zimbabwe | 2.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 180.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Guinea | 2.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 50 | Kuwait | 2.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 51 | Bahrain | 2.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 52 | Yemen | 2.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 53 | Maldives | 2.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 54 | New Zealand | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 161.9% | rising |
| 55 | Lithuania | 1.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Mozambique | 1.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 57 | Spain | 1.94 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 58 | Italy | 1.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 59 | Guatemala | 1.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 1.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 61 | Botswana | 1.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 62 | Israel | 1.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 63 | Guyana | 1.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.5% | flat |
| 64 | Panama | 1.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 65 | Chile | 1.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 66 | Paraguay | 1.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 67 | Malaysia | 1.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Cyprus | 1.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 69 | Croatia | 1.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 981.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Colombia | 1.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 70 | Poland | 1.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,350.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Zambia | 1.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 73 | French Polynesia | 1.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 74 | Fiji | 1.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 75 | Egypt | 1.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 76 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 76 | Eswatini | 1.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 78 | Greece | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 80 | Liberia | 0.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 81 | Thailand | 0.94 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 82 | Mexico | 0.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 83 | Ecuador | 0.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 83 | Kazakhstan | 0.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Uruguay | 0.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 86 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 87 | Austria | 0.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 182.1% | rising |
| 88 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 89 | Armenia | 0.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 90 | Gambia | 0.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 91 | China, mainland | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 93 | China | 0.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 94 | Czechia | 0.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 95 | France | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 96 | Latvia | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2,350.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Uzbekistan | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 128.6% | rising |
| 98 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 67.9% | rising |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Argentina | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 100 | Ghana | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 102 | Angola | 0.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 103 | Luxembourg | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 0.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 105 | Malta | 0.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 73.5% | falling |
| 106 | Afghanistan | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 80.2% | falling |
| 107 | New Caledonia | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 108 | Madagascar | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.9% | falling |
| 110 | Germany | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 110 | Slovakia | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 110 | Uganda | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 113 | Albania | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 113 | Switzerland | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 113 | Marshall Islands | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 116 | Bulgaria | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 117 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,150.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Portugal | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 117 | Republic of Korea | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 108.3% | rising |
| 120 | Hungary | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 120 | Jamaica | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 120 | Mongolia | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 120 | Serbia | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 283.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Cambodia | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Papua New Guinea | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 126 | Georgia | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Philippines | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 126 | Sweden | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 126 | China, Macao SAR | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 130 | Denmark | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 130 | Ireland | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Ukraine | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 134 | South Africa | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 135 | Bahamas | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 135 | Canada | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 96.8% | falling |
| 137 | Gabon | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 137 | Iceland | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 137 | Romania | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 140.0% | rising |
| 137 | Turkmenistan | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 137 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 137 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 143 | Brazil | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 144 | Lesotho | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 144 | Russian Federation | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Montenegro | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Indonesia | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 147 | Suriname | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 147 | Slovenia | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Finland | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 151 | Kiribati | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 151 | Nauru | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 151 | El Salvador | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 154 | Belarus | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 155 | Congo | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Rwanda | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 155 | Tonga | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Belize | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Honduras | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Tuvalu | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Samoa | 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.
- Western Africa 7.42 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 5.86 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4.53 g/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 5.83 g/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 4.32 g/cap/d
- Southern Asia 5.45 g/cap/d
- Asia 2.88 g/cap/d
- Africa 4.41 g/cap/d
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 2.1 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4.4 g/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 1.83 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 4.19 g/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.81 g/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 4.16 g/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.55 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3.79 g/cap/d
- Middle Africa 1.18 g/cap/d
- Northern Africa 3.39 g/cap/d
- Viet Nam 1.1 g/cap/d
- Oceania 2.77 g/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.08 g/cap/d
- World 2.69 g/cap/d
- Republic of Moldova 0.67 g/cap/d
- Caribbean 2.64 g/cap/d
- Melanesia 0.58 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 1.52 g/cap/d
- Polynesia 0.51 g/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.51 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 0.89 g/cap/d
- Central America 0.88 g/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.26 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 0.87 g/cap/d
- Micronesia 0.05 g/cap/d
- Americas 0.8 g/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 0.01 g/cap/d
- South America 0.76 g/cap/d
- Europe 0.69 g/cap/d
- United States of America 0.69 g/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 0.67 g/cap/d
- Northern America 0.63 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.