Pulses — 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...
Countries reporting
181
Highest
31.12 g/cap/d
Niger
Lowest
0 g/cap/d
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Median
2.65 g/cap/d
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,901
What the numbers show
Pulses — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 31.12 g/cap/d in Niger; the lowest is 0 g/cap/d in Micronesia (Federated States of).
The median across all reporting countries is 2.65 g/cap/d, and the mean is 3.89 g/cap/d.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 6,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Canada (down 90.5%).
Pulses — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 31.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 19.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 3 | Rwanda | 18.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 14.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 5 | Norway | 12.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 134.2% | rising |
| 6 | Djibouti | 12.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 7 | Kenya | 11.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 8 | El Salvador | 11.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 9 | Cuba | 11.62 g/cap/d | 2019 | up 19.1% | flat |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 11.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4,000.0% | volatile |
| 11 | United Republic of Tanzania | 11.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 12 | Cameroon | 10.97 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 13 | Malawi | 10.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 14 | Uganda | 9.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 9.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 16 | India | 9.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 17 | Honduras | 8.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 18 | Nepal | 8.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 19 | Cabo Verde | 8.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 20 | Türkiye | 8.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 21 | Comoros | 8.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 22 | Australia | 7.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,200.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 7.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 24 | Brazil | 7.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 24 | Nicaragua | 7.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 26 | Nigeria | 7.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 27 | Australia and New Zealand | 6.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 678.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Iraq | 6.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 247.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 6.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 30 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 6.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 93.7% | rising |
| 31 | Estonia | 6.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 32 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 6.3 g/cap/d | 2018 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 33 | Guatemala | 6.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 34 | Qatar | 6.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 35 | Republic of Moldova | 6.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 98.7% | rising |
| 37 | Mauritania | 5.78 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 5.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 5.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 40 | Bangladesh | 5.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 41 | Peru | 5.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 42 | Mozambique | 5.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 43 | Myanmar | 5.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 44 | Mauritius | 5.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 45 | Mexico | 5.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 46 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 48 | Algeria | 5.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 49 | Solomon Islands | 5.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 50 | Morocco | 5.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 51 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 344.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 53 | Saint Lucia | 4.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 54 | Tunisia | 4.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 55 | Haiti | 4.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 56 | Nauru | 4.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 57 | Finland | 4.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 538.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Angola | 4.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 58 | Italy | 4.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 60 | Namibia | 4.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 61 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 62 | Argentina | 4.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 310.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Jordan | 4.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 64 | Grenada | 4.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 65 | Bhutan | 4.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 66 | Guyana | 3.97 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 67 | Belgium | 3.96 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 162.3% | rising |
| 68 | Albania | 3.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 68 | Timor-Leste | 3.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 70 | Paraguay | 3.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 71 | Pakistan | 3.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 72 | Colombia | 3.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 73 | Saudi Arabia | 3.83 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 74 | Seychelles | 3.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.6% | flat |
| 75 | Libya | 3.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 139.5% | rising |
| 76 | Oman | 3.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 77 | Barbados | 3.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 78 | Lebanon | 3.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 79 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 80 | Bahrain | 3.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 81 | Spain | 3.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 3.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 83 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 84 | Yemen | 3.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 85 | Senegal | 3.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 86 | North Macedonia | 3.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 87 | Ghana | 3.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 88 | New Zealand | 3.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 89 | Lithuania | 3.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 90 | Panama | 2.95 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 2.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 213.3% | rising |
| 92 | Montenegro | 2.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 93 | Cambodia | 2.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 93 | Kuwait | 2.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 93 | Viet Nam | 2.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 96 | Malaysia | 2.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 97 | Portugal | 2.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.0% | flat |
| 98 | Israel | 2.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 98 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 100 | Guinea | 2.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 101 | Maldives | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 102 | Belize | 2.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Chile | 2.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 104 | Zambia | 2.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 99.1% | rising |
| 105 | Greece | 2.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 105 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 107 | Denmark | 2.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 217.2% | rising |
| 108 | Serbia | 2.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 109 | Slovakia | 1.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 144.3% | rising |
| 110 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 111 | Armenia | 1.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 112 | Cyprus | 1.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 112 | Croatia | 1.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 291.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Lesotho | 1.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 114 | Eswatini | 1.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 116 | Poland | 1.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 116 | Uruguay | 1.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 118 | Thailand | 1.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 119 | Czechia | 1.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 120 | Jamaica | 1.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 121 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 122 | Botswana | 1.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 123 | Turkmenistan | 1.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 124 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 125 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 126 | Hungary | 1.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 127 | Ukraine | 1.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 128 | China, mainland | 1.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 129 | China | 1.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 130 | Afghanistan | 1.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 130 | Suriname | 1.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 132 | Egypt | 1.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 133 | Ecuador | 1.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 133 | Liberia | 1.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 144.0% | rising |
| 135 | Fiji | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 83.1% | falling |
| 136 | Bulgaria | 1.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 137 | Congo | 1.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 137 | French Polynesia | 1.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 139 | Azerbaijan | 1.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 109.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Russian Federation | 1.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 141 | Switzerland | 1.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Gambia | 1.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 144 | Malta | 1.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 145 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 146 | Austria | 1.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 121.7% | rising |
| 147 | Republic of Korea | 1.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 148 | Romania | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 149 | China, Macao SAR | 0.99 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Sweden | 0.94 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 151 | France | 0.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 152 | Philippines | 0.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 0.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 154 | Madagascar | 0.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 154 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 156 | New Caledonia | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 157 | Ireland | 0.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 158 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 159 | Belarus | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6,100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Uzbekistan | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 161 | Melanesia | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 162 | Indonesia | 0.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 163 | Polynesia | 0.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 164 | Marshall Islands | 0.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 165 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 166 | Latvia | 0.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,533.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Canada | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 90.5% | falling |
| 168 | Germany | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 169 | Slovenia | 0.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 170 | Iceland | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 171 | Bahamas | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 172 | Micronesia | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Mongolia | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 174 | Papua New Guinea | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 175 | Georgia | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Gabon | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 177 | Kiribati | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Tonga | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Vanuatu | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 178 | Samoa | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Tuvalu | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 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.
- Eastern Africa 10.07 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 9.54 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 7.99 g/cap/d
- Western Africa 7.98 g/cap/d
- Southern Asia 7.71 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 7.42 g/cap/d
- Africa 7.03 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 6.4 g/cap/d
- Central America 5.87 g/cap/d
- South America 5.77 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 5.56 g/cap/d
- Oceania 5.02 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.