Pulses — Protein supply quantity (t) 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
182
Highest
4.79 million t
India
Lowest
0.02 t
Tuvalu
Median
8,053 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,901
What the numbers show
Pulses — Protein supply quantity (t) is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 4.79 million t in India; the lowest is 0.02 t in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 8,053 t, and the mean is 75,928 t.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 4,690.7%), and the largest decrease in Canada (down 89.6%).
Pulses — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 4.79 million t | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 684,311 t | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 3 | China | 681,900 t | 2023 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 668,134 t | 2023 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 5 | Nigeria | 614,590 t | 2023 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 575,620 t | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 354,216 t | 2023 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 349,289 t | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 9 | Niger | 297,172 t | 2023 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 276,324 t | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 11 | Türkiye | 269,662 t | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 250,304 t | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 13 | Kenya | 241,908 t | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 14 | Uganda | 175,422 t | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 167,727 t | 2023 | up 148.4% | rising |
| 16 | Cameroon | 113,647 t | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 17 | Myanmar | 108,936 t | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 18 | Italy | 98,138 t | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 19 | Iraq | 97,649 t | 2023 | up 344.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Viet Nam | 96,346 t | 2023 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 21 | Rwanda | 95,100 t | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 22 | Nepal | 93,184 t | 2023 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 23 | Algeria | 86,069 t | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 85,198 t | 2023 | up 4,690.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Caribbean | 83,797 t | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 26 | Malawi | 81,183 t | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 27 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 81,137 t | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 28 | Australia and New Zealand | 80,004 t | 2023 | up 794.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Australia | 74,090 t | 2023 | up 1,383.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Colombia | 73,452 t | 2023 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 31 | Argentina | 73,039 t | 2023 | up 338.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 70,278 t | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 33 | Morocco | 68,900 t | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 34 | Peru | 68,818 t | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 35 | Mozambique | 67,989 t | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 36 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 66,406 t | 2023 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 63,934 t | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 38 | Spain | 60,954 t | 2023 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 39 | Angola | 60,669 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 40 | Russian Federation | 60,164 t | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 41 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 59,660 t | 2018 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 42 | Indonesia | 58,021 t | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 43 | Egypt | 51,806 t | 2023 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 44 | Yemen | 48,385 t | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 45 | Cuba | 47,508 t | 2019 | up 18.0% | flat |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 46,537 t | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 47 | Thailand | 43,936 t | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 48 | Guatemala | 41,095 t | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 49 | Ghana | 40,414 t | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 50 | Syrian Arab Republic | 38,516 t | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 51 | Philippines | 37,524 t | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 36,451 t | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 53 | Honduras | 34,156 t | 2023 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 54 | Malaysia | 33,284 t | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 55 | El Salvador | 26,997 t | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 56 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 25,884 t | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 57 | Norway | 25,799 t | 2023 | up 154.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Poland | 24,381 t | 2023 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 23,489 t | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 60 | France | 22,343 t | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 61 | Senegal | 21,980 t | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 62 | Tunisia | 21,314 t | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 20,604 t | 2023 | up 84.1% | rising |
| 64 | Haiti | 20,120 t | 2023 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 65 | Afghanistan | 19,252 t | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 66 | Republic of Korea | 19,032 t | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 67 | Nicaragua | 18,614 t | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 68 | Ukraine | 18,102 t | 2023 | up 15.1% | flat |
| 69 | Jordan | 17,791 t | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 70 | Sierra Leone | 17,556 t | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 71 | Belgium | 16,928 t | 2023 | up 175.7% | rising |
| 72 | Zambia | 16,834 t | 2023 | up 166.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Cambodia | 16,737 t | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 74 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 16,311 t | 2023 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 75 | Chile | 16,123 t | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 76 | Germany | 14,261 t | 2023 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 12,799 t | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 78 | Guinea | 12,791 t | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 12,724 t | 2023 | up 441.3% | volatile |
| 80 | China, Taiwan Province of | 12,138 t | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 81 | Tajikistan | 10,703 t | 2023 | up 298.4% | rising |
| 82 | Mauritania | 10,591 t | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 83 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 10,137 t | 2023 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 84 | Libya | 10,028 t | 2023 | up 176.7% | rising |
| 85 | Paraguay | 9,707 t | 2023 | down 26.2% | flat |
| 86 | Portugal | 9,354 t | 2023 | up 15.5% | flat |
| 87 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9,331 t | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 88 | Madagascar | 9,281 t | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 89 | Finland | 9,265 t | 2023 | up 557.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Israel | 8,289 t | 2023 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 91 | Uzbekistan | 8,106 t | 2023 | up 140.1% | rising |
| 92 | Ecuador | 7,999 t | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 93 | Lebanon | 7,755 t | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 94 | Greece | 7,690 t | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 95 | Romania | 6,983 t | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 96 | Oman | 6,849 t | 2023 | up 88.3% | rising |
| 97 | Canada | 6,818 t | 2023 | down 89.6% | falling |
| 98 | Qatar | 6,668 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 99 | Czechia | 6,550 t | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6,007 t | 2023 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 101 | New Zealand | 5,914 t | 2023 | up 49.6% | falling |
| 102 | Republic of Moldova | 5,715 t | 2023 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 103 | Djibouti | 5,108 t | 2023 | up 106.6% | rising |
| 104 | Serbia | 5,000 t | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 105 | Namibia | 4,869 t | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 106 | Panama | 4,794 t | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 107 | Hungary | 4,726 t | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 108 | Kuwait | 4,636 t | 2023 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 109 | Denmark | 4,409 t | 2023 | up 235.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 4,244 t | 2023 | up 124.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Turkmenistan | 4,213 t | 2023 | up 114.9% | rising |
| 112 | Albania | 4,014 t | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 113 | Slovakia | 3,893 t | 2023 | up 151.0% | rising |
| 114 | Switzerland | 3,622 t | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 115 | Sweden | 3,620 t | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 116 | Austria | 3,414 t | 2023 | up 140.7% | rising |
| 117 | Lithuania | 3,235 t | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 118 | Estonia | 3,175 t | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 2,959 t | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 120 | Melanesia | 2,799 t | 2023 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 121 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,691 t | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 122 | Congo | 2,642 t | 2023 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 123 | Mauritius | 2,533 t | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 124 | Croatia | 2,505 t | 2023 | up 258.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Comoros | 2,498 t | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 126 | Liberia | 2,454 t | 2023 | up 198.8% | rising |
| 127 | North Macedonia | 2,210 t | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 128 | Uruguay | 2,129 t | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 129 | Belarus | 2,063 t | 2023 | up 4,117.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Bahrain | 2,015 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 131 | Timor-Leste | 1,975 t | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 132 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,924 t | 2023 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 133 | Armenia | 1,899 t | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 134 | Jamaica | 1,698 t | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 135 | Cabo Verde | 1,622 t | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 136 | Solomon Islands | 1,470 t | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 137 | Lesotho | 1,463 t | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 138 | Botswana | 1,434 t | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 139 | Ireland | 1,391 t | 2023 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 140 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1,370 t | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 141 | Guyana | 1,196 t | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 142 | Bhutan | 1,164 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 143 | Gambia | 1,053 t | 2023 | up 99.0% | rising |
| 144 | Cyprus | 862.83 t | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 842.67 t | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | 837.29 t | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 147 | Eswatini | 778.86 t | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 148 | Montenegro | 612.76 t | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 149 | Maldives | 460.36 t | 2023 | up 95.5% | rising |
| 150 | Fiji | 405.86 t | 2023 | down 82.9% | falling |
| 151 | Barbados | 381.25 t | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 152 | Belize | 340.17 t | 2023 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 153 | Latvia | 335.99 t | 2023 | up 1,613.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Slovenia | 322.36 t | 2023 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 155 | Saint Lucia | 316.37 t | 2023 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 156 | Mongolia | 294.94 t | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 157 | Suriname | 290.85 t | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 158 | Georgia | 273.76 t | 2023 | up 692.4% | volatile |
| 159 | China, Macao SAR | 257.17 t | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 160 | Luxembourg | 204.67 t | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 161 | Malta | 204.45 t | 2023 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 162 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 192.1 t | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 163 | Seychelles | 176.12 t | 2023 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 164 | Sao Tome and Principe | 173.8 t | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 165 | Grenada | 173.35 t | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 166 | Polynesia | 121.55 t | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 167 | French Polynesia | 120.51 t | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 168 | Gabon | 110.25 t | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 169 | New Caledonia | 78.93 t | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 170 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 58.5 t | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 171 | Iceland | 56.61 t | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 172 | Antigua and Barbuda | 54.33 t | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 173 | Bahamas | 46.28 t | 2023 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 174 | Micronesia | 29.66 t | 2023 | up 1,917.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Nauru | 20.13 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 176 | Marshall Islands | 7.17 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Kiribati | 1.47 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 178 | Vanuatu | 0.93 t | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 179 | Samoa | 0.66 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 180 | Tonga | 0.36 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.04 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Tuvalu | 0.02 t | 2023 | — | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 13.70 million t
- Asia 7.67 million t
- Southern Asia 5.75 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4.23 million t
- Africa 3.78 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.14 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3.10 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.02 million t
- Eastern Africa 1.78 million t
- Americas 1.69 million t
- Western Africa 1.30 million t
- South America 911,092 t
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.