Roots, Other — 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
187
Highest
56,585 t
Nigeria
Lowest
0 t
Türkiye
Median
14.13 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,908
What the numbers show
Roots, Other — Protein supply quantity (t) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 56,585 t in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 t in Türkiye.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.13 t, and the mean is 1,441 t.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Tunisia (up 12,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).
Roots, Other — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 56,585 t | 2023 | up 131.5% | rising |
| 2 | China | 27,314 t | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 3 | China, mainland | 26,407 t | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 19,748 t | 2023 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ghana | 18,414 t | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15,180 t | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 7 | Cameroon | 12,914 t | 2023 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 9,789 t | 2023 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 9 | Melanesia | 7,992 t | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 10 | Papua New Guinea | 5,916 t | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 11 | Namibia | 5,759 t | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 12 | Peru | 4,291 t | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 13 | Caribbean | 4,004 t | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 14 | Thailand | 3,464 t | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 2,983 t | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 16 | Rwanda | 2,982 t | 2023 | up 111.7% | rising |
| 17 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2,704 t | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 18 | Nepal | 2,657 t | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 19 | Indonesia | 2,317 t | 2023 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 20 | Egypt | 2,298 t | 2023 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 21 | Cuba | 2,138 t | 2019 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 22 | Madagascar | 2,090 t | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 23 | Botswana | 1,931 t | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 24 | Philippines | 1,872 t | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 25 | Guinea | 1,414 t | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 1,351 t | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 27 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,280 t | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,280 t | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,269 t | 2023 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 1,233 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Eswatini | 1,230 t | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 32 | Congo | 1,139 t | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 33 | Fiji | 1,129 t | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 1,011 t | 2023 | up 83.4% | rising |
| 35 | Haiti | 971.51 t | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 36 | El Salvador | 962.24 t | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 37 | China, Taiwan Province of | 842.1 t | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 38 | Gabon | 814.65 t | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 39 | Solomon Islands | 769.19 t | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 40 | Cambodia | 746.6 t | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 41 | Malaysia | 719.28 t | 2023 | up 206.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 686.18 t | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 43 | United States | 664.22 t | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 44 | Bhutan | 615.56 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 45 | Laos | 540.85 t | 2023 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 45 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 540.85 t | 2023 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 47 | Jamaica | 508.67 t | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 48 | Liberia | 410.92 t | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 49 | Polynesia | 407.5 t | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 50 | East Timor | 387.93 t | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 50 | Timor-Leste | 387.93 t | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 52 | Ecuador | 341.63 t | 2023 | up 145.8% | rising |
| 53 | Samoa | 328.94 t | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 54 | Kenya | 319.46 t | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 55 | Guyana | 259.28 t | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 56 | Comoros | 210.17 t | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 57 | Mozambique | 179.48 t | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 58 | Vanuatu | 173.27 t | 2023 | down 82.2% | falling |
| 59 | Serbia | 136.86 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Vietnam | 135.28 t | 2023 | up 10,468.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Viet Nam | 135.28 t | 2023 | up 10,468.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Canada | 129.33 t | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 63 | Trinidad and Tobago | 128.74 t | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 127 t | 2023 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 65 | Australia and New Zealand | 126.03 t | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | 124.53 t | 2023 | up 141.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Sao Tome and Principe | 111.28 t | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 107.74 t | 2023 | down 72.1% | falling |
| 69 | Panama | 106.59 t | 2023 | up 74.9% | rising |
| 70 | Iraq | 104.22 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Israel | 85.83 t | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 72 | India | 83.43 t | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 73 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 75.43 t | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 74 | Tonga | 72.33 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 75 | New Zealand | 71.84 t | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 76 | Australia | 54.19 t | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 77 | China, Macao SAR | 47.3 t | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 78 | Uganda | 44.25 t | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 43.17 t | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 80 | Mauritius | 40.35 t | 2023 | up 229.1% | volatile |
| 81 | United Republic of Tanzania | 34.72 t | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 82 | France | 34.65 t | 2023 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Saint Lucia | 27.38 t | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 84 | Micronesia | 27.22 t | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 85 | Kiribati | 27.08 t | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 21.83 t | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 87 | Republic of Korea | 21.36 t | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 88 | Honduras | 19.86 t | 2023 | down 78.6% | falling |
| 89 | United Kingdom | 19.68 t | 2023 | up 152.0% | volatile |
| 89 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 19.68 t | 2023 | up 152.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 17.87 t | 2023 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 92 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 17.64 t | 2023 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 93 | United Arab Emirates | 15.53 t | 2023 | down 76.9% | falling |
| 94 | Lebanon | 14.13 t | 2023 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 95 | Oman | 11.62 t | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 96 | Suriname | 10.26 t | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 97 | Italy | 9.38 t | 2023 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 98 | Qatar | 8.3 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 99 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.65 t | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 100 | Grenada | 4.98 t | 2023 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Austria | 4.6 t | 2023 | up 4,500.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Libya | 4.38 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Switzerland | 4.35 t | 2023 | up 30.6% | falling |
| 104 | Bahrain | 4.26 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 105 | New Caledonia | 4.05 t | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 106 | French Polynesia | 3.29 t | 2023 | down 96.2% | falling |
| 107 | Germany | 3.12 t | 2023 | up 477.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Belize | 3.1 t | 2023 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 109 | Spain | 2.98 t | 2023 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Tuvalu | 2.94 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 111 | Burkina Faso | 2.92 t | 2023 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Morocco | 2.86 t | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 113 | Barbados | 2.31 t | 2023 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 114 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.13 t | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 115 | Kuwait | 2.09 t | 2023 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Belgium | 2.08 t | 2023 | up 210.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Yemen | 1.92 t | 2023 | up 174.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Argentina | 1.63 t | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Tunisia | 1.28 t | 2023 | up 12,700.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Poland | 1.19 t | 2023 | up 147.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Jordan | 1.08 t | 2023 | up 5,300.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Russia | 0.99 t | 2023 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Russian Federation | 0.99 t | 2023 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Maldives | 0.97 t | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Ukraine | 0.76 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Slovenia | 0.75 t | 2023 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Belarus | 0.71 t | 2023 | up 3,450.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Cyprus | 0.6 t | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Senegal | 0.57 t | 2023 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Sweden | 0.57 t | 2023 | up 375.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Montenegro | 0.46 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Norway | 0.37 t | 2023 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Greece | 0.29 t | 2023 | up 61.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Seychelles | 0.25 t | 2023 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Iceland | 0.21 t | 2023 | up 320.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Chile | 0.2 t | 2023 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Romania | 0.2 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Hungary | 0.17 t | 2023 | up 183.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Slovakia | 0.16 t | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 140 | Niger | 0.13 t | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Gambia | 0.09 t | 2023 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Croatia | 0.08 t | 2023 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Denmark | 0.07 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Lithuania | 0.07 t | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Nauru | 0.07 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Nauru | 0.07 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Marshall Islands | 0.06 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 148 | Czechia | 0.05 t | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Kazakhstan | 0.05 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 150 | Finland | 0.03 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Malta | 0.03 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Portugal | 0.03 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Cabo Verde | 0.03 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Georgia | 0.02 t | 2023 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Guatemala | 0.01 t | 2023 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.01 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 155 | Lesotho | 0.01 t | 2023 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 0.01 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Latvia | 0.01 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 155 | Moldova | 0.01 t | 2023 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Republic of Moldova | 0.01 t | 2023 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Afghanistan | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Angola | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Albania | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Armenia | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Azerbaijan | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Bangladesh | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Bulgaria | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Bahamas | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Djibouti | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Algeria | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Estonia | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Myanmar | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Mongolia | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Mauritania | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Malawi | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Paraguay | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Syria | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Tajikistan | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Turkey | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Uruguay | 0 t | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Uzbekistan | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | South Africa | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Türkiye | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 231,826 t
- Africa 148,730 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 88,806 t
- Western Africa 79,736 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 64,127 t
- Asia 55,551 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 52,080 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 32,395 t
- Middle Africa 31,126 t
- Eastern Asia 30,603 t
- Eastern Africa 26,641 t
- Americas 18,750 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 14,722 t
- Southern Asia 14,379 t
- South-Eastern Asia 10,183 t
- South America 9,643 t
- Southern Africa 8,920 t
- Oceania 8,552 t
- Central America 4,309 t
- Northern Africa 2,306 t
- Northern America 793.55 t
- United States of America 664.22 t
- Western Asia 385.76 t
- Europe 242.86 t
- Southern Europe 150.87 t
- European Union (27) 79.05 t
- Western Europe 66.68 t
- Northern Europe 21.07 t
- Eastern Europe 4.24 t
- Central Asia 0.05 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.