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Starchy Roots — 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
194
Highest
16.9 g/cap/d
Ghana
Lowest
0.22 g/cap/d
Gambia
Median
2.12 g/cap/d
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
3,046

What the numbers show

Starchy Roots — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 16.9 g/cap/d in Ghana; the lowest is 0.22 g/cap/d in Gambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.12 g/cap/d, and the mean is 2.59 g/cap/d.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 77.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 305.7%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 70.0%).

Starchy Roots — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ghana 16.9 g/cap/d 2023 up 6.0% rising
2 Cote d'Ivoire 15.03 g/cap/d 2023 up 22.9% rising
2 Côte d'Ivoire 15.03 g/cap/d 2023 up 22.9% rising
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11.43 g/cap/d 2023 down 2.6% falling
5 Solomon Islands 9.82 g/cap/d 2023 down 20.3% falling
6 Nigeria 8.33 g/cap/d 2023 down 4.6% falling
7 Belarus 7.15 g/cap/d 2023 down 7.7% falling
8 Rwanda 7.12 g/cap/d 2023 down 21.3% falling
9 Angola 6.62 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.5% falling
10 Fiji 6.5 g/cap/d 2023 up 17.5% rising
11 Ukraine 6.29 g/cap/d 2023 up 10.0% flat
12 Guinea 6.16 g/cap/d 2023 up 62.1% rising
13 Cameroon 5.93 g/cap/d 2023 up 9.2% rising
13 Mozambique 5.93 g/cap/d 2023 up 7.4% falling
15 Namibia 5.87 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.9% falling
16 Gabon 5.86 g/cap/d 2023 down 14.1% falling
17 Melanesia 5.81 g/cap/d 2023 down 13.9% falling
18 Papua New Guinea 5.64 g/cap/d 2023 down 13.8% falling
19 Congo 5.4 g/cap/d 2023 down 4.9% flat
20 Peru 5.25 g/cap/d 2023 up 0.6% flat
21 Samoa 4.82 g/cap/d 2023 down 25.5% falling
22 Tonga 4.78 g/cap/d 2023 — rising
23 Nepal 4.52 g/cap/d 2023 up 23.5% rising
24 Jamaica 4.38 g/cap/d 2023 up 23.7% rising
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.34 g/cap/d 2023 up 34.8% rising
26 Kyrgyzstan 4.26 g/cap/d 2023 up 3.9% rising
27 Comoros 4.24 g/cap/d 2023 up 19.4% rising
28 Poland 4.02 g/cap/d 2023 down 9.5% falling
29 Uzbekistan 3.98 g/cap/d 2023 up 29.2% rising
30 Belgium 3.94 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
31 Malawi 3.91 g/cap/d 2023 down 35.8% falling
32 Eswatini 3.8 g/cap/d 2023 up 17.6% rising
33 Paraguay 3.7 g/cap/d 2023 up 0.8% rising
34 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.63 g/cap/d 2023 up 1.1% rising
35 Russia 3.61 g/cap/d 2023 down 24.6% falling
35 Russian Federation 3.61 g/cap/d 2023 down 24.6% falling
37 Azerbaijan 3.57 g/cap/d 2023 up 13.7% rising
38 Canada 3.53 g/cap/d 2023 down 12.0% falling
39 Cuba 3.51 g/cap/d 2019 down 16.4% falling
40 Polynesia 3.46 g/cap/d 2023 down 17.0% falling
41 Ireland 3.33 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.5% falling
42 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3.29 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.0% falling
43 Liberia 3.27 g/cap/d 2023 down 7.9% falling
44 Colombia 3.22 g/cap/d 2023 up 2.2% rising
45 Sierra Leone 3.2 g/cap/d 2023 down 8.8% falling
45 Vanuatu 3.2 g/cap/d 2023 down 70.0% falling
47 North Macedonia 3.11 g/cap/d 2023 up 19.2% rising
48 Laos 2.96 g/cap/d 2023 up 28.7% rising
48 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.96 g/cap/d 2023 up 28.7% rising
50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.92 g/cap/d 2023 down 1.7% flat
51 Germany 2.87 g/cap/d 2023 up 15.3% flat
52 United Kingdom 2.85 g/cap/d 2023 down 33.9% falling
52 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.85 g/cap/d 2023 down 33.9% falling
54 Moldova 2.82 g/cap/d 2023 up 1.4% rising
54 Madagascar 2.82 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.8% falling
54 Republic of Moldova 2.82 g/cap/d 2023 up 1.4% rising
57 Turkmenistan 2.75 g/cap/d 2023 up 96.4% rising
58 Bhutan 2.74 g/cap/d 2023 — flat
59 Armenia 2.72 g/cap/d 2023 down 12.5% falling
60 China, mainland 2.71 g/cap/d 2023 up 3.0% flat
61 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.7 g/cap/d 2023 — falling
62 Zambia 2.69 g/cap/d 2023 up 23.4% rising
63 Portugal 2.67 g/cap/d 2023 down 10.1% falling
64 China 2.66 g/cap/d 2023 up 3.1% flat
65 Australia 2.63 g/cap/d 2023 up 10.0% falling
65 Latvia 2.63 g/cap/d 2023 down 48.6% falling
67 Algeria 2.53 g/cap/d 2023 down 11.2% falling
67 Australia and New Zealand 2.53 g/cap/d 2023 up 7.2% falling
69 Guinea-Bissau 2.52 g/cap/d 2023 up 40.0% flat
70 Spain 2.51 g/cap/d 2023 down 0.8% falling
71 Lesotho 2.5 g/cap/d 2023 up 5.0% rising
72 Sweden 2.48 g/cap/d 2023 down 1.2% flat
73 Barbados 2.46 g/cap/d 2023 up 7.0% rising
73 Botswana 2.46 g/cap/d 2023 down 13.4% flat
73 Estonia 2.46 g/cap/d 2023 down 20.6% falling
76 Romania 2.44 g/cap/d 2023 down 46.7% falling
77 Czechia 2.41 g/cap/d 2023 down 26.3% falling
78 United Republic of Tanzania 2.4 g/cap/d 2023 down 23.8% falling
79 Serbia 2.39 g/cap/d 2023 up 12.2% flat
80 Finland 2.37 g/cap/d 2023 down 13.2% falling
80 Guyana 2.37 g/cap/d 2023 up 53.9% rising
80 United States 2.37 g/cap/d 2023 up 1.7% falling
83 Denmark 2.32 g/cap/d 2023 up 3.1% rising
83 Uganda 2.32 g/cap/d 2023 down 39.4% falling
85 Cambodia 2.27 g/cap/d 2023 up 1.3% rising
86 Slovenia 2.24 g/cap/d 2023 down 5.1% falling
87 Bangladesh 2.23 g/cap/d 2023 up 8.8% rising
87 France 2.23 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
89 Slovakia 2.22 g/cap/d 2023 up 18.7% rising
90 Greece 2.19 g/cap/d 2023 down 32.4% falling
90 Turkey 2.19 g/cap/d 2023 up 6.8% flat
90 Türkiye 2.19 g/cap/d 2023 up 6.8% flat
93 Albania 2.18 g/cap/d 2023 up 17.2% rising
94 Georgia 2.15 g/cap/d 2023 down 20.7% falling
94 Zimbabwe 2.15 g/cap/d 2023 up 305.7% rising
96 Lebanon 2.13 g/cap/d 2023 up 10.9% rising
96 Lithuania 2.13 g/cap/d 2023 down 49.0% falling
98 Kenya 2.12 g/cap/d 2023 down 13.5% falling
99 Croatia 2.06 g/cap/d 2023 up 13.2% flat
100 Kazakhstan 2.05 g/cap/d 2023 down 12.4% flat
101 New Zealand 2.03 g/cap/d 2023 down 9.0% flat
102 Chile 2 g/cap/d 2023 down 25.1% falling
102 French Polynesia 2 g/cap/d 2023 down 20.3% falling
104 Trinidad and Tobago 1.96 g/cap/d 2023 up 13.3% falling
105 Mongolia 1.94 g/cap/d 2023 down 0.5% falling
106 Switzerland 1.92 g/cap/d 2023 up 9.7% rising
107 Sao Tome and Principe 1.91 g/cap/d 2023 down 0.5% falling
107 Uruguay 1.91 g/cap/d 2023 down 7.7% falling
109 Caribbean 1.89 g/cap/d 2023 down 33.7% falling
110 Italy 1.86 g/cap/d 2023 up 17.0% rising
111 Indonesia 1.77 g/cap/d 2023 down 29.2% falling
112 Tajikistan 1.76 g/cap/d 2023 up 14.3% rising
113 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.74 g/cap/d 2023 up 8.8% rising
113 Morocco 1.74 g/cap/d 2023 down 9.8% falling
115 Malta 1.67 g/cap/d 2023 down 17.7% falling
116 Argentina 1.64 g/cap/d 2023 down 14.1% falling
117 Austria 1.63 g/cap/d 2023 down 27.9% falling
118 Iceland 1.62 g/cap/d 2023 up 14.9% falling
119 Senegal 1.6 g/cap/d 2023 up 196.3% rising
120 Egypt 1.58 g/cap/d 2023 up 20.6% rising
121 Saint Lucia 1.56 g/cap/d 2023 up 14.7% rising
122 Brazil 1.53 g/cap/d 2023 down 5.6% falling
122 Seychelles 1.53 g/cap/d 2023 up 39.1% flat
124 Luxembourg 1.52 g/cap/d 2023 down 33.3% falling
124 New Caledonia 1.52 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.8% falling
126 Dominican Republic 1.49 g/cap/d 2023 up 50.5% rising
127 Hungary 1.47 g/cap/d 2023 down 27.9% falling
127 Israel 1.47 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.0% falling
129 Oman 1.45 g/cap/d 2023 up 45.0% rising
130 Kuwait 1.41 g/cap/d 2023 down 37.1% falling
130 South Africa 1.41 g/cap/d 2023 up 0.7% rising
130 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.41 g/cap/d 2018 down 42.4% falling
133 Qatar 1.38 g/cap/d 2023 — falling
134 Montenegro 1.34 g/cap/d 2023 up 13.6% rising
135 Bahrain 1.29 g/cap/d 2023 — flat
135 Micronesia 1.29 g/cap/d 2023 up 89.7% rising
135 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.29 g/cap/d 2023 up 26.5% flat
138 Tunisia 1.28 g/cap/d 2023 down 0.8% falling
139 India 1.26 g/cap/d 2023 up 15.6% rising
140 Pakistan 1.25 g/cap/d 2023 up 78.6% rising
140 Cabo Verde 1.25 g/cap/d 2023 down 20.9% falling
142 Cyprus 1.24 g/cap/d 2023 up 6.9% falling
143 Saudi Arabia 1.23 g/cap/d 2023 up 28.1% rising
144 Antigua and Barbuda 1.21 g/cap/d 2023 up 42.4% rising
144 El Salvador 1.21 g/cap/d 2023 up 5.2% rising
146 Mauritius 1.2 g/cap/d 2023 up 13.2% rising
147 Libya 1.16 g/cap/d 2023 down 0.9% falling
147 Norway 1.16 g/cap/d 2023 down 47.7% falling
149 Costa Rica 1.15 g/cap/d 2023 up 7.5% falling
150 Afghanistan 1.14 g/cap/d 2023 up 83.9% rising
151 East Timor 1.12 g/cap/d 2023 down 22.8% falling
151 Timor-Leste 1.12 g/cap/d 2023 down 22.8% falling
153 United Arab Emirates 1.07 g/cap/d 2023 up 87.7% rising
154 Jordan 1.06 g/cap/d 2023 up 7.1% falling
154 Tuvalu 1.06 g/cap/d 2023 — rising
156 Grenada 1.05 g/cap/d 2023 down 9.5% falling
157 Panama 1.04 g/cap/d 2023 up 10.6% flat
158 Ethiopia 1.03 g/cap/d 2023 down 4.6% falling
159 Haiti 1.02 g/cap/d 2023 down 69.4% falling
160 Maldives 1.01 g/cap/d 2023 up 8.6% falling
161 Bulgaria 1 g/cap/d 2023 down 1.0% falling
161 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1 g/cap/d 2023 down 54.8% falling
163 Suriname 0.93 g/cap/d 2023 down 17.7% falling
164 Sri Lanka 0.92 g/cap/d 2023 up 43.8% rising
165 Ecuador 0.88 g/cap/d 2023 down 12.9% falling
165 Guatemala 0.88 g/cap/d 2023 up 120.0% volatile
167 Niger 0.83 g/cap/d 2023 up 84.4% rising
168 Malaysia 0.81 g/cap/d 2023 up 55.8% rising
169 Mexico 0.8 g/cap/d 2023 up 9.6% rising
170 Syria 0.76 g/cap/d 2023 down 22.4% falling
170 Syrian Arab Republic 0.76 g/cap/d 2023 down 22.4% falling
172 Republic of Korea 0.75 g/cap/d 2023 up 10.3% rising
173 China, Macao SAR 0.69 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
174 Bahamas 0.68 g/cap/d 2023 up 36.0% falling
175 Nicaragua 0.66 g/cap/d 2023 down 17.5% rising
176 Kiribati 0.64 g/cap/d 2023 down 5.9% flat
177 Djibouti 0.63 g/cap/d 2023 up 8.6% rising
178 China, Taiwan Province of 0.57 g/cap/d 2023 up 14.0% rising
179 Belize 0.55 g/cap/d 2023 down 11.3% falling
180 Vietnam 0.54 g/cap/d 2023 up 1.9% flat
180 Viet Nam 0.54 g/cap/d 2023 up 1.9% flat
182 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.52 g/cap/d 2023 up 62.5% rising
183 Philippines 0.47 g/cap/d 2023 up 23.7% rising
184 Mauritania 0.46 g/cap/d 2023 up 9.5% rising
185 Myanmar 0.42 g/cap/d 2023 down 40.0% falling
186 Honduras 0.4 g/cap/d 2023 up 42.9% rising
187 Iraq 0.35 g/cap/d 2023 down 50.7% falling
188 Thailand 0.34 g/cap/d 2023 up 6.2% rising
189 Burkina Faso 0.31 g/cap/d 2023 down 42.6% falling
190 Yemen 0.3 g/cap/d 2023 down 33.3% falling
191 Nauru 0.28 g/cap/d 2023 — falling
191 Nauru 0.28 g/cap/d 2023 — falling
193 Marshall Islands 0.23 g/cap/d 2023 — rising
194 Gambia 0.22 g/cap/d 2023 up 15.8% flat

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Starchy Roots — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day)
Unit
g/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 3,046 data points, 2010–2023
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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.