Stimulants — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country
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What the numbers show
Stimulants — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 2.67 g/cap/d in China, Hong Kong SAR; the lowest is 0.01 g/cap/d in Zambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.465 g/cap/d, and the mean is 0.6591 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 267.
Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Solomon Islands (up 1,320.0%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 98.9%).
Stimulants — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 169.7% | rising |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 2.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 3 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 3 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 5 | Iceland | 1.95 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 6 | Montenegro | 1.94 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 7 | Malta | 1.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 8 | Latvia | 1.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 10 | Georgia | 1.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 11 | Slovenia | 1.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 12 | New Zealand | 1.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 78.0% | rising |
| 13 | Maldives | 1.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 14 | Israel | 1.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 15 | Norway | 1.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 16 | Ireland | 1.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 85.5% | rising |
| 17 | Estonia | 1.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 18 | Denmark | 1.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 1.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 19 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 21 | China, Macao SAR | 1.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 22 | Croatia | 1.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 23 | French Polynesia | 1.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 24 | Marshall Islands | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 25 | France | 1.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 26 | Cyprus | 1.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 27 | North Macedonia | 1.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 27 | New Caledonia | 1.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 29 | Portugal | 1.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 30 | Bahrain | 1.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Canada | 1.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 30 | Serbia | 1.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 33 | Armenia | 1.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 34 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 34 | Czechia | 1.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 36 | Libya | 1.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 38 | Argentina | 1.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 124.5% | rising |
| 39 | Greece | 1.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 40 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 41 | Qatar | 1.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 41 | Romania | 1.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 98.2% | rising |
| 43 | Belgium | 1.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 44 | Switzerland | 1.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 44 | Seychelles | 1.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 445.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Polynesia | 1.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 47 | Australia | 1.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 48 | Mongolia | 1.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 48 | Paraguay | 1.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 48 | Samoa | 1.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 51 | Barbados | 1.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 51 | Moldova | 1.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 51 | Republic of Moldova | 1.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 54 | Kuwait | 1.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 55 | Lebanon | 0.95 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 56 | Spain | 0.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 56 | Finland | 0.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 0.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 56 | Oman | 0.92 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 60 | Fiji | 0.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Sweden | 0.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 62 | Guyana | 0.88 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 63 | Hungary | 0.82 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.5% | flat |
| 64 | Uruguay | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 65 | Philippines | 0.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 113.5% | rising |
| 66 | Laos | 0.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 66 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 68 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 68 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 70 | United States | 0.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 71 | Bahamas | 0.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 72 | Mauritius | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 72 | Solomon Islands | 0.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,320.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Chile | 0.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 74 | Peru | 0.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 112.1% | rising |
| 74 | Slovakia | 0.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 77 | Lithuania | 0.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 77 | East Timor | 0.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 77 | Timor-Leste | 0.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 0.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 80 | Brazil | 0.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 0.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.6% | flat |
| 82 | Turkey | 0.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 160.0% | rising |
| 82 | Türkiye | 0.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 160.0% | rising |
| 85 | Albania | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 0.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 87 | Jordan | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 87 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 87.1% | rising |
| 89 | El Salvador | 0.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 90 | Grenada | 0.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 91 | Tunisia | 0.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 92 | Guatemala | 0.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 93 | Iraq | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 94 | Belarus | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.7% | rising |
| 94 | Belize | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.9% | flat |
| 94 | Suriname | 0.48 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 98 | Nauru | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Nauru | 0.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Indonesia | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 101 | Vanuatu | 0.45 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 103 | Ukraine | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 103 | Republic of Korea | 0.44 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 105 | Germany | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 105 | Italy | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 105 | Uzbekistan | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 290.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 950.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 110 | Panama | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 110 | Russia | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 110 | Russian Federation | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 110 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 114 | Micronesia | 0.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,166.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Colombia | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 115 | Morocco | 0.37 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 117 | Tuvalu | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 118 | Vietnam | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Viet Nam | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Jamaica | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 120 | Melanesia | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 122 | Cambodia | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Tonga | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 124 | Dominican Republic | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.6% | flat |
| 124 | Turkmenistan | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 124 | Cabo Verde | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 124 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 244.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 129 | Kenya | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 328.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Namibia | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 131 | Honduras | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 132 | Tajikistan | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 133 | Guinea | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 134 | South Africa | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 135 | Botswana | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 135 | Thailand | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 92.3% | rising |
| 137 | Comoros | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Algeria | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 140 | Austria | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 144.4% | rising |
| 141 | Nicaragua | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.7% | flat |
| 141 | Papua New Guinea | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 266.7% | rising |
| 144 | Mauritania | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 144 | Malaysia | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Eswatini | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Syria | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 144 | Caribbean | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 144 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 150 | Djibouti | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 151 | United Arab Emirates | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 73.2% | falling |
| 151 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 153 | China | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 112.5% | rising |
| 153 | Congo | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 155 | Yemen | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 156 | Cameroon | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Cuba | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2019 | down 28.6% | flat |
| 156 | Egypt | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 156 | China, mainland | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 160 | Kiribati | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 366.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Senegal | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 162 | Myanmar | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 163 | Bhutan | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 164 | Gabon | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 164 | Rwanda | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Malawi | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Mexico | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Ecuador | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 168 | Haiti | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 170 | Ethiopia | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 170 | Poland | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Burkina Faso | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 172 | Liberia | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Madagascar | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 172 | Nepal | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 172 | Uganda | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Zimbabwe | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 172 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2018 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Afghanistan | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 179 | India | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 179 | Lesotho | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Nigeria | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Sierra Leone | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 184 | Angola | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 185 | Bangladesh | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 185 | Gambia | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 185 | Mozambique | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 185 | Pakistan | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 185 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 190 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 190 | Niger | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 190 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 193 | Ghana | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 193 | Zambia | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 75.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Europe 1.39 g/cap/d
- Oceania 0.92 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 0.84 g/cap/d
- Northern America 0.8 g/cap/d
- Western Europe 0.8 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 0.79 g/cap/d
- Europe 0.77 g/cap/d
- United States of America 0.74 g/cap/d
- South America 0.65 g/cap/d
- Americas 0.61 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 0.59 g/cap/d
- Central Asia 0.55 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 0.49 g/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 0.43 g/cap/d
- World 0.3 g/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.29 g/cap/d
- Southern Africa 0.26 g/cap/d
- Northern Africa 0.23 g/cap/d
- Asia 0.2 g/cap/d
- Western Africa 0.2 g/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 0.2 g/cap/d
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.2 g/cap/d
- Central America 0.19 g/cap/d
- Africa 0.16 g/cap/d
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.16 g/cap/d
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.11 g/cap/d
- Eastern Africa 0.09 g/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.09 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.08 g/cap/d
- Southern Asia 0.06 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.