Stimulants — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country

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Countries reporting
194
Highest
2.67 g/cap/d
China, Hong Kong SAR
Lowest
0.01 g/cap/d
Zambia
Median
0.465 g/cap/d
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
3,046

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Stimulants — 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.