Sugar & Sweeteners — 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...
What the numbers show
Sugar & Sweeteners — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 0.81 g/cap/d in Latvia; the lowest is 0 g/cap/d in Zambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.11 g/cap/d, and the mean is 0.1391 g/cap/d.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium (up 2,400.0%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 100.0%).
Sugar & Sweeteners — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvia | 0.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 2 | Gambia | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 3 | Ireland | 0.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus | 0.66 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 5 | Guatemala | 0.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 330.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Norway | 0.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 7 | Estonia | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 7 | Iceland | 0.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 9 | China, Macao SAR | 0.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 10 | Sweden | 0.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 0.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 12 | Colombia | 0.33 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 13 | South Africa | 0.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 14 | Slovenia | 0.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 0.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 123.1% | rising |
| 16 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.28 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 17 | Panama | 0.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 18 | Denmark | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Finland | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 18 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 21 | Belgium | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2,400.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Croatia | 0.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 23 | Botswana | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 23 | Maldives | 0.24 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 25 | Barbados | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 25 | Georgia | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 25 | Israel | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 109.1% | rising |
| 25 | Myanmar | 0.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 29 | Bahamas | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 29 | Lebanon | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.5% | flat |
| 29 | New Zealand | 0.22 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.8% | flat |
| 32 | Lithuania | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 32 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.21 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 34 | Canada | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Switzerland | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Fiji | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Malta | 0.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 39 | Armenia | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 39 | Montenegro | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 39 | Mongolia | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 39 | Nicaragua | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 39 | Seychelles | 0.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 44 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 44 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Australia | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 48 | Portugal | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 48 | Uruguay | 0.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 51 | Grenada | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 51 | Libya | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 51 | New Caledonia | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 51 | Naoero | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 51 | Oman | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Poland | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,500.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Qatar | 0.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 58 | Bahrain | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 58 | Guyana | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 58 | Honduras | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 58 | Namibia | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 58 | Paraguay | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Romania | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 58 | Republic of Korea | 0.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 275.0% | rising |
| 65 | Bhutan | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 65 | Cyprus | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 65 | Haiti | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Hungary | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1,300.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Jamaica | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 65 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 71 | Chile | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 71 | Lesotho | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 116.7% | rising |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 71 | French Polynesia | 0.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 75 | Algeria | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 75 | Tuvalu | 0.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 77 | Albania | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 77 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.4% | flat |
| 77 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 77 | Marshall Islands | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 77 | Mauritius | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 77 | Serbia | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Tonga | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 77 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 85 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 85 | France | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 85 | Suriname | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 85 | Vanuatu | 0.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 89 | Comoros | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 89 | Iraq | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 89 | Morocco | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.6% | flat |
| 89 | Malaysia | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 89 | Thailand | 0.09 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 95 | Bulgaria | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 95 | Egypt | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 95 | Jordan | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 95 | Saint Lucia | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 95 | Slovakia | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Samoa | 0.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.5% | flat |
| 102 | China | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 102 | Peru | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 102 | Philippines | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Yemen | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 102 | China, mainland | 0.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 109 | Ecuador | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 109 | Mauritania | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 0.06 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 112 | Angola | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 112 | Brazil | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 112 | Cameroon | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Congo | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 112 | Gabon | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 112 | Greece | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 112 | Indonesia | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 112 | Kiribati | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Kuwait | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Pakistan | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 112 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 123 | Argentina | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 123 | Belize | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 123 | Czechia | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Spain | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 123 | Italy | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 123 | Papua New Guinea | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | Rwanda | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.04 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Austria | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Burkina Faso | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 131 | Bangladesh | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 131 | Ghana | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 131 | Guinea | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 131 | India | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 131 | Kenya | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 131 | Liberia | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 131 | Mozambique | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 131 | Solomon Islands | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Tunisia | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 131 | Russian Federation | 0.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Afghanistan | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 144 | Germany | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 144 | Djibouti | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Cambodia | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 144 | Sri Lanka | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 144 | Madagascar | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 144 | Mexico | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 144 | Malawi | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 144 | Uganda | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 144 | Uzbekistan | 0.02 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Cuba | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2019 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 154 | Ethiopia | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 154 | Niger | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Nigeria | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | Nepal | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 154 | Senegal | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 0.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 161 | El Salvador | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Eswatini | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Ukraine | 0 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Zambia | 0 g/cap/d | 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.
- Republic of Moldova 0.48 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 0.31 g/cap/d
- Southern Africa 0.3 g/cap/d
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.18 g/cap/d
- Northern America 0.15 g/cap/d
- Caribbean 0.15 g/cap/d
- United States of America 0.15 g/cap/d
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.12 g/cap/d
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.12 g/cap/d
- Polynesia 0.11 g/cap/d
- Oceania 0.14 g/cap/d
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.1 g/cap/d
- Americas 0.12 g/cap/d
- Cabo Verde 0.12 g/cap/d
- Viet Nam 0.08 g/cap/d
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.07 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 0.11 g/cap/d
- Europe 0.11 g/cap/d
- Asia 0.06 g/cap/d
- Micronesia 0.06 g/cap/d
- Timor-Leste 0.06 g/cap/d
- Melanesia 0.06 g/cap/d
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.06 g/cap/d
- South America 0.1 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 0.08 g/cap/d
- Western Europe 0.08 g/cap/d
- Northern Africa 0.08 g/cap/d
- Central America 0.08 g/cap/d
- South-Eastern Asia 0.08 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 0.08 g/cap/d
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.05 g/cap/d
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.04 g/cap/d
- Middle Africa 0.03 g/cap/d
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.02 g/cap/d
- Türkiye 0.02 g/cap/d
- World 0.07 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 0.07 g/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 0.07 g/cap/d
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.01 g/cap/d
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.01 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.