Vegetables and their products — Protein supply — Value by country
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics...
What the numbers show
Vegetables and their products — Protein supply — Value is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 19 g/cap/d in China, mainland; the lowest is 0.3 g/cap/d in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.9 g/cap/d, and the mean is 3.69 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 63.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 500.0%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 76.0%).
Vegetables and their products — Protein supply — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, mainland | 19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 2 | China | 18.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 11.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Korea | 11.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 6 | Albania | 10.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 10.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 8 | Oman | 10.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 119.1% | rising |
| 9 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 9.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 10 | North Macedonia | 9.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 10 | Tonga | 9.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 12 | Nepal | 9.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 13 | Guyana | 9.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 8.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 15 | Tunisia | 7.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 16 | Armenia | 7.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 17 | Tajikistan | 7.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 18 | Belarus | 7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 20 | Cuba | 6.9 g/cap/d | 2019 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 20 | Türkiye | 6.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 22 | Algeria | 6.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 23 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 6.7 g/cap/d | 2018 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 25 | Bahamas | 6.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 25 | Ukraine | 6.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 27 | Croatia | 6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 28 | China, Taiwan Province of | 5.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 29 | Fiji | 5.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 124.0% | rising |
| 30 | Belgium | 5.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 30 | China, Macao SAR | 5.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 32 | Israel | 5.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 33 | Azerbaijan | 5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 33 | Libya | 5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 35 | Myanmar | 4.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 36 | New Zealand | 4.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 4.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 4.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 4.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 213.3% | rising |
| 40 | Malta | 4.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 40 | Qatar | 4.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 42 | Niger | 4.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 43 | Egypt | 4.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 43 | India | 4.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 43 | Kuwait | 4.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 46 | Seychelles | 4.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 46 | Tuvalu | 4.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 48 | Lebanon | 4.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 48 | Republic of Moldova | 4.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 50 | Mauritius | 4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 51 | Hungary | 3.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 51 | Jamaica | 3.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 53 | Cameroon | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 53 | Djibouti | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 53 | Luxembourg | 3.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 56 | Austria | 3.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 56 | France | 3.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Maldives | 3.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 56 | Portugal | 3.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 60 | Ireland | 3.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 61 | Bahrain | 3.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 61 | Barbados | 3.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 61 | Germany | 3.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Poland | 3.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 61 | Romania | 3.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 61 | Russian Federation | 3.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 67 | Canada | 3.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 67 | Greece | 3.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 67 | Montenegro | 3.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 67 | Philippines | 3.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Serbia | 3.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 67 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 67 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 74 | Switzerland | 3.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 74 | Spain | 3.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 74 | Slovenia | 3.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 77 | Australia | 3.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 77 | Burkina Faso | 3.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 255.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Denmark | 3.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 77 | Jordan | 3.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 77 | Sweden | 3.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 82 | Mongolia | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 82 | New Caledonia | 3.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 84 | Malawi | 3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 84 | Nigeria | 3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 84 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 88 | Chile | 2.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 88 | Italy | 2.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 2.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 88 | Slovakia | 2.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.1% | flat |
| 92 | Iceland | 2.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 92 | Lithuania | 2.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 2.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 92 | El Salvador | 2.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 92 | Cabo Verde | 2.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 97 | Argentina | 2.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 97 | Czechia | 2.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 97 | Grenada | 2.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 97 | Latvia | 2.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 97 | Morocco | 2.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 97 | Malaysia | 2.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 97 | Norway | 2.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 97 | Peru | 2.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 105 | Bulgaria | 2.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 105 | Cyprus | 2.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 105 | Finland | 2.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 105 | Kiribati | 2.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 105 | Senegal | 2.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 110 | Estonia | 2.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | 2.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 2.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 110 | Uruguay | 2.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 110 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Bangladesh | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 115 | Saudi Arabia | 2.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 117 | Kenya | 2.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 118 | Angola | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 118 | Belize | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 118 | Bhutan | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 118 | Guinea | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 118 | Cambodia | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 118 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 124 | Georgia | 2.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 124 | Iraq | 2.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 124 | Mexico | 2.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 124 | Suriname | 2.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 124 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 129 | United Arab Emirates | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 129 | Indonesia | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 129 | French Polynesia | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Thailand | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 129 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 134 | Guatemala | 1.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 134 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 136 | Brazil | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 136 | Marshall Islands | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 136 | Nauru | 1.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 139 | Gabon | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 139 | Timor-Leste | 1.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 141 | Botswana | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 141 | Colombia | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 141 | Rwanda | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 141 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 145 | Costa Rica | 1.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 145 | Saint Lucia | 1.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 145 | Uganda | 1.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 145 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 149 | Afghanistan | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Liberia | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 149 | Mauritania | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 149 | Paraguay | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 153 | Mozambique | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 153 | Nicaragua | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 153 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 156 | Comoros | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 156 | Lesotho | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 156 | Panama | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 156 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.2 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 160 | Zambia | 1.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 162 | Honduras | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 162 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 162 | Pakistan | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 162 | Samoa | 1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 166 | Ecuador | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 166 | Haiti | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 166 | Eswatini | 0.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 169 | Ghana | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 169 | Gambia | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 169 | Madagascar | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 169 | Namibia | 0.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 173 | Ethiopia | 0.7 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 174 | Congo | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 76.0% | falling |
| 174 | Yemen | 0.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 176 | Solomon Islands | 0.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 177 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 3.5 g/cap/d
- South Africa 1.3 g/cap/d
About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.