Vegetables, other — 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
17 g/cap/d
China, mainland
Lowest
0.27 g/cap/d
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Median
2.3 g/cap/d
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
3,046

What the numbers show

Vegetables, other — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 17 g/cap/d in China, mainland; the lowest is 0.27 g/cap/d in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.3 g/cap/d, and the mean is 2.99 g/cap/d.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 63.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 423.5%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 78.6%).

Vegetables, other — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China, mainland 17 g/cap/d 2023 up 21.0% rising
2 China 16.77 g/cap/d 2023 up 21.0% rising
3 Laos 12.02 g/cap/d 2023 up 2.4% rising
3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.02 g/cap/d 2023 up 2.4% rising
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.73 g/cap/d 2023 up 14.6% rising
6 Vietnam 10.78 g/cap/d 2023 up 26.7% rising
6 Viet Nam 10.78 g/cap/d 2023 up 26.7% rising
8 China, Hong Kong SAR 9.56 g/cap/d 2023 up 54.9% rising
9 Tonga 9.27 g/cap/d 2023 — rising
10 Nepal 9.15 g/cap/d 2023 up 26.6% rising
11 Oman 8.76 g/cap/d 2023 up 144.0% rising
12 Albania 8.21 g/cap/d 2023 up 59.4% rising
13 Republic of Korea 8.18 g/cap/d 2023 down 6.8% falling
14 Guyana 7.92 g/cap/d 2023 up 156.3% rising
15 North Macedonia 7.36 g/cap/d 2023 up 30.5% rising
16 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6.62 g/cap/d 2018 down 7.3% flat
17 Uzbekistan 6.55 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.2% rising
18 Armenia 6.09 g/cap/d 2023 down 37.5% falling
19 Cuba 5.82 g/cap/d 2019 down 3.0% flat
20 Kazakhstan 5.65 g/cap/d 2023 up 22.0% rising
21 Tunisia 5.57 g/cap/d 2023 down 4.8% rising
22 Bahamas 5.53 g/cap/d 2023 up 25.4% rising
23 China, Taiwan Province of 5.47 g/cap/d 2023 up 0.9% flat
24 Belarus 5.3 g/cap/d 2023 up 1.1% falling
25 Algeria 5.25 g/cap/d 2023 up 15.1% rising
26 China, Macao SAR 5.2 g/cap/d 2023 up 27.1% rising
27 Fiji 5.15 g/cap/d 2023 up 140.7% rising
28 Kyrgyzstan 5 g/cap/d 2023 up 44.1% rising
29 Croatia 4.96 g/cap/d 2023 up 107.5% rising
30 Tajikistan 4.76 g/cap/d 2023 up 30.1% rising
31 Vanuatu 4.7 g/cap/d 2023 up 45.5% rising
32 Belgium 4.57 g/cap/d 2023 up 7.0% rising
33 Ukraine 4.55 g/cap/d 2023 down 11.1% falling
34 Dominican Republic 4.45 g/cap/d 2023 up 423.5% volatile
35 Myanmar 4.36 g/cap/d 2023 down 2.2% flat
36 New Zealand 4.3 g/cap/d 2023 down 2.5% falling
37 Tuvalu 4.12 g/cap/d 2023 — rising
38 Israel 4.08 g/cap/d 2023 down 13.4% falling
39 Turkey 3.8 g/cap/d 2023 down 0.5% flat
39 Türkiye 3.8 g/cap/d 2023 down 0.5% flat
41 Zimbabwe 3.61 g/cap/d 2023 up 362.8% volatile
42 Jamaica 3.53 g/cap/d 2023 up 10.0% rising
43 India 3.51 g/cap/d 2023 up 14.7% rising
44 Hungary 3.38 g/cap/d 2023 up 37.4% rising
45 Philippines 3.29 g/cap/d 2023 up 0.6% flat
46 Serbia 3.19 g/cap/d 2023 down 19.8% falling
47 Libya 3.18 g/cap/d 2023 up 14.0% rising
48 Seychelles 3.16 g/cap/d 2023 up 32.2% rising
49 Qatar 3.15 g/cap/d 2023 — flat
50 Moldova 3.01 g/cap/d 2023 up 9.9% flat
50 Republic of Moldova 3.01 g/cap/d 2023 up 9.9% flat
52 Caribbean 3 g/cap/d 2023 up 11.1% rising
53 Barbados 2.97 g/cap/d 2023 up 12.5% rising
54 France 2.96 g/cap/d 2023 down 6.9% falling
54 New Caledonia 2.96 g/cap/d 2023 down 1.0% flat
56 Azerbaijan 2.94 g/cap/d 2023 up 5.8% rising
57 Melanesia 2.91 g/cap/d 2023 down 2.0% falling
58 Portugal 2.89 g/cap/d 2023 down 7.7% falling
59 Burkina Faso 2.86 g/cap/d 2023 up 240.5% volatile
59 Luxembourg 2.86 g/cap/d 2023 up 2.5% falling
61 Malta 2.84 g/cap/d 2023 down 60.0% falling
62 Papua New Guinea 2.83 g/cap/d 2023 down 12.1% falling
63 Mauritius 2.81 g/cap/d 2023 up 74.5% rising
64 Austria 2.73 g/cap/d 2023 down 4.5% falling
65 Montenegro 2.7 g/cap/d 2023 up 19.5% rising
65 Australia and New Zealand 2.7 g/cap/d 2023 down 2.5% falling
67 Polynesia 2.67 g/cap/d 2023 up 113.6% rising
68 Canada 2.66 g/cap/d 2023 down 13.4% falling
68 Kuwait 2.66 g/cap/d 2023 down 57.6% falling
70 Switzerland 2.65 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.3% falling
71 Maldives 2.64 g/cap/d 2023 up 46.7% rising
72 Russia 2.63 g/cap/d 2023 down 8.4% falling
72 Russian Federation 2.63 g/cap/d 2023 down 8.4% falling
74 Djibouti 2.62 g/cap/d 2023 up 24.2% rising
74 Mongolia 2.62 g/cap/d 2023 up 94.1% rising
74 Sierra Leone 2.62 g/cap/d 2023 down 7.1% flat
77 Kiribati 2.6 g/cap/d 2023 down 8.5% falling
78 Antigua and Barbuda 2.54 g/cap/d 2023 up 14.9% rising
78 Lebanon 2.54 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.9% falling
80 Niger 2.53 g/cap/d 2023 up 64.3% rising
80 Romania 2.53 g/cap/d 2023 down 50.2% falling
82 Egypt 2.51 g/cap/d 2023 down 4.2% falling
83 Grenada 2.5 g/cap/d 2023 up 30.9% rising
83 Ireland 2.5 g/cap/d 2023 down 21.6% falling
85 Cameroon 2.49 g/cap/d 2023 down 13.8% falling
86 Denmark 2.47 g/cap/d 2023 down 22.8% falling
87 Peru 2.46 g/cap/d 2023 up 2.1% rising
88 Slovakia 2.44 g/cap/d 2023 up 41.0% flat
89 Nigeria 2.42 g/cap/d 2023 down 11.0% falling
89 Slovenia 2.42 g/cap/d 2023 up 5.7% rising
91 Italy 2.39 g/cap/d 2023 down 45.2% falling
92 Australia 2.38 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.3% falling
93 United Kingdom 2.35 g/cap/d 2023 down 10.3% falling
93 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.35 g/cap/d 2023 down 10.3% falling
95 United States 2.33 g/cap/d 2023 up 1.3% flat
96 Bahrain 2.32 g/cap/d 2023 — falling
96 Germany 2.32 g/cap/d 2023 down 11.1% falling
98 El Salvador 2.28 g/cap/d 2023 up 43.4% rising
99 Sweden 2.27 g/cap/d 2023 down 11.3% falling
100 Cambodia 2.24 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.0% flat
100 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.24 g/cap/d 2023 down 14.5% flat
102 Norway 2.22 g/cap/d 2023 down 7.5% flat
103 Chile 2.21 g/cap/d 2023 up 4.2% flat
103 Poland 2.21 g/cap/d 2023 down 19.3% falling
105 Senegal 2.19 g/cap/d 2023 up 277.6% rising
106 Malaysia 2.14 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.1% falling
107 Kenya 2.12 g/cap/d 2023 up 10.4% rising
108 Greece 2.09 g/cap/d 2023 down 52.9% falling
109 Cyprus 2.07 g/cap/d 2023 down 25.3% falling
110 Micronesia 2.05 g/cap/d 2023 down 27.8% falling
111 Latvia 2.04 g/cap/d 2023 down 42.4% falling
112 Spain 2.02 g/cap/d 2023 down 13.3% falling
113 Guinea 2.01 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.5% falling
114 Belize 2 g/cap/d 2023 up 42.9% rising
115 Iceland 1.99 g/cap/d 2023 up 22.8% rising
115 Jordan 1.99 g/cap/d 2023 down 28.2% falling
115 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.99 g/cap/d 2023 — flat
118 Finland 1.97 g/cap/d 2023 down 17.9% falling
118 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.97 g/cap/d 2023 down 11.3% falling
120 Morocco 1.93 g/cap/d 2023 down 32.5% falling
120 Thailand 1.93 g/cap/d 2023 up 3.2% falling
122 Sri Lanka 1.92 g/cap/d 2023 up 46.6% rising
123 Syria 1.9 g/cap/d 2023 down 0.5% rising
123 Syrian Arab Republic 1.9 g/cap/d 2023 down 0.5% rising
125 Bhutan 1.89 g/cap/d 2023 — falling
126 Lithuania 1.88 g/cap/d 2023 down 37.7% falling
127 Bulgaria 1.86 g/cap/d 2023 up 20.8% rising
127 Czechia 1.86 g/cap/d 2023 down 6.1% flat
127 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.86 g/cap/d 2023 down 44.3% falling
130 United Republic of Tanzania 1.85 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.9% falling
131 Malawi 1.84 g/cap/d 2023 up 54.6% rising
132 Turkmenistan 1.8 g/cap/d 2023 up 4.0% flat
133 Bangladesh 1.74 g/cap/d 2023 up 70.6% rising
133 Estonia 1.74 g/cap/d 2023 down 49.4% falling
135 Angola 1.73 g/cap/d 2023 up 28.1% rising
135 East Timor 1.73 g/cap/d 2023 up 13.8% rising
135 Timor-Leste 1.73 g/cap/d 2023 up 13.8% rising
138 Suriname 1.72 g/cap/d 2023 down 26.5% falling
138 Uruguay 1.72 g/cap/d 2023 up 13.9% rising
140 Indonesia 1.71 g/cap/d 2023 up 9.6% rising
140 Trinidad and Tobago 1.71 g/cap/d 2023 up 40.2% rising
142 Afghanistan 1.67 g/cap/d 2023 up 25.6% rising
142 French Polynesia 1.67 g/cap/d 2023 up 11.3% flat
144 Argentina 1.65 g/cap/d 2023 down 14.9% falling
144 Cabo Verde 1.65 g/cap/d 2023 down 32.9% falling
146 Marshall Islands 1.63 g/cap/d 2023 — rising
147 Botswana 1.49 g/cap/d 2023 down 12.9% flat
148 Mexico 1.48 g/cap/d 2023 up 14.7% flat
149 United Arab Emirates 1.38 g/cap/d 2023 up 5.3% rising
149 Gabon 1.38 g/cap/d 2023 down 16.4% falling
151 Cote d'Ivoire 1.37 g/cap/d 2023 up 7.0% rising
151 Côte d'Ivoire 1.37 g/cap/d 2023 up 7.0% rising
153 Rwanda 1.36 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.0% falling
154 Liberia 1.34 g/cap/d 2023 down 6.3% falling
155 Saudi Arabia 1.33 g/cap/d 2023 down 45.9% falling
156 Guatemala 1.31 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.0% flat
157 Saint Lucia 1.3 g/cap/d 2023 up 41.3% rising
158 Georgia 1.27 g/cap/d 2023 down 4.5% flat
159 Brazil 1.24 g/cap/d 2023 down 2.4% flat
160 Uganda 1.23 g/cap/d 2023 down 20.1% falling
161 Lesotho 1.16 g/cap/d 2023 up 7.4% flat
161 Paraguay 1.16 g/cap/d 2023 up 31.8% rising
163 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.07 g/cap/d 2023 down 18.3% falling
164 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.06 g/cap/d 2023 up 2.9% flat
165 Iraq 1.01 g/cap/d 2023 down 65.5% falling
166 Guinea-Bissau 0.99 g/cap/d 2023 down 10.0% falling
167 Zambia 0.96 g/cap/d 2023 down 25.6% falling
168 Honduras 0.94 g/cap/d 2023 down 14.5% falling
169 Sao Tome and Principe 0.92 g/cap/d 2023 up 100.0% rising
170 Colombia 0.85 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged rising
170 Ecuador 0.85 g/cap/d 2023 up 13.3% rising
170 Haiti 0.85 g/cap/d 2023 down 14.1% falling
173 South Africa 0.82 g/cap/d 2023 down 5.7% falling
174 Nicaragua 0.79 g/cap/d 2023 up 23.4% rising
175 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.74 g/cap/d 2023 up 15.6% volatile
175 Madagascar 0.74 g/cap/d 2023 down 17.8% falling
177 Samoa 0.71 g/cap/d 2023 down 22.8% falling
178 Pakistan 0.7 g/cap/d 2023 up 27.3% rising
179 Eswatini 0.68 g/cap/d 2023 up 3.0% falling
180 Ethiopia 0.66 g/cap/d 2023 down 20.5% falling
180 Panama 0.66 g/cap/d 2023 up 43.5% rising
182 Costa Rica 0.63 g/cap/d 2023 down 30.0% falling
183 Gambia 0.61 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.2% falling
184 Comoros 0.6 g/cap/d 2023 up 22.4% rising
185 Mauritania 0.58 g/cap/d 2023 down 46.8% rising
186 Nauru 0.57 g/cap/d 2023 — falling
186 Nauru 0.57 g/cap/d 2023 — falling
188 Namibia 0.54 g/cap/d 2023 down 34.9% falling
188 Solomon Islands 0.54 g/cap/d 2023 down 19.4% falling
190 Congo 0.51 g/cap/d 2023 down 78.6% falling
191 Mozambique 0.41 g/cap/d 2023 down 12.8% falling
192 Ghana 0.34 g/cap/d 2023 down 10.5% flat
193 Yemen 0.32 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.8% falling
194 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.27 g/cap/d 2023 down 22.9% falling

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Indicator
Vegetables, other — 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.