Wheat and products — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country
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What the numbers show
Wheat and products — Protein supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 53.4 g/cap/d in Serbia; the lowest is 0.62 g/cap/d in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.99 g/cap/d, and the mean is 16.95 g/cap/d.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 86.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 141.1%), and the largest decrease in Liberia (down 67.6%).
Wheat and products — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbia | 53.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 2 | Tunisia | 46.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 44.42 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 4 | Morocco | 42.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 41.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 6 | Algeria | 40.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 38.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 35.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 9 | Tajikistan | 34.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 10 | Iraq | 33.75 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 11 | Egypt | 33.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 31.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 13 | Pakistan | 30.95 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 14 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 15 | Armenia | 30.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 16 | Italy | 29.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 17 | Argentina | 29.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 18 | Romania | 29.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 19 | Montenegro | 29.6 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 29.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 21 | Lebanon | 29.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 22 | Hungary | 27.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 23 | Chile | 27.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 24 | Georgia | 26.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 26.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 26 | Djibouti | 26.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 27 | Mauritius | 26.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 28 | Mauritania | 26.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 29 | Malta | 25.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 30 | Norway | 25.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 31 | Israel | 25.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 24.64 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 33 | Greece | 24.15 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 34 | Poland | 24 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 35 | Jordan | 23.97 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 36 | North Macedonia | 23.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 37 | New Zealand | 23.65 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 38 | Croatia | 23.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 39 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.56 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 40 | Uruguay | 23.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 41 | Slovenia | 23.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 42 | France | 23.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 43 | China, mainland | 22.85 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 44 | China | 22.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 22.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 46 | Switzerland | 22.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 47 | Albania | 22.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 47 | New Caledonia | 22.52 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 49 | Ukraine | 22.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 22.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 51 | Kuwait | 21.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 52 | Sweden | 21.58 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 53 | Austria | 21.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 54 | Portugal | 21 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 55 | Libya | 20.97 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 56 | Mongolia | 20.74 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 57 | Australia and New Zealand | 20.32 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 58 | Spain | 20.23 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 59 | Tonga | 20.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 60 | Qatar | 19.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 61 | Australia | 19.67 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 62 | Finland | 19.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 63 | Slovakia | 19.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 64 | Ireland | 19.13 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 65 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 66 | Lithuania | 18.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 67 | Denmark | 18.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 68 | Bahrain | 18.18 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 69 | Yemen | 18.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 70 | Iceland | 17.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 71 | India | 17.86 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 72 | Czechia | 17.61 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 73 | Bulgaria | 17.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 74 | Barbados | 17.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 75 | Cyprus | 17.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 76 | Germany | 17.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 77 | Canada | 16.59 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 78 | Marshall Islands | 16.47 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | falling |
| 79 | Belgium | 16.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 79 | Naoero | 16.41 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 81 | Saint Lucia | 16.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 82 | Latvia | 16.07 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 83 | French Polynesia | 15.91 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 84 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 15.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 85 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 86 | Jamaica | 15.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 87 | Seychelles | 15.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 88 | Samoa | 15.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 89 | Ethiopia | 15.19 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 90 | Maldives | 14.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 91 | Tuvalu | 14.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | flat |
| 92 | South Africa | 14.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 93 | Namibia | 14.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 94 | Belarus | 13.55 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 95 | Cuba | 13.39 g/cap/d | 2019 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 96 | Nepal | 13.35 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 97 | Gabon | 13.3 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 98 | Suriname | 12.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 99 | Republic of Korea | 12.97 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 100 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.17 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 101 | China, Taiwan Province of | 12.16 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 102 | Belize | 12.14 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 103 | Vanuatu | 12.11 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 104 | Botswana | 12.08 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 105 | Peru | 12.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 106 | Guyana | 11.89 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 107 | Brazil | 11.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 108 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 18.5% | flat |
| 109 | Fiji | 11.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 110 | Estonia | 11 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 111 | Senegal | 10.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 112 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 10.57 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 114 | Ecuador | 10.49 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 115 | Kiribati | 10.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 116 | Oman | 10.36 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 117 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 10.26 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 118 | Philippines | 10.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 110.7% | rising |
| 119 | Paraguay | 9.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 120 | China, Macao SAR | 9.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 121 | Congo | 9.63 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 122 | El Salvador | 9.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 123 | Grenada | 9.4 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 124 | Panama | 9.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 125 | Malaysia | 9.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 126 | Gambia | 9.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 127 | Haiti | 9.01 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 113.5% | rising |
| 128 | Guatemala | 8.81 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 8.8 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 130 | Dominican Republic | 8.46 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 131 | Eswatini | 8.34 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 132 | Zimbabwe | 8.1 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 133 | Papua New Guinea | 7.84 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 134 | Colombia | 7.76 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 135 | Cameroon | 7.51 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 136 | Solomon Islands | 7.27 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 137 | Bahamas | 7.25 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 138 | Mexico | 6.99 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 139 | Indonesia | 6.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 140 | Nicaragua | 6.77 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 141 | Lesotho | 6.73 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 142 | Honduras | 6.12 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 143 | Kenya | 5.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 144 | Bhutan | 5.43 g/cap/d | 2023 | — | rising |
| 145 | Mozambique | 4.98 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 146 | Angola | 4.79 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 147 | Comoros | 4.72 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 148 | Guinea | 4.71 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 149 | Nigeria | 4.54 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 150 | Thailand | 4.53 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 151 | Rwanda | 3.93 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 141.1% | rising |
| 152 | Ghana | 3.5 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 153 | Uganda | 3.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 154 | Burkina Faso | 3.05 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 155 | Bangladesh | 2.9 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 29.1% | flat |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.39 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 157 | Madagascar | 2.38 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 158 | Zambia | 2.29 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 31.6% | flat |
| 159 | Sierra Leone | 1.87 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 160 | Myanmar | 1.68 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 161 | Malawi | 1.31 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 162 | Niger | 1.03 g/cap/d | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 163 | Liberia | 0.69 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 67.6% | falling |
| 164 | Cambodia | 0.62 g/cap/d | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Africa 31.94 g/cap/d
- Türkiye 37.63 g/cap/d
- Central Asia 31.21 g/cap/d
- Western Asia 30.53 g/cap/d
- Eastern Europe 27.4 g/cap/d
- Southern Europe 26.39 g/cap/d
- Northern Europe 23.01 g/cap/d
- European Union (27) 21.96 g/cap/d
- Eastern Asia 21.08 g/cap/d
- Western Europe 19.43 g/cap/d
- Southern Asia 19.38 g/cap/d
- United States of America 18.14 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.