Per capita sources of protein by country
Countries reporting
192
Highest
83.04
Niger
Lowest
22.98
Somalia
Median
43.93
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,214
What the numbers show
Per capita sources of protein is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 83.04 in Niger; the lowest is 22.98 in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 43.93, and the mean is 45.65.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 31.7%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 27.0%).
Per capita sources of protein: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 83.04 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 2 | China | 77.55 | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 76.33 | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 4 | Serbia | 73.18 | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 72.94 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 6 | Turkey | 71.13 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 7 | Tunisia | 70.93 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 70.69 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 9 | Morocco | 69.29 | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 10 | Algeria | 65.81 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 11 | Nepal | 65.58 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 12 | Egypt | 63.41 | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 63.3 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 14 | Mali | 63.15 | 2022 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 15 | North Macedonia | 59.74 | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 16 | Djibouti | 59.64 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 17 | Vietnam | 58.97 | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 58.94 | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 19 | Cameroon | 57.31 | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 20 | Norway | 56.53 | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 21 | Bhutan | 56.5 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 56.45 | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 23 | Benin | 56.38 | 2022 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 24 | Laos | 56.31 | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 25 | Qatar | 55.41 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 26 | Myanmar | 55.32 | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 27 | Senegal | 55.21 | 2023 | up 28.4% | flat |
| 28 | Iran | 54.78 | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 29 | Tajikistan | 54.62 | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 30 | India | 54.56 | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 31 | Guyana | 54.14 | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 32 | Afghanistan | 53.86 | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 53.8 | 2023 | up 30.8% | flat |
| 34 | Armenia | 53.05 | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 35 | Togo | 52.89 | 2022 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 36 | Syria | 52.47 | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 37 | Cuba | 52.38 | 2019 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 38 | Mauritius | 52.21 | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 39 | Montenegro | 52.15 | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 40 | El Salvador | 51.9 | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 41 | Sudan | 51.78 | 2022 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 42 | Israel | 51.15 | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 43 | Mauritania | 50.99 | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 44 | Barbados | 50.88 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 45 | Ghana | 50.67 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 46 | Rwanda | 50.65 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 47 | Nigeria | 50.45 | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 48 | Albania | 50.36 | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | 50.35 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 50 | Iraq | 49.87 | 2023 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 51 | USSR | 49.74 | 1991 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 52 | Turkmenistan | 49.68 | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 53 | Malawi | 49.68 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 54 | Lebanon | 49.67 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 49.64 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 49.6 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 57 | Romania | 49.37 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 49.25 | 2023 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 59 | Cape Verde | 49.1 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 60 | Philippines | 48.93 | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 61 | Belize | 48.59 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 62 | Finland | 48.51 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 63 | Cote d'Ivoire | 48.47 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 64 | Dominica | 48.36 | 2022 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 65 | Seychelles | 47.99 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 66 | Kuwait | 47.96 | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 67 | Indonesia | 47.83 | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 68 | New Zealand | 47.57 | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 69 | Russia | 47.53 | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 70 | Italy | 47.46 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 71 | South Korea | 47.41 | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 72 | Georgia | 47.39 | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 73 | Tonga | 46.82 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 74 | Tanzania | 46.69 | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 75 | Slovenia | 46.62 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 76 | Central African Republic | 46.54 | 2022 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 77 | Chad | 46.54 | 2022 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 78 | Botswana | 46.41 | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 79 | Argentina | 45.93 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 80 | Libya | 45.65 | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 81 | New Caledonia | 45.58 | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 82 | Guinea | 45.39 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 83 | Poland | 45.27 | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 84 | Iceland | 45.23 | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 85 | Peru | 45.23 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 86 | Chile | 45.2 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 87 | North Korea | 45.17 | 2018 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 88 | Malta | 44.93 | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 89 | United Kingdom | 44.92 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 90 | Ukraine | 44.73 | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 44.72 | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 92 | Oman | 44.48 | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 93 | Maldives | 44.38 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 94 | Vanuatu | 44.26 | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 95 | Marshall Islands | 44.13 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 96 | Australia | 44.05 | 2023 | up 17.8% | flat |
| 97 | Bahrain | 43.82 | 2023 | — | falling |
| 98 | Nauru | 43.75 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 99 | Portugal | 43.64 | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 43.6 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 101 | Gabon | 43.44 | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 102 | Trinidad and Tobago | 43.44 | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 103 | Comoros | 43.42 | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 104 | Hong Kong | 43.3 | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 105 | Guinea-Bissau | 43.2 | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 106 | Namibia | 43.18 | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 43.16 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 108 | Austria | 43.06 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 109 | Jamaica | 43.01 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 110 | Ireland | 42.96 | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 111 | Moldova | 42.93 | 2023 | up 24.6% | falling |
| 112 | Luxembourg | 42.8 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 113 | Mexico | 42.74 | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 114 | Eswatini | 42.72 | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 115 | South Africa | 42.67 | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 116 | Jordan | 42.64 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 117 | Cambodia | 42.53 | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 118 | Tuvalu | 42.4 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 119 | Belarus | 42.25 | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 120 | Canada | 42.21 | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 121 | Taiwan | 42.08 | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 122 | Croatia | 41.82 | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 123 | Greece | 41.79 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 124 | Dominican Republic | 41.71 | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 125 | East Timor | 41.68 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 126 | Uganda | 41.67 | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 127 | Uruguay | 41.55 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 128 | Cyprus | 41.47 | 2023 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 129 | Thailand | 41.45 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 130 | Kenya | 41.24 | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 131 | Panama | 41.14 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 132 | Pakistan | 40.84 | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 133 | France | 40.52 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 134 | Fiji | 40.42 | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 134 | Paraguay | 40.42 | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 136 | Guatemala | 40.41 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 137 | Japan | 40.41 | 2022 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 138 | Lithuania | 40.39 | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 139 | United States | 40.2 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 140 | Sweden | 40.04 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 141 | Hungary | 39.85 | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 142 | Denmark | 39.58 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 143 | Venezuela | 39.58 | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 144 | Brunei | 39.56 | 2009 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 145 | French Polynesia | 39.41 | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 146 | Belgium | 39.31 | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 147 | Spain | 39.25 | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 148 | Grenada | 39.16 | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 149 | Latvia | 39.15 | 2023 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 150 | Samoa | 39.05 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 151 | Gambia | 38.98 | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 152 | Malaysia | 38.68 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 153 | Macao | 38.62 | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 154 | Brazil | 38.51 | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 155 | Kiribati | 38.01 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 156 | Switzerland | 37.91 | 2023 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 37.81 | 2023 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 158 | Saint Lucia | 37.56 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 159 | Honduras | 37.47 | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 160 | Estonia | 37.2 | 2023 | down 26.6% | flat |
| 161 | Costa Rica | 36.84 | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 162 | Bolivia | 36.83 | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 163 | Colombia | 36.69 | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 36.29 | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 165 | Netherlands Antilles | 36.18 | 2009 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 166 | Mozambique | 35.98 | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 167 | Suriname | 35.98 | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 168 | Burundi | 35.9 | 2022 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 169 | Germany | 35.63 | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 170 | Netherlands | 35.62 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 171 | Zambia | 34.96 | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 172 | Mongolia | 34.87 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 173 | Madagascar | 34.55 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 174 | Czechia | 34.32 | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 175 | Yemen | 34.05 | 2023 | down 23.8% | flat |
| 176 | Haiti | 34 | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 177 | Liberia | 33.82 | 2023 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 178 | Bulgaria | 33.71 | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 179 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 33.5 | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 180 | Lesotho | 33.4 | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 181 | Angola | 33.14 | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 33.08 | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 183 | Slovakia | 32.55 | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 184 | Bahamas | 31.6 | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 185 | Papua New Guinea | 30.53 | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 186 | Antigua and Barbuda | 30.04 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 187 | Ecuador | 29.12 | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 188 | Bermuda | 27.92 | 2009 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 189 | Micronesia (country) | 26.99 | 2023 | — | falling |
| 190 | Congo | 24.09 | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 191 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 24.07 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 192 | Somalia | 22.98 | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |