Per capita sources of protein by country

Quantity that is available for consumption at the end of the supply chain. It does not account for consumer waste, so the quantity that is actually consumed may be lower.

Countries reporting
192
Highest
83.04 grams of protein per day per capita
Niger
Lowest
22.98 grams of protein per day per capita
Somalia
Median
43.93 grams of protein per day per capita
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 grams of protein per day per capita in Niger; the lowest is 22.98 grams of protein per day per capita in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 43.93 grams of protein per day per capita, and the mean is 45.65 grams of protein per day per capita.

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

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Indicator
Per capita sources of protein
Unit
grams of protein per day per capita
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
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Coverage
192 places, 10,214 data points, 1961–2023
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Quantity that is available for consumption at the end of the supply chain. It does not account for consumer waste, so the quantity that is actually consumed may be lower.