Share of animal products in food supply in China

China: Share of animal products in food supply was 23.1% in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
23.1%
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
61st
of 168 countries
All-time high
23.2%
in 2016
All-time low
22.7%
in 2015
Years of data
5
2014–2018

Share of animal products in food supply in China, 2014–2018

05101520252014201620182014: 22.8 % of total2015: 22.7 % of total2016: 23.2 % of total2017: 23.1 % of total2018: 23.1 % of total

Source: FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data. Measured in % of total.

Analysis

The most recent figure for share of animal products in food supply in China is 23.1%, measured in 2018.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over five years.

China ranks 61st of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Share of animal products in food supply in China, year by year

Annual values for Share of animal products in food supply (% of total) in China, 2014 to 2018.
Year % of total Change
2014 22.8%
2015 22.7% -0.5%
2016 23.2% +2.0%
2017 23.1% -0.1%
2018 23.1% -0.1%

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of animal products in food supply in China?
Share of animal products in food supply in China was 23.1% in 2018, according to FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data.
What is the highest share of animal products in food supply recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 23.2% in 2016.
What is the lowest share of animal products in food supply recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 22.7% in 2015.
How does China rank for share of animal products in food supply?
China ranks 61st out of 168 countries with data for 2018.
Where does this China data come from?
The figures come from FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data, published as part of Share of animal products in food supply (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share of animal products in food supply (% of total)
Unit
% of total
Source
FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
168 places, 840 data points, 2014–2018
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Animal products supply is taken from New Food Balances (domain), Food Supply (element) of the Food Balance Sheet (FAOSTAT). FAOSTAT 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 caput 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. This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO license (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo). In addition to this license, some database specific terms of use are listed: Terms of Use of Datasets.