Share of the daily calorie supply that comes from animal protein by country

Countries reporting
192
Highest
12.84
Mongolia
Lowest
0.7135
Burundi
Median
6.06
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,214

What the numbers show

Share of the daily calorie supply that comes from animal protein is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 12.84 in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.7135 in Burundi.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.06, and the mean is 5.72.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 80.1%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 55.8%).

Share of the daily calorie supply that comes from animal protein: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 12.84 2023 up 34.3% rising
2 Iceland 11.57 2023 down 4.3% flat
3 Bahamas 10.95 2023 up 13.4% rising
4 Macau, China 10.81 2023 up 19.0% rising
5 Tonga 10.78 2023 falling
6 Antigua and Barbuda 10.7 2023 up 6.3% rising
7 Hong Kong, China 10.61 2023 down 12.9% rising
8 Belarus 10.09 2023 up 46.3% rising
9 Lithuania 9.96 2023 up 21.8% rising
10 Ireland 9.58 2023 up 16.3% rising
11 Netherlands 9.4 2023 down 5.3% rising
12 French Polynesia 9.38 2023 down 2.3% rising
13 Portugal 9.31 2023 up 8.9% rising
14 Denmark 9.29 2023 up 6.3% rising
15 Spain 9.28 2023 up 5.6% rising
16 Finland 9.28 2023 down 1.5% rising
17 Bermuda 9.27 2009 up 12.3% falling
18 Estonia 9.12 2023 up 28.0% rising
19 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.11 2023 up 20.2% rising
20 Australia 9.09 2023 down 3.9% flat
21 Luxembourg 9.06 2023 up 1.8% rising
22 Marshall Islands 9.02 2023 rising
23 Argentina 9 2023 up 4.9% flat
24 Montenegro 8.97 2023 up 3.3% rising
25 Naoero 8.72 2023 falling
26 France 8.65 2023 down 1.9% rising
27 Sweden 8.64 2023 down 8.6% rising
28 Latvia 8.58 2023 up 22.2% rising
29 Croatia 8.53 2023 up 23.2% rising
30 Samoa 8.5 2023 up 4.1% rising
31 Israel 8.48 2023 up 3.3% rising
32 United States of America 8.4 2023 down 0.2% falling
33 Grenada 8.39 2023 up 15.2% rising
34 Saint Lucia 8.36 2023 down 6.9% rising
35 Germany 8.33 2023 up 8.2% rising
36 Greece 8.31 2023 up 15.6% rising
37 Belgium 8.26 2023 up 25.6% rising
38 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.05 2023 down 3.6% rising
39 Japan 7.99 2022 up 9.9% rising
40 New Caledonia 7.98 2023 down 3.7% rising
41 Russian Federation 7.97 2023 up 5.8% rising
42 Cyprus 7.96 2023 up 14.2% rising
43 Brazil 7.94 2023 up 7.6% rising
44 Maldives 7.94 2023 down 29.9% rising
45 Norway 7.93 2023 up 2.3% rising
46 Canada 7.88 2023 up 11.3% falling
47 Albania 7.86 2023 up 8.8% rising
48 Chile 7.84 2023 up 8.9% rising
49 Turkmenistan 7.81 2023 up 18.6% rising
50 Seychelles 7.8 2023 up 20.2% rising
51 Poland 7.77 2023 up 10.6% rising
52 Taiwan, China 7.67 2023 up 14.2% rising
53 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.58 2023 up 0.6% rising
54 Uruguay 7.58 2023 up 19.0% falling
55 Malaysia 7.47 2023 down 0.8% rising
56 Switzerland 7.47 2023 down 0.7% rising
57 Netherlands Antilles 7.44 2009 down 11.5% rising
58 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.42 2023 up 18.3% rising
59 Barbados 7.41 2023 up 2.6% rising
60 Dominica 7.39 2022 up 24.1% rising
61 Republic of Korea 7.38 2023 up 18.9% volatile
62 Italy 7.37 2023 down 1.3% rising
63 Tuvalu 7.35 2023 flat
64 Czechia 7.3 2023 up 6.8% rising
65 Guyana 7.24 2023 up 14.8% rising
66 Costa Rica 7.19 2023 up 20.5% rising
67 Malta 7.15 2023 down 1.1% rising
68 Bulgaria 7.04 2023 up 11.3% rising
69 Mexico 6.97 2023 up 8.0% rising
70 Austria 6.97 2023 up 0.4% flat
71 Romania 6.91 2023 up 9.3% rising
72 Slovenia 6.85 2023 down 4.8% flat
73 New Zealand 6.84 2023 down 10.1% falling
74 Micronesia, Federated States of 6.83 2023 flat
75 Panama 6.75 2023 up 2.8% rising
76 Kazakhstan 6.75 2023 up 4.5% rising
77 Jamaica 6.73 2023 up 6.3% rising
78 Uzbekistan 6.67 2023 up 38.6% rising
79 USSR 6.65 1991 up 9.0% rising
80 Ukraine 6.58 2023 up 2.0% rising
81 Slovakia 6.55 2023 up 16.0% rising
82 Bahrain 6.54 2023 falling
83 Mauritius 6.48 2023 up 9.1% rising
84 Serbia 6.43 2023 up 1.5% rising
85 Armenia 6.41 2023 up 8.6% rising
86 Congo 6.36 2023 up 57.4% rising
87 Fiji 6.34 2023 up 53.3% rising
88 Brunei Darussalam 6.26 2009 down 0.1% rising
89 Ecuador 6.18 2023 down 7.7% rising
90 Peru 6.17 2023 up 16.3% rising
91 Gabon 6.16 2023 down 12.1% flat
92 Kyrgyzstan 6.15 2023 up 12.6% rising
93 China 6.13 2023 up 7.4% volatile
94 Qatar 6.11 2023 falling
95 United Arab Emirates 6.07 2023 up 36.9% falling
96 Kuwait 6.06 2023 down 6.6% rising
97 Hungary 6.06 2023 up 0.2% rising
98 Trinidad and Tobago 5.97 2023 down 14.9% rising
99 Colombia 5.95 2023 up 9.1% rising
100 Dominican Republic 5.83 2023 up 28.5% rising
101 Papua New Guinea 5.82 2023 down 13.8% falling
102 Kiribati 5.8 2023 up 13.8% rising
103 Georgia 5.72 2023 up 18.6% rising
104 Libya 5.7 2023 up 18.2% rising
105 Belize 5.66 2023 up 23.3% rising
106 Viet Nam 5.6 2023 up 19.4% rising
107 Republic of Moldova 5.59 2023 down 16.9% rising
108 Oman 5.52 2023 down 21.0% rising
109 South Africa 5.42 2023 up 5.5% rising
110 Chad 5.29 2022 up 35.0% rising
111 Zimbabwe 5.23 2023 down 9.2% volatile
112 Pakistan 5.18 2023 up 23.7% rising
113 El Salvador 5.11 2023 up 13.6% rising
114 Suriname 5.09 2023 up 1.3% rising
115 Cuba 5.07 2019 up 28.3% falling
116 North Macedonia 4.99 2023 up 4.4% rising
117 Türkiye 4.99 2023 up 24.3% rising
118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.98 2023 up 14.3% rising
119 Saudi Arabia 4.9 2023 down 10.9% rising
120 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4.86 2023 down 30.5% rising
121 Guatemala 4.81 2023 up 22.9% rising
122 Cape Verde 4.81 2023 up 10.6% rising
123 Azerbaijan 4.63 2023 up 9.3% rising
124 Jordan 4.45 2023 up 2.8% rising
125 Nicaragua 4.44 2023 up 34.2% falling
126 Mauritania 4.43 2023 down 1.6% falling
127 Lebanon 4.23 2023 up 1.4% rising
128 Tajikistan 4.21 2023 up 31.9% rising
129 Vanuatu 4.18 2023 down 5.3% falling
130 Timor-Leste 4.17 2023 up 22.5% falling
131 Indonesia 4.13 2023 up 46.5% rising
132 Tunisia 3.98 2023 up 8.3% rising
133 Botswana 3.92 2023 up 8.2% falling
134 Honduras 3.89 2023 up 16.0% rising
135 Philippines 3.83 2023 down 14.2% rising
136 Thailand 3.81 2023 down 7.0% rising
137 Sao Tome and Principe 3.74 2023 up 20.3% rising
138 Somalia 3.72 2022 down 39.6% falling
139 Lesotho 3.66 2023 up 34.2% rising
140 Central African Republic 3.5 2022 down 4.3% rising
141 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.45 2023 down 9.7% rising
142 Morocco 3.43 2023 up 0.7% rising
143 Egypt 3.41 2023 up 5.0% rising
144 Paraguay 3.4 2023 down 23.2% falling
145 Solomon Islands 3.37 2023 up 16.3% falling
146 Cambodia 3.31 2023 up 8.9% rising
147 Myanmar 3.28 2023 down 45.3% volatile
148 Comoros 3.28 2023 up 11.3% rising
149 Algeria 3.27 2023 down 4.8% rising
150 Namibia 3.26 2023 down 12.9% falling
151 Syrian Arab Republic 3.2 2023 up 6.5% rising
152 Gambia 3.19 2023 up 38.1% rising
153 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.18 2023 up 36.8% rising
154 India 3 2023 up 51.7% rising
155 Sudan 2.98 2022 down 18.9% falling
156 Bangladesh 2.84 2023 up 53.1% rising
157 Kenya 2.71 2023 down 8.9% rising
158 Sri Lanka 2.68 2023 down 3.1% rising
159 Eswatini 2.49 2023 down 26.6% falling
160 Uganda 2.48 2023 up 4.1% rising
161 Haiti 2.45 2023 up 14.7% rising
162 Zambia 2.45 2023 down 12.2% rising
163 Malawi 2.44 2023 up 80.1% rising
164 Yemen 2.42 2023 down 7.2% rising
165 Angola 2.39 2023 down 27.2% rising
166 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 2.38 2018 up 27.5% falling
167 Iraq 2.37 2023 down 10.9% falling
168 Burkina Faso 2.33 2023 up 27.4% rising
169 Senegal 2.31 2023 down 18.0% flat
170 Sierra Leone 2.3 2023 down 12.6% rising
171 Côte d'Ivoire 2.25 2023 up 31.7% falling
172 Djibouti 2.24 2023 down 6.7% falling
173 Nepal 2.21 2023 up 14.1% rising
174 Ghana 2.21 2023 down 5.6% falling
175 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.19 2023 up 16.7% falling
176 Liberia 2.1 2023 up 9.1% rising
177 Benin 2.06 2022 down 19.3% rising
178 Bhutan 1.96 2023 falling
179 Cameroon 1.93 2023 down 3.2% rising
180 Guinea 1.74 2023 down 8.7% rising
181 Mozambique 1.59 2023 up 18.7% rising
182 Afghanistan 1.51 2023 down 31.8% flat
183 Niger 1.43 2023 down 12.8% falling
184 Mali 1.41 2022 down 55.8% falling
185 Guinea-Bissau 1.4 2023 down 28.6% falling
186 Togo 1.33 2022 down 18.8% rising
187 Ethiopia 1.08 2023 down 10.1% falling
188 Nigeria 1.07 2023 down 25.2% falling
189 Rwanda 1.06 2023 down 25.4% rising
190 Madagascar 1.01 2023 down 26.8% falling
191 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.7246 2023 up 2.5% flat
192 Burundi 0.7135 2022 down 0.4% flat

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Share of the daily calorie supply that comes from animal protein
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
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Coverage
192 places, 10,214 data points, 1961–2023
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