Countries by protein supply per person

Iceland had the highest protein supply per person of 170 countries in 2016, at 148.18 grams per person per day. Democratic Republic of the Congo had the lowest, at 29.3 grams per person per day. The median was 90.02 grams per person per day and the figure for the World was 87.56 grams per person per day. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest148.18Iceland

Lowest29.3Democratic Republic of the Congo

Median90.02170 countries

World87.56History

Map of countries, 2016

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61 to 75
75 to 88
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110 and over
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grams per person per day, 2016. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: FAOSTAT, Food Balances: Food Balances (2010-) (FBS): Grand Total, protein supply quantity, g/capita/day (item 2901, element 674). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2016

grams per person per day. Source: FAOSTAT, Food Balances: Food Balances (2010-) (FBS): Grand Total, protein supply quantity, g/capita/day (item 2901, element 674). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2016 grams per person per day	Change on 2015
1	Iceland Estimated	148.18	0%
2	Hong Kong Estimated	143.38	+5.5%
3	Israel Estimated	130.48	+1.8%
4	Lithuania Estimated	125.62	+2.7%
5	Norway Estimated	124.19	-1.1%
6	Denmark Estimated	123.75	+0.6%
7	Montenegro Estimated	122.6	+3.9%
8	Australia Estimated	120.5	+0.8%
9	Finland Estimated	120.23	+0.4%
10	Serbia Estimated	119.36	-0.1%
11	Maldives Estimated	119.26	+2.1%
12	United States Estimated	118.57	+0.8%
13	Ireland Estimated	117.85	+0.3%
14	China Estimated	117.76	+1.9%
15	Portugal Estimated	117.65	+0.4%
16	Malta Estimated	116.84	+0.5%
17	France Estimated	116.44	+0.9%
18	Albania Estimated	115.77	+2.2%
19	Macao Estimated	115.5	-2.2%
20	Romania Estimated	113.78	+0.6%
21	Luxembourg Estimated	113.15	-1.1%
22	Poland Estimated	113.13	+2.6%
23	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	112.52	+4.8%
24	Samoa Estimated	112.4	+6.6%
25	Canada Estimated	111.41	+4.5%
26	United Kingdom Estimated	111.02	+0.9%
27	Italy Estimated	110.99	-0.9%
28	Russia Estimated	110.89	-1.2%
29	Spain Estimated	110.69	+1.5%
30	Sweden Estimated	110.42	-1.7%
31	Netherlands Estimated	110.32	-0.4%
32	Austria Estimated	109.72	+1.5%
33	Germany Estimated	109.38	-1.3%
34	Latvia Estimated	109.22	+3.6%
35	Kuwait Estimated	108.47	-2.9%
36	French Polynesia Estimated	108.43	-1.9%
37	Estonia Estimated	108.24	+0.6%
38	Argentina Estimated	108.08	-2.4%
39	Armenia Estimated	107.27	-0.3%
40	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	107.05	+1%
41	Slovenia Estimated	106.98	+1.5%
42	Mongolia Estimated	106.57	+0.5%
43	Türkiye Estimated	105.48	-1.9%
44	Greece Estimated	105.26	-1.1%
45	New Zealand Estimated	104.8	+4%
46	Uzbekistan Estimated	104.59	+0.8%
47	South Korea Estimated	104.51	+1%
48	Barbados Estimated	103.45	-1.2%
49	Brazil Estimated	103.23	-0.3%
50	Turkmenistan Estimated	103.19	+0.9%
51	Belgium Estimated	102.22	+2.2%
52	Tunisia Estimated	102.06	+0.3%
53	Morocco Estimated	101.73	-0.1%
54	Belarus Estimated	101.14	+0.3%
55	Saudi Arabia Estimated	101.04	-0.2%
56	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	101.02	+4.5%
57	Saint Lucia Estimated	101.01	+0.5%
58	Chile Estimated	100.3	+3.5%
59	Cuba Estimated	99.76	+8.8%
60	Switzerland Estimated	99.4	-1.1%
61	Myanmar Estimated	98.93	+0.9%
62	Croatia Estimated	98.39	+3.3%
63	Guyana Estimated	98.03	-3%
64	Seychelles Estimated	97.54	+4.6%
65	Czechia Estimated	96.86	+1.5%
66	Cyprus Estimated	95.4	-1.2%
67	Mexico Estimated	94.66	+1.1%
68	Bahamas Estimated	94.51	-1.5%
69	Taiwan Estimated	94.39	-1%
70	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	94.28	-1.8%
71	New Caledonia Estimated	93.69	+1.7%
72	Mauritius Estimated	93.4	-0.3%
73	Ukraine Estimated	93.07	+2.1%
74	Moldova Estimated	92.84	+4.7%
75	Azerbaijan Estimated	92.8	+0.6%
76	Algeria Estimated	92.76	-1.1%
77	Malaysia Estimated	92.32	+0.1%
78	North Macedonia Estimated	92.06	+1%
79	United Arab Emirates Estimated	91.46	-1.6%
80	Oman Estimated	91.15	-2.8%
81	Grenada Estimated	90.99	+11.6%
82	Hungary Estimated	90.53	+2.1%
83	Bulgaria Estimated	90.5	+3.9%
84	Niger Estimated	90.34	+3.1%
85	Egypt Estimated	90.07	-2.3%
86	Uruguay Estimated	89.97	-3.7%
87	Kazakhstan Estimated	89.53	+2.7%
88	Gabon Estimated	89.25	-6.9%
89	Libya Estimated	88.34	-3.3%
90	Vietnam Estimated	87.3	+1.5%
91	Iran Estimated	86.3	+1.5%
92	Panama Estimated	85.43	+1.8%
93	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	85.38	-0.6%
94	Mauritania Estimated	85.29	-0.6%
95	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	83.89	-10%
96	Peru Estimated	82.99	-0.3%
97	Jamaica Estimated	81.85	-1.9%
98	Georgia Estimated	81.84	-2.8%
99	Costa Rica Estimated	81.39	+4.2%
100	Laos Estimated	81.37	-0.1%
101	Belize Estimated	80.86	+2.8%
102	South Africa Estimated	80.78	+1.1%
103	El Salvador Estimated	80.25	+1.4%
104	Ethiopia Estimated	79.65	-0.2%
105	Cape Verde Estimated	79.56	+0.5%
106	Kiribati Estimated	79.33	+1.2%
107	Vanuatu Estimated	79.2	+1.1%
108	Bolivia Estimated	79.08	-0.7%
109	Lebanon Estimated	78.22	-0.1%
110	Colombia Estimated	77.31	+0.2%
111	Slovakia Estimated	76.96	+4.1%
112	Indonesia Estimated	76.07	+0.8%
113	Nepal Estimated	76	+3.5%
114	Cameroon Estimated	75.79	+0.4%
115	Jordan Estimated	75.72	0%
116	Burkina Faso Estimated	74.78	-0.5%
117	Djibouti Estimated	74.18	-2.8%
118	Syria Estimated	73.64	-3.3%
119	Tajikistan Estimated	73.35	+3%
120	Sri Lanka Estimated	72	-7.8%
121	Dominican Republic Estimated	70.42	+4.1%
122	Philippines Estimated	69.91	+2.1%
123	Guatemala Estimated	69.9	+0.5%
124	Suriname Estimated	68.78	+0.7%
125	Paraguay Estimated	68.48	+1%
126	Iraq Estimated	68.28	+2.9%
127	Fiji Estimated	67.95	-5.5%
128	Ecuador Estimated	67.55	-3.4%
129	Namibia Estimated	67.15	-0%
130	Thailand Estimated	66.91	-0.5%
131	Botswana Estimated	66.77	+0.3%
132	Pakistan Estimated	66.61	-1.7%
133	Papua New Guinea Estimated	66.4	+0.9%
134	Nicaragua Estimated	66.21	+2.7%
135	Comoros Estimated	65.82	+5.7%
136	India Estimated	65.04	+3%
137	Afghanistan Estimated	64.82	+1.4%
138	Timor-Leste Estimated	63.19	+1.3%
139	Gambia Estimated	62.73	+3.8%
140	Malawi Estimated	62.72	+0.7%
141	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	62.42	-0.8%
142	Senegal Estimated	62.18	+2.1%
143	Nigeria Estimated	60.9	+1.4%
144	Ghana Estimated	60.54	-3%
145	Cambodia Estimated	60.23	+0.3%
146	Honduras Estimated	60.15	+2.8%
147	Kenya Estimated	59.68	-2.2%
148	Bangladesh Estimated	59.49	-0.1%
149	Tanzania Estimated	59.12	+0.7%
150	Rwanda Estimated	59.05	+4.7%
151	Eswatini Estimated	58.75	+3.4%
152	North Korea Estimated	57.98	-1.1%
153	Zimbabwe Estimated	57.57	+2.2%
154	Venezuela Estimated	57.55	-17.6%
155	Lesotho Estimated	56.68	+1%
156	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	55.95	+1.8%
157	Solomon Islands Estimated	55.66	-2%
158	Guinea Estimated	53.86	+1.9%
159	Sierra Leone Estimated	53.51	-3.9%
160	Zambia Estimated	52.98	-0.4%
161	Haiti Estimated	52.36	+0.1%
162	Angola Estimated	50.8	-5.8%
163	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	49.25	+9.3%
164	Yemen Estimated	48.7	-8%
165	Republic of the Congo Estimated	48.07	-1.2%
166	Uganda Estimated	47.41	-14.6%
167	Liberia Estimated	43.73	+4.7%
168	Madagascar Estimated	41.7	+0.5%
169	Mozambique Estimated	40.69	-2.3%
170	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	29.3	-2.8%

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Protein available for human consumption, in grams, per person per day from all foods, as published in FAOSTAT's food balances (item "Grand Total"). FAO converts each food's supply into nutrients with food composition factors and divides by the resident population.

Supply, not intake: the food available for human consumption at retail level, from production plus imports minus exports, stock changes and non-food uses, divided by the population. Household waste and what is not eaten are included, so it is higher than what people actually eat. FAO compiles these balances itself from national production and trade data, so every value is marked as estimated. The series starts in 2010 with FAO's current food balance method; FAO's older balances for 1961 to 2013 use another method and are not included. FAO revises past years with each release.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 8 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Iceland, with 148.18 grams per person per day in 2016, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 29.3 grams per person per day in 2016.

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