Countries by protein supply per person
Iceland had the highest protein supply per person of 170 countries in 2018, at 151.92 grams per person per day. Democratic Republic of the Congo had the lowest, at 29.22 grams per person per day. The median was 91.29 grams per person per day and the figure for the World was 88.88 grams per person per day. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Map of countries, 2018
- Under 62
- 62 to 76
- 76 to 91
- 91 to 100
- 100 to 110
- 110 and over
- No data
Top 40 countries, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland Estimated | 151.92 | -0.4% |
| 2 | Hong Kong Estimated | 142.06 | -4.1% |
| 3 | Israel Estimated | 131.06 | +0.2% |
| 4 | Norway Estimated | 129.59 | +2.4% |
| 5 | Denmark Estimated | 128.84 | +4.4% |
| 6 | Montenegro Estimated | 125.68 | +1.4% |
| 7 | Ireland Estimated | 125.18 | -0.7% |
| 8 | Serbia Estimated | 124.65 | +3.1% |
| 9 | Lithuania Estimated | 122.74 | -3.1% |
| 10 | Finland Estimated | 122.53 | +1.3% |
| 11 | Macao Estimated | 121.19 | -0.9% |
| 12 | United States Estimated | 120.66 | +1.2% |
| 13 | Portugal Estimated | 120.41 | +0.7% |
| 14 | China Estimated | 120.03 | +1% |
| 15 | Australia Estimated | 118.26 | +0.7% |
| 16 | France Estimated | 117.65 | -0.4% |
| 17 | Canada Estimated | 117.06 | +3.1% |
| 18 | Poland Estimated | 114.73 | +0.5% |
| 19 | Albania Estimated | 114.61 | -1.5% |
| 19 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 114.61 | +2.7% |
| 21 | Spain Estimated | 114.12 | +3.6% |
| 22 | Malta Estimated | 113.84 | -3% |
| 23 | Romania Estimated | 113.73 | 0% |
| 24 | Mongolia Estimated | 113.62 | +6.9% |
| 25 | Italy Estimated | 113.59 | +0.8% |
| 26 | Argentina Estimated | 112.57 | +2.5% |
| 27 | Luxembourg Estimated | 111.77 | -0% |
| 28 | Estonia Estimated | 111.14 | +4.3% |
| 29 | Russia Estimated | 111.12 | -1.3% |
| 30 | Germany Estimated | 110.74 | +1.7% |
| 31 | French Polynesia Estimated | 110.64 | +3% |
| 32 | United Kingdom Estimated | 110.62 | 0% |
| 33 | Austria Estimated | 110.49 | +2.5% |
| 34 | Samoa Estimated | 110.16 | +3.1% |
| 35 | Greece Estimated | 109.91 | +4.1% |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 108.73 | +2.4% |
| 37 | South Korea Estimated | 107.93 | +0.9% |
| 38 | Sweden Estimated | 107.85 | -1.9% |
| 39 | Türkiye Estimated | 107.62 | +0.3% |
| 40 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 107.52 | +6.5% |
| 41 | Brazil Estimated | 107.16 | +2.6% |
| 42 | Netherlands Estimated | 107.11 | +2.3% |
| 43 | Kuwait Estimated | 106.08 | -1.8% |
| 44 | Latvia Estimated | 105.69 | -2.4% |
| 45 | Barbados Estimated | 105.59 | +2% |
| 46 | Slovenia Estimated | 105.13 | -0.9% |
| 47 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 104.26 | 0% |
| 48 | New Zealand Estimated | 104.11 | +5.5% |
| 49 | Morocco Estimated | 104.05 | +2.2% |
| 50 | Guyana Estimated | 103.92 | +5.6% |
| 51 | Croatia Estimated | 103.59 | +3.4% |
| 52 | Armenia Estimated | 103.53 | -1.8% |
| 53 | Chile Estimated | 103.38 | +2.4% |
| 54 | Maldives Estimated | 102.52 | -2% |
| 55 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 102.5 | +0.3% |
| 56 | Belarus Estimated | 102.08 | +0.8% |
| 56 | Tunisia Estimated | 102.08 | +0.8% |
| 58 | Seychelles Estimated | 101.31 | +3.5% |
| 59 | Switzerland Estimated | 100.49 | +0.9% |
| 60 | Belgium Estimated | 100.39 | +0.7% |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 99.4 | +0.4% |
| 62 | Myanmar Estimated | 98.72 | -1.1% |
| 63 | Panama Estimated | 98.22 | +14.8% |
| 64 | Taiwan Estimated | 97.15 | +4% |
| 65 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 97.12 | -5.8% |
| 66 | Mexico Estimated | 96.95 | +1.7% |
| 67 | North Macedonia Estimated | 96.81 | +2.8% |
| 68 | Cuba Estimated | 96.79 | -2.9% |
| 69 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 96.66 | +3.2% |
| 70 | Uruguay Estimated | 96.28 | +4.1% |
| 71 | Mauritius Estimated | 95.79 | +1.5% |
| 72 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 95.44 | 0% |
| 73 | Czechia Estimated | 95.29 | +0.1% |
| 74 | Grenada Estimated | 95.22 | +3.8% |
| 75 | New Caledonia Estimated | 94.84 | +0.7% |
| 76 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 94.7 | -0.4% |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 94.24 | -0.1% |
| 78 | Bahamas Estimated | 94.16 | +2.2% |
| 79 | Moldova Estimated | 94.15 | +1.6% |
| 80 | Hungary Estimated | 94.02 | +2.6% |
| 81 | Cyprus Estimated | 93.88 | -1.5% |
| 82 | Algeria Estimated | 93.25 | +2.3% |
| 83 | Egypt Estimated | 91.7 | -0.2% |
| 84 | Ukraine Estimated | 91.54 | -1.5% |
| 85 | Oman Estimated | 91.29 | -2.7% |
| 86 | Niger Estimated | 91.28 | +2.9% |
| 87 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 91.01 | +1.3% |
| 88 | Libya Estimated | 90.83 | +8.1% |
| 89 | Malaysia Estimated | 90.76 | -1.2% |
| 90 | Vietnam Estimated | 90.62 | +2% |
| 91 | Bulgaria Estimated | 89.89 | -1.2% |
| 92 | Gabon Estimated | 89.19 | +1.2% |
| 93 | Jamaica Estimated | 88.79 | +5.9% |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 87.89 | +3.1% |
| 95 | Peru Estimated | 86.48 | +2.9% |
| 96 | Mauritania Estimated | 85.48 | +1.9% |
| 97 | Cape Verde Estimated | 84.18 | +0.9% |
| 98 | Fiji Estimated | 84.15 | +10.8% |
| 99 | Costa Rica Estimated | 84.02 | +1.9% |
| 100 | Georgia Estimated | 83.83 | -0.3% |
| 101 | Lebanon Estimated | 82.59 | +1.8% |
| 102 | Iran Estimated | 82.2 | -2.1% |
| 103 | Tajikistan Estimated | 81.03 | +5.9% |
| 104 | El Salvador Estimated | 80.98 | +1% |
| 105 | Kiribati Estimated | 80.9 | +1.3% |
| 106 | South Africa Estimated | 80.63 | +1.4% |
| 107 | Colombia Estimated | 80.55 | +2.6% |
| 108 | Indonesia Estimated | 80.35 | -0.5% |
| 109 | Bolivia Estimated | 80.28 | -0.4% |
| 110 | Nepal Estimated | 79.15 | +2.2% |
| 111 | Vanuatu Estimated | 79.07 | -2.2% |
| 112 | Laos Estimated | 78.86 | +0.3% |
| 113 | Ethiopia Estimated | 78.7 | -2% |
| 114 | Belize Estimated | 76.9 | -0.7% |
| 115 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 76.88 | +7.4% |
| 116 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 75.74 | +3.7% |
| 117 | Slovakia Estimated | 75.6 | -0.1% |
| 118 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 74.77 | +4.1% |
| 119 | Cameroon Estimated | 74.41 | +0.9% |
| 120 | Paraguay Estimated | 73.68 | -0.6% |
| 121 | Suriname Estimated | 73.42 | +7.3% |
| 122 | Philippines Estimated | 72.81 | +1.6% |
| 123 | Jordan Estimated | 72.51 | +0.2% |
| 124 | Syria Estimated | 72.2 | +1.7% |
| 125 | Djibouti Estimated | 72.15 | -0.2% |
| 126 | Iraq Estimated | 71.98 | +0.6% |
| 127 | Guatemala Estimated | 69.29 | -2.5% |
| 128 | Pakistan Estimated | 68.82 | -1.6% |
| 129 | Nicaragua Estimated | 67.55 | +1.3% |
| 130 | Namibia Estimated | 67.48 | 0% |
| 131 | Thailand Estimated | 67.28 | +1.3% |
| 132 | India Estimated | 66.17 | -0.9% |
| 133 | Ecuador Estimated | 65.89 | -1.8% |
| 134 | Malawi Estimated | 65.85 | +3% |
| 135 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 65.47 | -1.2% |
| 136 | Ghana Estimated | 65.18 | +3.2% |
| 137 | Senegal Estimated | 64.78 | +1.3% |
| 138 | Botswana Estimated | 64.04 | -0.1% |
| 139 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 63.85 | -0.9% |
| 140 | Bangladesh Estimated | 63.3 | +3.4% |
| 141 | Afghanistan Estimated | 62.84 | -3.8% |
| 142 | Comoros Estimated | 62.54 | -3.6% |
| 143 | Cambodia Estimated | 62.32 | +1.2% |
| 144 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 62.26 | -5.2% |
| 145 | Honduras Estimated | 61.93 | +2.9% |
| 146 | Nigeria Estimated | 60.86 | -1.7% |
| 147 | Kenya Estimated | 59.35 | +0.8% |
| 148 | Eswatini Estimated | 58.78 | +0.8% |
| 149 | Tanzania Estimated | 58.55 | -0.3% |
| 150 | Rwanda Estimated | 58.44 | -2.3% |
| 151 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 57.62 | -0.3% |
| 152 | Lesotho Estimated | 57.3 | -4.8% |
| 153 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 57.25 | +2% |
| 154 | Gambia Estimated | 57.17 | -6.9% |
| 155 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 57.15 | +0.3% |
| 156 | North Korea Estimated | 56.94 | -2.5% |
| 157 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 56.37 | +2.9% |
| 158 | Guinea Estimated | 55.26 | +2.8% |
| 159 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 54.38 | -0.1% |
| 160 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 53.21 | +0.4% |
| 161 | Venezuela Estimated | 52.54 | -10% |
| 162 | Angola Estimated | 51.99 | -1.7% |
| 163 | Zambia Estimated | 51.95 | -0.5% |
| 164 | Uganda Estimated | 51.81 | +4.1% |
| 165 | Haiti Estimated | 50.96 | -2.8% |
| 166 | Yemen Estimated | 47.8 | -2.5% |
| 167 | Liberia Estimated | 43.29 | -3.6% |
| 168 | Mozambique Estimated | 42.57 | -0.9% |
| 169 | Madagascar Estimated | 41.17 | -0.8% |
| 170 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 29.22 | -1.3% |
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About this ranking
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 2018 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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Which country has the highest protein supply per person?
Iceland, with 151.92 grams per person per day in 2018, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Which country has the lowest protein supply per person?
Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 29.22 grams per person per day in 2018.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Food Balances: Food Balances (2010-) (FBS): Grand Total, protein supply quantity, g/capita/day (item 2901, element 674). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 8 countries have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.