Countries by protein supply per person
Iceland had the highest protein supply per person of 177 countries in 2019, at 152.61 grams per person per day. Democratic Republic of the Congo had the lowest, at 28.88 grams per person per day. The median was 92.89 grams per person per day and the figure for the World was 89.4 grams per person per day. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Map of countries, 2019
- Under 62
- 62 to 79
- 79 to 91
- 91 to 100
- 100 to 110
- 110 and over
- No data
Top 40 countries, 2019
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2019 | Change on 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland Estimated | 152.61 | +0.5% |
| 2 | Hong Kong Estimated | 148.91 | +4.8% |
| 3 | Tonga Estimated | 130.69 | |
| 4 | Israel Estimated | 130.53 | -0.4% |
| 5 | Norway Estimated | 130.34 | +0.6% |
| 6 | Ireland Estimated | 128.56 | +2.7% |
| 7 | Serbia Estimated | 127.8 | +2.5% |
| 8 | Lithuania Estimated | 126.83 | +3.3% |
| 9 | Montenegro Estimated | 126.41 | +0.6% |
| 10 | Denmark Estimated | 124.11 | -3.7% |
| 11 | United States Estimated | 122.02 | +1.1% |
| 12 | Finland Estimated | 121.83 | -0.6% |
| 13 | Australia Estimated | 121.63 | +2.8% |
| 14 | China Estimated | 121.36 | +1.1% |
| 15 | Portugal Estimated | 119.28 | -0.9% |
| 16 | Mongolia Estimated | 118.72 | +4.5% |
| 17 | France Estimated | 118.39 | +0.6% |
| 18 | Albania Estimated | 117.96 | +2.9% |
| 19 | Poland Estimated | 117.56 | +2.5% |
| 20 | Macao Estimated | 116.56 | -3.8% |
| 21 | Spain Estimated | 115.67 | +1.4% |
| 22 | Canada Estimated | 115.62 | -1.2% |
| 23 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 115.34 | +0.6% |
| 24 | Italy Estimated | 114.86 | +1.1% |
| 25 | Qatar Estimated | 114.23 | |
| 26 | Argentina Estimated | 114.18 | +1.4% |
| 27 | Luxembourg Estimated | 113.82 | +1.8% |
| 28 | Sweden Estimated | 113.12 | +4.9% |
| 29 | Belarus Estimated | 112.75 | +10.5% |
| 30 | Russia Estimated | 112.29 | +1.1% |
| 31 | Kuwait Estimated | 111.27 | +4.9% |
| 32 | Estonia Estimated | 110.48 | -0.6% |
| 33 | Germany Estimated | 110.33 | -0.4% |
| 34 | Austria Estimated | 110.32 | -0.2% |
| 35 | Romania Estimated | 110.2 | -3.1% |
| 36 | French Polynesia Estimated | 110.1 | -0.5% |
| 36 | Nauru Estimated | 110.1 | |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 109.88 | +1.1% |
| 39 | Bahrain Estimated | 109.28 | |
| 40 | Latvia Estimated | 108.62 | +2.8% |
| 41 | United Kingdom Estimated | 107.86 | -2.5% |
| 42 | Netherlands Estimated | 107.44 | +0.3% |
| 43 | South Korea Estimated | 106.94 | -0.9% |
| 44 | Croatia Estimated | 106.73 | +3% |
| 45 | Barbados Estimated | 106.69 | +1% |
| 46 | Slovenia Estimated | 106.62 | +1.4% |
| 47 | Belgium Estimated | 106.58 | +6.2% |
| 48 | Türkiye Estimated | 106.52 | -1% |
| 49 | Greece Estimated | 106.34 | -3.2% |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 105.97 | +6.6% |
| 51 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 105.4 | +2.8% |
| 52 | Armenia Estimated | 104.53 | +1% |
| 53 | Samoa Estimated | 104.24 | -5.4% |
| 54 | Chile Estimated | 103.69 | +0.3% |
| 55 | Brazil Estimated | 103.59 | -3.3% |
| 56 | Tunisia Estimated | 103.51 | +1.4% |
| 57 | New Zealand Estimated | 102.57 | -1.5% |
| 58 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 102.28 | -1.9% |
| 59 | Morocco Estimated | 102.25 | -1.7% |
| 60 | New Caledonia Estimated | 102.09 | +7.6% |
| 61 | Cyprus Estimated | 101.09 | +7.7% |
| 62 | Malta Estimated | 100.92 | -11.3% |
| 63 | North Macedonia Estimated | 100.84 | +4.2% |
| 64 | Uruguay Estimated | 100.83 | +4.7% |
| 65 | Seychelles Estimated | 99.95 | -1.3% |
| 66 | Switzerland Estimated | 99.79 | -0.7% |
| 67 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 98.95 | +4.5% |
| 68 | Guyana Estimated | 98.86 | -4.9% |
| 69 | Maldives Estimated | 98.58 | -3.8% |
| 70 | Mexico Estimated | 97.69 | +0.8% |
| 71 | Mauritius Estimated | 97.49 | +1.8% |
| 72 | Taiwan Estimated | 97.3 | +0.2% |
| 73 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 97.2 | +0.6% |
| 73 | Myanmar Estimated | 97.2 | -1.5% |
| 75 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 96.42 | |
| 76 | Panama Estimated | 95.9 | -2.4% |
| 77 | Cuba Estimated | 95.29 | -1.5% |
| 78 | Czechia Estimated | 95.24 | -0.1% |
| 79 | Grenada Estimated | 94.79 | -0.5% |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 94.72 | +0.5% |
| 81 | Algeria Estimated | 94.65 | +1.5% |
| 82 | Hungary Estimated | 94.29 | +0.3% |
| 83 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 93.76 | -12.8% |
| 84 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 93.5 | -2% |
| 85 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 93.43 | +23.4% |
| 86 | Ukraine Estimated | 93.28 | +1.9% |
| 87 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 92.96 | +2.1% |
| 88 | Moldova Estimated | 92.89 | -1.3% |
| 88 | Tuvalu Estimated | 92.89 | |
| 90 | Bahamas Estimated | 92.43 | -1.8% |
| 91 | Vietnam Estimated | 92.13 | +1.7% |
| 92 | Egypt Estimated | 91.01 | -0.8% |
| 93 | Oman Estimated | 90.99 | -0.3% |
| 94 | Jamaica Estimated | 90.91 | +2.4% |
| 95 | Niger Estimated | 90.83 | -0.5% |
| 96 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 89.89 | -7.4% |
| 97 | Costa Rica Estimated | 89.34 | +6.3% |
| 98 | Bulgaria Estimated | 88.98 | -1% |
| 99 | Peru Estimated | 88.63 | +2.5% |
| 100 | Malaysia Estimated | 88.43 | -2.6% |
| 101 | Georgia Estimated | 87.02 | +3.8% |
| 102 | Gabon Estimated | 86.88 | -2.6% |
| 103 | Mauritania Estimated | 86.08 | +0.7% |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 86.01 | -2.1% |
| 105 | El Salvador Estimated | 85.54 | +5.6% |
| 106 | Cape Verde Estimated | 85.3 | +1.3% |
| 107 | Libya Estimated | 84.58 | -6.9% |
| 108 | Kiribati Estimated | 82.47 | +1.9% |
| 109 | Tajikistan Estimated | 82.41 | +1.7% |
| 110 | Iran Estimated | 81.98 | -0.3% |
| 111 | Fiji Estimated | 81.96 | -2.6% |
| 112 | Colombia Estimated | 81.92 | +1.7% |
| 113 | Nepal Estimated | 81.69 | +3.2% |
| 114 | Bolivia Estimated | 81.43 | +1.4% |
| 115 | Lebanon Estimated | 81.17 | -1.7% |
| 116 | Belize Estimated | 80.76 | +5% |
| 117 | Indonesia Estimated | 80.31 | -0% |
| 118 | South Africa Estimated | 79.85 | -1% |
| 119 | Ethiopia Estimated | 79.73 | +1.3% |
| 120 | Slovakia Estimated | 79.23 | +4.8% |
| 121 | Micronesia Estimated | 78.77 | |
| 122 | Laos Estimated | 78.51 | -0.4% |
| 123 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 78.47 | +2.1% |
| 124 | Suriname Estimated | 76.82 | +4.6% |
| 125 | Vanuatu Estimated | 76.76 | -2.9% |
| 126 | Philippines Estimated | 75.9 | +4.2% |
| 127 | Bhutan Estimated | 75.26 | |
| 128 | Paraguay Estimated | 74.72 | +1.4% |
| 129 | Cameroon Estimated | 73.93 | -0.6% |
| 130 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 72.86 | -2.6% |
| 131 | Syria Estimated | 72.76 | +0.8% |
| 132 | Iraq Estimated | 72.28 | +0.4% |
| 133 | Djibouti Estimated | 71.88 | -0.4% |
| 134 | Pakistan Estimated | 70.94 | +3.1% |
| 135 | Guatemala Estimated | 70.54 | +1.8% |
| 136 | Nicaragua Estimated | 70.07 | +3.7% |
| 137 | Jordan Estimated | 68.65 | -5.3% |
| 138 | India Estimated | 67.68 | +2.3% |
| 139 | Ecuador Estimated | 66.85 | +1.5% |
| 139 | Thailand Estimated | 66.85 | -0.6% |
| 141 | Senegal Estimated | 65.34 | +0.9% |
| 142 | Malawi Estimated | 65.19 | -1% |
| 143 | Ghana Estimated | 65.11 | -0.1% |
| 144 | Botswana Estimated | 64.81 | +1.2% |
| 145 | Namibia Estimated | 64.41 | -4.5% |
| 146 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 64.05 | -2.2% |
| 147 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 63.34 | -0.8% |
| 148 | Bangladesh Estimated | 62.73 | -0.9% |
| 149 | Comoros Estimated | 61.75 | -1.3% |
| 150 | Honduras Estimated | 61.66 | -0.4% |
| 151 | Cambodia Estimated | 61.34 | -1.6% |
| 152 | Afghanistan Estimated | 60.84 | -3.2% |
| 153 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 60.77 | -2.4% |
| 154 | Kenya Estimated | 60.22 | +1.5% |
| 155 | Nigeria Estimated | 59.67 | -2% |
| 156 | Gambia Estimated | 59.64 | +4.3% |
| 157 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 59.32 | +3% |
| 158 | Eswatini Estimated | 58.61 | -0.3% |
| 159 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 58.54 | +3.8% |
| 160 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 57.95 | +1.4% |
| 161 | Venezuela Estimated | 57.25 | +9% |
| 162 | Tanzania Estimated | 56.97 | -2.7% |
| 163 | Rwanda Estimated | 56.59 | -3.2% |
| 164 | Guinea Estimated | 56.23 | +1.8% |
| 165 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 55.16 | +1.4% |
| 166 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 52.14 | -8.9% |
| 167 | Lesotho Estimated | 51.81 | -9.6% |
| 168 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 51.65 | -2.9% |
| 169 | Yemen Estimated | 50.65 | +6% |
| 170 | Angola Estimated | 48.67 | -6.4% |
| 171 | Haiti Estimated | 47.98 | -5.8% |
| 172 | Zambia Estimated | 46.34 | -10.8% |
| 173 | Mozambique Estimated | 44.18 | +3.8% |
| 174 | Liberia Estimated | 43.68 | +0.9% |
| 175 | Uganda Estimated | 43.48 | -16.1% |
| 176 | Madagascar Estimated | 39.04 | -5.2% |
| 177 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 28.88 | -1.2% |
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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. 1 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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 152.61 grams per person per day in 2019, 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 28.88 grams per person per day in 2019.
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