Countries by protein supply per person

Iceland had the highest protein supply per person of 176 countries in 2020, at 150.86 grams per person per day. Democratic Republic of the Congo had the lowest, at 28.28 grams per person per day. The median was 91.45 grams per person per day and the figure for the World was 90.11 grams per person per day. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest150.86Iceland

Lowest28.28Democratic Republic of the Congo

Median91.45176 countries

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Map of countries, 2020

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grams per person per day, 2020. 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, 2020

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	2020 grams per person per day	Change on 2019
1	Iceland Estimated	150.86	-1.1%
2	Hong Kong Estimated	144.38	-3%
3	Israel Estimated	133.56	+2.3%
4	Serbia Estimated	130.49	+2.1%
5	Norway Estimated	129.74	-0.5%
6	Mongolia Estimated	128.3	+8.1%
7	Denmark Estimated	127.61	+2.8%
8	Ireland Estimated	127.39	-0.9%
9	Lithuania Estimated	126.95	+0.1%
10	Montenegro Estimated	126.45	0%
11	United States Estimated	124.35	+1.9%
12	Australia Estimated	123.88	+1.8%
13	Tonga Estimated	123.36	-5.6%
14	Finland Estimated	123.05	+1%
15	China Estimated	122.38	+0.8%
16	Poland Estimated	119.18	+1.4%
17	France Estimated	118.41	0%
18	Argentina Estimated	117.6	+3%
19	Belarus Estimated	117.33	+4.1%
20	Luxembourg Estimated	116.74	+2.6%
21	Portugal Estimated	115.86	-2.9%
22	Canada Estimated	115.84	+0.2%
23	Albania Estimated	115.1	-2.4%
24	Italy Estimated	114.29	-0.5%
25	Russia Estimated	113.68	+1.2%
26	Qatar Estimated	113.39	-0.7%
27	Spain Estimated	113.36	-2%
28	Türkiye Estimated	113.02	+6.1%
29	Bahrain Estimated	112.39	+2.8%
30	Kuwait Estimated	112.36	+1%
31	Sweden Estimated	112.35	-0.7%
32	French Polynesia Estimated	112.04	+1.8%
33	Netherlands Estimated	111.35	+3.6%
34	United Kingdom Estimated	111.15	+3.1%
35	United Arab Emirates Estimated	110.81	+19.2%
36	Germany Estimated	110.64	+0.3%
37	Belgium Estimated	110.52	+3.7%
38	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	110.51	-4.2%
39	Romania Estimated	109.75	-0.4%
40	Nauru Estimated	109.07	-0.9%
41	Barbados Estimated	109.02	+2.2%
42	Austria Estimated	109	-1.2%
43	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	108.99	-0.8%
44	Saudi Arabia Estimated	108.81	+2.7%
45	Macao Estimated	108.7	-6.7%
46	Marshall Islands Estimated	108.05	+12.1%
47	Estonia Estimated	107.87	-2.4%
48	Samoa Estimated	106.73	+2.4%
49	South Korea Estimated	106.36	-0.5%
50	Croatia Estimated	106.12	-0.6%
51	Latvia Estimated	105.46	-2.9%
52	Uzbekistan Estimated	105.38	-0%
53	Chile Estimated	104.5	+0.8%
54	North Macedonia Estimated	104.27	+3.4%
55	Slovenia Estimated	104.25	-2.2%
56	Guyana Estimated	104.2	+5.4%
57	Armenia Estimated	104.12	-0.4%
58	Malta Estimated	104.01	+3.1%
59	Tunisia Estimated	103.62	+0.1%
60	Brazil Estimated	103.57	-0%
61	Switzerland Estimated	103.51	+3.7%
62	New Caledonia Estimated	103.06	+1%
63	Turkmenistan Estimated	102.37	+0.1%
64	Tuvalu Estimated	102.1	+9.9%
65	Seychelles Estimated	101.21	+1.3%
66	Saint Lucia Estimated	101.13	+7.9%
67	Bahamas Estimated	100.41	+8.6%
68	Greece Estimated	100.1	-5.9%
69	Taiwan Estimated	99.94	+2.7%
70	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	99.68	+10.9%
71	Morocco Estimated	99.17	-3%
72	Uruguay Estimated	99.1	-1.7%
73	Grenada Estimated	98.81	+4.2%
74	Azerbaijan Estimated	98.77	-0.2%
75	Kazakhstan Estimated	98.3	+1.1%
76	New Zealand Estimated	98.03	-4.4%
77	Cyprus Estimated	97.76	-3.3%
78	Mexico Estimated	97.33	-0.4%
79	Mauritius Estimated	96.95	-0.6%
80	Maldives Estimated	95.93	-2.7%
81	Panama Estimated	95.8	-0.1%
82	Czechia Estimated	95.65	+0.4%
83	Moldova Estimated	94.83	+2.1%
84	Burkina Faso Estimated	93.56	+0.1%
85	Vietnam Estimated	93.4	+1.4%
86	Oman Estimated	92.93	+2.1%
87	Algeria Estimated	92.82	-1.9%
88	Egypt Estimated	91.92	+1%
89	Niger Estimated	90.97	+0.2%
90	Ukraine Estimated	90.62	-2.9%
91	Hungary Estimated	90.56	-4%
92	Peru Estimated	90.29	+1.9%
93	Georgia Estimated	89.7	+3.1%
93	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	89.7	-5.3%
95	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	89.66	-4.1%
96	Malaysia Estimated	89.26	+0.9%
97	Costa Rica Estimated	88.69	-0.7%
98	Jamaica Estimated	87.5	-3.8%
98	Libya Estimated	87.5	+3.5%
100	Gabon Estimated	87.27	+0.4%
101	Cape Verde Estimated	87.01	+2%
102	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	86.89	+1%
103	Bulgaria Estimated	85.78	-3.6%
104	El Salvador Estimated	85.52	-0%
105	Nepal Estimated	84.67	+3.6%
106	Mauritania Estimated	84.18	-2.2%
107	Kiribati Estimated	84.12	+2%
108	Iran Estimated	82.17	+0.2%
109	South Africa Estimated	81.91	+2.6%
110	Tajikistan Estimated	81.85	-0.7%
111	Myanmar Estimated	81.2	-16.5%
112	Colombia Estimated	81.03	-1.1%
113	Ethiopia Estimated	80.8	+1.3%
114	Bolivia Estimated	80.38	-1.3%
115	Dominican Republic Estimated	80.14	+2.1%
116	Fiji Estimated	80.13	-2.2%
117	Laos Estimated	79.57	+1.4%
118	Belize Estimated	79.38	-1.7%
119	Slovakia Estimated	79.06	-0.2%
120	Lebanon Estimated	78.51	-3.3%
121	Bhutan Estimated	78.43	+4.2%
122	Micronesia Estimated	77.76	-1.3%
123	Paraguay Estimated	77.37	+3.5%
124	Vanuatu Estimated	77.34	+0.8%
125	Sri Lanka Estimated	76.85	+5.5%
126	Indonesia Estimated	76.83	-4.3%
127	Syria Estimated	76.47	+5.1%
128	Suriname Estimated	76.13	-0.9%
129	Philippines Estimated	75.98	+0.1%
130	Djibouti Estimated	72.83	+1.3%
131	Cameroon Estimated	72.82	-1.5%
132	Pakistan Estimated	72.21	+1.8%
133	Nicaragua Estimated	71.95	+2.7%
134	Jordan Estimated	71.9	+4.7%
135	Iraq Estimated	71.81	-0.7%
136	Guatemala Estimated	71.63	+1.5%
137	India Estimated	69.96	+3.4%
138	Botswana Estimated	69.8	+7.7%
139	Ecuador Estimated	69.76	+4.4%
140	Thailand Estimated	68.33	+2.2%
141	Ghana Estimated	67.1	+3.1%
142	Senegal Estimated	66.87	+2.3%
143	Comoros Estimated	66.75	+8.1%
144	Namibia Estimated	66.44	+3.2%
145	Malawi Estimated	65.56	+0.6%
146	Bangladesh Estimated	65.31	+4.1%
147	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	64.37	+1.6%
148	Zimbabwe Estimated	63.76	+7.5%
149	Afghanistan Estimated	63.21	+3.9%
150	Papua New Guinea Estimated	62.9	-1.8%
151	Cambodia Estimated	61.17	-0.3%
152	Eswatini Estimated	61.14	+4.3%
153	Honduras Estimated	61.1	-0.9%
154	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	60.28	+3%
155	Venezuela Estimated	60.09	+5%
156	Timor-Leste Estimated	59.85	-1.5%
157	Nigeria Estimated	58.47	-2%
158	Guinea Estimated	57.78	+2.8%
159	Tanzania Estimated	57.29	+0.6%
160	Kenya Estimated	57.24	-4.9%
161	Gambia Estimated	56.97	-4.5%
162	Solomon Islands Estimated	56.51	-2.5%
163	Sierra Leone Estimated	55.75	+1.1%
164	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	55.65	+6.7%
165	Rwanda Estimated	55.43	-2%
166	Yemen Estimated	54.11	+6.8%
167	Uganda Estimated	53.65	+23.4%
168	Republic of the Congo Estimated	51.21	-0.9%
169	Lesotho Estimated	51.1	-1.4%
170	Haiti Estimated	49.28	+2.7%
171	Mozambique Estimated	46.66	+5.6%
172	Angola Estimated	46.64	-4.2%
173	Zambia Estimated	45.61	-1.6%
174	Liberia Estimated	45.29	+3.7%
175	Madagascar Estimated	38.02	-2.6%
176	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	28.28	-2.1%

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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. 2 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Iceland, with 150.86 grams per person per day in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 28.28 grams per person per day in 2020.

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