Countries by protein supply per person

Iceland had the highest protein supply per person of 176 countries in 2021, at 149.66 grams per person per day. Democratic Republic of the Congo had the lowest, at 28.6 grams per person per day. The median was 91.98 grams per person per day and the figure for the World was 90.91 grams per person per day. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest149.66Iceland

Lowest28.6Democratic Republic of the Congo

Median91.98176 countries

World90.91History

Map of countries, 2021

Under 66
66 to 78
78 to 90
90 to 100
100 to 110
110 and over
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grams per person per day, 2021. 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, 2021

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	2021 grams per person per day	Change on 2020
1	Iceland Estimated	149.66	-0.8%
2	Hong Kong Estimated	140.59	-2.6%
3	Tonga Estimated	139.63	+13.2%
4	Ireland Estimated	138.88	+9%
5	Israel Estimated	135.64	+1.6%
6	Serbia Estimated	132.57	+1.6%
7	Montenegro Estimated	130.42	+3.1%
8	Norway Estimated	128.41	-1%
9	Denmark Estimated	127.2	-0.3%
10	Lithuania Estimated	126.98	0%
11	China Estimated	126.4	+3.3%
12	Mongolia Estimated	126.09	-1.7%
13	Finland Estimated	124.7	+1.3%
14	United States Estimated	121.05	-2.7%
15	Argentina Estimated	119.98	+2%
16	Poland Estimated	119.69	+0.4%
17	France Estimated	119.23	+0.7%
18	Portugal Estimated	117.93	+1.8%
19	Australia Estimated	117.84	-4.9%
20	Luxembourg Estimated	117.17	+0.4%
21	Italy Estimated	116.73	+2.1%
22	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	116.2	+5.1%
23	Marshall Islands Estimated	116.11	+7.5%
24	Russia Estimated	114.74	+0.9%
25	Macao Estimated	114.34	+5.2%
26	Belarus Estimated	114.16	-2.7%
27	Belgium Estimated	114.02	+3.2%
28	Canada Estimated	113.71	-1.8%
29	Türkiye Estimated	113.51	+0.4%
30	United Arab Emirates Estimated	113.43	+2.4%
31	Spain Estimated	113.31	-0%
32	French Polynesia Estimated	112.61	+0.5%
33	Netherlands Estimated	112.08	+0.7%
33	Sweden Estimated	112.08	-0.2%
35	Nauru Estimated	111.76	+2.5%
36	Croatia Estimated	111.7	+5.3%
37	Qatar Estimated	111.15	-2%
38	Estonia Estimated	110.65	+2.6%
39	Romania Estimated	110.59	+0.8%
40	Germany Estimated	110.18	-0.4%
41	Saint Lucia Estimated	109.73	+8.5%
42	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	109.26	+0.2%
43	Barbados Estimated	109.09	+0.1%
44	Samoa Estimated	108.73	+1.9%
45	United Kingdom Estimated	108.49	-2.4%
46	South Korea Estimated	108.16	+1.7%
47	Saudi Arabia Estimated	108.13	-0.6%
48	Kuwait Estimated	108.12	-3.8%
49	Austria Estimated	107.95	-1%
50	Tunisia Estimated	106.59	+2.9%
51	Guyana Estimated	106.39	+2.1%
52	Greece Estimated	106.06	+6%
53	Armenia Estimated	105.88	+1.7%
54	Latvia Estimated	105.53	+0.1%
55	Chile Estimated	105.5	+1%
56	Albania Estimated	105.18	-8.6%
57	Bahrain Estimated	104.66	-6.9%
58	North Macedonia Estimated	104.4	+0.1%
59	Uzbekistan Estimated	103.69	-1.6%
60	New Caledonia Estimated	103.12	+0.1%
60	Switzerland Estimated	103.12	-0.4%
62	Brazil Estimated	103.02	-0.5%
63	Turkmenistan Estimated	102.95	+0.6%
64	Bahamas Estimated	102.66	+2.2%
65	Grenada Estimated	102.52	+3.8%
66	Uruguay Estimated	102.21	+3.1%
67	Seychelles Estimated	101.53	+0.3%
68	Malta Estimated	101.47	-2.4%
69	Slovenia Estimated	101.42	-2.7%
70	Morocco Estimated	101.05	+1.9%
71	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	100.85	+1.2%
72	Tuvalu Estimated	100.69	-1.4%
73	New Zealand Estimated	99.81	+1.8%
74	Azerbaijan Estimated	99.24	+0.5%
75	Mexico Estimated	98.52	+1.2%
76	Maldives Estimated	98.5	+2.7%
77	Taiwan Estimated	98.28	-1.7%
78	Kazakhstan Estimated	98.06	-0.2%
79	Cyprus Estimated	97.62	-0.1%
80	Mauritius Estimated	97.17	+0.2%
81	Czechia Estimated	96.63	+1%
82	Vietnam Estimated	96.19	+3%
83	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	95.61	+6.6%
84	Panama Estimated	95.4	-0.4%
85	Libya Estimated	94.85	+8.4%
86	Oman Estimated	94.22	+1.4%
87	Algeria Estimated	94.15	+1.4%
88	Hungary Estimated	92.84	+2.5%
89	Bulgaria Estimated	91.11	+6.2%
90	Egypt Estimated	90.59	-1.4%
91	Niger Estimated	90.02	-1%
92	Malaysia Estimated	89.94	+0.8%
93	Moldova Estimated	89.65	-5.5%
94	Jamaica Estimated	89.63	+2.4%
95	Peru Estimated	89.58	-0.8%
96	Burkina Faso Estimated	89.25	-4.6%
97	Ukraine Estimated	89.13	-1.6%
98	Georgia Estimated	88.85	-0.9%
99	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	87.99	+1.3%
100	Costa Rica Estimated	87.93	-0.9%
101	Kiribati Estimated	87.57	+4.1%
102	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	87.32	-2.7%
103	Gabon Estimated	86.55	-0.8%
104	El Salvador Estimated	85.92	+0.5%
105	Nepal Estimated	84.64	-0%
106	Cape Verde Estimated	84.61	-2.8%
107	Mauritania Estimated	83.79	-0.5%
108	Dominican Republic Estimated	83.28	+3.9%
109	Belize Estimated	82.22	+3.6%
110	Tajikistan Estimated	81.87	0%
111	Iran Estimated	81.77	-0.5%
112	Colombia Estimated	81.22	+0.2%
113	Laos Estimated	81.17	+2%
114	Bolivia Estimated	81.11	+0.9%
115	Myanmar Estimated	80.78	-0.5%
116	Lebanon Estimated	80.51	+2.5%
117	Fiji Estimated	80.15	0%
118	Ethiopia Estimated	79.8	-1.2%
119	South Africa Estimated	79.64	-2.8%
120	Slovakia Estimated	78.55	-0.6%
121	Micronesia Estimated	78.17	+0.5%
122	Vanuatu Estimated	78.09	+1%
123	Indonesia Estimated	77.4	+0.7%
124	Bhutan Estimated	76.51	-2.4%
125	Philippines Estimated	75.79	-0.3%
126	Paraguay Estimated	75.34	-2.6%
126	Sri Lanka Estimated	75.34	-2%
128	Djibouti Estimated	75.12	+3.1%
129	Botswana Estimated	74.67	+7%
130	Nicaragua Estimated	74.16	+3.1%
131	Pakistan Estimated	74.02	+2.5%
132	Suriname Estimated	73.75	-3.1%
133	Syria Estimated	73.07	-4.4%
134	Cameroon Estimated	72.96	+0.2%
135	Jordan Estimated	72.74	+1.2%
136	Venezuela Estimated	71.29	+18.6%
137	Ghana Estimated	70.92	+5.7%
138	India Estimated	70.9	+1.3%
139	Iraq Estimated	70.77	-1.4%
140	Guatemala Estimated	69.49	-3%
141	Ecuador Estimated	69.48	-0.4%
142	Thailand Estimated	68.12	-0.3%
143	Bangladesh Estimated	67.88	+3.9%
144	Senegal Estimated	67.7	+1.2%
145	Malawi Estimated	66.23	+1%
146	Namibia Estimated	66.22	-0.3%
147	Zimbabwe Estimated	66.17	+3.8%
148	Comoros Estimated	66.16	-0.9%
149	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	65.36	+1.5%
150	Honduras Estimated	63.48	+3.9%
151	Afghanistan Estimated	61.36	-2.9%
152	Papua New Guinea Estimated	61.14	-2.8%
153	Timor-Leste Estimated	61	+1.9%
154	Cambodia Estimated	60.75	-0.7%
155	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	60.73	+0.7%
156	Eswatini Estimated	60.04	-1.8%
157	Nigeria Estimated	58.92	+0.8%
158	Tanzania Estimated	58.19	+1.6%
159	Gambia Estimated	58.06	+1.9%
160	Sierra Leone Estimated	57.78	+3.6%
161	Rwanda Estimated	57.24	+3.3%
162	Guinea Estimated	57.23	-1%
163	Yemen Estimated	56.09	+3.7%
164	Solomon Islands Estimated	56.07	-0.8%
165	Kenya Estimated	55.72	-2.7%
166	Republic of the Congo Estimated	54.91	+7.2%
167	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	52.49	-5.7%
168	Uganda Estimated	51.7	-3.6%
169	Lesotho Estimated	49.25	-3.6%
170	Angola Estimated	49.14	+5.4%
171	Haiti Estimated	48.12	-2.4%
172	Zambia Estimated	47.41	+3.9%
173	Liberia Estimated	45.71	+0.9%
174	Mozambique Estimated	45.55	-2.4%
175	Madagascar Estimated	38.73	+1.9%
176	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	28.6	+1.1%

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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 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Food Balances: Food Balances (2010-) (FBS): Grand Total, protein supply quantity, g/capita/day (item 2901, element 674). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/FoodBalanceSheets_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Iceland, with 149.66 grams per person per day in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 28.6 grams per person per day in 2021.

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