Japan vs Portugal: Share of dietary energy derived from protein vs. GDP per capita
Japan
14.0%
in 2022
Portugal
14.2%
in 2023
Japan rank
25th
Portugal rank
22nd
Share of dietary energy derived from protein vs. GDP per capita over time
- Japan
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 14.2% against 14.0% in Japan, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 25th and Portugal ranks 22nd of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Portugal in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.8% | 11.1% | 0.7% | Japan |
| 1970s | 12.5% | 11.1% | 1.4% | Japan |
| 1980s | 13.0% | 11.4% | 1.6% | Japan |
| 1990s | 13.2% | 12.4% | 0.8% | Japan |
| 2000s | 13.1% | 12.9% | 0.2% | Japan |
| 2010s | 13.5% | 13.7% | 0.2% | Portugal |
| 2020s | 13.9% | 13.6% | 0.3% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of dietary energy derived from protein vs. gdp per capita, Japan or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 14.2% against 14.0% in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of dietary energy derived from protein vs. gdp per capita between Japan and Portugal?
- 0.2%, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Portugal?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Portugal rank globally for share of dietary energy derived from protein vs. gdp per capita?
- Japan ranks 25th and Portugal ranks 22nd of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of dietary energy derived from protein vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of per capita dietary energy derived from protein, measured as the daily caloric supply from protein as a percentage of total caloric supply, versus gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.