Share of dietary energy derived from protein vs. GDP per capita by country
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.
Countries reporting
192
Highest
17.4%
Mongolia
Lowest
5.5%
Democratic Republic of Congo
Median
12.1%
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,214
What the numbers show
Share of dietary energy derived from protein vs. GDP per capita is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 17.4% in Mongolia; the lowest is 5.5% in Democratic Republic of Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.1%, and the mean is 12.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 21.3%), and the largest decrease in Somalia (down 25.7%).
Share of dietary energy derived from protein vs. GDP per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 17.4% | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 2 | Tonga | 16.9% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 16.7% | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 4 | Iceland | 16.5% | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 5 | Macao | 16.1% | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 6 | Bahamas | 15.7% | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 7 | Antigua and Barbuda | 15.4% | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 8 | Finland | 15.1% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 9 | Belarus | 15.1% | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 10 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.0% | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 11 | China | 14.9% | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 12 | Turkmenistan | 14.9% | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 13 | Lithuania | 14.8% | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 14 | Montenegro | 14.7% | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 15 | Maldives | 14.6% | 2023 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 16 | French Polynesia | 14.6% | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 17 | Argentina | 14.5% | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 18 | Seychelles | 14.4% | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 19 | Norway | 14.4% | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 20 | Nauru | 14.4% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 21 | Marshall Islands | 14.3% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 22 | Portugal | 14.2% | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 23 | Chad | 14.2% | 2022 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 24 | Albania | 14.1% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 25 | Japan | 14.0% | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 26 | Australia | 14.0% | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 27 | New Caledonia | 14.0% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 28 | Saint Lucia | 14.0% | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 29 | Serbia | 14.0% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 30 | Ireland | 14.0% | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 31 | Niger | 13.9% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 32 | Barbados | 13.9% | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 33 | Spain | 13.9% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 34 | Israel | 13.9% | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 35 | Grenada | 13.9% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 36 | Luxembourg | 13.9% | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 37 | Guyana | 13.8% | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 38 | Chile | 13.8% | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 39 | Cyprus | 13.7% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 40 | Estonia | 13.6% | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 41 | Bolivia | 13.6% | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 13.6% | 2023 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 43 | Denmark | 13.5% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 13.5% | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 45 | Samoa | 13.5% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 46 | Netherlands | 13.5% | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.4% | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 48 | Sweden | 13.4% | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 49 | Croatia | 13.4% | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 50 | Russia | 13.4% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 51 | Taiwan | 13.4% | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 52 | France | 13.3% | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 53 | Bermuda | 13.3% | 2009 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 54 | Dominica | 13.3% | 2022 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 55 | Burkina Faso | 13.3% | 2023 | up 15.8% | flat |
| 56 | Latvia | 13.3% | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 57 | Greece | 13.3% | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 58 | Vietnam | 13.2% | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 59 | USSR | 13.2% | 1991 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 60 | Armenia | 13.2% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.2% | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 62 | Ukraine | 13.0% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 63 | New Zealand | 12.9% | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 64 | Qatar | 12.9% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 65 | South Korea | 12.9% | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 66 | Mauritius | 12.9% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 67 | United Kingdom | 12.8% | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 68 | Malaysia | 12.8% | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 69 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12.8% | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 70 | Slovenia | 12.7% | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 71 | Jamaica | 12.7% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 72 | Poland | 12.6% | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 73 | Gabon | 12.6% | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 74 | Peru | 12.6% | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 75 | Uruguay | 12.6% | 2023 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 76 | Canada | 12.6% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 77 | Belize | 12.5% | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 78 | Tuvalu | 12.5% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 79 | Syria | 12.5% | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 80 | Ethiopia | 12.5% | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 81 | United States | 12.5% | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 82 | Moldova | 12.4% | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 83 | Brazil | 12.4% | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 84 | Italy | 12.4% | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 85 | Malta | 12.4% | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 86 | United Arab Emirates | 12.4% | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 87 | Germany | 12.4% | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 88 | Romania | 12.3% | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 89 | Turkey | 12.3% | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 90 | El Salvador | 12.3% | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 91 | Belgium | 12.3% | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 92 | Tajikistan | 12.3% | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 93 | Tunisia | 12.2% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 12.2% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 95 | Kuwait | 12.2% | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 96 | Mexico | 12.1% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 97 | Libya | 12.1% | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 98 | Panama | 12.1% | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 99 | Netherlands Antilles | 12.0% | 2009 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 100 | Georgia | 12.0% | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 12.0% | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 102 | Switzerland | 11.9% | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.9% | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 11.9% | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 105 | Fiji | 11.8% | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 106 | Cape Verde | 11.8% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 107 | South Africa | 11.8% | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 108 | Morocco | 11.7% | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 109 | Pakistan | 11.7% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 110 | Bahrain | 11.7% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 111 | Egypt | 11.6% | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 112 | Brunei | 11.6% | 2009 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 113 | Austria | 11.6% | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 114 | Zimbabwe | 11.6% | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 115 | Bulgaria | 11.5% | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 116 | North Korea | 11.5% | 2018 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 117 | East Timor | 11.5% | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 118 | Oman | 11.5% | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 119 | Mauritania | 11.4% | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 120 | Papua New Guinea | 11.4% | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 121 | Czechia | 11.4% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 122 | Saudi Arabia | 11.3% | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 123 | Cuba | 11.3% | 2019 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 124 | Lebanon | 11.3% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 125 | Sudan | 11.2% | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 126 | Nepal | 11.2% | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 127 | Central African Republic | 11.2% | 2022 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 128 | India | 11.2% | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 129 | Myanmar | 11.2% | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 130 | Jordan | 11.1% | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 131 | Iran | 11.1% | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 132 | Algeria | 11.0% | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 133 | Djibouti | 11.0% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 134 | Micronesia (country) | 10.9% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 135 | Slovakia | 10.9% | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 136 | Dominican Republic | 10.9% | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 137 | Afghanistan | 10.8% | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 138 | Lesotho | 10.8% | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 139 | Iraq | 10.8% | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 140 | Congo | 10.8% | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 141 | Suriname | 10.8% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 142 | Botswana | 10.8% | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 143 | Indonesia | 10.7% | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 144 | Nicaragua | 10.7% | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 145 | Kiribati | 10.7% | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 146 | Mali | 10.6% | 2022 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 147 | Colombia | 10.6% | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 148 | Ecuador | 10.6% | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 149 | Hungary | 10.6% | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 150 | Comoros | 10.5% | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 151 | Guatemala | 10.5% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 152 | Venezuela | 10.5% | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 153 | Bangladesh | 10.5% | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 154 | Benin | 10.4% | 2022 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 155 | Kenya | 10.4% | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 156 | Philippines | 10.4% | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 157 | Vanuatu | 10.3% | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 158 | Laos | 10.2% | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 159 | Sri Lanka | 10.1% | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 10.1% | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 161 | Senegal | 10.1% | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 162 | Malawi | 10.0% | 2023 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 163 | Namibia | 10.0% | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 164 | Yemen | 9.9% | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 165 | Cameroon | 9.8% | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 166 | Cambodia | 9.8% | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 167 | Gambia | 9.7% | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 168 | Thailand | 9.6% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 169 | Tanzania | 9.6% | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 170 | Honduras | 9.6% | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.5% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 172 | Uganda | 9.5% | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 173 | Rwanda | 9.5% | 2023 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 174 | Sierra Leone | 9.4% | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 175 | Haiti | 9.4% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 176 | Bhutan | 9.2% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 177 | Nigeria | 9.2% | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 178 | Burundi | 9.2% | 2022 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 179 | Eswatini | 9.1% | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 180 | Zambia | 8.9% | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 181 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.9% | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 182 | Somalia | 8.8% | 2022 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 183 | Togo | 8.8% | 2022 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 184 | Ghana | 8.7% | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 185 | Paraguay | 8.7% | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 186 | Liberia | 8.4% | 2023 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 187 | Mozambique | 8.2% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 188 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.1% | 2023 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 189 | Madagascar | 8.0% | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 190 | Angola | 7.9% | 2023 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 191 | Guinea | 7.9% | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 192 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.5% | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
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.