Summary
The FAO provides data for member countries’ food supply during a specified reference period on the type and availability of food sources. According to the FAO, data are compiled yearly, mainly with country-level data on the production and trade of food commodities.
Using these data from the FAO, Our World in Data presents the evolution of daily per capita protein consumption in various countries, both in quantity and composition; plant, meat, eggs, dairy, and fish and seafood. The data subset used for this analysis is available by clicking the Downloaded tab on this chart.
Note: FAOSTAT Food Balances data prior to 2010 can be found here.
Our World in Citation: Our World in Citation: Max Roser, Hannah Ritchie and Pablo Rosado (2013) – “Food Supply”. Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: https://ourworldindata.org/food-supply[Online Resource]
*Note: according to the FAO, geographical comparisons are limited due to different methods in each area. Additionally, the FAO states there is fairly good comparability for shorter time periods, but that full comparability cannot be expected for very long periods (i.e., from 1961) due to changes in product definition and classification.