Previous - Next
This is the old United Nations University website. Visit the new site at http://unu.edu
TABLE 6. Food energy, protein, and essential amino acids (mg/day) for selected countries (data for 1992)
| Country | Energy (kcal/day) | Protein (g/day) | Essential amino acids (mg/day) | ||||||||||
| Total | Animal | Cereal | Pulse-soya | Iso | Leu | Lys | Saa | Aaa | Thr | Trp | Val | ||
| Developing countries: Asia | |||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | 1,523 | 43.0 | 10.0 | 29.6 | 1.0 | 1,817 | 3,358 | 1,836 | 1,657 | 3,461 | 1,472 | 527 | 2,121 |
| Bangladesh | 2,019 | 42.5 | 4.8 | 33.4 | 2.6 | 1,822 | 3,420 | 1,883 | 1,494 | 3,641 | 1,562 | 534 | 2,372 |
| India | 2,394 | 58.1 | 9.5 | 36.4 | 6.8 | 2,622 | 4,629 | 2,839 | 2,131 | 4,867 | 2,135 | 700 | 3,041 |
| Indonesia | 2,752 | 60.5 | 9.3 | 34.8 | 9.9 | 2,607 | 4,979 | 3,001 | 2,098 | 5,156 | 2,311 | 730 | 3,236 |
| Iran | 2,860 | 74.3 | 15.9 | 47.1 | 4.4 | 3,095 | 5,445 | 3,232 | 2,746 | 5,824 | 2,500 | 930 | 3,644 |
| Myanmar | 2,598 | 64.0 | 8.1 | 48.6 | 3.7 | 2,779 | 5,262 | 2,943 | 2,217 | 5,539 | 2,418 | 800 | 3,637 |
| Nepal | 1,957 | 50.1 | 7.3 | 34.8 | 3.4 | 2,122 | 4,432 | 2,132 | 1,804 | 4,227 | 1,826 | 574 | 2,649 |
| Pakistan | 2,316 | 56.0 | 17.1 | 38.3 | 2.8 | 2,476 | 4,353 | 2,644 | 2,097 | 4,542 | 1,958 | 701 | 2,833 |
| Philippines | 2,255 | 52.4 | 21.3 | 24.2 | 0.8 | 2,284 | 4,203 | 2,995 | 1,923 | 4,188 | 2,017 | 614 | 2,754 |
| Sri Lanka | 2,271 | 46.9 | 8.6 | 27.4 | 3.5 | 2,078 | 3,722 | 2,294 | 1,725 | 3,911 | 1,728 | 567 | 2,492 |
| Thailand | 2,434 | 54.4 | 19.2 | 25.9 | 4.7 | 2,427 | 4,366 | 3,143 | 1,963 | 4,516 | 2,145 | 664 | 2,971 |
| Vietnam | 2,250 | 52.1 | 11.0 | 34.0 | 2.2 | 2,241 | 4,177 | 2,566 | 1,819 | 4,359 | 1,976 | 632 | 2,869 |
| Developing countries: other | |||||||||||||
| Brazil | 2,824 | 65.9 | 27.1 | 22.6 | 10.4 | 2,954 | 5,445 | 3,918 | 2,343 | 5,381 | 2,590 | 777 | 3,484 |
| Burkina Faso | 2,387 | 69.9 | 7.3 | 52.3 | 2.9 | 2,889 | 8,040 | 2,281 | 2,326 | 5,786 | 2,425 | 756 | 3,586 |
| Burundi | 1,941 | 61.7 | 4.1 | 10.1 | 35.1 | 2,653 | 5,104 | 3,624 | 1,823 | 5,016 | 2,473 | 688 | 3,189 |
| Chad | 1,989 | 61.1 | 15.1 | 30.3 | 2.3 | 2,661 | 6,018 | 2,786 | 2,183 | 5,047 | 2,242 | 692 | 3,106 |
| Egypt | 3,335 | 87.3 | 12.9 | 59.6 | 5.8 | 3,531 | 7,138 | 3,502 | 3,204 | 6,962 | 2,989 | 1,011 | 4,263 |
| Guinea | 2,389 | 53.1 | 7.0 | 27.3 | 5.1 | 2,234 | 4,048 | 2,492 | 1,707 | 4,166 | 1,920 | 616 | 2,719 |
| Malawi | 1,825 | 50.6 | 4.9 | 33.8 | 0.0 | 1,999 | 5,336 | 1,959 | 1,878 | 4,496 | 2,015 | 445 | 2,687 |
| Mexico | 3,177 | 79.6 | 31.3 | 38.3 | 5.1 | 3,446 | 7,560 | 4,196 | 3,023 | 6,701 | 3,128 | 829 | 4,153 |
| Nigeria | 2,124 | 43.0 | 5.3 | 19.7 | 7.3 | 1,851 | 4,013 | 1,970 | 1,477 | 3,474 | 1,566 | 476 | 2,164 |
| Rwanda | 1,821 | 43.9 | 3.3 | 9.7 | 18.5 | 1,901 | 3,765 | 2,418 | 1,338 | 3,579 | 1,720 | 499 | 2,280 |
| Sierra Leone | 1,694 | 34.0 | 6.9 | 17.0 | 4.6 | 1,457 | 2,765 | 1,741 | 1,151 | 2,798 | 1,287 | 405 | 1,804 |
| Tunisia | 3,332 | 90.9 | 19.0 | 55.6 | 6.0 | 3,836 | 6,612 | 3,911 | 3,421 | 7,094 | 3,023 | 1,136 | 4,357 |
| Uganda | 2,159 | 51.5 | 10.8 | 8.7 | 15.6 | 2,179 | 4,188 | 2,902 | 1,668 | 4,074 | 1,993 | 588 | 2,603 |
| Developed and transitional countries | |||||||||||||
| Australia | 3,179 | 100.4 | 68.5 | 18.5 | 2.3 | 4,836 | 8,122 | 6,929 | 3,779 | 8,136 | 4,093 | 1,239 | 5,377 |
| France | 3,632 | 116.0 | 77.8 | 24.8 | 1.4 | 5,565 | 9,387 | 7,715 | 4,380 | 9,430 | 4,669 | 1,433 | 6,204 |
| Hong Kong | 3,125 | 94.1 | 60.6 | 21.1 | 5.4 | 4,335 | 7,527 | 6,523 | 3,592 | 7,467 | 3,871 | 1,126 | 4,921 |
| South Korea | 3,285 | 86.4 | 32.7 | 32.8 | 9.6 | 3,882 | 6,708 | 5,104 | 3,109 | 6,906 | 3,372 | 1,053 | 4,483 |
| Japan | 2,887 | 97.6 | 55.7 | 21.2 | 11.6 | 4,561 | 7,806 | 6,703 | 3,686 | 7,877 | 4,013 | 1,194 | 5,153 |
| New Zealand | 3,666 | 118.2 | 78.2 | 26.5 | 2.7 | 5,588 | 9,458 | 8,173 | 4,522 | 9,449 | 4.788 | 1,433 | 6,213 |
| United Kingdom | 3,317 | 91.2 | 52.3 | 22.9 | 2.3 | 4,290 | 7,194 | 5,815 | 3,399 | 7,382 | 3,584 | 1,137 | 4,818 |
| United States | 3,732 | 112.9 | 73.5 | 24.6 | 2.0 | 5,357 | 9,073 | 7,598 | 4,242 | 9,107 | 4,563 | 1,392 | 5,998 |
Source: calculated from FAO/Agrostat [17]. For requirement values see table 4.