Table7

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TABLE 7. Food energy, protein, and essential amino acids (mg/g protein) for selected countries (data for 1992)

Country	Energy (kcal/day)	Protein				Essential amino acids (ma g protein)
Country	Energy (kcal/day)	Total (g/day)	Animal (%)	Cereal (%)	Pulse-soya (%)	Iso	Leu	Lys	Saa	Aaa	Thr	Trp	Val
Developing countries: Asia
Afghanistan	1,523	43.0	23.3	68.8	2.3	42	78	43	39	80	34	12	49
Bangladesh	2,019	42.5	11.3	78.6	6.1	43	80	44	35	86	37	13	56
India	2,394	58.1	16.4	62.7	11.7	45	80	49	37	84	37	12	52
Indonesia	2,752	60.5	15.4	57.5	16.4	43	82	50	35	85	38	12	53
Iran	2,860	74.3	21.4	63.4	5.9	42	73	43	37	78	34	13	49
Myanmar	2,598	64.0	12.7	75.9	5.8	43	82	46	35	87	38	12	57
Nepal	1,957	50.1	14.6	69.5	6.8	42	88	43	36	84	36	11	53
Pakistan	2,316	56.0	31.6	68.4	5.0	44	78	47	37	81	35	13	51
Philippines	2,255	52.4	40.6	46.2	1.5	44	80	57	37	80	38	12	53
Sri Lanka	2,271	46.9	18.3	58.4	7.5	44	79	49	37	83	37	12	53
Thailand	2,434	54.4	35.3	47.6	8.6	45	50	58	36	83	39	12	55
Vietnam	2,250	52.1	21.1	65.3	4.2	43	80	49	35	84	38	12	55
Developing countries: other
Brazil	2,824	65.9	41.1	34.3	15.8	45	83	59	36	82	39	12	53
Burkina Faso	2,387	69.9	10.4	74.8	4.1	41	115	33	33	83	35	11	51
Burundi	1,941	61.7	6.6	16.4	56.9	43	83	59	30	81	40	11	52
Chad	1,989	61.1	24.7	49.6	3.8	44	99	46	36	83	37	11	51
Egypt	3,335	87.3	14.8	68.3	6.6	40	82	40	37	80	34	12	49
Guinea	2,389	53.1	13.2	51.4	9.6	42	76	47	32	78	36	12	51
Malawi	1,825	50.6	9.7	66.8	0.0	40	105	39	37	89	40	9	53
Mexico	3,177	79.6	39.3	48.1	6.4	43	95	53	38	84	39	10	52
Nigeria	2.124	43.0	12.3	45.8	17.0	43	93	46	34	81	36	11	50
Rwanda	1,821	43.9	7.5	22.1	42.1	43	86	55	30	82	39	11	52
Sierra Leone	1,694	34.0	20.3	50.0	13.5	43	81	51	34	82	38	12	53
Tunisia	3,332	90.9	20.9	61.2	6.6	42	73	43	38	78	33	12	48
Uganda	2,159	51.5	21.0	16.9	30.3	42	81	56	32	79	39	11	51
Developed and transitional countries
Australia	3,179	100.4	68.2	18.4	2.3	48	81	69	38	81	41	12	54
France	3,632	116.0	67.1	21.4	1.2	48	81	67	38	81	40	12	53
Hong Kong	3,125	94.1	64.4	22.4	5.7	46	80	69	38	79	41	12	52
South Korea	3,285	86.4	37.8	38.0	11.0	45	78	59	36	80	39	12	52
Japan	2,887	97.6	57.1	21.7	11.9	47	80	69	38	81	41	12	53
New Zealand	3,666	118.2	66.2	22.4	2.3	47	80	69	38	80	41	12	53
United Kingdom	3,317	91.2	57.3	25.1	2.5	47	79	64	37	81	39	12	53
Unite d States	3.732	112.9	65.1	21.8	1.8	47	80	67	38	81	40	12	53

Source: calculated from FAO/Agrostat [17]. For requirement values see tables 4 and 5.

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