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Average Protein Supply: In this study, the last indicator examined under the availability facet
of food security is average protein supply. Since the importance of proteins in human diets is
substantial and they are considered as the keystone of body organs, average protein int ake of
people closely associated with sufficient andwell-balancednutrition. Therefore, average protein
supply per caput in a day is a useful indicator tomeasure the food security of a country or region.
Figure 29 Average Protein Supply in the OIC and the World
Source: Annex 37
Figure 29 illustrates that average protein supply per caput in a day in the OICmember countries
reached to 69 gr/caput in 2014-2016; while it was 61 gr/caput at the beginning of 1990s.
Compared to the world, it was 12.5 percent lower than world average in the period of 2014 -
2016.
At the sub-regional level, Arab Group had the highest average daily protein supply per person
with 75 gr in 2014-2016. Arab Groupwas followed byAsian Group and African Group with 69
gr and 63 gr respectively. Protein supply is sufficient in very few countries such as Kuwait,
Maldives, and Turkey. In most of the African Group countries, only half of required amount of
protein has been supplied (Figure 30).
gr/caput/day
85
79,0
80 78,0
75 73,0 74,0
70
65
69,0
66,0
60 63,0
61,0
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