Dietary Protein - overview of protein intake in European countries

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Mean protein Intake
Belgium -Belgian National Food Consumption Survey (Enquête de consommation Alimentaire) 2014-2015 (2x24h recall)
Age group (years)	Males, %E		Females, %E
3-64	15.2		15.4
Age group (years)	Males and females, %E
3-5	14.8
6-9	14.4
10-13	14.5
14-17	14.6
18-39	15.2
40-64	15.8
Denmark (pdf) - Danish National Survey (Danskernes Kostvanr) 2011-2013 (annex 24A) (7d food record)
Age group (years)	Males		Females
Age group (years)	g/day	%E	g/day	%E
4-5	67	14	58	14
6-9	74	14	67	14
10-13	85	15	70	15
14-17	96	16	63	15
18-24	99	16	68	15
25-34	105	16	77	15
35-44	103	16	79	16
45-54	104	16	77	16
55-64	100	16	77	16
65-75	95	15	74	15
Germany - EsKiMo (pdf) (Nutrition module in the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents – KiGGS) (3-day food record)
Age group (years)	Males		Females
Age group (years)	g/day	%E	g/day	%E
6	55	13.3	51	13.6
7-9	62	13.5	56	13.6
10-11	64	13.8	61	13.7
Germany - EsKiMo (pdf) (Nutrition module in the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents – KiGGS) (4 week diet history)
12	83	13.3	70	13.1
13-14	94	13.7	73	13.1
15-17	116	13.9	75	12.9
Germany - National Food Consumption Study (pdf) -(NVS) II 2008 (2x24h recall)
Age group (years)	Males		Females
Age group (years)	g/day	%E	g/day	%E
14-18	94	-	66	-
19-24	102	-	65	-
25-34	99	-	70	-
35-50	94	-	69	-
51-64	86	-	67	-
65-80	78	-	62	-
Estonia - Estonian National Dietary Survey 2014 (24h interviews^a)
Age group (years)	Males		Females
Age group (years)	g/day	%E	g/day	%E
2-5	51	14	48	14
6-9	67	15	56	14
10-13	73	15	54	14
14-17	85	15	56	15
18-24	102	18	64	16
25-29	94	17	71	16
30-34	85	16	71	17
35-39	94	17	68	16
40-44	89	17	60	16
45-49	79	15	59	16
50-54	89	17	60	16
55-59	75	16	64	17
60-64	81	17	61	17
65-69	78	16	62	16
70-74	75	17	55	17
Ireland (pdf) – National Children’s Food Survey II 2017-2018 (4-day weighed food record) ( IUNA 2019 (pdf) ), National Teens’ Food Survey II 2019-2020 (4-day weighed food record) ( IUNA 2021 (pdf) ), National Adult Nutrition Survey II 2021-2022 (2 x 24-h telephone dietary recalls) ( IUNA 2024 (pdf) )
Age group (years)	g/day		%E
Age group (years)	Males	Females	Males	Females
5-12	64.8	54.8	16.5	15.9
13-18	87.2	62.2	17.0	16.2
19-64	81.9		17.8
≥65	74.8		18.2
Greece - HYDRIA 2013–2014 (2x24h recalls)
Age group (years)	Males		Females
Age group (years)	g/day	%E	g/day	%E
18-64	85	15.3	60	15.1
≥65	64	15.1	49	15.3
Spain (pdf) - ANIBES Survey 2013 (3d record)
Age group (years)	Males		Females
Age group (years)	g/day		g/day
9-12	80.6		73.3
13-17	85.0		70.6
18-64	81.0		69.0
65-75	73.5		62.4
France (pdf) - Etude individuelle Nationale sur les Consommations Alimentaires (INCA) III 2014-2015 (24h recall)
Age groups (years)	Males		Females
Age groups (years)	g/day	%E	g/day	%E
0-11 months	19.4	-	16.3	-
1-3	46.2	-	43.6	-
4-6	56.8	-	54.0	-
7-10	71.6	-	65.2	-
11-14	78.7	-	74.1	-
15-17	89.3	-	64.1	-
18-44	97.1	-	70.4	-
45-64	98.4	-	72.1	-
65-69	87.6	-	70.8	-
Italy - INRAN-SCAI 2005-2006 (3-day food record)
Age groups (years)	Males and females
Age groups (years)	g/day		%E
0-3	41.5		14.7
3-10	74.1		15.7
Age groups (years)	Males		Females
Age groups (years)	g/day	%E	g/day	%E
10-18	99	16	82	16
18-65	93	16	76	16
≥65	88	16	71	16
Netherlands-Dutch National Food Consumption Survey 2019-2021 (RIVM 2024) (2x24h recall)
Age groups (years)	Males		Females
Age groups (years)	g/day	%E	g/day	%E
1-3	46.0	13.9	49.1	14.0
4-11	63.2	14.2	55.3	14.1
12-17	76.9	14.6	60.0	14.2
18-50	91.3	15.5	66.8	15.2
51-64	90.9	16.0	71.6	16.6
65-79	86.0	16.0	74.1	16.8
Austria (pdf) -Austrian Nutrition Report 2017 (single 24h recall)
Age groups (years)	Males		Females
Age groups (years)	g/day	%E	g/day	%E
19-25	-	16.7	-	15.3
25-51	-	15.2	-	14.7
51-65	-	14.4	-	14.5
Portugal (pdf) -National Food, Nutrition and Physical Activity survey (IAN-AF 2017) 2015-2016 (2x24h recall^a)
Age groups (years)	Males and females
Age groups (years)	%E
<10	18.6
10-17	19.8
18-64	20.2
65-84	19.5
Slovenia - National Dietary Study SI.Menu 2017/2018 (2x24h recalls)
Age groups (years)	Males		Females
Age groups (years)	g/day	%E	g/day	%E
18-64	114.0	20.1	81.9	18.7
65-74	105.3	20.6	80.6	19.0
Finland (pdf) -National FINDIET 2012 Survey (48h recall)
Age groups (years)	Males		Females
Age groups (years)	g/day	%E	g/day	%E
25-34	106	17.8	76	16.9
35-44	96	17.4	77	17.5
45-54	96	17.2	68	16.8
55-64	85	16.9	67	17.6
65-74	80	16.9	62	17.2
Sweden (pdf) -Riksmaten adults 2010-2011 (4-day food record)
Age groups (years)	Males		Females
Age groups (years)	g/day	%E	g/day	%E
18-30	95	18	69	16
31-44	95	17	73	17
45-64	93	17	73	17
65-80	84	17	70	17

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Originally published	22 Jan 2021
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