Which has higher cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, Italy or Ukraine?

Ukraine, at 563,000 tonnes against 514,000 tonnes in Italy as of 2023.

What is the difference in cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel between Italy and Ukraine?

49,000 tonnes, with Ukraine ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Ukraine?

32 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Italy vs Ukraine: Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel

Italy

514,000 tonnes

in 2023

Ukraine

563,000 tonnes

in 2023

Italy rank

38th

Ukraine rank

35th

Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel over time

Italy
Ukraine

How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 563,000 tonnes against 514,000 tonnes in Italy, a difference of 49,000 tonnes.

That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 38th and Ukraine ranks 35th of 181 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 2 and Ukraine in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Ukraine	Difference	Ahead
1990s	131,125 tonnes	121,000 tonnes	10,125 tonnes	Italy
2000s	243,700 tonnes	37,700 tonnes	206,000 tonnes	Italy
2010s	465,500 tonnes	1.74 million tonnes	1.27 million tonnes	Ukraine
2020s	653,750 tonnes	1.57 million tonnes	911,750 tonnes	Ukraine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, Italy or Ukraine?: Ukraine, at 563,000 tonnes against 514,000 tonnes in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel between Italy and Ukraine?: 49,000 tonnes, with Ukraine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Ukraine?: 32 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2023.
How do Italy and Ukraine rank globally for cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel?: Italy ranks 38th and Ukraine ranks 35th of 181 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 181 places, 9,505 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Quantity of cereal crops allocated to other uses (and not to human food or animal feed), predominantly industrial uses such as biofuel production.