Bangladesh vs Philippines: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?
Bangladesh
10.98 million tonnes
in 2023
Philippines
12.38 million tonnes
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
20th
Philippines rank
17th
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? over time
- Bangladesh
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 12.38 million tonnes against 10.98 million tonnes in Bangladesh, a difference of 1.40 million tonnes.
That makes Philippines's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 20th and Philippines ranks 17th of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 3 and Philippines in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 896,000 tonnes | 751,222 tonnes | 144,778 tonnes | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 1.66 million tonnes | 991,200 tonnes | 664,600 tonnes | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 2.00 million tonnes | 1.41 million tonnes | 591,100 tonnes | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 1.99 million tonnes | 3.00 million tonnes | 1.01 million tonnes | Philippines |
| 2000s | 3.04 million tonnes | 4.56 million tonnes | 1.52 million tonnes | Philippines |
| 2010s | 6.07 million tonnes | 7.52 million tonnes | 1.45 million tonnes | Philippines |
| 2020s | 12.13 million tonnes | 12.60 million tonnes | 462,500 tonnes | Philippines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, Bangladesh or Philippines?
- Philippines, at 12.38 million tonnes against 10.98 million tonnes in Bangladesh as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? between Bangladesh and Philippines?
- 1.40 million tonnes, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Philippines?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and Philippines rank globally for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters??
- Bangladesh ranks 20th and Philippines ranks 17th of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Imports and exports are measured as the net sum of all cereal crop varieties. Countries which lie above the grey line are net importers of cereals; those below the line are net exporters.