Mexico vs Turkey: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?
Mexico
25.09 million tonnes
in 2023
Turkey
33.70 million tonnes
in 2023
Mexico rank
6th
Turkey rank
3rd
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? over time
- Mexico
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 33.70 million tonnes against 25.09 million tonnes in Mexico, a difference of 8.61 million tonnes.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.3 times Mexico's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Turkey ahead.
Mexico ranks 6th and Turkey ranks 3rd of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 5 and Turkey in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 176,667 tonnes | 392,778 tonnes | 216,111 tonnes | Turkey |
| 1970s | 2.08 million tonnes | 407,600 tonnes | 1.67 million tonnes | Mexico |
| 1980s | 5.77 million tonnes | 897,900 tonnes | 4.87 million tonnes | Mexico |
| 1990s | 8.96 million tonnes | 2.30 million tonnes | 6.65 million tonnes | Mexico |
| 2000s | 17.34 million tonnes | 2.80 million tonnes | 14.54 million tonnes | Mexico |
| 2010s | 20.66 million tonnes | 19.36 million tonnes | 1.31 million tonnes | Mexico |
| 2020s | 24.13 million tonnes | 33.17 million tonnes | 9.04 million tonnes | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, Mexico or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 33.70 million tonnes against 25.09 million tonnes in Mexico as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? between Mexico and Turkey?
- 8.61 million tonnes, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Turkey?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Mexico and Turkey rank globally for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters??
- Mexico ranks 6th and Turkey ranks 3rd 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.