Alcoholic Beverages — Import Quantity by country
Food Balance Sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...
What the numbers show
Alcoholic Beverages — Import Quantity is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 3.58 million t in Germany; the lowest is 125 t in Mauritania.
The median across all reporting countries is 32,919 t, and the mean is 178,877 t.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28,616.
Over the past decade 160 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (former) (up 86,302.4%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 76.1%).
Alcoholic Beverages — Import Quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 3.58 million t | 2013 | up 81.4% | volatile |
| 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.24 million t | 2013 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Canada | 1.91 million t | 2013 | up 179.9% | volatile |
| 4 | France | 1.66 million t | 2013 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 57,815 t | 2013 | up 512.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.47 million t | 2013 | up 106.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 41,444 t | 2013 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 1.43 million t | 2013 | up 96.6% | rising |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 40,448 t | 2013 | up 548.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Japan | 1.31 million t | 2013 | up 195.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 33,636 t | 2013 | up 945.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Italy | 1.19 million t | 2013 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 32,919 t | 2013 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Spain | 872,576 t | 2013 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Melanesia | 13,631 t | 2013 | up 35.5% | falling |
| 10 | Belgium | 866,491 t | 2013 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 5,545 t | 2013 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Australia and New Zealand | 723,779 t | 2013 | up 306.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5,383 t | 2013 | up 128.0% | volatile |
| 12 | China, mainland | 632,536 t | 2013 | up 482.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 5,000 t | 2013 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Australia | 618,740 t | 2013 | up 481.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Polynesia | 4,646 t | 2013 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 14 | Sweden | 601,993 t | 2013 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,250 t | 2013 | up 62,400.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 486,756 t | 1999 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 15 | Micronesia | 511 t | 2013 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 16 | Denmark | 422,044 t | 2013 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Mexico | 415,897 t | 2013 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 403,698 t | 2013 | up 513.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Republic of Korea | 390,275 t | 2013 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Switzerland | 377,721 t | 2013 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 21 | Ireland | 334,949 t | 2013 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Poland | 315,637 t | 2013 | up 208.2% | volatile |
| 23 | USSR | 315,000 t | 1991 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Caribbean | 405,183 t | 2013 | up 201.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Angola | 313,820 t | 2013 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Jamaica | 297,667 t | 2013 | up 9,802.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Philippines | 294,496 t | 2013 | up 374.1% | volatile |
| 27 | China, Taiwan Province of | 279,122 t | 2013 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Lithuania | 273,191 t | 2013 | up 511.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Brazil | 253,040 t | 2013 | up 409.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 10,523 t | 2013 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Czechia | 252,376 t | 2013 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 31 | Portugal | 247,556 t | 2013 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 32 | South Africa | 234,900 t | 2013 | up 327.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Ukraine | 230,656 t | 2013 | up 120.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Belarus | 221,161 t | 2013 | up 363.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Austria | 216,522 t | 2013 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 36 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 216,025 t | 2013 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Slovakia | 214,633 t | 2013 | up 183.8% | rising |
| 38 | Hungary | 201,770 t | 2013 | up 237.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Nigeria | 201,183 t | 2013 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Chile | 199,143 t | 2013 | up 393.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Norway | 171,260 t | 2013 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Myanmar | 167,285 t | 2013 | up 1,240.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Colombia | 166,315 t | 2013 | up 325.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Finland | 166,270 t | 2013 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Romania | 164,383 t | 2013 | up 2,449.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Latvia | 161,793 t | 2013 | up 141.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 151,313 t | 2013 | up 243.7% | rising |
| 48 | Namibia | 137,244 t | 2013 | up 268.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Greece | 131,110 t | 2013 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Malaysia | 122,648 t | 2013 | up 238.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Peru | 121,302 t | 2013 | up 564.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Estonia | 121,141 t | 2013 | up 159.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Paraguay | 116,948 t | 2013 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 116,342 t | 2013 | up 149.5% | volatile |
| 55 | New Zealand | 105,039 t | 2013 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Thailand | 94,857 t | 2013 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 57 | T�rkiye | 84,058 t | 2013 | up 586.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Mozambique | 83,124 t | 2013 | up 644.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Cambodia | 77,968 t | 2013 | up 1,919.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 76,716 t | 2013 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 61 | India | 72,217 t | 2013 | up 494.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Croatia | 71,763 t | 2013 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 70,354 t | 2013 | up 519.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Israel | 64,941 t | 2013 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 65 | El Salvador | 63,288 t | 2013 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Iraq | 63,179 t | 2013 | up 165.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Uganda | 62,342 t | 2013 | up 883.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Ghana | 62,254 t | 2013 | up 327.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Luxembourg | 59,709 t | 2013 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 70 | Yugoslav SFR | 54,085 t | 1991 | up 5,151.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Panama | 48,039 t | 2013 | up 410.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Slovenia | 46,665 t | 2013 | up 131.9% | rising |
| 73 | Serbia | 44,122 t | 2013 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 74 | Honduras | 43,743 t | 2013 | up 173.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Cameroon | 43,309 t | 2013 | up 334.8% | volatile |
| 76 | C�te d'Ivoire | 42,300 t | 2013 | up 22.6% | falling |
| 77 | Serbia and Montenegro | 39,402 t | 2005 | up 885.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Algeria | 39,140 t | 2013 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Czechoslovakia | 37,783 t | 1992 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 80 | Mongolia | 36,616 t | 2013 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Zambia | 36,519 t | 2013 | up 4,206.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 35,578 t | 2013 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Albania | 35,425 t | 2013 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Sudan (former) | 35,425 t | 2011 | up 86,302.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Lebanon | 35,082 t | 2013 | up 104.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Oman | 33,625 t | 2013 | up 111.2% | rising |
| 87 | Cyprus | 33,170 t | 2013 | up 259.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Congo | 32,683 t | 2013 | up 356.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Botswana | 30,790 t | 2013 | up 103.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | 28,897 t | 2013 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Uruguay | 28,528 t | 2013 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Gabon | 27,353 t | 2013 | up 240.7% | flat |
| 93 | Togo | 26,952 t | 2013 | up 475.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Ecuador | 26,495 t | 2013 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 26,317 t | 2010 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 96 | China, Macao SAR | 26,310 t | 2013 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Georgia | 25,030 t | 2013 | up 352.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 24,391 t | 2013 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Guatemala | 23,675 t | 2013 | up 158.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 23,193 t | 2013 | up 209.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 21,381 t | 2013 | up 289.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Kenya | 19,889 t | 2013 | up 204.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Argentina | 19,843 t | 2013 | up 150.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Benin | 19,120 t | 2013 | up 91.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Cuba | 18,595 t | 2013 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Armenia | 18,530 t | 2013 | up 702.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Saudi Arabia | 17,306 t | 2013 | up 620.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Morocco | 16,774 t | 2013 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Eswatini | 16,344 t | 2013 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Montenegro | 16,020 t | 2013 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 111 | Malta | 14,909 t | 2013 | up 94.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14,174 t | 2013 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Barbados | 13,702 t | 2013 | up 152.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Senegal | 13,561 t | 2013 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 13,174 t | 2013 | up 81.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | 12,997 t | 2013 | up 396.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Suriname | 11,788 t | 2013 | up 126.8% | volatile |
| 118 | North Macedonia | 11,428 t | 2013 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Madagascar | 11,392 t | 2013 | up 467.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Guinea | 11,344 t | 2013 | up 233.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Iceland | 10,386 t | 2013 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Tajikistan | 10,239 t | 2013 | up 3,623.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Guyana | 9,839 t | 2013 | up 154.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Nepal | 9,614 t | 2013 | up 572.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Rwanda | 9,413 t | 2013 | up 1,170.3% | volatile |
| 126 | New Caledonia | 9,286 t | 2013 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 127 | Jordan | 9,072 t | 2013 | up 50.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Nicaragua | 9,046 t | 2013 | up 167.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 8,931 t | 2013 | up 246.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Egypt | 8,872 t | 2013 | up 5,118.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Bahamas | 8,282 t | 2013 | down 76.1% | rising |
| 132 | Lesotho | 8,202 t | 2013 | up 482.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6,761 t | 2013 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Mali | 6,534 t | 2013 | up 440.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6,081 t | 2013 | up 82.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Liberia | 5,012 t | 2013 | up 393.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Belize | 4,375 t | 2013 | up 94.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Niger | 4,256 t | 2013 | up 128.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Malawi | 4,244 t | 2013 | up 247.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Maldives | 4,198 t | 2013 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 141 | French Polynesia | 4,135 t | 2013 | down 32.4% | rising |
| 142 | Azerbaijan | 4,052 t | 2013 | up 74.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Tunisia | 3,961 t | 2013 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Djibouti | 3,908 t | 2013 | up 14.2% | flat |
| 145 | Brunei Darussalam | 3,772 t | 2013 | up 652.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Mauritius | 3,706 t | 2013 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Turkmenistan | 3,659 t | 2013 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Bermuda | 3,649 t | 2013 | down 45.1% | rising |
| 149 | Haiti | 3,398 t | 2013 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Chad | 3,306 t | 2013 | up 104.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Bangladesh | 3,059 t | 2013 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Fiji | 2,968 t | 2013 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 153 | Afghanistan | 2,967 t | 2013 | up 139.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Saint Lucia | 2,519 t | 2013 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Ethiopia | 2,313 t | 2013 | up 119.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Dominica | 2,288 t | 2013 | up 71.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Indonesia | 1,634 t | 2013 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,516 t | 2013 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 1,145 t | 2013 | up 116.4% | falling |
| 160 | Central African Republic | 1,061 t | 2013 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Grenada | 797 t | 2013 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Ethiopia PDR | 785 t | 1992 | up 367.3% | flat |
| 163 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 586 t | 2013 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 164 | Kuwait | 551 t | 2013 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Kiribati | 511 t | 2013 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 165 | Samoa | 511 t | 2013 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Yemen | 476 t | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Pakistan | 309 t | 2013 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Gambia | 283 t | 2013 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 232 t | 2013 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Mauritania | 125 t | 2013 | down 58.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 38.09 million t
- Asia 4.80 million t
- Europe 19.71 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries 670,200 t
- European Union (27) 13.76 million t
- Middle Africa 428,293 t
- Americas 11.16 million t
- Northern America 9.05 million t
- Western Europe 8.22 million t
- United States of America 7.14 million t
- Northern Europe 5.50 million t
- Eastern Europe 3.14 million t
- Eastern Asia 2.89 million t
- Southern Europe 2.84 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries 2.05 million t
- Africa 1.68 million t
- South America 1.02 million t
- Least developed countries 1.01 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries 918,318 t
- South-Eastern Asia 831,403 t
- Western Asia 792,770 t
- Oceania 742,567 t
- Central America 684,779 t
- Small Island Developing States 497,529 t
- Western Africa 461,195 t
- Southern Africa 427,480 t
- Eastern Africa 290,295 t
- Central Asia 168,068 t
- Southern Asia 118,005 t
- Northern Africa 69,299 t
About this data
Food Balance Sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per caput food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.