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Share of cereals allocated to food, animal feed or fuel by country

Quantity that is allocated for direct consumption as human food, rather than allocation to animal feed or industrial uses.

Countries reporting
192
Highest
310.93 million tonnes
China
Lowest
2,000 tonnes
Tuvalu
Median
1.34 million tonnes
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,214

What the numbers show

Share of cereals allocated to food, animal feed or fuel is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 310.93 million tonnes in China; the lowest is 2,000 tonnes in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.34 million tonnes, and the mean is 7.69 million tonnes.

Over the past decade 143 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Papua New Guinea (up 128.5%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 40.0%).

Share of cereals allocated to food, animal feed or fuel: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 310.93 million tonnes 2023 up 10.5% rising
2 India 265.62 million tonnes 2023 up 10.8% rising
3 Indonesia 60.92 million tonnes 2023 down 5.1% volatile
4 USSR 49.15 million tonnes 1991 up 8.1% flat
5 Bangladesh 45.00 million tonnes 2023 up 6.8% volatile
6 United States 44.60 million tonnes 2023 up 22.6% rising
7 Philippines 32.34 million tonnes 2023 up 38.8% volatile
8 Pakistan 31.17 million tonnes 2023 up 0.7% rising
9 Egypt 28.44 million tonnes 2023 up 18.4% rising
10 Ethiopia 26.90 million tonnes 2023 up 44.1% rising
11 Brazil 26.40 million tonnes 2023 up 1.1% rising
12 Nigeria 26.32 million tonnes 2023 up 8.4% volatile
13 Vietnam 25.24 million tonnes 2023 up 3.6% volatile
14 Russia 23.12 million tonnes 2023 up 5.2% flat
15 Mexico 21.66 million tonnes 2023 up 16.2% rising
16 Turkey 17.23 million tonnes 2023 up 8.1% rising
17 Iran 17.21 million tonnes 2023 up 18.2% rising
18 Japan 16.63 million tonnes 2022 down 12.5% rising
19 Myanmar 15.42 million tonnes 2023 up 42.9% volatile
20 Thailand 14.76 million tonnes 2023 up 4.5% rising
21 United Kingdom 10.53 million tonnes 2023 up 24.8% rising
22 South Africa 10.14 million tonnes 2023 up 5.8% rising
23 Tanzania 10.03 million tonnes 2023 up 67.6% volatile
24 Morocco 9.55 million tonnes 2023 up 10.1% rising
25 Algeria 9.29 million tonnes 2023 up 16.5% rising
26 Italy 9.23 million tonnes 2023 down 6.4% flat
27 Germany 8.48 million tonnes 2023 down 9.7% rising
28 France 8.44 million tonnes 2023 up 1.8% rising
29 Afghanistan 8.44 million tonnes 2023 up 38.5% rising
30 Iraq 8.27 million tonnes 2023 up 39.9% volatile
31 South Korea 8.01 million tonnes 2023 down 17.8% rising
32 Nepal 7.20 million tonnes 2023 up 13.7% rising
33 Colombia 7.18 million tonnes 2023 up 52.6% rising
34 Sudan 7.06 million tonnes 2022 up 30.3% rising
35 Argentina 6.93 million tonnes 2023 up 22.3% rising
36 Kenya 6.79 million tonnes 2023 up 13.3% volatile
37 Saudi Arabia 6.55 million tonnes 2023 up 31.4% volatile
38 Uzbekistan 6.38 million tonnes 2023 up 6.1% rising
39 Malaysia 5.94 million tonnes 2023 up 5.7% rising
40 Mali 5.86 million tonnes 2022 up 56.1% volatile
41 Poland 5.59 million tonnes 2023 down 4.1% falling
42 Spain 5.54 million tonnes 2023 up 6.1% rising
43 Canada 5.32 million tonnes 2023 up 15.4% rising
44 Uganda 5.28 million tonnes 2023 up 79.2% volatile
45 Sri Lanka 5.26 million tonnes 2023 up 6.8% rising
46 Madagascar 5.26 million tonnes 2023 up 29.4% volatile
47 Peru 5.09 million tonnes 2023 up 15.0% volatile
48 Burkina Faso 4.91 million tonnes 2023 up 23.9% volatile
49 Yemen 4.88 million tonnes 2023 up 0.8% volatile
50 Ukraine 4.84 million tonnes 2023 down 25.4% falling
51 Cote d'Ivoire 4.82 million tonnes 2023 up 22.8% volatile
52 Niger 4.75 million tonnes 2023 up 19.8% volatile
53 Cambodia 4.65 million tonnes 2023 up 27.8% volatile
54 Venezuela 4.61 million tonnes 2023 up 8.8% rising
55 North Korea 4.52 million tonnes 2018 up 25.9% rising
56 Democratic Republic of Congo 4.45 million tonnes 2023 up 42.1% rising
57 Cameroon 4.39 million tonnes 2023 up 42.7% volatile
58 Senegal 4.34 million tonnes 2023 up 55.2% volatile
59 Mozambique 4.26 million tonnes 2023 up 38.2% volatile
60 Ghana 4.11 million tonnes 2023 up 47.7% volatile
61 Syria 3.97 million tonnes 2023 up 2.5% falling
62 Romania 3.51 million tonnes 2023 up 5.3% falling
63 Angola 3.12 million tonnes 2023 up 29.7% volatile
64 Malawi 3.06 million tonnes 2023 up 13.2% rising
65 Guinea 3.06 million tonnes 2023 up 54.1% volatile
66 Australia 3.05 million tonnes 2023 up 20.3% rising
67 Taiwan 2.90 million tonnes 2023 down 7.5% rising
68 Chile 2.75 million tonnes 2023 up 7.3% rising
69 Cuba 2.58 million tonnes 2019 up 76.9% rising
70 Netherlands 2.57 million tonnes 2023 up 52.5% rising
71 Chad 2.54 million tonnes 2022 up 16.9% volatile
72 Tunisia 2.52 million tonnes 2023 up 10.7% rising
73 Kazakhstan 2.45 million tonnes 2023 up 7.5% falling
74 Zambia 2.44 million tonnes 2023 up 15.0% rising
75 Guatemala 2.42 million tonnes 2023 up 20.9% rising
76 Azerbaijan 2.37 million tonnes 2023 down 0.1% rising
77 Ecuador 2.37 million tonnes 2023 up 9.9% volatile
78 Zimbabwe 2.08 million tonnes 2023 up 9.5% rising
79 Laos 1.92 million tonnes 2023 up 4.1% volatile
80 Benin 1.91 million tonnes 2022 up 36.2% volatile
81 Somalia 1.82 million tonnes 2022 up 52.6% rising
82 Tajikistan 1.81 million tonnes 2023 up 29.1% rising
83 Sierra Leone 1.80 million tonnes 2023 up 49.1% volatile
84 Portugal 1.78 million tonnes 2023 up 9.5% rising
85 Serbia 1.77 million tonnes 2023 up 14.8% rising
86 United Arab Emirates 1.68 million tonnes 2023 up 19.4% volatile
87 Haiti 1.67 million tonnes 2023 up 42.7% rising
88 Bolivia 1.64 million tonnes 2023 up 23.5% rising
89 Belgium 1.54 million tonnes 2023 down 11.5% rising
90 Togo 1.51 million tonnes 2022 up 49.4% volatile
91 Israel 1.43 million tonnes 2023 up 15.2% rising
92 Hungary 1.38 million tonnes 2023 up 17.2% falling
93 Nicaragua 1.36 million tonnes 2023 up 35.3% volatile
94 Dominican Republic 1.35 million tonnes 2023 up 23.1% volatile
95 Jordan 1.35 million tonnes 2023 up 14.1% volatile
96 Sweden 1.35 million tonnes 2023 up 29.4% rising
97 Honduras 1.32 million tonnes 2023 up 5.0% rising
98 Turkmenistan 1.28 million tonnes 2023 up 8.5% rising
99 Greece 1.23 million tonnes 2023 down 18.8% flat
100 Rwanda 1.23 million tonnes 2023 up 93.9% volatile
101 Switzerland 1.22 million tonnes 2023 up 29.1% rising
102 Austria 1.14 million tonnes 2023 up 18.8% rising
103 Liberia 1.14 million tonnes 2023 up 69.1% volatile
104 Mauritania 1.13 million tonnes 2023 up 14.9% volatile
105 Czechia 1.05 million tonnes 2023 down 14.0% falling
106 Kyrgyzstan 1.04 million tonnes 2023 down 9.1% rising
107 Paraguay 1.02 million tonnes 2023 up 40.9% volatile
108 El Salvador 1.00 million tonnes 2023 up 17.9% rising
109 Gambia 996,000 tonnes 2023 up 75.0% volatile
110 Papua New Guinea 985,000 tonnes 2023 up 128.5% rising
111 Belarus 952,000 tonnes 2023 down 16.7% falling
112 Norway 926,000 tonnes 2023 up 15.5% rising
113 Panama 922,000 tonnes 2023 up 27.3% volatile
114 Libya 879,000 tonnes 2023 down 21.7% falling
115 Kuwait 869,000 tonnes 2023 up 33.9% volatile
116 Finland 851,000 tonnes 2023 up 16.4% rising
117 Lebanon 832,000 tonnes 2023 up 0.4% rising
118 Hong Kong 820,000 tonnes 2023 down 14.3% rising
119 Denmark 783,000 tonnes 2023 up 2.1% rising
120 Bulgaria 741,000 tonnes 2023 down 33.9% falling
121 Costa Rica 697,000 tonnes 2023 up 20.2% rising
122 Ireland 656,000 tonnes 2023 down 1.8% rising
122 New Zealand 656,000 tonnes 2023 up 36.1% rising
122 Oman 656,000 tonnes 2023 up 1.7% rising
125 Georgia 650,000 tonnes 2023 down 10.0% falling
126 Slovakia 640,000 tonnes 2023 down 22.2% flat
127 Qatar 627,000 tonnes 2023 — rising
128 Guinea-Bissau 604,000 tonnes 2023 up 94.2% volatile
129 Uruguay 574,000 tonnes 2023 up 0.9% rising
130 Armenia 512,000 tonnes 2023 up 16.4% falling
131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 492,000 tonnes 2023 down 20.8% falling
132 Croatia 481,000 tonnes 2023 down 11.6% rising
133 Burundi 476,000 tonnes 2022 up 35.2% rising
134 Botswana 453,000 tonnes 2023 up 26.9% volatile
135 Mongolia 439,000 tonnes 2023 up 15.8% rising
136 Congo 437,000 tonnes 2023 up 40.1% volatile
137 Namibia 436,000 tonnes 2023 up 53.5% volatile
138 Moldova 413,000 tonnes 2023 up 8.7% falling
139 Slovenia 385,000 tonnes 2023 up 3.5% rising
140 East Timor 367,000 tonnes 2023 up 41.2% volatile
141 Gabon 361,000 tonnes 2023 up 35.7% volatile
142 Lithuania 352,000 tonnes 2023 down 24.5% falling
143 Albania 345,000 tonnes 2023 down 28.6% flat
144 Jamaica 344,000 tonnes 2023 down 2.0% rising
145 Lesotho 316,000 tonnes 2023 down 23.1% rising
146 North Macedonia 303,000 tonnes 2023 up 6.7% flat
147 Latvia 261,000 tonnes 2023 down 4.7% falling
148 Mauritius 258,000 tonnes 2023 down 4.4% rising
149 Bahrain 252,000 tonnes 2023 — flat
150 Central African Republic 250,000 tonnes 2022 up 35.1% rising
151 Comoros 231,000 tonnes 2023 up 110.0% rising
152 Bhutan 225,000 tonnes 2023 — rising
153 Djibouti 213,000 tonnes 2023 up 17.7% volatile
154 Eswatini 206,000 tonnes 2023 up 32.9% rising
155 Trinidad and Tobago 198,000 tonnes 2023 up 7.6% rising
156 Cyprus 187,000 tonnes 2023 down 2.1% rising
157 Guyana 136,000 tonnes 2023 down 3.5% rising
158 Montenegro 131,000 tonnes 2023 up 29.7% rising
159 Estonia 118,000 tonnes 2023 down 33.0% falling
160 Fiji 116,000 tonnes 2023 down 8.7% rising
161 Suriname 106,000 tonnes 2023 up 10.4% rising
162 Solomon Islands 105,000 tonnes 2023 up 40.0% volatile
163 Malta 104,000 tonnes 2023 up 33.3% rising
164 Cape Verde 102,000 tonnes 2023 up 10.9% rising
165 Macao 95,000 tonnes 2023 up 3.3% volatile
166 Luxembourg 90,000 tonnes 2023 up 28.6% rising
167 Iceland 70,000 tonnes 2023 up 75.0% volatile
167 Maldives 70,000 tonnes 2023 up 25.0% volatile
169 Belize 66,000 tonnes 2023 up 32.0% volatile
170 Vanuatu 57,000 tonnes 2023 up 58.3% volatile
171 Brunei 52,000 tonnes 2009 up 6.1% rising
172 New Caledonia 46,000 tonnes 2023 up 15.0% rising
173 French Polynesia 41,000 tonnes 2023 down 2.4% rising
174 Barbados 36,000 tonnes 2023 up 20.0% rising
175 Samoa 31,000 tonnes 2023 up 82.4% volatile
176 Bahamas 30,000 tonnes 2023 down 9.1% rising
177 Netherlands Antilles 26,000 tonnes 2009 up 13.0% rising
178 Saint Lucia 25,000 tonnes 2023 up 19.0% rising
179 Sao Tome and Principe 22,000 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
180 Seychelles 21,000 tonnes 2023 up 23.5% rising
181 Kiribati 15,000 tonnes 2023 down 6.2% volatile
182 Tonga 14,000 tonnes 2023 — flat
183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,000 tonnes 2023 down 23.5% rising
184 Micronesia (country) 10,000 tonnes 2023 — falling
185 Grenada 9,000 tonnes 2023 down 40.0% rising
186 Antigua and Barbuda 8,000 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
187 Marshall Islands 7,000 tonnes 2023 — falling
188 Bermuda 5,000 tonnes 2009 unchanged rising
189 Dominica 4,000 tonnes 2022 up 100.0% falling
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4,000 tonnes 2023 down 20.0% rising
191 Nauru 2,000 tonnes 2023 — rising
191 Tuvalu 2,000 tonnes 2023 — flat

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Indicator
Share of cereals allocated to food, animal feed or fuel
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
192 places, 10,214 data points, 1961–2023
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Quantity that is allocated for direct consumption as human food, rather than allocation to animal feed or industrial uses.