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
188
Highest
310.93 million tonnes
China
Lowest
2,000 tonnes
Tuvalu
Median
1.35 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 188 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 1.35 million tonnes, and the mean is 7.59 million tonnes.
Over the past decade 140 countries rose and 37 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Bangladesh | 45.00 million tonnes | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 5 | United States | 44.60 million tonnes | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 6 | Philippines | 32.34 million tonnes | 2023 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Pakistan | 31.17 million tonnes | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 8 | Egypt | 28.44 million tonnes | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 26.90 million tonnes | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 26.40 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 11 | Nigeria | 26.32 million tonnes | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Vietnam | 25.24 million tonnes | 2023 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Russia | 23.12 million tonnes | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 14 | Mexico | 21.66 million tonnes | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 15 | Turkey | 17.23 million tonnes | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 16 | Iran | 17.21 million tonnes | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 17 | Japan | 16.63 million tonnes | 2022 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 18 | Myanmar | 15.42 million tonnes | 2023 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Thailand | 14.76 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 10.53 million tonnes | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 21 | South Africa | 10.14 million tonnes | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 22 | Tanzania | 10.03 million tonnes | 2023 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Morocco | 9.55 million tonnes | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 24 | Algeria | 9.29 million tonnes | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 25 | Italy | 9.23 million tonnes | 2023 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 26 | Germany | 8.48 million tonnes | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 27 | France | 8.44 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 8.44 million tonnes | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 29 | Iraq | 8.27 million tonnes | 2023 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 30 | South Korea | 8.01 million tonnes | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 31 | Nepal | 7.20 million tonnes | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 32 | Colombia | 7.18 million tonnes | 2023 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 33 | Sudan | 7.06 million tonnes | 2022 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 34 | Argentina | 6.93 million tonnes | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 35 | Kenya | 6.79 million tonnes | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 6.55 million tonnes | 2023 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 6.38 million tonnes | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 38 | Malaysia | 5.94 million tonnes | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 39 | Mali | 5.86 million tonnes | 2022 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Poland | 5.59 million tonnes | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 41 | Spain | 5.54 million tonnes | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 42 | Canada | 5.32 million tonnes | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 43 | Uganda | 5.28 million tonnes | 2023 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 5.26 million tonnes | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 45 | Madagascar | 5.26 million tonnes | 2023 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Peru | 5.09 million tonnes | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 4.91 million tonnes | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Yemen | 4.88 million tonnes | 2023 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Ukraine | 4.84 million tonnes | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 50 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.82 million tonnes | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Niger | 4.75 million tonnes | 2023 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Cambodia | 4.65 million tonnes | 2023 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Venezuela | 4.61 million tonnes | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 54 | North Korea | 4.52 million tonnes | 2018 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 55 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.45 million tonnes | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 56 | Cameroon | 4.39 million tonnes | 2023 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Senegal | 4.34 million tonnes | 2023 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Mozambique | 4.26 million tonnes | 2023 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Ghana | 4.11 million tonnes | 2023 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Syria | 3.97 million tonnes | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 61 | Romania | 3.51 million tonnes | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 62 | Angola | 3.12 million tonnes | 2023 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Malawi | 3.06 million tonnes | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 64 | Guinea | 3.06 million tonnes | 2023 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Australia | 3.05 million tonnes | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 66 | Taiwan | 2.90 million tonnes | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 67 | Chile | 2.75 million tonnes | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 68 | Cuba | 2.58 million tonnes | 2019 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 69 | Netherlands | 2.57 million tonnes | 2023 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 70 | Chad | 2.54 million tonnes | 2022 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Tunisia | 2.52 million tonnes | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 2.45 million tonnes | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 73 | Zambia | 2.44 million tonnes | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 74 | Guatemala | 2.42 million tonnes | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 2.37 million tonnes | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 76 | Ecuador | 2.37 million tonnes | 2023 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Zimbabwe | 2.08 million tonnes | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 78 | Laos | 1.92 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Benin | 1.91 million tonnes | 2022 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Somalia | 1.82 million tonnes | 2022 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 81 | Tajikistan | 1.81 million tonnes | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 1.80 million tonnes | 2023 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Portugal | 1.78 million tonnes | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 84 | Serbia | 1.77 million tonnes | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 85 | United Arab Emirates | 1.68 million tonnes | 2023 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Haiti | 1.67 million tonnes | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 87 | Bolivia | 1.64 million tonnes | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 88 | Belgium | 1.54 million tonnes | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 89 | Togo | 1.51 million tonnes | 2022 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Israel | 1.43 million tonnes | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 91 | Hungary | 1.38 million tonnes | 2023 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 1.36 million tonnes | 2023 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 1.35 million tonnes | 2023 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Jordan | 1.35 million tonnes | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Sweden | 1.35 million tonnes | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 96 | Honduras | 1.32 million tonnes | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 1.28 million tonnes | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 98 | Greece | 1.23 million tonnes | 2023 | down 18.8% | flat |
| 99 | Rwanda | 1.23 million tonnes | 2023 | up 93.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Switzerland | 1.22 million tonnes | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 101 | Austria | 1.14 million tonnes | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 102 | Liberia | 1.14 million tonnes | 2023 | up 69.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Mauritania | 1.13 million tonnes | 2023 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Czechia | 1.05 million tonnes | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.04 million tonnes | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 106 | Paraguay | 1.02 million tonnes | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 107 | El Salvador | 1.00 million tonnes | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 108 | Gambia | 996,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Papua New Guinea | 985,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 128.5% | rising |
| 110 | Belarus | 952,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 111 | Norway | 926,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 112 | Panama | 922,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Libya | 879,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 114 | Kuwait | 869,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Finland | 851,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 116 | Lebanon | 832,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 117 | Hong Kong | 820,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 118 | Denmark | 783,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 741,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 697,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 121 | New Zealand | 656,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 121 | Oman | 656,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 124 | Georgia | 650,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 125 | Slovakia | 640,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 126 | Qatar | 627,000 tonnes | 2023 | — | rising |
| 127 | Guinea-Bissau | 604,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 94.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Uruguay | 574,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 129 | Armenia | 512,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 492,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 131 | Croatia | 481,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 132 | Burundi | 476,000 tonnes | 2022 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 133 | Botswana | 453,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Mongolia | 439,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 135 | Congo | 437,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Namibia | 436,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Moldova | 413,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 138 | Slovenia | 385,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 139 | East Timor | 367,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Gabon | 361,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Lithuania | 352,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 142 | Albania | 345,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 28.6% | flat |
| 143 | Jamaica | 344,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 144 | Lesotho | 316,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 303,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 146 | Latvia | 261,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 147 | Mauritius | 258,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 148 | Bahrain | 252,000 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 149 | Central African Republic | 250,000 tonnes | 2022 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 150 | Comoros | 231,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 110.0% | rising |
| 151 | Bhutan | 225,000 tonnes | 2023 | — | rising |
| 152 | Djibouti | 213,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Eswatini | 206,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 198,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 155 | Cyprus | 187,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 156 | Guyana | 136,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 157 | Montenegro | 131,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 158 | Estonia | 118,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 159 | Fiji | 116,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 160 | Suriname | 106,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 161 | Solomon Islands | 105,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 102,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 164 | Macao | 95,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Iceland | 70,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Maldives | 70,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Belize | 66,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 57,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Brunei | 52,000 tonnes | 2009 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 171 | New Caledonia | 46,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 172 | French Polynesia | 41,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 173 | Barbados | 36,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 174 | Samoa | 31,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 82.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Bahamas | 30,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 176 | Netherlands Antilles | 26,000 tonnes | 2009 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 25,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 179 | Seychelles | 21,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 180 | Kiribati | 15,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Tonga | 14,000 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 182 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 183 | Micronesia (country) | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | — | falling |
| 184 | Grenada | 9,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 7,000 tonnes | 2023 | — | falling |
| 187 | Bermuda | 5,000 tonnes | 2009 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | Dominica | 4,000 tonnes | 2022 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 190 | Nauru | 2,000 tonnes | 2023 | — | rising |
| 190 | Tuvalu | 2,000 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 49.15 million tonnes
About this data
Quantity that is allocated for direct consumption as human food, rather than allocation to animal feed or industrial uses.