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Cereal food aid deliveries (FAO, tonnes) by country

Food aid shipments represent a transfer of food commodities from donor to recipient countries on a total-grant basis. Processed and blended cereals are converted into their grain equivalent by applying the conversion factors included in the Rule of Procedures under the 1999 Food Aid Convention to facilitate...

Countries reporting
54
Highest
473,550 FAO, tonnes
Ethiopia
Lowest
0 FAO, tonnes
Morocco
Median
11,837 FAO, tonnes
Years covered
28
1985–2012
Data points
1,485

What the numbers show

Cereal food aid deliveries (FAO, tonnes) is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 473,550 FAO, tonnes in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0 FAO, tonnes in Morocco.

The median across all reporting countries is 11,837 FAO, tonnes, and the mean is 32,649 FAO, tonnes.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 2,021.0%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 100.0%).

Cereal food aid deliveries: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 473,550 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 48.4% rising
2 Sudan 201,239 FAO, tonnes 2011 up 15.8% volatile
3 Kenya 127,774 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 31.7% volatile
4 Niger 111,810 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 245.3% volatile
5 Somalia 107,900 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 300.0% volatile
6 Democratic Republic of Congo 104,030 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 60.4% volatile
7 Mozambique 81,361 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 55.9% volatile
8 Senegal 40,126 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 467.7% volatile
9 Mali 39,540 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 1,005.7% falling
10 Burkina Faso 32,867 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 22.2% falling
11 Madagascar 29,637 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 19.4% falling
12 Ghana 27,831 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 59.3% volatile
13 Libya 27,766 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
14 South Sudan 27,648 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
15 Uganda 25,023 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 60.8% volatile
16 Chad 23,578 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 153.5% volatile
17 Gambia 23,547 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 515.6% volatile
18 Liberia 22,180 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 19.2% volatile
19 Malawi 21,675 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 87.8% volatile
20 Cote d'Ivoire 20,940 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 44.9% volatile
21 Zimbabwe 19,848 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 90.6% volatile
22 Mauritania 17,467 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 57.2% volatile
23 Eritrea 13,023 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 95.3% volatile
24 Djibouti 12,910 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 16.1% falling
25 Sierra Leone 12,048 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 79.0% falling
26 Tanzania 11,956 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 80.5% volatile
27 Algeria 11,892 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 67.5% flat
28 Burundi 11,782 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 46.3% volatile
29 Tunisia 9,533 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
30 Egypt 8,839 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 64.6% volatile
31 Congo 8,711 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 34.7% volatile
32 Lesotho 7,920 FAO, tonnes 2011 up 226.6% volatile
33 Cameroon 7,330 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 200.4% volatile
34 Central African Republic 6,963 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 47.8% volatile
35 Cape Verde 6,675 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 85.6% volatile
36 Benin 6,600 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 60.5% falling
37 Eswatini 5,540 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 57.7% volatile
38 Zambia 2,582 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 92.6% volatile
39 Guinea-Bissau 2,450 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 51.3% volatile
40 Nigeria 2,163 FAO, tonnes 2011 up 2,021.0% volatile
41 Angola 1,800 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 99.2% volatile
41 Guinea 1,800 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 94.8% volatile
43 Rwanda 1,470 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 96.3% volatile
44 Namibia 970.32 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 72.6% volatile
45 Sao Tome and Principe 745 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 86.1% volatile
46 Mauritius 0.044 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
47 Comoros 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
47 Seychelles 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
47 Botswana 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
47 Togo 0 FAO, tonnes 2012 — volatile
47 Gabon 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
47 South Africa 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
47 Equatorial Guinea 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 100.0% volatile
47 Morocco 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Cereal food aid deliveries (FAO, tonnes)
Unit
FAO, tonnes
Source
World Food Programme, electronic files and web site (http://www.wfp.org/fais/)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
60 places, 1,485 data points, 1985–2012
Last refreshed

Food aid shipments represent a transfer of food commodities from donor to recipient countries on a total-grant basis. Processed and blended cereals are converted into their grain equivalent by applying the conversion factors included in the Rule of Procedures under the 1999 Food Aid Convention to facilitate comparisons between deliveries of different commodities. For cereals, the period refers to July/June, beginning in the year shown.