Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita by country
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
What the numbers show
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 0.4366 tonnes per person in Norway; the lowest is 0 tonnes per person in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0039 tonnes per person, and the mean is 0.0223 tonnes per person.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 54,489.4%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 100.0%).
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 0.4366 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 2 | United States | 0.3731 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Cambodia | 0.3391 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Canada | 0.1557 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 173.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Netherlands | 0.1365 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Belgium | 0.1359 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 7 | Austria | 0.1004 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 68.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Thailand | 0.0946 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 230.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Suriname | 0.0906 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Grenada | 0.0899 tonnes per person | 2009 | up 379.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Germany | 0.084 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 567.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Ireland | 0.07 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 2,598.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Hungary | 0.0694 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 725.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Eswatini | 0.0691 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Argentina | 0.0664 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Poland | 0.0659 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 0.063 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Romania | 0.0578 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Oman | 0.0509 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Bermuda | 0.0472 tonnes per person | 2009 | up 188.5% | falling |
| 21 | Czechia | 0.0468 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 22 | China | 0.0448 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 94.2% | volatile |
| 23 | France | 0.0432 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Belarus | 0.0404 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 634.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Mexico | 0.0402 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 157.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Australia | 0.0399 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Ghana | 0.0399 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 54,489.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Nepal | 0.0378 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Indonesia | 0.0361 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Benin | 0.0356 tonnes per person | 2022 | up 325.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Senegal | 0.0344 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 218.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Dominica | 0.0299 tonnes per person | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Greece | 0.0297 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Kazakhstan | 0.0297 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Spain | 0.0283 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Albania | 0.0278 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Morocco | 0.0274 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 85.3% | volatile |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 0.027 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 39 | North Macedonia | 0.0241 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 0.0233 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Lithuania | 0.0233 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Mali | 0.0226 tonnes per person | 2022 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Turkey | 0.0209 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Israel | 0.0208 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 45 | Guinea | 0.0175 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Peru | 0.0174 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Paraguay | 0.0172 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 139.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Uruguay | 0.0156 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Iceland | 0.0156 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Azerbaijan | 0.0155 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Portugal | 0.0153 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Ukraine | 0.0149 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Estonia | 0.0146 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 380.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Algeria | 0.0145 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Malta | 0.0145 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Zambia | 0.0118 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Chile | 0.0112 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Russia | 0.0112 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 8,826.5% | volatile |
| 59 | North Korea | 0.0111 tonnes per person | 2018 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 60 | Malaysia | 0.011 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0099 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Finland | 0.0098 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 63 | New Zealand | 0.0098 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Montenegro | 0.0096 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 0.0092 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Luxembourg | 0.009 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Italy | 0.0087 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 68 | Laos | 0.0086 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Brunei | 0.0078 tonnes per person | 2009 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 70 | South Korea | 0.0076 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 146.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Slovenia | 0.0075 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Latvia | 0.0074 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Slovakia | 0.0074 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 398.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Croatia | 0.0073 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Denmark | 0.0071 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Bolivia | 0.0067 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 240.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Georgia | 0.0065 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Egypt | 0.0059 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Serbia | 0.0057 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Vietnam | 0.0056 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Bhutan | 0.0051 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | flat |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.005 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0048 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Japan | 0.0046 tonnes per person | 2022 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 0.0044 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Kenya | 0.0039 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 139.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 0.0039 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Tanzania | 0.0038 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 18,662.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Macao | 0.0037 tonnes per person | 2009 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Armenia | 0.0037 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 0.0034 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Philippines | 0.0026 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 226.1% | falling |
| 93 | Sierra Leone | 0.0026 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Sweden | 0.0025 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Libya | 0.0025 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Namibia | 0.002 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 97 | El Salvador | 0.0017 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Ecuador | 0.0017 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Mongolia | 0.0017 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Qatar | 0.0015 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 101 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0015 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Lebanon | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Hong Kong | 0.0013 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 138.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0013 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 207.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Tunisia | 0.0012 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Uzbekistan | 0.0012 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 298.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Central African Republic | 0.0012 tonnes per person | 2022 | up 442.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0008 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Kuwait | 0.0008 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 71.1% | flat |
| 111 | Cyprus | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Jamaica | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Jordan | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Haiti | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Iran | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 232.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Sudan | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2022 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 119 | Cameroon | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Nigeria | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Switzerland | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Panama | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Myanmar | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 921.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Uganda | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 154.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Cuba | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2019 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Venezuela | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 111.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Madagascar | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Guatemala | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Brazil | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Burkina Faso | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Syria | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Pakistan | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Mozambique | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Angola | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | India | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Bahamas | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Belize | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Barbados | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Botswana | 0 tonnes per person | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Colombia | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Cape Verde | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Djibouti | 0 tonnes per person | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Fiji | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Gabon | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Gambia | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Guyana | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Honduras | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Iraq | 0 tonnes per person | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Kiribati | 0 tonnes per person | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Saint Lucia | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Lesotho | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Moldova | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Maldives | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Marshall Islands | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Mauritania | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Mauritius | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 136 | Malawi | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Niger | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | French Polynesia | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Rwanda | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Solomon Islands | 0 tonnes per person | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Togo | 0 tonnes per person | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Tajikistan | 0 tonnes per person | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Turkmenistan | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | East Timor | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Vanuatu | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Samoa | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Yemen | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | South Africa | 0 tonnes per person | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.