Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre by country
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
172
Highest
72.5 tonnes per square kilometre
Netherlands
Lowest
0 tonnes per square kilometre
South Africa
Median
0.2932 tonnes per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,362
What the numbers show
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 72.5 tonnes per square kilometre in Netherlands; the lowest is 0 tonnes per square kilometre in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2932 tonnes per square kilometre, and the mean is 3.43 tonnes per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 67,252.1%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 100.0%).
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 72.5 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Macao | 67.8 tonnes per square kilometre | 2009 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Bermuda | 55.56 tonnes per square kilometre | 2009 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 4 | Belgium | 52.5 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 5 | Cambodia | 33.48 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Grenada | 29.41 tonnes per square kilometre | 2009 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Malta | 25 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Germany | 20.02 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 588.1% | volatile |
| 9 | United States | 13.73 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Thailand | 13.27 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 239.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 12.09 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Austria | 11.11 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 9.52 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.0% | falling |
| 14 | Israel | 9.47 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 7.89 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 154.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Nepal | 7.83 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.6% | volatile |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 7.65 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 18 | Hungary | 7.3 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 696.0% | volatile |
| 19 | China | 6.74 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Norway | 6.62 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Czechia | 6.58 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Ghana | 5.92 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67,252.1% | volatile |
| 23 | France | 5.48 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Ireland | 5.4 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,000.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Indonesia | 5.37 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Eswatini | 4.94 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Romania | 4.79 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Benin | 4.35 tonnes per square kilometre | 2022 | up 463.2% | volatile |
| 29 | South Korea | 4.04 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 152.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 3.74 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Senegal | 3.23 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 320.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Spain | 2.73 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Mexico | 2.68 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 182.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Dominica | 2.67 tonnes per square kilometre | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 2.66 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.56 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Albania | 2.45 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Greece | 2.4 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 39 | North Korea | 2.38 tonnes per square kilometre | 2018 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 40 | Luxembourg | 2.33 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Turkey | 2.32 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.4% | falling |
| 42 | Morocco | 2.32 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 1.9 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Belarus | 1.83 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 613.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Vietnam | 1.78 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 107.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Portugal | 1.77 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 47 | North Macedonia | 1.74 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Italy | 1.74 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Japan | 1.59 tonnes per square kilometre | 2022 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 1.2 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Malaysia | 1.18 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Argentina | 1.11 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Lithuania | 1.07 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Denmark | 1.05 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Guinea | 1.03 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Philippines | 1.01 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 267.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Ukraine | 0.9717 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Slovakia | 0.8319 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 400.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Oman | 0.8304 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Slovenia | 0.7947 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Lebanon | 0.782 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Canada | 0.7094 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 218.2% | volatile |
| 63 | United Arab Emirates | 0.704 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Egypt | 0.6761 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Brunei | 0.5693 tonnes per square kilometre | 2009 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 66 | El Salvador | 0.5309 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Croatia | 0.5004 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Estonia | 0.4681 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 408.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Peru | 0.4594 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Serbia | 0.4519 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Montenegro | 0.4461 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 72 | Mali | 0.4278 tonnes per square kilometre | 2022 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 0.3917 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Armenia | 0.3901 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.3899 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Kenya | 0.3753 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 188.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Suriname | 0.3551 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Qatar | 0.3481 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | rising |
| 79 | Georgia | 0.3454 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 0.332 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Zambia | 0.3282 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3125 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 0.3048 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Uruguay | 0.3028 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Paraguay | 0.298 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 175.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Chile | 0.2962 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Haiti | 0.2903 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Tanzania | 0.289 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25,500.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Laos | 0.286 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Algeria | 0.2813 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Nicaragua | 0.2493 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Latvia | 0.225 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Kuwait | 0.2245 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 0.2234 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 95 | New Zealand | 0.1937 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Jamaica | 0.1847 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 97 | Finland | 0.1809 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Australia | 0.1382 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1258 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Ecuador | 0.1248 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Cyprus | 0.1082 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 102 | Bhutan | 0.1049 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Russia | 0.0981 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8,827.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 0.0976 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 372.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Tunisia | 0.0965 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Jordan | 0.0901 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Bolivia | 0.0757 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 290.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Nigeria | 0.0648 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Sweden | 0.0638 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Iceland | 0.0595 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Switzerland | 0.0506 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Iran | 0.037 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 276.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Uganda | 0.0349 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0313 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Afghanistan | 0.0215 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 116 | Cameroon | 0.019 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Myanmar | 0.0169 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,000.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Sudan | 0.0139 tonnes per square kilometre | 2022 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Panama | 0.0135 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Pakistan | 0.0104 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Libya | 0.0102 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Cuba | 0.0096 tonnes per square kilometre | 2019 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 0.0096 tonnes per square kilometre | 2022 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Guatemala | 0.0093 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 125 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0084 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Namibia | 0.0073 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Syria | 0.0054 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 128 | Mongolia | 0.0038 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Burkina Faso | 0.0037 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Madagascar | 0.0034 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | India | 0.0024 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Venezuela | 0.0023 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Mozambique | 0.0013 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Brazil | 0.0012 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Angola | 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Bahamas | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Belize | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Barbados | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Botswana | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Colombia | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Cape Verde | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Djibouti | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Fiji | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Gabon | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Gambia | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Guyana | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Honduras | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Iraq | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Kiribati | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Saint Lucia | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Lesotho | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Moldova | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Maldives | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Marshall Islands | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Mauritania | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Mauritius | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 136 | Malawi | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Niger | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | French Polynesia | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Rwanda | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Solomon Islands | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Togo | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Tajikistan | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Turkmenistan | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | East Timor | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Vanuatu | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Samoa | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Yemen | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | South Africa | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel divided by Land area (sq. km), 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 ÷ Land area (sq. km)
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
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.