Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food in Belgium
Belgium: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food was 1,537 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food in Belgium, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 1,537 1000 t for cereals - excluding beer — food in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food in Belgium peaked at 1,833 1000 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,468 1000 t, in 2021.
That places Belgium 92nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food in Belgium, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,731 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,644 1000 t | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 1,721 1000 t | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 1,737 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 1,757 1000 t | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 1,833 1000 t | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 1,682 1000 t | -8.2% |
| 2017 | 1,700 1000 t | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1,682 1000 t | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,543 1000 t | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 1,535 1000 t | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 1,468 1000 t | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 1,595 1000 t | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 1,537 1000 t | -3.6% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 1,537 1000 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 762 1000 t, 2.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 1,537 1000 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,050 1000 t, 1.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,703 1000 t | 1,543 1000 t | 1,833 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,534 1000 t | 1,468 1000 t | 1,595 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals - excluding beer — food in Belgium?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food in Belgium was 1,537 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — food recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 1,833 1000 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,468 1000 t in 2021.
- How does Belgium rank for cereals - excluding beer — food?
- Belgium ranks 92nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.