Cereals - Excluding Beer — Import quantity in Italy
Italy: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Import quantity was 19,147 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Import quantity in Italy, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals - excluding beer — import quantity in Italy is 19,147 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and up 44.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — import quantity in Italy peaked at 19,147 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 12,011 1000 t, in 2012.
That places Italy 12th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Import quantity in Italy, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13,121 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 13,839 1000 t | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 12,011 1000 t | -13.2% |
| 2013 | 13,213 1000 t | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 15,849 1000 t | +20.0% |
| 2015 | 14,757 1000 t | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 16,083 1000 t | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 17,025 1000 t | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 17,417 1000 t | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 17,429 1000 t | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 17,852 1000 t | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 16,417 1000 t | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 18,259 1000 t | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 19,147 1000 t | +4.9% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 19,147 1000 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,560 1000 t, 12.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Italy's 19,147 1000 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,340 1000 t, 14.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 15,074 1000 t | 12,011 1000 t | 17,429 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,919 1000 t | 16,417 1000 t | 19,147 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals - excluding beer — import quantity in Italy?
- Cereals - excluding beer — import quantity in Italy was 19,147 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — import quantity recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 19,147 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — import quantity recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,011 1000 t in 2012.
- How does Italy rank for cereals - excluding beer — import quantity?
- Italy ranks 12th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — import quantity rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals - Excluding Beer — Import quantity. 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.