Cereals - Excluding Beer — Seed by country
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...
Countries reporting
155
Highest
13,183 1000 t
China
Lowest
0 1000 t
Montenegro
Median
88 1000 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,832
What the numbers show
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Seed is currently reported for 155 countries. The highest value is 13,183 1000 t in China; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Montenegro.
The median across all reporting countries is 88 1000 t, and the mean is 683.12 1000 t.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 570.7%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 100.0%).
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Seed: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 13,183 1000 t | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 2 | China, mainland | 13,170 1000 t | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 3 | Russia | 12,065 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 12,065 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 5 | India | 7,917 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 2,979 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 2,108 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 8 | Turkey | 1,964 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 8 | Türkiye | 1,964 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 10 | Ukraine | 1,645 1000 t | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 11 | Pakistan | 1,575 1000 t | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 12 | Romania | 1,530 1000 t | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 13 | Vietnam | 1,517 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 1,517 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 15 | Canada | 1,432 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 16 | Poland | 1,408 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 1,403 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 18 | Thailand | 1,396 1000 t | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 19 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,242 1000 t | 2023 | up 402.8% | volatile |
| 20 | France | 1,094 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 21 | Argentina | 1,072 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 22 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,022 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.1% | flat |
| 23 | Australia | 1,008 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 24 | Brazil | 896 1000 t | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 25 | Germany | 859 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 26 | Syria | 841 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 26 | Syrian Arab Republic | 841 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 28 | Myanmar | 783 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 29 | Italy | 765 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 30 | Spain | 741 1000 t | 2023 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 31 | Belarus | 565 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 516 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 33 | Guinea | 503 1000 t | 2023 | up 570.7% | volatile |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 479 1000 t | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 34 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 479 1000 t | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 36 | Nigeria | 452 1000 t | 2023 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 37 | Egypt | 388 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 38 | Iraq | 383 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.5% | flat |
| 39 | Morocco | 364 1000 t | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 40 | Cambodia | 362 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 41 | Hungary | 359 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 42 | Afghanistan | 351 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 43 | Mexico | 331 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 44 | Philippines | 321 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 45 | Indonesia | 315 1000 t | 2023 | down 68.3% | falling |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 291 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 47 | Lithuania | 287 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 48 | Czechia | 261 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 48 | Finland | 261 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 50 | Laos | 235 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 50 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 235 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 52 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 231 1000 t | 2023 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 53 | Serbia | 226 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 54 | Azerbaijan | 221 1000 t | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 215 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.3% | flat |
| 56 | Algeria | 190 1000 t | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 57 | United Republic of Tanzania | 189 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 58 | Sweden | 186 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 59 | Denmark | 179 1000 t | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 60 | Nepal | 174 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Latvia | 165 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 62 | Niger | 158 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 63 | Slovakia | 150 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 149 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.0% | flat |
| 65 | Madagascar | 148 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | flat |
| 66 | Colombia | 141 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 67 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 124 1000 t | 2018 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 68 | Moldova | 115 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 68 | Republic of Moldova | 115 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 114 1000 t | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 71 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 111 1000 t | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 72 | Austria | 98 1000 t | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 73 | Kenya | 93 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 73 | Mozambique | 93 1000 t | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 75 | Greece | 92 1000 t | 2023 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 76 | Uruguay | 90 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 77 | Peru | 89 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 88 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 79 | Angola | 83 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 81 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 80 | Sri Lanka | 81 1000 t | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 82 | Estonia | 78 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 83 | Cote d'Ivoire | 75 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 83 | Cameroon | 75 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 83 | Côte d'Ivoire | 75 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 86 | Paraguay | 73 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 87 | South Africa | 71 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 65 1000 t | 2023 | up 132.1% | rising |
| 89 | Ghana | 64 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 90 | Ireland | 63 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.5% | flat |
| 91 | Belgium | 62 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 91 | Croatia | 62 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 91 | Uganda | 62 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 94 | Caribbean | 61 1000 t | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 95 | Zambia | 59 1000 t | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 95 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 59 1000 t | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 97 | Norway | 56 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 98 | Malawi | 52 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 42 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 100 | Republic of Korea | 37 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 101 | Chile | 35 1000 t | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 102 | Georgia | 34 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 102 | Senegal | 34 1000 t | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 104 | Armenia | 33 1000 t | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 105 | Libya | 30 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 106 | Haiti | 29 1000 t | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 107 | Dominican Republic | 28 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 107 | North Macedonia | 28 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 109 | Guatemala | 27 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 109 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 27 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 111 | Switzerland | 25 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 111 | Tunisia | 25 1000 t | 2023 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 113 | Mongolia | 24 1000 t | 2023 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23 1000 t | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 114 | Saudi Arabia | 23 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 116 | Yemen | 21 1000 t | 2023 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 117 | Guyana | 20 1000 t | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 118 | Portugal | 18 1000 t | 2023 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 119 | Israel | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 119 | Mauritania | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 119 | Malaysia | 17 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 119 | Rwanda | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 123 | Albania | 16 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 124 | Nicaragua | 15 1000 t | 2023 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 125 | New Zealand | 14 1000 t | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 125 | Slovenia | 14 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 127 | Honduras | 13 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 127 | China, Taiwan Province of | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 129 | Ecuador | 11 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 130 | Botswana | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Cuba | 9 1000 t | 2019 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 131 | Liberia | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 134 | Cyprus | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 135 | Lesotho | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 135 | Namibia | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 135 | Suriname | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 138 | Gambia | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 138 | Panama | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 140 | Lebanon | 5 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Luxembourg | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 141 | El Salvador | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 141 | Eswatini | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 144 | Belize | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 144 | Jordan | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 146 | Costa Rica | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 146 | Gabon | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 146 | Oman | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | East Timor | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 146 | Timor-Leste | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 151 | Bhutan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 151 | Comoros | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 151 | Fiji | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Melanesia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Montenegro | 0 1000 t | 2023 | 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.
- World 74,888 1000 t
- Asia 37,335 1000 t
- Europe 24,331 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 18,390 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 13,435 1000 t
- Southern Asia 12,744 1000 t
- European Union (27) 9,096 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 9,042 1000 t
- Americas 7,443 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 6,225 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 5,233 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 4,948 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4,883 1000 t
- Africa 4,757 1000 t
- Northern America 4,411 1000 t
- Western Asia 3,556 1000 t
- United States of America 2,979 1000 t
- Central Asia 2,651 1000 t
- South America 2,571 1000 t
- Western Europe 2,203 1000 t
- Southern Europe 1,985 1000 t
- Western Africa 1,764 1000 t
- Northern Europe 1,753 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 1,332 1000 t
- Northern Africa 1,120 1000 t
- Oceania 1,023 1000 t
- Middle Africa 442 1000 t
- Central America 400 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 103 1000 t
- Southern Africa 100 1000 t
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.