Cereals - Excluding Beer — Tourist consumption 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...
What the numbers show
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Tourist consumption is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 419 1000 t in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.5 1000 t, and the mean is 17.87 1000 t.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 350.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Tourist consumption: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 419 1000 t | 2023 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Caribbean | 82 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 3 | Maldives | 32 1000 t | 2023 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Cabo Verde | 24 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | China | 23 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 6 | Bahamas | 22 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 6 | Cuba | 22 1000 t | 2019 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 6 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 22 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 9 | Polynesia | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 10 | French Polynesia | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 30.8% | falling |
| 12 | Cambodia | 12 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Cyprus | 11 1000 t | 2023 | up 57.1% | flat |
| 14 | Melanesia | 10 1000 t | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 15 | Botswana | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Fiji | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 17 | Barbados | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 18 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Mauritius | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 21 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 21 | Jamaica | 5 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 21 | Malta | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Indonesia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Grenada | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Guatemala | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Seychelles | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 28 | Egypt | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Belize | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 30 | China, Macao SAR | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Honduras | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 30 | Kenya | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Kiribati | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 30 | Micronesia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 30 | New Caledonia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Nepal | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Solomon Islands | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Samoa | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 30 | Vanuatu | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 43 | Iceland | 0 1000 t | 2020 | — | flat |
| 43 | Saint Lucia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Comoros | 0 1000 t | 2020 | — | flat |
| 43 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 677 1000 t
- Asia 503 1000 t
- Western Asia 430 1000 t
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 179 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 127 1000 t
- Americas 94 1000 t
- Africa 45 1000 t
- Southern Asia 33 1000 t
- Oceania 30 1000 t
- Western Africa 24 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 23 1000 t
- South-eastern Asia 17 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.