Cereals — Food aid received by country

Countries reporting
127
Highest
547,878 t
Sudan (former)
Lowest
0 t
Serbia and Montenegro
Median
1,814 t
Years covered
29
1988–2016
Data points
3,261

What the numbers show

Cereals — Food aid received is currently reported for 127 countries. The highest value is 547,878 t in Sudan (former); the lowest is 0 t in Serbia and Montenegro.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,814 t, and the mean is 16,147 t.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 10,327.7%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 100.0%).

Cereals — Food aid received: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sudan (former) 547,878 t 2010 up 426.7% volatile
2 Ukraine 208,000 t 2003 down 40.3% volatile
3 Yemen 196,027 t 2016 up 174.0% volatile
4 Ethiopia 86,482 t 2015 down 90.8% volatile
5 Uzbekistan 72,100 t 2004 — volatile
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 54,400 t 2002 up 5,944.4% volatile
7 Kenya 45,899 t 2015 down 59.3% volatile
8 Moldova 45,882 t 2008 up 10,327.7% volatile
8 Republic of Moldova 45,882 t 2008 up 10,327.7% volatile
10 Niger 40,386 t 2016 down 46.5% volatile
11 Vietnam 38,880 t 2004 down 0.6% falling
11 Viet Nam 38,880 t 2004 down 0.6% falling
13 Mexico 33,690 t 1995 down 83.2% volatile
14 Pakistan 32,889 t 2014 up 50.7% volatile
15 Brazil 32,290 t 1994 up 1,141.5% volatile
16 Somalia 30,626 t 2015 down 31.3% volatile
17 Chad 30,028 t 2015 down 45.7% volatile
18 Syria 29,569 t 2016 up 768.7% volatile
18 Syrian Arab Republic 29,569 t 2016 up 768.7% volatile
20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 28,365 t 2015 down 65.5% volatile
21 United Republic of Tanzania 25,311 t 2015 down 44.7% volatile
22 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 22,335 t 2015 down 97.8% volatile
23 Bulgaria 17,000 t 2003 down 89.1% volatile
24 Suriname 16,900 t 1998 up 382.9% volatile
25 Mongolia 16,171 t 2012 down 40.9% volatile
26 Afghanistan 15,989 t 2014 down 91.3% volatile
27 Gaza Strip (Palestine) 15,390 t 2015 down 17.4% volatile
28 South Sudan 13,851 t 2015 up 7,769.9% volatile
29 Eritrea 13,023 t 2011 down 95.6% volatile
30 Cameroon 12,475 t 2015 down 9.0% volatile
31 Togo 12,400 t 2013 up 55.0% volatile
32 Madagascar 11,218 t 2015 down 64.2% volatile
33 Bangladesh 10,609 t 2015 down 94.6% volatile
34 Burkina Faso 9,066 t 2015 down 55.7% volatile
35 Maldives 9,006 t 2011 up 54.5% volatile
36 Papua New Guinea 8,018 t 1999 up 3,240.8% volatile
37 Turkmenistan 7,680 t 2001 up 233.9% volatile
38 Central African Republic 7,146 t 2015 up 98.5% volatile
39 Zimbabwe 7,053 t 2015 down 88.8% volatile
40 Cabo Verde 6,675 t 2012 down 86.0% falling
41 India 6,235 t 2010 down 96.6% volatile
42 Sudan 5,988 t 2015 — falling
43 Burundi 5,648 t 2015 down 87.4% volatile
44 Guinea 4,786 t 2015 down 83.4% volatile
45 C�te d'Ivoire 4,323 t 2016 down 64.6% volatile
46 Caribbean 4,118 t 2016 down 96.0% volatile
47 Albania 4,063 t 2005 up 10,057.5% volatile
48 Haiti 4,005 t 2016 down 95.9% volatile
49 Comoros 3,903 t 2013 up 2,068.3% volatile
50 Tunisia 3,785 t 2000 down 99.0% volatile
51 Algeria 3,766 t 2016 down 79.6% volatile
52 Seychelles 3,500 t 2008 — volatile
53 Malawi 3,053 t 2015 down 96.7% volatile
54 Jamaica 3,000 t 2006 down 94.2% volatile
55 Cuba 2,698 t 2015 up 136.7% volatile
56 Laos 2,627 t 2015 down 83.5% volatile
56 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,627 t 2015 down 83.5% volatile
58 Dominica 2,624 t 1996 up 7,188.9% volatile
59 Congo 2,567 t 2015 down 49.9% volatile
60 Angola 2,500 t 2013 down 99.0% volatile
61 Panama 2,255 t 1995 up 142.2% rising
62 Colombia 1,963 t 2016 down 23.8% volatile
63 Philippines 1,944 t 2015 down 97.2% volatile
64 Senegal 1,814 t 2015 down 91.0% volatile
65 Mali 1,665 t 2015 down 93.3% volatile
66 Mozambique 1,619 t 2015 down 98.3% volatile
67 Uganda 1,578 t 2015 down 98.5% volatile
68 Djibouti 1,558 t 2015 down 91.0% falling
69 Morocco 1,550 t 2003 down 98.9% volatile
70 Lesotho 1,539 t 2014 down 76.7% volatile
71 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,496 t 2011 down 96.3% volatile
72 Mauritania 1,493 t 2016 down 95.2% volatile
73 Equatorial Guinea 1,450 t 2001 down 64.2% volatile
74 Benin 1,439 t 2015 down 88.9% volatile
75 Jordan 1,370 t 2015 down 20.6% volatile
76 Nepal 1,362 t 2016 down 86.7% volatile
77 Zambia 1,349 t 2014 down 98.3% volatile
78 Romania 1,340 t 2002 down 98.9% volatile
79 Ghana 1,252 t 2015 down 96.8% volatile
80 Myanmar 1,221 t 2015 down 88.2% volatile
81 Botswana 1,042 t 1996 down 97.8% volatile
82 Peru 1,026 t 2007 down 97.7% volatile
83 Indonesia 975 t 2012 down 99.5% volatile
84 Sri Lanka 898 t 2015 down 98.9% volatile
85 Rwanda 880 t 2014 down 96.7% volatile
86 Liberia 879 t 2014 down 98.3% volatile
87 Croatia 863 t 1998 — volatile
88 T�rkiye 860 t 1996 down 69.2% volatile
89 Lebanon 776 t 2013 down 92.2% volatile
90 Eswatini 775 t 2014 down 84.3% volatile
91 Honduras 753 t 2016 down 98.2% volatile
92 Guinea-Bissau 692 t 2015 down 92.2% volatile
93 China (excluding Hong Kong & Macao) 649 t 2014 down 98.0% volatile
94 Paraguay 648 t 1993 down 44.4% falling
95 Nicaragua 638 t 2016 down 98.1% volatile
96 El Salvador 596 t 2016 down 96.6% volatile
97 Belarus 550 t 1996 — volatile
98 Bhutan 537 t 2013 down 76.0% volatile
99 Iraq 465 t 2014 down 88.3% volatile
100 Sao Tome and Principe 428 t 2014 down 93.4% volatile
101 Guatemala 355 t 2016 down 99.1% volatile
102 Ecuador 345 t 2013 down 93.6% volatile
103 Melanesia 331 t 2015 — volatile
104 Cambodia 279 t 2015 down 98.3% volatile
105 Kyrgyzstan 270 t 2015 down 99.8% volatile
106 Sierra Leone 268 t 2015 down 99.2% volatile
107 Costa Rica 238 t 1996 down 99.8% volatile
108 Kazakhstan 200 t 2004 down 99.7% volatile
108 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 200 t 2015 down 90.7% volatile
110 Tajikistan 146 t 2014 down 99.5% volatile
111 Chile 120 t 1995 down 97.8% volatile
111 Gambia 120 t 2015 down 96.3% volatile
111 Russia 120 t 2006 down 99.8% volatile
111 Russian Federation 120 t 2006 down 99.8% volatile
115 Dominican Republic 113 t 2016 down 48.2% volatile
116 Armenia 101 t 2011 down 99.6% volatile
117 Thailand 71 t 2011 down 89.0% volatile
118 Israel 56 t 2011 — volatile
119 Namibia 49 t 2012 down 99.8% volatile
120 East Timor 22 t 2013 down 98.9% volatile
120 Timor-Leste 22 t 2013 down 98.9% volatile
122 Egypt 15 t 2010 down 99.9% volatile
123 Guyana 14 t 2005 down 100.0% falling
124 Georgia 2 t 2014 down 100.0% volatile
125 Azerbaijan 0 t 2011 down 100.0% volatile
125 Mauritius 0 t 2011 down 100.0% volatile
125 Serbia and Montenegro 0 t 2004 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.

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Indicator
Cereals — Food aid received
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
154 places, 3,261 data points, 1988–2016
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