Cereals — Food aid received by country

Countries reporting
120
Highest
547,878 t
Sudan (former)
Lowest
0 t
Serbia and Montenegro
Median
1,642 t
Years covered
29
1988–2016
Data points
3,114

What the numbers show

Cereals — Food aid received is currently reported for 120 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 1,642 t, and the mean is 16,053 t.

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

About this data

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
147 places, 3,114 data points, 1988–2016
Last refreshed