Cereals, other — Losses 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, other — Losses is currently reported for 70 countries. The highest value is 303 1000 t in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0 1000 t in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 3 1000 t, and the mean is 19.79 1000 t.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium (up 1,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (down 100.0%).
Cereals, other — Losses: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethiopia | 303 1000 t | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 248 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 3 | France | 123 1000 t | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 4 | China | 69 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 4 | China, mainland | 69 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 6 | Guinea | 67 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 7 | Russia | 64 1000 t | 2023 | up 88.2% | rising |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 64 1000 t | 2023 | up 88.2% | rising |
| 9 | Belarus | 62 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 10 | Germany | 56 1000 t | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 11 | Romania | 20 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 12 | Türkiye | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 12 | Turkey | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 12 | Canada | 18 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 16 | Belgium | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,200.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Thailand | 12 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 17 | Nigeria | 12 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Czechia | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 20 | Ukraine | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Austria | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 21 | Lithuania | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Brazil | 6 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Australia and New Zealand | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 26 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 79.2% | falling |
| 26 | Australia | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Peru | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 29 | United States | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Republic of Korea | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 31 | Argentina | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 31 | Hungary | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Sweden | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 31 | Italy | 3 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Serbia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Finland | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 31 | Chile | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 39 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 39 | Croatia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 39 | Greece | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 39 | Mexico | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Denmark | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 39 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Slovakia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 39 | Tunisia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | flat |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Estonia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 50 | Armenia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Switzerland | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 50 | Georgia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Burkina Faso | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 50 | Luxembourg | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Latvia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Myanmar | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Niger | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 50 | Nepal | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | New Zealand | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Oman | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Portugal | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | rising |
| 50 | Slovenia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Republic of Moldova | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Moldova | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Ecuador | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Sierra Leone | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 65 | South Africa | 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 1,318 1000 t
- Europe 661 1000 t
- European Union (27) 518 1000 t
- Africa 486 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 480 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 473 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 471 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 423 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 411 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 309 1000 t
- Western Europe 201 1000 t
- Asia 125 1000 t
- Western Africa 96 1000 t
- Middle Africa 79 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 74 1000 t
- Americas 40 1000 t
- Northern America 22 1000 t
- Western Asia 21 1000 t
- Southern Europe 18 1000 t
- Northern Europe 18 1000 t
- Central Asia 16 1000 t
- South America 16 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 13 1000 t
- Oceania 6 1000 t
- United States of America 4 1000 t
- Northern Africa 3 1000 t
- Central America 2 1000 t
- Southern Asia 1 1000 t
- Southern Africa 0 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.