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Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita by country

Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
189
Highest
1.39 tonnes per person
Netherlands
Lowest
0.0007 tonnes per person
India
Median
0.162 tonnes per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,071

What the numbers show

Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 1.39 tonnes per person in Netherlands; the lowest is 0.0007 tonnes per person in India.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.162 tonnes per person, and the mean is 0.2147 tonnes per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,979.

Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 1,009.5%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 74.6%).

Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Netherlands 1.39 tonnes per person 2023 up 31.5% volatile
2 Belgium 1.33 tonnes per person 2023 down 9.1% rising
3 Djibouti 1.14 tonnes per person 2023 up 20.7% volatile
4 Slovenia 1.08 tonnes per person 2023 up 179.1% volatile
5 Latvia 0.9641 tonnes per person 2023 up 202.2% volatile
6 Ireland 0.9526 tonnes per person 2023 up 46.8% volatile
7 Tuvalu 0.7131 tonnes per person 2023 — rising
8 Norway 0.618 tonnes per person 2023 up 14.7% volatile
9 Portugal 0.6046 tonnes per person 2023 up 40.3% volatile
10 Spain 0.5563 tonnes per person 2023 up 120.4% volatile
11 Cyprus 0.5323 tonnes per person 2023 up 15.6% rising
12 Oman 0.5153 tonnes per person 2023 up 24.6% rising
13 United Arab Emirates 0.5088 tonnes per person 2023 down 43.9% rising
14 Qatar 0.4864 tonnes per person 2023 — falling
15 Luxembourg 0.4862 tonnes per person 2023 up 20.6% rising
16 Uruguay 0.4442 tonnes per person 2023 up 102.5% volatile
17 Grenada 0.4356 tonnes per person 2023 up 97.7% rising
18 Montenegro 0.4346 tonnes per person 2023 up 7.0% rising
19 Israel 0.4292 tonnes per person 2023 down 30.2% rising
20 Austria 0.4056 tonnes per person 2023 up 26.4% volatile
21 Botswana 0.4056 tonnes per person 2023 down 13.0% volatile
22 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.4046 tonnes per person 2023 down 0.6% rising
23 East Timor 0.3995 tonnes per person 2023 up 152.9% volatile
24 Mauritius 0.398 tonnes per person 2023 up 15.2% rising
25 Turkey 0.3949 tonnes per person 2023 up 104.2% volatile
26 Saudi Arabia 0.3765 tonnes per person 2023 down 41.0% volatile
27 Gambia 0.374 tonnes per person 2023 up 143.6% volatile
28 Iceland 0.3734 tonnes per person 2023 down 0.1% rising
29 Costa Rica 0.3455 tonnes per person 2023 up 38.8% volatile
30 Tunisia 0.3433 tonnes per person 2023 up 5.9% volatile
31 South Korea 0.3424 tonnes per person 2023 up 1.0% volatile
32 Malta 0.3329 tonnes per person 2023 down 27.1% rising
33 Italy 0.3246 tonnes per person 2023 up 48.2% rising
34 Kuwait 0.3222 tonnes per person 2023 down 14.3% rising
35 Morocco 0.3082 tonnes per person 2023 up 68.0% volatile
36 Barbados 0.3081 tonnes per person 2023 up 11.1% rising
37 Jamaica 0.3032 tonnes per person 2023 up 32.3% rising
38 Seychelles 0.3006 tonnes per person 2023 up 12.6% rising
39 Eswatini 0.2991 tonnes per person 2023 up 76.0% rising
40 Bhutan 0.2925 tonnes per person 2023 — flat
41 Lithuania 0.2887 tonnes per person 2023 up 56.6% volatile
42 Cape Verde 0.2872 tonnes per person 2023 up 22.6% rising
43 Namibia 0.2815 tonnes per person 2023 up 72.8% volatile
44 Cuba 0.2806 tonnes per person 2019 up 57.5% rising
45 Denmark 0.2761 tonnes per person 2023 down 8.4% rising
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2747 tonnes per person 2023 down 4.5% volatile
47 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2691 tonnes per person 2023 up 9.6% rising
48 Jordan 0.2688 tonnes per person 2023 down 25.9% rising
49 Malaysia 0.2622 tonnes per person 2023 down 4.9% rising
50 Fiji 0.2608 tonnes per person 2023 up 2.6% rising
51 Marshall Islands 0.2576 tonnes per person 2023 — volatile
52 Comoros 0.2552 tonnes per person 2023 up 127.8% rising
53 Romania 0.2533 tonnes per person 2023 up 127.9% volatile
54 Nauru 0.2526 tonnes per person 2023 — rising
55 Greece 0.2495 tonnes per person 2023 up 22.3% volatile
56 Slovakia 0.2469 tonnes per person 2023 up 109.2% volatile
57 Georgia 0.2422 tonnes per person 2023 down 7.1% rising
58 Germany 0.2362 tonnes per person 2023 up 36.9% rising
59 Kazakhstan 0.2326 tonnes per person 2023 up 1,009.5% volatile
60 Algeria 0.2318 tonnes per person 2023 down 14.0% rising
61 Panama 0.231 tonnes per person 2023 up 25.7% volatile
62 Liberia 0.2268 tonnes per person 2023 up 109.9% volatile
63 Senegal 0.226 tonnes per person 2023 up 25.9% rising
64 Armenia 0.22 tonnes per person 2023 up 36.8% rising
65 Chile 0.2189 tonnes per person 2023 up 21.4% volatile
66 Hungary 0.2174 tonnes per person 2023 up 127.6% volatile
67 New Caledonia 0.2173 tonnes per person 2023 down 17.6% rising
68 El Salvador 0.2171 tonnes per person 2023 up 66.0% volatile
69 Croatia 0.2166 tonnes per person 2023 up 195.8% volatile
70 Vietnam 0.2102 tonnes per person 2023 up 277.8% volatile
71 French Polynesia 0.2099 tonnes per person 2023 down 8.5% rising
72 Canada 0.2085 tonnes per person 2023 up 38.4% volatile
73 Dominican Republic 0.2082 tonnes per person 2023 up 31.3% volatile
74 Japan 0.2037 tonnes per person 2022 down 4.6% rising
75 Tonga 0.2008 tonnes per person 2023 — flat
76 Lebanon 0.1981 tonnes per person 2023 down 11.2% rising
77 Mexico 0.1934 tonnes per person 2023 up 48.2% volatile
78 Benin 0.1931 tonnes per person 2022 up 97.0% volatile
79 Albania 0.1924 tonnes per person 2023 down 15.8% volatile
80 Bahrain 0.1909 tonnes per person 2023 — falling
81 New Zealand 0.1904 tonnes per person 2023 up 2.5% volatile
82 Maldives 0.1901 tonnes per person 2023 up 7.1% rising
83 Saint Lucia 0.1896 tonnes per person 2023 down 3.3% rising
84 Switzerland 0.1827 tonnes per person 2023 up 1.0% falling
85 Vanuatu 0.181 tonnes per person 2023 up 24.5% rising
86 Peru 0.1776 tonnes per person 2023 up 19.7% rising
87 Mauritania 0.1756 tonnes per person 2023 down 18.1% rising
88 Iraq 0.1724 tonnes per person 2023 up 7.8% volatile
89 Colombia 0.1702 tonnes per person 2023 up 25.9% volatile
90 Honduras 0.1696 tonnes per person 2023 up 42.7% volatile
91 Guatemala 0.1665 tonnes per person 2023 up 67.2% volatile
92 Estonia 0.1657 tonnes per person 2023 down 17.9% rising
93 Azerbaijan 0.1641 tonnes per person 2023 down 17.3% rising
94 North Macedonia 0.1625 tonnes per person 2023 up 39.5% rising
95 Czechia 0.162 tonnes per person 2023 up 94.7% volatile
96 United Kingdom 0.1607 tonnes per person 2023 down 24.3% falling
97 Guinea-Bissau 0.1593 tonnes per person 2023 up 157.3% volatile
98 Bahamas 0.1577 tonnes per person 2023 down 15.8% rising
99 Lesotho 0.1557 tonnes per person 2023 up 2.7% rising
100 Brunei 0.1533 tonnes per person 2009 down 35.6% rising
101 Kiribati 0.1509 tonnes per person 2023 up 1.1% rising
102 Libya 0.1504 tonnes per person 2023 down 74.6% falling
103 Antigua and Barbuda 0.15 tonnes per person 2023 down 5.6% rising
104 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1497 tonnes per person 2023 up 40.9% rising
105 Egypt 0.1491 tonnes per person 2023 down 33.9% rising
106 Macao 0.1473 tonnes per person 2023 down 10.1% flat
107 Samoa 0.1431 tonnes per person 2023 up 41.8% rising
108 Uzbekistan 0.1428 tonnes per person 2023 up 96.3% volatile
109 Nicaragua 0.1419 tonnes per person 2023 up 46.6% volatile
110 Guyana 0.1392 tonnes per person 2023 up 2.3% rising
111 Hong Kong 0.1383 tonnes per person 2023 down 18.4% falling
112 Guinea 0.1377 tonnes per person 2023 up 84.4% volatile
113 Gabon 0.1368 tonnes per person 2023 down 6.8% rising
114 Mongolia 0.1362 tonnes per person 2023 up 130.8% volatile
115 Tajikistan 0.1276 tonnes per person 2023 up 5.0% flat
116 Bermuda 0.1259 tonnes per person 2009 up 28.2% falling
117 Poland 0.1205 tonnes per person 2023 up 61.8% volatile
118 Haiti 0.1176 tonnes per person 2023 up 66.1% volatile
119 Venezuela 0.117 tonnes per person 2023 down 26.5% rising
120 Afghanistan 0.1144 tonnes per person 2023 up 67.9% volatile
121 Togo 0.1139 tonnes per person 2022 up 192.6% volatile
122 Kyrgyzstan 0.1135 tonnes per person 2023 down 4.3% volatile
123 Solomon Islands 0.1112 tonnes per person 2023 down 23.0% volatile
124 Ecuador 0.1089 tonnes per person 2023 up 78.4% volatile
125 Philippines 0.1077 tonnes per person 2023 up 165.3% volatile
126 Yemen 0.1066 tonnes per person 2023 down 28.1% rising
127 Dominica 0.1047 tonnes per person 2022 up 262.0% flat
128 Thailand 0.1018 tonnes per person 2023 up 139.4% volatile
129 Sweden 0.1015 tonnes per person 2023 down 9.9% volatile
130 Syria 0.0996 tonnes per person 2023 down 29.7% falling
131 Somalia 0.0996 tonnes per person 2022 up 83.1% rising
132 Iran 0.0989 tonnes per person 2023 down 39.2% volatile
133 Cote d'Ivoire 0.098 tonnes per person 2023 up 20.4% rising
134 South Africa 0.0931 tonnes per person 2023 up 0.3% volatile
135 Belize 0.0924 tonnes per person 2023 up 21.5% falling
136 Finland 0.0915 tonnes per person 2023 up 9.6% volatile
137 Sao Tome and Principe 0.091 tonnes per person 2023 down 16.3% rising
138 France 0.0904 tonnes per person 2023 up 12.1% volatile
139 Papua New Guinea 0.0901 tonnes per person 2023 up 134.5% rising
140 Suriname 0.089 tonnes per person 2023 down 7.9% rising
141 Kenya 0.0859 tonnes per person 2023 up 69.4% volatile
142 Sierra Leone 0.0855 tonnes per person 2023 up 20.0% volatile
143 Turkmenistan 0.0826 tonnes per person 2023 up 188.4% volatile
144 Congo 0.0817 tonnes per person 2023 up 43.2% rising
145 Bulgaria 0.0786 tonnes per person 2023 up 45.1% volatile
146 Zimbabwe 0.0751 tonnes per person 2023 up 2.9% volatile
147 Burkina Faso 0.0728 tonnes per person 2023 up 39.2% volatile
148 Micronesia (country) 0.071 tonnes per person 2023 — falling
149 Moldova 0.0684 tonnes per person 2023 up 50.4% volatile
150 Cameroon 0.0661 tonnes per person 2023 down 21.2% volatile
151 Ghana 0.066 tonnes per person 2023 up 19.4% volatile
152 Mozambique 0.0658 tonnes per person 2023 down 1.7% volatile
153 United States 0.0651 tonnes per person 2023 up 15.7% volatile
154 Bangladesh 0.064 tonnes per person 2023 up 163.7% volatile
155 Indonesia 0.0631 tonnes per person 2023 up 41.1% volatile
156 Nepal 0.0629 tonnes per person 2023 up 64.9% volatile
157 Sri Lanka 0.0614 tonnes per person 2023 up 18.9% flat
158 Australia 0.0583 tonnes per person 2023 up 26.8% volatile
159 Cambodia 0.0508 tonnes per person 2023 up 247.5% volatile
160 Niger 0.0508 tonnes per person 2023 up 14.3% volatile
161 China 0.0483 tonnes per person 2023 up 305.4% volatile
162 Brazil 0.047 tonnes per person 2023 down 18.3% rising
163 Angola 0.042 tonnes per person 2023 down 37.5% volatile
164 Sudan 0.0407 tonnes per person 2022 down 32.4% falling
165 Belarus 0.0395 tonnes per person 2023 down 4.5% volatile
166 Rwanda 0.0391 tonnes per person 2023 up 42.1% volatile
167 Serbia 0.0368 tonnes per person 2023 up 153.9% rising
168 North Korea 0.0364 tonnes per person 2018 up 152.8% volatile
169 Mali 0.036 tonnes per person 2022 down 26.2% volatile
170 Laos 0.0348 tonnes per person 2023 up 390.0% volatile
171 Madagascar 0.0318 tonnes per person 2023 down 4.9% volatile
172 Tanzania 0.031 tonnes per person 2023 up 32.4% volatile
173 Bolivia 0.0275 tonnes per person 2023 down 38.5% rising
174 Uganda 0.0271 tonnes per person 2023 up 40.3% volatile
175 Paraguay 0.026 tonnes per person 2023 down 13.6% falling
176 Nigeria 0.0223 tonnes per person 2023 down 43.6% volatile
177 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0145 tonnes per person 2023 up 40.5% rising
178 Ethiopia 0.0124 tonnes per person 2023 up 2.3% rising
179 Burundi 0.0121 tonnes per person 2022 down 28.8% rising
180 Central African Republic 0.0118 tonnes per person 2022 down 19.0% rising
181 Pakistan 0.0109 tonnes per person 2023 up 315.8% volatile
182 Ukraine 0.009 tonnes per person 2023 up 27.1% volatile
183 Zambia 0.0085 tonnes per person 2023 up 93.4% volatile
184 Myanmar 0.0085 tonnes per person 2023 up 103.4% volatile
185 Malawi 0.0081 tonnes per person 2023 down 49.2% volatile
186 Chad 0.0075 tonnes per person 2022 down 40.8% volatile
187 Russia 0.0049 tonnes per person 2023 down 72.7% volatile
188 Argentina 0.0038 tonnes per person 2023 down 45.0% volatile
189 India 0.0007 tonnes per person 2023 up 69.3% volatile

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Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? ÷ Population, total

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Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
189 places, 10,071 data points, 1961–2023
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Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.