Cream — Food 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...

Countries reporting
169
Highest
438 1000 t
Germany
Lowest
0 1000 t
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Median
0 1000 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,684

What the numbers show

Cream — Food is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 438 1000 t in Germany; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Netherlands (Kingdom of the).

The median across all reporting countries is 0 1000 t, and the mean is 22.01 1000 t.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in China (up 3,055.6%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).

Cream — Food: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 438 1000 t 2023 down 16.3% falling
2 France 387 1000 t 2023 up 50.6% rising
3 Italy 308 1000 t 2023 up 71.1% rising
4 Poland 288 1000 t 2023 up 13.8% rising
5 China 284 1000 t 2023 up 3,055.6% volatile
6 China, mainland 264 1000 t 2023 volatile
7 Canada 249 1000 t 2023 down 27.2% falling
8 Belgium 235 1000 t 2023 up 119.6% rising
9 Russian Federation 180 1000 t 2023 down 50.0% falling
10 Saudi Arabia 102 1000 t 2023 up 47.8% rising
11 Spain 74 1000 t 2023 down 16.9% falling
12 Austria 68 1000 t 2023 up 1.5% rising
13 Sweden 67 1000 t 2023 down 39.1% falling
14 Finland 60 1000 t 2023 up 93.5% rising
15 Czechia 57 1000 t 2023 up 32.6% rising
16 Slovakia 45 1000 t 2023 up 350.0% volatile
17 Greece 41 1000 t 2023 up 51.9% rising
18 Denmark 40 1000 t 2023 down 21.6% falling
18 Portugal 40 1000 t 2023 up 110.5% rising
20 Kazakhstan 36 1000 t 2023 up 111.8% rising
21 Republic of Korea 34 1000 t 2023 up 325.0% volatile
22 Croatia 32 1000 t 2023 volatile
23 Belarus 30 1000 t 2023 up 328.6% rising
23 Norway 30 1000 t 2023 down 16.7% falling
25 Kenya 28 1000 t 2023 up 75.0% rising
26 Romania 26 1000 t 2023 down 51.9% volatile
27 Estonia 24 1000 t 2023 up 1,100.0% volatile
27 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 24 1000 t 2023 up 200.0% volatile
29 Latvia 20 1000 t 2023 down 47.4% falling
30 Tunisia 14 1000 t 2023 up 40.0% rising
31 Indonesia 13 1000 t 2023 up 8.3% rising
31 China, Taiwan Province of 13 1000 t 2023 up 85.7% rising
33 Malaysia 11 1000 t 2023 up 450.0% rising
33 Slovenia 11 1000 t 2023 down 38.9% falling
35 Hungary 8 1000 t 2023 down 87.7% volatile
35 Cambodia 8 1000 t 2023 volatile
35 Republic of Moldova 8 1000 t 2023 down 55.6% falling
38 Guatemala 7 1000 t 2023 up 16.7% rising
38 Viet Nam 7 1000 t 2023 up 600.0% volatile
40 Australia 6 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
40 China, Hong Kong SAR 6 1000 t 2023 up 500.0% volatile
40 Türkiye 6 1000 t 2023 up 500.0% volatile
40 Australia and New Zealand 6 1000 t 2023 down 14.3% rising
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 1000 t 2023 up 66.7% rising
45 Argentina 4 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
45 Armenia 4 1000 t 2023 volatile
45 Brazil 4 1000 t 2023 volatile
45 Jordan 4 1000 t 2023 up 33.3% falling
45 Lebanon 4 1000 t 2023 up 33.3% rising
45 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4 1000 t 2023 unchanged falling
51 Botswana 3 1000 t 2023 up 200.0% volatile
51 Cyprus 3 1000 t 2023 volatile
51 Ecuador 3 1000 t 2023 down 25.0% rising
51 Iraq 3 1000 t 2023 down 25.0% falling
51 Iceland 3 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
51 Kyrgyzstan 3 1000 t 2023 up 200.0% volatile
51 Libya 3 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
51 Pakistan 3 1000 t 2023 up 50.0% rising
51 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3 1000 t 2023 down 82.4% volatile
60 Bulgaria 2 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
60 Melanesia 2 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
60 Caribbean 2 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% rising
63 Albania 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
63 Barbados 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
63 Switzerland 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged falling
63 Chile 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
63 Colombia 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
63 Egypt 1 1000 t 2023 down 75.0% rising
63 Georgia 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
63 Mozambique 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
63 Mauritius 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
63 New Caledonia 1 1000 t 2023 down 50.0% falling
63 Peru 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
63 French Polynesia 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
63 Senegal 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
63 Serbia 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
63 Uzbekistan 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
63 Yemen 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
63 Zimbabwe 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
63 Polynesia 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
63 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
63 Syrian Arab Republic 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
63 Côte d'Ivoire 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
63 China, Macao SAR 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
85 Afghanistan 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
85 Angola 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
85 United Arab Emirates 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
85 Antigua and Barbuda 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Azerbaijan 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
85 Burkina Faso 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Bangladesh 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Bahamas 0 1000 t 2021 flat
85 Belize 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
85 Cameroon 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Congo 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Comoros 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Cuba 0 1000 t 2019 flat
85 Djibouti 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Dominican Republic 0 1000 t 2018 volatile
85 Algeria 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Ethiopia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Fiji 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
85 Gabon 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Ghana 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
85 Guinea 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Gambia 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
85 Guinea-Bissau 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Grenada 0 1000 t 2020 flat
85 Guyana 0 1000 t 2020 flat
85 Honduras 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Haiti 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Ireland 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
85 Jamaica 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Kiribati 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Kuwait 0 1000 t 2021 volatile
85 Liberia 0 1000 t 2021 flat
85 Saint Lucia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Sri Lanka 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Lithuania 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
85 Luxembourg 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
85 Morocco 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
85 Madagascar 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Maldives 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Mexico 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
85 Marshall Islands 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 North Macedonia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Malta 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Myanmar 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Montenegro 0 1000 t 2019 flat
85 Mongolia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Mauritania 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
85 Malawi 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Niger 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Nigeria 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Nicaragua 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
85 Nepal 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 New Zealand 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
85 Oman 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
85 Panama 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Philippines 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
85 Papua New Guinea 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
85 Paraguay 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Rwanda 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
85 Solomon Islands 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Sierra Leone 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 El Salvador 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Sao Tome and Principe 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Suriname 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Seychelles 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
85 Thailand 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
85 Tajikistan 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Turkmenistan 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
85 Tonga 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Trinidad and Tobago 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Uganda 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
85 Ukraine 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
85 Uruguay 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Vanuatu 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Samoa 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
85 Zambia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Micronesia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Timor-Leste 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
85 Cabo Verde 0 1000 t 2020 flat
85 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 1000 t 2023 flat
85 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
85 United Republic of Tanzania 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
85 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 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.

About this data

Indicator
Cream — Food
Unit
1000 t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
200 places, 2,684 data points, 2010–2023
Last refreshed

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.