Dates — Export quantity 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
Dates — Export quantity is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 271 1000 t in Iran (Islamic Republic of); the lowest is 0 1000 t in Kyrgyzstan.
The median across all reporting countries is 2 1000 t, and the mean is 29.83 1000 t.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Mexico (up 2,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 100.0%).
Dates — Export quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 271 1000 t | 2023 | up 191.4% | rising |
| 2 | Iraq | 265 1000 t | 2023 | up 82.8% | rising |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 188 1000 t | 2023 | up 88.0% | rising |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 175 1000 t | 2023 | up 127.3% | rising |
| 5 | Algeria | 149 1000 t | 2023 | up 609.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Tunisia | 130 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 121 1000 t | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 8 | Mexico | 56 1000 t | 2023 | up 2,700.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Egypt | 40 1000 t | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 10 | Israel | 32 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 11 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 12 | France | 15 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 12 | Turkey | 15 1000 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Türkiye | 15 1000 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 15 | United States | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 16 | Jordan | 11 1000 t | 2023 | up 175.0% | rising |
| 17 | Oman | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 18 | Germany | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 18 | Niger | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 75.0% | falling |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Libya | 6 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Djibouti | 5 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 22 | South Africa | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 24 | India | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Belgium | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 25 | Malaysia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 27 | Italy | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Denmark | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Namibia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Morocco | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Austria | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 31 | Slovakia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 31 | Peru | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 31 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 31 | Spain | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 37 | Armenia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Russian Federation | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Belarus | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 37 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Canada | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 37 | China | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Yemen | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Turkmenistan | 0 1000 t | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Thailand | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Syria | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Russia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Myanmar | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Lithuania | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Lebanon | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Kuwait | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1,586 1000 t
- Asia 1,118 1000 t
- Western Asia 711 1000 t
- Southern Asia 396 1000 t
- Africa 348 1000 t
- Northern Africa 329 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 319 1000 t
- Americas 70 1000 t
- Central America 56 1000 t
- Europe 51 1000 t
- European Union (27) 49 1000 t
- Western Europe 41 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 15 1000 t
- Northern America 13 1000 t
- United States of America 13 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 12 1000 t
- Central Asia 8 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 8 1000 t
- Western Africa 7 1000 t
- Southern Africa 7 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 5 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 4 1000 t
- Northern Europe 4 1000 t
- Southern Europe 4 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 2 1000 t
- South America 1 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 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.