Dates — 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...
What the numbers show
Dates — Food is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 1,696 1000 t in Saudi Arabia; the lowest is 0 1000 t in China, Taiwan Province of.
The median across all reporting countries is 4 1000 t, and the mean is 80.14 1000 t.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 2,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).
Dates — Food: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 1,696 1000 t | 2023 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 2 | Egypt | 1,649 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 3 | Algeria | 1,059 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 640 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 5 | India | 487 1000 t | 2023 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 423 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 7 | Oman | 274 1000 t | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 8 | Iraq | 216 1000 t | 2023 | down 34.9% | flat |
| 9 | China | 171 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 10 | China, mainland | 170 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 11 | Turkey | 168 1000 t | 2023 | up 273.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Türkiye | 168 1000 t | 2023 | up 273.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Morocco | 146 1000 t | 2023 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 14 | Tunisia | 144 1000 t | 2023 | up 234.9% | rising |
| 15 | Kuwait | 125 1000 t | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 16 | Libya | 104 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 101 1000 t | 2023 | up 146.3% | rising |
| 18 | Niger | 87 1000 t | 2023 | up 171.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Yemen | 83 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 20 | Indonesia | 56 1000 t | 2023 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 21 | United States | 52 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 22 | Israel | 42 1000 t | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Qatar | 39 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 24 | Jordan | 36 1000 t | 2023 | up 89.5% | rising |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 28 1000 t | 2023 | up 211.1% | volatile |
| 26 | France | 25 1000 t | 2023 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 26 | Mauritania | 25 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 21 1000 t | 2023 | up 2,000.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Germany | 20 1000 t | 2023 | up 122.2% | rising |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 30 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 32 | Bahrain | 16 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 32 | Canada | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 34 | Albania | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 34 | Italy | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 34 | Malaysia | 14 1000 t | 2023 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 37 | Spain | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 37 | Syria | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 116.7% | rising |
| 37 | Syrian Arab Republic | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 116.7% | rising |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 12 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Ethiopia | 11 1000 t | 2023 | up 450.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Russia | 11 1000 t | 2023 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 41 | Russian Federation | 11 1000 t | 2023 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 44 | Lebanon | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 46 | Azerbaijan | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Kenya | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 48 | Australia | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 48 | Senegal | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Australia and New Zealand | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 51 | Poland | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | rising |
| 51 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 53 | Belgium | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 53 | Sweden | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 53 | Ukraine | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 53 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Brazil | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 57 | Switzerland | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 57 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Denmark | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Austria | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Czechia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 63 | Djibouti | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Greece | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 63 | Norway | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 70 | Armenia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 70 | Cameroon | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 70 | Finland | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 70 | Georgia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Croatia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Hungary | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 70 | Ireland | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Lithuania | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Maldives | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Nigeria | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Portugal | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Romania | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Serbia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Thailand | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Tajikistan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Afghanistan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Burkina Faso | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Belarus | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Ghana | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Guinea | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Gambia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Honduras | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Mexico | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Mozambique | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Mauritius | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Nepal | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Slovakia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Slovenia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Turkmenistan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Vietnam | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | South Africa | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Zambia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Republic of Korea | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Viet Nam | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | China, Taiwan Province of | 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 8,653 1000 t
- Asia 4,711 1000 t
- Africa 3,699 1000 t
- Northern Africa 3,496 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3,110 1000 t
- Western Asia 2,839 1000 t
- Southern Asia 1,582 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 704 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 689 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 178 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 173 1000 t
- Europe 164 1000 t
- Western Africa 127 1000 t
- European Union (27) 108 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 73 1000 t
- Americas 72 1000 t
- Northern America 68 1000 t
- Western Europe 59 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 55 1000 t
- United States of America 52 1000 t
- Southern Europe 49 1000 t
- Central Asia 45 1000 t
- Northern Europe 30 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 26 1000 t
- Middle Africa 21 1000 t
- Oceania 6 1000 t
- South America 4 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 2 1000 t
- Southern Africa 1 1000 t
- Central America 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.