Fats, Animals, Raw — Processing 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
Fats, Animals, Raw — Processing is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 70 1000 t in Australia and New Zealand; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Guatemala.
The median across all reporting countries is 6 1000 t, and the mean is 16.32 1000 t.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 187.5%), and the largest decrease in Slovakia (down 100.0%).
Fats, Animals, Raw — Processing: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia and New Zealand | 70 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 2 | New Zealand | 69 1000 t | 2023 | up 155.6% | volatile |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 62 1000 t | 2023 | up 31.9% | falling |
| 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 62 1000 t | 2023 | up 31.9% | falling |
| 5 | Germany | 37 1000 t | 2023 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 35 1000 t | 2023 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 7 | Belarus | 24 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Romania | 23 1000 t | 2023 | up 187.5% | rising |
| 9 | South Africa | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 10 | Belgium | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 11 | Austria | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 12 | Norway | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 13 | France | 9 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Turkey | 7 1000 t | 2021 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 14 | Türkiye | 7 1000 t | 2021 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 16 | Denmark | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 16 | Finland | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Argentina | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 18 | Greece | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | falling |
| 20 | Poland | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 20 | Peru | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Lithuania | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 22 | Kenya | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 24 | Croatia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 25 | Latvia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 25 | Spain | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 25 | Australia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 97.2% | falling |
| 28 | Slovakia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 0 1000 t | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Hungary | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Guatemala | 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 358 1000 t
- Europe 260 1000 t
- European Union (27) 162 1000 t
- Western Europe 111 1000 t
- Northern Europe 91 1000 t
- Oceania 70 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 51 1000 t
- Africa 20 1000 t
- Southern Africa 17 1000 t
- Americas 9 1000 t
- South America 9 1000 t
- Southern Europe 8 1000 t
- Western Asia 7 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 7 1000 t
- Asia 7 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 3 1000 t
- Central America 0 1000 t
- Southern 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.