Maize and products — Food supply in Belgium
Belgium: Maize and products — Food supply was 34,356 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Maize and products — Food supply in Belgium, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 34,356 million Kcal for maize and products — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 39.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food supply in Belgium peaked at 56,480 million Kcal in 2012 and was at its lowest, 22,365 million Kcal, in 2016.
That places Belgium 117th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Food supply in Belgium, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 52,950 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 52,950 million Kcal | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 56,480 million Kcal | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 56,480 million Kcal | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 40,014 million Kcal | -29.2% |
| 2015 | 32,569 million Kcal | -18.6% |
| 2016 | 22,365 million Kcal | -31.3% |
| 2017 | 34,999 million Kcal | +56.5% |
| 2018 | 33,307 million Kcal | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 33,851 million Kcal | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 35,160 million Kcal | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 34,437 million Kcal | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 35,489 million Kcal | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 34,356 million Kcal | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 41,596 million Kcal | 22,365 million Kcal | 56,480 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,861 million Kcal | 34,356 million Kcal | 35,489 million Kcal | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.7302 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.7302 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize and products — food supply in Belgium?
- Maize and products — food supply in Belgium was 34,356 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food supply recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 56,480 million Kcal in 2012.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food supply recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,365 million Kcal in 2016.
- How does Belgium rank for maize and products — food supply?
- Belgium ranks 117th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food supply rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize and products — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.