Maize and products — Seed 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
Maize and products — Seed is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 2,469 1000 t in China; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Republic of Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 13 1000 t, and the mean is 81.34 1000 t.
Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 700.0%), and the largest decrease in Turkmenistan (down 100.0%).
Maize and products — Seed: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2,469 1000 t | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 2,467 1000 t | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 3 | India | 1,098 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 787 1000 t | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 364 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 6 | Argentina | 295 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 182 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 130 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 9 | Ukraine | 122 1000 t | 2023 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 10 | Nigeria | 108 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 11 | Pakistan | 107 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 100 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 13 | Angola | 76 1000 t | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 13 | France | 76 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 13 | Russia | 76 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 76 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 17 | Kenya | 74 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 18 | Mozambique | 68 1000 t | 2023 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 66 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 20 | Germany | 62 1000 t | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 21 | Romania | 55 1000 t | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 22 | Turkey | 52 1000 t | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 22 | Türkiye | 52 1000 t | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 24 | Indonesia | 51 1000 t | 2023 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 24 | Philippines | 51 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Poland | 50 1000 t | 2023 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Zambia | 50 1000 t | 2023 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 28 | Cote d'Ivoire | 48 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 30 | Malawi | 46 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 31 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 44 1000 t | 2023 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 32 | Cameroon | 37 1000 t | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 32 | Uganda | 37 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 34 | Slovakia | 35 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 34 | South Africa | 35 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 36 | Ghana | 34 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 37 | Caribbean | 33 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 38 | Egypt | 31 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 38 | Peru | 31 1000 t | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 29 1000 t | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 41 | Paraguay | 28 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 42 | Italy | 27 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 42 | Vietnam | 27 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 42 | Viet Nam | 27 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 26 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 46 | Guatemala | 25 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 46 | Serbia | 25 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 46 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 25 1000 t | 2018 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 49 | Belarus | 23 1000 t | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 49 | Hungary | 23 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 51 | Guinea | 22 1000 t | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 52 | Myanmar | 21 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 52 | Thailand | 21 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 54 | Afghanistan | 20 1000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 55 | Haiti | 19 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 55 | Nepal | 19 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 57 | Belgium | 18 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 88.9% | rising |
| 58 | Spain | 17 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 60 | Canada | 16 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Czechia | 16 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 62 | Moldova | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 116.7% | rising |
| 62 | Republic of Moldova | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 62 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 12 1000 t | 2023 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 67 | Colombia | 11 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 67 | Honduras | 11 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 67 | Nicaragua | 11 1000 t | 2023 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 10 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 70 | Uruguay | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 72 | Austria | 9 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Botswana | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Cambodia | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 73 | Rwanda | 8 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 73 | Senegal | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 73 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 78 | Madagascar | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 81 | Slovenia | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 82 | Chile | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 82 | Croatia | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 82 | Iraq | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Lesotho | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 82 | Morocco | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Greece | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 88 | Laos | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 88 | Eswatini | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 88 | Syria | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 88 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 88 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 95 | Albania | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Cuba | 3 1000 t | 2019 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 95 | Georgia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 95 | Namibia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 95 | Portugal | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 95 | El Salvador | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 101 | Belize | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 101 | Switzerland | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 101 | Gabon | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 101 | Lithuania | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Yemen | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 106 | Australia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Comoros | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Ecuador | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 106 | Gambia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 106 | Mauritania | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 106 | Niger | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 106 | Panama | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Saudi Arabia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 106 | Sierra Leone | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 106 | Tajikistan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | East Timor | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Timor-Leste | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Australia and New Zealand | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 106 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 124 | Bhutan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Luxembourg | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Malaysia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Turkmenistan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Republic of Korea | 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 7,905 1000 t
- Asia 4,044 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 2,500 1000 t
- Americas 1,868 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1,315 1000 t
- Africa 1,272 1000 t
- Southern Asia 1,266 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 992 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 963 1000 t
- Northern America 804 1000 t
- South America 796 1000 t
- United States of America 787 1000 t
- Europe 719 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 505 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 501 1000 t
- European Union (27) 448 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 422 1000 t
- Western Africa 411 1000 t
- Middle Africa 263 1000 t
- Central America 235 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 184 1000 t
- Western Europe 180 1000 t
- Southern Europe 98 1000 t
- Western Asia 67 1000 t
- Southern Africa 56 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 38 1000 t
- Northern Africa 37 1000 t
- Central Asia 27 1000 t
- Northern Europe 19 1000 t
- Oceania 2 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.