Miscellaneous — Tourist consumption 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
Miscellaneous — Tourist consumption is currently reported for 16 countries. The highest value is 15 1000 t in China, Hong Kong SAR; the lowest is 0 1000 t in China, Macao SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 2 1000 t, and the mean is 3.81 1000 t.
Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in China, Hong Kong SAR (up 114.3%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 100.0%).
Miscellaneous — Tourist consumption: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 15 1000 t | 2023 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 1 | China | 15 1000 t | 2023 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Caribbean | 9 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | Grenada | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Jamaica | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Maldives | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 5 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Barbados | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Cyprus | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Bahamas | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 12 | Belize | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Mauritius | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | China, Macao SAR | 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 39 1000 t
- Asia 29 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 15 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 12 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 11 1000 t
- Western Asia 11 1000 t
- Americas 9 1000 t
- European Union (27) 2 1000 t
- Southern Asia 2 1000 t
- Africa 1 1000 t
- Oceania 0 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 0 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.