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Non-cereal food aid deliveries (FAO, tonnes) by country

Non-cereal commodities or commodity groups include skimmed milk powder, vegetable oil, butter oil, other dairy products, meat, fish, pulses, sugar, dried fruit and other foodstuffs. From 1977 to 1986, because of the non-availability of data, non-cereal food aid is composed of four commodities only: skimmed milk...

Countries reporting
54
Highest
29,177 FAO, tonnes
Ethiopia
Lowest
0 FAO, tonnes
Equatorial Guinea
Median
287.5 FAO, tonnes
Years covered
25
1988–2012
Data points
1,469

What the numbers show

Non-cereal food aid deliveries (FAO, tonnes) is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 29,177 FAO, tonnes in Ethiopia; the lowest is 0 FAO, tonnes in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 287.5 FAO, tonnes, and the mean is 2,044 FAO, tonnes.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 2,771.1%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 100.0%).

Non-cereal food aid deliveries: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 29,177 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 104.5% falling
2 Somalia 23,541 FAO, tonnes 2011 up 2,771.1% volatile
3 Libya 9,262 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
4 Algeria 8,817 FAO, tonnes 2011 up 5.2% rising
5 Malawi 6,790 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 58.4% volatile
6 Uganda 6,640 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 59.7% volatile
7 Congo 3,670 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 25.4% volatile
8 Guinea-Bissau 2,850 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 145.1% volatile
9 Madagascar 2,730 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 63.6% volatile
10 Burkina Faso 2,513 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 69.7% falling
11 Mali 2,413 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 89.4% volatile
12 Sudan 1,929 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 92.3% volatile
13 Niger 1,322 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 66.1% volatile
14 Sierra Leone 1,192 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 93.9% volatile
15 Zimbabwe 830 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 96.8% volatile
16 Liberia 700 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 85.4% volatile
17 Mauritania 650 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 65.3% volatile
18 Cameroon 640 FAO, tonnes 2012 up 55.1% volatile
19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 583 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 96.8% volatile
20 Burundi 580 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 95.7% volatile
21 South Sudan 477.88 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
22 Zambia 422.9 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 95.4% volatile
23 Egypt 352 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 89.8% volatile
24 Kenya 340 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 98.5% volatile
25 Eswatini 336 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 83.8% volatile
26 Tanzania, United Republic of 320 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 98.8% volatile
27 Tunisia 307 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
28 Senegal 268 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 86.5% volatile
29 Benin 200 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 96.1% volatile
30 Mozambique 184.75 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 93.9% volatile
31 Central African Republic 130 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 94.1% volatile
32 Djibouti 77.78 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 96.5% volatile
33 Côte d'Ivoire 64 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 81.7% volatile
34 Namibia 16.91 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 97.9% volatile
35 Rwanda 14 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 100.0% volatile
36 Nigeria 3.17 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 99.8% volatile
37 Chad 2.55 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 99.3% volatile
38 Guinea 2 FAO, tonnes 2012 down 100.0% volatile
39 Cape Verde 0.677 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 99.8% volatile
40 Gambia 0.599 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 99.6% volatile
41 Mauritius 0.047 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
42 South Africa 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 100.0% volatile
42 Togo 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 100.0% volatile
42 Angola 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 100.0% volatile
42 Seychelles 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
42 Botswana 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
42 Sao Tome and Principe 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 100.0% volatile
42 Comoros 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
42 Eritrea 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 100.0% volatile
42 Gabon 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 — volatile
42 Morocco 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 100.0% volatile
42 Lesotho 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 100.0% volatile
42 Ghana 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 down 100.0% volatile
42 Equatorial Guinea 0 FAO, tonnes 2011 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.

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Indicator
Non-cereal food aid deliveries (FAO, tonnes)
Unit
FAO, tonnes
Source
World Food Programme, electronic files and web site (http://www.wfp.org/fais/)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
60 places, 1,469 data points, 1988–2012
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Non-cereal commodities or commodity groups include skimmed milk powder, vegetable oil, butter oil, other dairy products, meat, fish, pulses, sugar, dried fruit and other foodstuffs. From 1977 to 1986, because of the non-availability of data, non-cereal food aid is composed of four commodities only: skimmed milk powder, vegetable oil, butter oil and other dairy products.