Palm Oil — Losses 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
Palm Oil — Losses is currently reported for 10 countries. The highest value is 113 1000 t in China, mainland; the lowest is 1 1000 t in Bahrain.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.5 1000 t, and the mean is 43 1000 t.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 113.
Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Gabon (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in China, mainland (down 9.6%).
Palm Oil — Losses: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, mainland | 113 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 1 | China | 113 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 3 | Malaysia | 97 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 4 | Nigeria | 63 1000 t | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 5 | Guatemala | 14 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 6 | Cameroon | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 7 | Papua New Guinea | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 7 | Melanesia | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 9 | Gabon | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Bahrain | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 318 1000 t
- Asia 215 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 117 1000 t
- South-eastern Asia 97 1000 t
- Africa 78 1000 t
- Western Africa 63 1000 t
- Central America 18 1000 t
- Americas 18 1000 t
- Middle Africa 14 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 13 1000 t
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 7 1000 t
- Oceania 7 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.