Plantains — 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
Plantains — Losses is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 676 1000 t in Cameroon; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The median across all reporting countries is 22 1000 t, and the mean is 92.52 1000 t.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 1,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 100.0%).
Plantains — Losses: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon | 676 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 411 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 3 | Côte d'Ivoire | 393 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 3 | Cote d'Ivoire | 393 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 5 | Ghana | 356 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 6 | Uganda | 273 1000 t | 2023 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 7 | Philippines | 264 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Colombia | 225 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 9 | Myanmar | 212 1000 t | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 10 | Caribbean | 124 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 99 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 93 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 13 | Rwanda | 83 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Gabon | 82 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 15 | Guatemala | 76 1000 t | 2023 | up 322.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 66 1000 t | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 17 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 59 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 18 | Guinea | 50 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 19 | United Republic of Tanzania | 49 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 20 | Nicaragua | 47 1000 t | 2023 | up 291.7% | rising |
| 21 | Malawi | 34 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 22 | Panama | 30 1000 t | 2023 | up 172.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Honduras | 23 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 24 | Haiti | 21 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.5% | flat |
| 25 | Ecuador | 15 1000 t | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 26 | Costa Rica | 14 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 27 | El Salvador | 12 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 11 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 11 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 28 | Guyana | 11 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Congo | 7 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Cuba | 7 1000 t | 2019 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 31 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 34 | Jamaica | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Liberia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Kenya | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | North Macedonia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 39 | Melanesia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Fiji | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Belize | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Suriname | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Poland | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Nigeria | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 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 3,737 1000 t
- Africa 2,446 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1,914 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1,683 1000 t
- Middle Africa 1,186 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,174 1000 t
- Western Africa 818 1000 t
- Americas 735 1000 t
- Asia 552 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 495 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 476 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 442 1000 t
- South America 409 1000 t
- Central America 203 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 155 1000 t
- Southern Asia 77 1000 t
- Southern Europe 3 1000 t
- Europe 3 1000 t
- Oceania 1 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 0 1000 t
- European Union (27) 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.