Potatoes and products — Processing 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
Potatoes and products — Processing is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 4,642 1000 t in China; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 27.5 1000 t, and the mean is 310.14 1000 t.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 5,475.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).
Potatoes and products — Processing: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 4,642 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 4,620 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 1,366 1000 t | 2023 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 4 | Tajikistan | 446 1000 t | 2023 | up 5,475.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Republic of Korea | 301 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 6 | Ukraine | 271 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Poland | 114 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 8 | Peru | 112 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 9 | Ireland | 109 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 10 | Australia and New Zealand | 105 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 10 | New Zealand | 105 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 12 | France | 89 1000 t | 2023 | down 77.8% | falling |
| 13 | Colombia | 88 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 14 | Russia | 78 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 78 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 16 | Belarus | 67 1000 t | 2020 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 17 | Lithuania | 58 1000 t | 2023 | up 728.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Germany | 56 1000 t | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 19 | Austria | 38 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 20 | Norway | 33 1000 t | 2023 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 21 | North Macedonia | 30 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 22 | Malaysia | 25 1000 t | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 23 | Greece | 23 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 24 | China, Taiwan Province of | 22 1000 t | 2023 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 25 | Israel | 20 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 19 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 26 | Switzerland | 19 1000 t | 2023 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 29 | Slovenia | 15 1000 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Azerbaijan | 12 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 31 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 11 1000 t | 2023 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Spain | 8 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 32 | Latvia | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 81.0% | falling |
| 34 | Slovakia | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 35 | Sweden | 4 1000 t | 2020 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Estonia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Iceland | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Guatemala | 0 1000 t | 2021 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 40 | Czechia | 0 1000 t | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Mongolia | 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 8,196 1000 t
- Asia 5,518 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 5,010 1000 t
- Europe 2,355 1000 t
- European Union (27) 1,924 1000 t
- Northern Europe 1,579 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 494 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 488 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 466 1000 t
- Central Asia 452 1000 t
- Americas 218 1000 t
- Western Europe 213 1000 t
- South America 200 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 113 1000 t
- Oceania 105 1000 t
- Southern Europe 75 1000 t
- Western Asia 31 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 25 1000 t
- Central America 18 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.