Potatoes and products — Stock Variation 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...

Countries reporting
182
Highest
1,891 1000 t
China
Lowest
-1,185 1000 t
Russian Federation
Median
0 1000 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,901

What the numbers show

Potatoes and products — Stock Variation is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 1,891 1000 t in China; the lowest is -1,185 1000 t in Russian Federation.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 1000 t, and the mean is 31.25 1000 t.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 9,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 20,600.0%).

Potatoes and products — Stock Variation: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 1,891 1000 t 2023 up 153.0% volatile
2 China, mainland 1,858 1000 t 2023 up 152.0% volatile
3 Belgium 964 1000 t 2023 up 496.7% volatile
4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 600 1000 t 2023 up 143.9% volatile
5 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 497 1000 t 2023 volatile
6 Türkiye 440 1000 t 2023 up 159.5% volatile
7 Uzbekistan 403 1000 t 2023 up 407.6% volatile
8 Denmark 300 1000 t 2023 up 9,900.0% volatile
9 France 275 1000 t 2023 up 118.0% volatile
10 Ukraine 267 1000 t 2023 up 115.1% volatile
11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 152 1000 t 2023 up 406.7% volatile
12 Portugal 113 1000 t 2023 up 140.4% volatile
13 Romania 91 1000 t 2023 up 97.8% volatile
14 Saudi Arabia 89 1000 t 2023 volatile
15 Brazil 65 1000 t 2023 up 136.1% volatile
16 Lebanon 48 1000 t 2023 up 173.8% volatile
17 Philippines 46 1000 t 2023 up 675.0% volatile
18 Guinea 45 1000 t 2023 up 550.0% volatile
19 Thailand 41 1000 t 2023 up 1,266.7% volatile
20 Ireland 40 1000 t 2023 up 25.0% volatile
21 Tajikistan 39 1000 t 2023 down 60.6% volatile
22 Argentina 36 1000 t 2023 up 132.4% volatile
22 Indonesia 36 1000 t 2023 up 175.0% volatile
24 Italy 35 1000 t 2023 up 128.7% volatile
25 Albania 34 1000 t 2023 volatile
26 Croatia 30 1000 t 2023 volatile
27 China, Taiwan Province of 26 1000 t 2023 up 160.0% volatile
28 Zimbabwe 20 1000 t 2023 up 2,100.0% volatile
29 Norway 19 1000 t 2023 up 216.7% volatile
30 Morocco 16 1000 t 2023 volatile
31 Cameroon 15 1000 t 2023 up 225.0% volatile
31 Caribbean 15 1000 t 2023 up 275.0% volatile
33 Greece 14 1000 t 2023 volatile
34 Bulgaria 12 1000 t 2023 down 66.7% volatile
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 1000 t 2023 down 57.7% volatile
35 Canada 11 1000 t 2023 down 15.4% volatile
37 Dominican Republic 10 1000 t 2023 up 900.0% volatile
38 Burkina Faso 9 1000 t 2023 up 800.0% volatile
39 Lithuania 8 1000 t 2023 up 108.0% volatile
40 Spain 7 1000 t 2023 up 106.2% volatile
41 Jamaica 6 1000 t 2023 up 400.0% volatile
41 China, Hong Kong SAR 6 1000 t 2023 up 300.0% volatile
41 Viet Nam 6 1000 t 2023 down 85.0% volatile
44 Cyprus 5 1000 t 2023 up 122.7% volatile
44 Slovenia 5 1000 t 2023 up 116.7% volatile
46 Estonia 4 1000 t 2023 volatile
47 Finland 3 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
47 Namibia 3 1000 t 2023 up 200.0% volatile
47 Poland 3 1000 t 2023 up 101.6% volatile
47 Senegal 3 1000 t 2023 up 127.3% volatile
51 Czechia 2 1000 t 2023 up 140.0% volatile
51 Ghana 2 1000 t 2023 volatile
51 Guatemala 2 1000 t 2023 down 84.6% volatile
51 Honduras 2 1000 t 2023 volatile
51 Iceland 2 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
51 North Macedonia 2 1000 t 2023 volatile
51 Montenegro 2 1000 t 2023 up 200.0% volatile
51 Mongolia 2 1000 t 2023 down 87.5% volatile
51 Oman 2 1000 t 2023 up 300.0% volatile
51 Peru 2 1000 t 2023 volatile
51 Uruguay 2 1000 t 2023 up 111.8% volatile
62 Belize 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
62 Egypt 1 1000 t 2023 up 102.9% volatile
62 Georgia 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
62 Maldives 1 1000 t 2023 up 200.0% volatile
62 Tunisia 1 1000 t 2023 up 110.0% volatile
62 Polynesia 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
62 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
69 Armenia 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Antigua and Barbuda 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Australia 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Austria 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Bahamas 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Bhutan 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Botswana 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Congo 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Comoros 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Costa Rica 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Cuba 0 1000 t 2019 flat
69 Djibouti 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Ecuador 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Fiji 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Gabon 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Guinea-Bissau 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Grenada 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Guyana 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Haiti 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Hungary 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 India 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Jordan 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Cambodia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Kiribati 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Kuwait 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Liberia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Libya 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Saint Lucia 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Sri Lanka 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Luxembourg 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Latvia 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Madagascar 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Marshall Islands 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Malta 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Myanmar 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Mozambique 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Mauritania 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Mauritius 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Malawi 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% flat
69 New Caledonia 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Niger 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Nigeria 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Nepal 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Nauru 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 New Zealand 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Pakistan 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Panama 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Papua New Guinea 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Paraguay 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 French Polynesia 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Rwanda 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Solomon Islands 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Sierra Leone 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 El Salvador 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Serbia 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Sao Tome and Principe 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Suriname 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Eswatini 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Seychelles 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Turkmenistan 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Tonga 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Trinidad and Tobago 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Tuvalu 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Uganda 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Vanuatu 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Samoa 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Micronesia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Timor-Leste 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
69 Cabo Verde 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Melanesia 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Republic of Moldova 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Syrian Arab Republic 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 Australia and New Zealand 0 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
69 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 United Republic of Tanzania 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
69 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 t 2023 flat
69 China, Macao SAR 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
150 Bahrain -1 1000 t 2023 volatile
150 Barbados -1 1000 t 2023 volatile
150 Ethiopia -1 1000 t 2023 down 103.8% volatile
153 Gambia -2 1000 t 2023 flat
154 Afghanistan -3 1000 t 2023 up 98.7% volatile
154 Nicaragua -3 1000 t 2023 up 25.0% volatile
154 Côte d'Ivoire -3 1000 t 2023 volatile
157 Algeria -5 1000 t 2023 down 101.8% volatile
157 Kenya -5 1000 t 2023 down 101.1% volatile
157 Lesotho -5 1000 t 2023 down 200.0% volatile
157 Yemen -5 1000 t 2023 up 90.6% volatile
161 Zambia -7 1000 t 2023 down 600.0% volatile
162 Sweden -9 1000 t 2023 down 550.0% volatile
163 Qatar -10 1000 t 2023 volatile
164 Israel -11 1000 t 2023 up 54.2% volatile
165 Angola -12 1000 t 2023 up 60.0% volatile
165 Belarus -12 1000 t 2023 up 96.0% volatile
167 Malaysia -13 1000 t 2023 down 333.3% volatile
168 Slovakia -15 1000 t 2023 up 34.8% volatile
169 Switzerland -25 1000 t 2023 down 196.2% volatile
170 Iraq -27 1000 t 2023 down 123.7% volatile
171 Bangladesh -30 1000 t 2023 up 85.1% volatile
172 Mexico -36 1000 t 2023 up 2.7% volatile
173 Azerbaijan -43 1000 t 2023 down 222.9% volatile
174 Republic of Korea -56 1000 t 2023 down 143.1% volatile
175 Kyrgyzstan -77 1000 t 2023 down 862.5% volatile
176 Chile -83 1000 t 2023 down 144.1% volatile
177 United Arab Emirates -130 1000 t 2023 down 828.6% volatile
178 Germany -156 1000 t 2023 up 86.8% volatile
179 Kazakhstan -205 1000 t 2023 down 20,600.0% volatile
180 Democratic People's Republic of Korea -271 1000 t 2018 flat
181 Colombia -566 1000 t 2023 down 2,276.9% volatile
182 Russian Federation -1,185 1000 t 2023 volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Potatoes and products — Stock Variation
Unit
1000 t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
213 places, 2,901 data points, 2010–2023
Last refreshed

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.