Pulses — 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
Pulses — Losses is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 942 1000 t in India; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Lao People's Democratic Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 6 1000 t, and the mean is 42.5 1000 t.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in United States (up 6,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 100.0%).
Pulses — Losses: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 942 1000 t | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 2 | Niger | 694 1000 t | 2023 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 3 | Nigeria | 451 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 4 | China | 316 1000 t | 2023 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 5 | China, mainland | 312 1000 t | 2023 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 6 | Russia | 287 1000 t | 2023 | up 119.1% | rising |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 287 1000 t | 2023 | up 119.1% | rising |
| 8 | Myanmar | 284 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 9 | Kenya | 187 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 153 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 11 | Australia and New Zealand | 149 1000 t | 2023 | up 38.0% | flat |
| 12 | Australia | 147 1000 t | 2023 | up 38.7% | flat |
| 13 | Brazil | 133 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 14 | Canada | 109 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 15 | Malawi | 96 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 16 | United Republic of Tanzania | 93 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 17 | Cameroon | 76 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 18 | Egypt | 68 1000 t | 2023 | up 83.8% | rising |
| 18 | United States | 68 1000 t | 2023 | up 6,700.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Turkey | 57 1000 t | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 20 | Türkiye | 57 1000 t | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 54 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,700.0% | volatile |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 54 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,700.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Uganda | 46 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 25 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 44 1000 t | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 43 1000 t | 2023 | up 26.5% | flat |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 42 1000 t | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 28 | Mozambique | 40 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 28 | Pakistan | 40 1000 t | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 37 1000 t | 2023 | up 184.6% | rising |
| 30 | France | 37 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 32 | Peru | 34 1000 t | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 33 | Mexico | 32 1000 t | 2023 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 34 | Guatemala | 28 1000 t | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 35 | Angola | 26 1000 t | 2023 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 36 | Nepal | 19 1000 t | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 36 | Vietnam | 19 1000 t | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 36 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 19 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 36 | Viet Nam | 19 1000 t | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 40 | Poland | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 41 | Argentina | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 70.0% | flat |
| 41 | Belarus | 17 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 41 | Germany | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 142.9% | rising |
| 44 | Morocco | 15 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 44 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 15 1000 t | 2018 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 46 | Indonesia | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 46 | Rwanda | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 48 | Lithuania | 12 1000 t | 2023 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Madagascar | 12 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 48 | Thailand | 12 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 48 | Caribbean | 12 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 52 | Latvia | 10 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Colombia | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 53 | Italy | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 55 | Albania | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 55 | Honduras | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 55 | Kyrgyzstan | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 55 | Sierra Leone | 8 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Syria | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 27.3% | flat |
| 55 | Ukraine | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Syrian Arab Republic | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 27.3% | flat |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 63 | Romania | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 63 | Saudi Arabia | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 63 | Senegal | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Czechia | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 68 | Algeria | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 68 | Ghana | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 68 | Haiti | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 68 | El Salvador | 6 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 68 | Yemen | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 68 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 68 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Greece | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 77 | Norway | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Sweden | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Tunisia | 5 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 82 | Estonia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 82 | Finland | 4 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Cambodia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 82 | Mauritania | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Philippines | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 82 | Serbia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 90 | Guinea | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 90 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 90 | China, Taiwan Province of | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 96 | Austria | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 96 | Chile | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 96 | Denmark | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Hungary | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 96 | Ireland | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Libya | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | North Macedonia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | Portugal | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 96 | Paraguay | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 96 | Slovakia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | South Africa | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 108 | Afghanistan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 108 | Azerbaijan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Switzerland | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Congo | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Comoros | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Cuba | 1 1000 t | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Djibouti | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Ecuador | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Iraq | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 108 | Israel | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Jordan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Moldova | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Namibia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | New Zealand | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 108 | Qatar | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 108 | Eswatini | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | East Timor | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Uruguay | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Zambia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | flat |
| 108 | Timor-Leste | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Melanesia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Republic of Korea | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Republic of Moldova | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 134 | Belgium | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Bahrain | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Belize | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Botswana | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Georgia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Jamaica | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Laos | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Lebanon | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Panama | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 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 5,303 1000 t
- Africa 2,241 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2,157 1000 t
- Asia 1,849 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,770 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1,732 1000 t
- Western Africa 1,268 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1,180 1000 t
- Southern Asia 1,067 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 691 1000 t
- Europe 582 1000 t
- Americas 481 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 350 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 337 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 335 1000 t
- South America 210 1000 t
- European Union (27) 194 1000 t
- Northern America 177 1000 t
- Middle Africa 157 1000 t
- Oceania 149 1000 t
- Northern Africa 120 1000 t
- Northern Europe 98 1000 t
- Western Asia 87 1000 t
- Central America 81 1000 t
- Southern Europe 75 1000 t
- United States of America 68 1000 t
- Western Europe 59 1000 t
- Central Asia 23 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 14 1000 t
- Southern Africa 5 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.