Pulses — 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
Pulses — Processing is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 482 1000 t in United States; the lowest is 0 1000 t in New Zealand.
The median across all reporting countries is 13 1000 t, and the mean is 60.52 1000 t.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Switzerland (down 100.0%).
Pulses — Processing: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 482 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | China | 324 1000 t | 2023 | up 83.1% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 322 1000 t | 2023 | up 83.0% | rising |
| 4 | Canada | 129 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 5 | Norway | 60 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 6 | Haiti | 42 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 6 | Caribbean | 42 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Russia | 38 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 38 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 10 | France | 36 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 11 | Angola | 31 1000 t | 2023 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 12 | Germany | 21 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 13 | Nepal | 15 1000 t | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 16 | Lithuania | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Australia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Australia and New Zealand | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 19 | Indonesia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Austria | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 21 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 21 | Sweden | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | South Africa | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 21 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Switzerland | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | New Zealand | 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 1,271 1000 t
- Americas 666 1000 t
- Northern America 612 1000 t
- United States of America 482 1000 t
- Asia 385 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 367 1000 t
- Europe 182 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 88 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 88 1000 t
- European Union (27) 70 1000 t
- Northern Europe 67 1000 t
- Western Europe 62 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 57 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 53 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 42 1000 t
- Africa 34 1000 t
- Middle Africa 31 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 28 1000 t
- Southern Asia 15 1000 t
- South America 13 1000 t
- Oceania 4 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 3 1000 t
- Southern Africa 2 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.