Roots, Other — Feed 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
Roots, Other — Feed is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 4,348 1000 t in Laos; the lowest is 0 1000 t in China, Macao SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 2 1000 t, and the mean is 122.86 1000 t.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Vanuatu (up 350.0%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 100.0%).
Roots, Other — Feed: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laos | 4,348 1000 t | 2023 | up 217.1% | rising |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4,348 1000 t | 2023 | up 217.1% | rising |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 380 1000 t | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 4 | Cameroon | 247 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 5 | China | 186 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 6 | China, mainland | 184 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 7 | Madagascar | 64 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 8 | Pakistan | 52 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 9 | Colombia | 44 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 10 | United States | 43 1000 t | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 11 | Indonesia | 42 1000 t | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 12 | Caribbean | 27 1000 t | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 13 | Guinea | 21 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 14 | Mexico | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 16 | Ghana | 11 1000 t | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 16 | Nicaragua | 11 1000 t | 2023 | down 80.7% | falling |
| 18 | Namibia | 10 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 18 | Melanesia | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Spain | 9 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 20 | Vanuatu | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Cuba | 8 1000 t | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 8 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 26 | Ecuador | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 27 | Gabon | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 27 | Guyana | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 27 | Philippines | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 30 | Israel | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Polynesia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 32 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 3 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Iraq | 3 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Peru | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 32 | East Timor | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 32 | Samoa | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 32 | Timor-Leste | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 40 | Angola | 2 1000 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Italy | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 40 | Kuwait | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 40 | Malaysia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Belgium | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 1 1000 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Bahrain | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 44 | Canada | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Congo | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Comoros | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Germany | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 44 | Ireland | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Jamaica | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Saint Lucia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Norway | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 44 | El Salvador | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Suriname | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 44 | Eswatini | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Tonga | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 44 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 90.0% | falling |
| 44 | Australia and New Zealand | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 44 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 44 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 66 | Australia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Denmark | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Fiji | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | France | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Greece | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Grenada | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 66 | Honduras | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Kenya | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Nepal | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | New Zealand | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Oman | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | French Polynesia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Slovenia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Sweden | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Republic of Korea | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | China, Macao SAR | 0 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.
- World 5,650 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4,949 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4,843 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 4,734 1000 t
- Asia 4,679 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 4,404 1000 t
- Africa 770 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 750 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 450 1000 t
- Middle Africa 257 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 203 1000 t
- Americas 162 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 70 1000 t
- South America 61 1000 t
- Western Africa 52 1000 t
- Southern Asia 52 1000 t
- Northern America 44 1000 t
- United States of America 43 1000 t
- Central America 30 1000 t
- Europe 25 1000 t
- Western Asia 19 1000 t
- European Union (27) 16 1000 t
- Oceania 15 1000 t
- Southern Africa 11 1000 t
- Northern Europe 11 1000 t
- Southern Europe 11 1000 t
- Western Europe 3 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.