Roots, Other — Import quantity 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 — Import quantity is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 126 1000 t in United States; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Bolivia (Plurinational State of).
The median across all reporting countries is 1 1000 t, and the mean is 5.3 1000 t.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Gabon (up 316.7%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 100.0%).
Roots, Other — Import quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 126 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 2 | Malaysia | 66 1000 t | 2023 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Gabon | 25 1000 t | 2023 | up 316.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 5 | China | 15 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 6 | Spain | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 6 | Vietnam | 14 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 14 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | falling |
| 9 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | falling |
| 11 | Australia and New Zealand | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 12 | Canada | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 12 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 15 | France | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 15 | New Zealand | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 15 | Philippines | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 15 | China, mainland | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Australia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 19 | China, Taiwan Province of | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 21 | Belgium | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Italy | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 21 | Thailand | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 21 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 21 | China, Macao SAR | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 26 | Kuwait | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 26 | Liberia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Uganda | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Caribbean | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 26 | Republic of Korea | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 31 | Bangladesh | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Bahrain | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 31 | Comoros | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Germany | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 31 | Ghana | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Indonesia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 31 | Ireland | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Laos | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Norway | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 31 | Oman | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Qatar | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 31 | Suriname | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 31 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Angola | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Switzerland | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Congo | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Colombia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Cyprus | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Djibouti | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Denmark | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Dominican Republic | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Guinea | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Gambia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Greece | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Honduras | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Kenya | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Cambodia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Lebanon | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Mexico | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Niger | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Nigeria | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Pakistan | 0 1000 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Rwanda | 0 1000 t | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Serbia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Slovenia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Sweden | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 45 | East Timor | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Samoa | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Timor-Leste | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Polynesia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 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 399 1000 t
- Asia 170 1000 t
- Americas 137 1000 t
- Northern America 133 1000 t
- United States of America 126 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 90 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 51 1000 t
- Europe 49 1000 t
- European Union (27) 38 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 36 1000 t
- Africa 33 1000 t
- Western Asia 27 1000 t
- Middle Africa 25 1000 t
- Western Europe 18 1000 t
- Southern Europe 18 1000 t
- Northern Europe 13 1000 t
- Oceania 9 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 9 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 7 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 5 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 4 1000 t
- Western Africa 4 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3 1000 t
- South America 1 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 1 1000 t
- Southern Asia 1 1000 t
- Central Asia 0 1000 t
- Central America 0 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.