Roots, Other — Seed 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 — Seed is currently reported for 15 countries. The highest value is 137 1000 t in Democratic Republic of the Congo; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 11 1000 t, and the mean is 20 1000 t.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 87.5%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 50.0%).
Roots, Other — Seed: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 137 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 2 | Peru | 35 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 3 | Cuba | 32 1000 t | 2019 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 4 | Caribbean | 21 1000 t | 2023 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 5 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19 1000 t | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 6 | Guinea | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 7 | Egypt | 15 1000 t | 2023 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 11 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Gabon | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 10 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Philippines | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Ecuador | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Panama | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Cyprus | 0 1000 t | 2018 | — | flat |
| 13 | Colombia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 282 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 259 1000 t
- Africa 204 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 161 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 161 1000 t
- Middle Africa 153 1000 t
- Americas 67 1000 t
- South America 46 1000 t
- Western Africa 36 1000 t
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 22 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 16 1000 t
- Northern Africa 15 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.