Rye and products — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) 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
Rye and products — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 26.83 kg/cap in Poland; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.07 kg/cap, and the mean is 2.18 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 471.4%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Rye and products — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 26.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 2 | Latvia | 23.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 3 | Finland | 20.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus | 18.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 5 | Denmark | 13.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 6 | Lithuania | 12.81 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 7 | Sweden | 11.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 8 | Estonia | 10.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 9 | Austria | 9.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 10 | Germany | 7.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 11 | Czechia | 6.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 12 | Ukraine | 5.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 4.11 kg/cap | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 14 | Portugal | 3.39 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 15 | Slovakia | 3.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 16 | Norway | 2.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 17 | Serbia | 2.59 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 18 | Slovenia | 1.63 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 19 | Canada | 1.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 196.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Romania | 1.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 1.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 208.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Belgium | 1.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 74.6% | rising |
| 24 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.1% | flat |
| 25 | Mongolia | 0.99 kg/cap | 2021 | up 135.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Croatia | 0.81 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 27 | Ireland | 0.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 471.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Albania | 0.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 260.0% | rising |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 0.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 30 | Spain | 0.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 31 | Iceland | 0.69 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Switzerland | 0.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 33 | Hungary | 0.62 kg/cap | 2023 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 34 | Montenegro | 0.58 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 35 | Armenia | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 36 | France | 0.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 37 | Georgia | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 39 | North Macedonia | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 40 | Italy | 0.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 140.0% | rising |
| 41 | Azerbaijan | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 42 | Chile | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 42 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.21 kg/cap | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Greece | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 46 | China | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 46 | New Zealand | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 46 | China, mainland | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 49 | Morocco | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 49 | Namibia | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Barbados | 0.04 kg/cap | 2019 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 52 | Cyprus | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 52 | New Caledonia | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 52 | South Africa | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 52 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 56 | Australia | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 56 | Saint Lucia | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Brazil | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 59 | Egypt | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Israel | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Tonga | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Tunisia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Uruguay | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 66 | Afghanistan | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Botswana | 0 kg/cap | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Ethiopia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Fiji | 0 kg/cap | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Gabon | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Gambia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Grenada | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kg/cap | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Libya | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Lesotho | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Madagascar | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Mexico | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Malta | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Mozambique | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Nepal | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Oman | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Panama | 0 kg/cap | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Rwanda | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Sierra Leone | 0 kg/cap | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Suriname | 0 kg/cap | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Uzbekistan | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Yemen | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Europe 7.44 kg/cap
- Türkiye 2.16 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 5.31 kg/cap
- Republic of Moldova 1.59 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 4.7 kg/cap
- Asia 0.08 kg/cap
- Europe 4.69 kg/cap
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.02 kg/cap
- Western Europe 3.69 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0 kg/cap
- Melanesia 0 kg/cap
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 kg/cap
- Northern America 0.97 kg/cap
- United States of America 0.92 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 0.77 kg/cap
- Western Asia 0.65 kg/cap
- World 0.53 kg/cap
- Americas 0.37 kg/cap
- Central Asia 0.18 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 0.1 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.06 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.04 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 0.03 kg/cap
- Oceania 0.02 kg/cap
- South America 0.01 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 0.01 kg/cap
- Africa 0 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 0 kg/cap
- Central America 0 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0 kg/cap
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.