Share of cereals allocated to human food by country
Share of cereals available for domestic use – after accounting for trade – that is allocated to direct human consumption, relative to the total used for human food, animal feed, and industrial purposes. This excludes cereals used for seed, processing, and losses.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
100.0%
Micronesia (country)
Lowest
10.8%
Denmark
Median
60.7%
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,214
What the numbers show
Share of cereals allocated to human food is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Micronesia (country); the lowest is 10.8% in Denmark.
The median across all reporting countries is 60.7%, and the mean is 61.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 76.9%), and the largest decrease in Djibouti (down 71.0%).
Share of cereals allocated to human food: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Micronesia (country) | 100.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 100.0% | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 1 | Kiribati | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Maldives | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 100.0% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 1 | Nauru | 100.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Samoa | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Uganda | 99.9% | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 10 | Yemen | 99.7% | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 11 | Solomon Islands | 99.1% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 98.8% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 13 | Somalia | 98.5% | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 14 | Comoros | 98.3% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 15 | Vanuatu | 98.3% | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 16 | Macao | 97.9% | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 17 | Liberia | 97.9% | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 18 | Chad | 97.8% | 2022 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 19 | Haiti | 97.8% | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 20 | French Polynesia | 97.6% | 2023 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 21 | Gambia | 97.2% | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 22 | Mauritania | 96.7% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 96.4% | 2023 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 24 | Netherlands Antilles | 96.3% | 2009 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 25 | Congo | 96.3% | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 26 | Cape Verde | 96.2% | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 27 | Rwanda | 96.0% | 2023 | up 50.8% | falling |
| 28 | Gabon | 95.8% | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 29 | Mozambique | 95.1% | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 95.0% | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 31 | Burundi | 94.6% | 2022 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 32 | Central African Republic | 94.3% | 2022 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 33 | Lesotho | 94.3% | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 34 | Bahamas | 93.8% | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 35 | Sudan | 93.6% | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 36 | Bahrain | 92.3% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 37 | Bhutan | 92.2% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 38 | Madagascar | 91.2% | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 90.9% | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 40 | Cote d'Ivoire | 89.9% | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 41 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 89.8% | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 42 | North Korea | 89.0% | 2018 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 43 | Antigua and Barbuda | 88.9% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Malawi | 88.3% | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 45 | Zimbabwe | 88.1% | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 46 | Hong Kong | 87.3% | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 47 | Ethiopia | 86.9% | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 48 | Cameroon | 86.8% | 2023 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 49 | Nigeria | 86.3% | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 50 | Saint Lucia | 86.2% | 2023 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | 86.0% | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 52 | Tanzania | 85.9% | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 53 | India | 85.6% | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 54 | Niger | 84.3% | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 55 | Kenya | 83.9% | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 56 | Pakistan | 82.6% | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 57 | Brunei | 82.5% | 2009 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 58 | Nicaragua | 82.1% | 2023 | up 55.2% | falling |
| 59 | Indonesia | 81.8% | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 60 | Philippines | 80.9% | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 61 | Zambia | 80.4% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 62 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 80.0% | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 63 | Venezuela | 78.4% | 2023 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 64 | Fiji | 77.9% | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 65 | Togo | 75.8% | 2022 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 66 | Iraq | 75.4% | 2023 | up 24.2% | flat |
| 67 | Egypt | 74.7% | 2023 | up 32.5% | falling |
| 68 | Myanmar | 74.4% | 2023 | up 49.2% | falling |
| 69 | New Caledonia | 71.9% | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 70 | Cuba | 70.7% | 2019 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 71 | Angola | 70.5% | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 72 | Mali | 69.9% | 2022 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 73 | Iran | 67.5% | 2023 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 67.2% | 2023 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 75 | Turkmenistan | 66.7% | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 76 | Dominica | 66.7% | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 66.7% | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 78 | Mauritius | 66.0% | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 79 | Seychelles | 65.6% | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 80 | Nepal | 65.3% | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 81 | Uzbekistan | 65.0% | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 82 | Lebanon | 64.8% | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 83 | Mongolia | 64.5% | 2023 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 84 | Benin | 63.7% | 2022 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 85 | Tonga | 63.6% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 63.6% | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 87 | Senegal | 63.5% | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 88 | Syria | 63.5% | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 89 | Algeria | 63.4% | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 90 | Bermuda | 62.5% | 2009 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 92 | Morocco | 61.8% | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 93 | Georgia | 61.3% | 2023 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 94 | Armenia | 61.2% | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 95 | Botswana | 61.1% | 2023 | up 57.2% | falling |
| 96 | Panama | 60.4% | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 97 | Honduras | 60.3% | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 98 | Kuwait | 60.3% | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 99 | Ghana | 60.2% | 2023 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 100 | Malaysia | 59.1% | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 101 | Barbados | 59.0% | 2023 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 102 | South Africa | 58.7% | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 103 | Guatemala | 58.5% | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 104 | Suriname | 58.2% | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 105 | Guinea | 57.4% | 2023 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 106 | Slovenia | 56.8% | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 107 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 56.5% | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 108 | Laos | 55.9% | 2023 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 109 | Colombia | 55.5% | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 110 | Switzerland | 55.1% | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 111 | Ecuador | 53.9% | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 112 | Iceland | 53.8% | 2023 | up 38.7% | falling |
| 113 | Eswatini | 53.8% | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 114 | Libya | 53.3% | 2023 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 115 | Vietnam | 53.1% | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 53.1% | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 117 | Grenada | 52.9% | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 118 | East Timor | 51.5% | 2023 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 119 | El Salvador | 51.4% | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 120 | Saudi Arabia | 51.3% | 2023 | up 76.9% | falling |
| 121 | Japan | 50.5% | 2022 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 122 | Montenegro | 49.6% | 2023 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 123 | Namibia | 49.0% | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 124 | Bolivia | 48.6% | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 125 | Thailand | 48.2% | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 126 | China | 47.6% | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 127 | Dominican Republic | 47.6% | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 128 | Peru | 47.4% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 129 | Qatar | 45.9% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 45.6% | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 131 | Costa Rica | 45.3% | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan | 45.3% | 2023 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 133 | Tunisia | 44.8% | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 134 | Sweden | 44.6% | 2023 | up 73.5% | rising |
| 135 | Chile | 44.2% | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 136 | Kazakhstan | 42.9% | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 137 | Jamaica | 42.1% | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 138 | New Zealand | 41.9% | 2023 | up 39.0% | falling |
| 139 | Mexico | 41.8% | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 140 | United Arab Emirates | 41.1% | 2023 | up 33.6% | falling |
| 141 | United Kingdom | 40.9% | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 142 | Slovakia | 39.7% | 2023 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 143 | Paraguay | 39.7% | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 144 | Belize | 39.5% | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 145 | South Korea | 39.3% | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 146 | Jordan | 38.7% | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 147 | Taiwan | 38.2% | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 148 | Italy | 38.1% | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 150 | Cambodia | 36.4% | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 151 | Guyana | 34.8% | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 152 | Russia | 34.4% | 2023 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 153 | Turkey | 34.2% | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 154 | Ukraine | 34.0% | 2023 | up 27.6% | falling |
| 155 | Albania | 33.5% | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 156 | Romania | 33.2% | 2023 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 157 | Israel | 32.6% | 2023 | up 33.5% | falling |
| 158 | Portugal | 32.5% | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 159 | Brazil | 31.9% | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 160 | Finland | 31.4% | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 161 | Estonia | 29.1% | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 162 | Lithuania | 29.0% | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 163 | Bulgaria | 28.9% | 2023 | down 48.2% | rising |
| 164 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28.8% | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 165 | Tuvalu | 28.6% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 166 | Djibouti | 28.2% | 2023 | down 71.0% | falling |
| 167 | Uruguay | 28.2% | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 168 | Serbia | 27.8% | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 169 | France | 27.4% | 2023 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 170 | Argentina | 27.1% | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 171 | Poland | 27.0% | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 172 | Moldova | 26.6% | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 173 | Oman | 26.4% | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 174 | Czechia | 26.3% | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 175 | Latvia | 26.2% | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 176 | Greece | 25.4% | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 177 | Croatia | 24.9% | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 178 | Cyprus | 24.3% | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 179 | Austria | 22.2% | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 180 | Norway | 22.0% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 181 | Germany | 21.9% | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 182 | Hungary | 20.6% | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 183 | Australia | 20.4% | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 184 | Belgium | 19.9% | 2023 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 185 | Canada | 18.8% | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 186 | Spain | 16.0% | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 187 | Belarus | 15.7% | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 188 | Netherlands | 13.9% | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 189 | United States | 13.7% | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 190 | Denmark | 10.8% | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 29.6%
About this data
Share of cereals available for domestic use – after accounting for trade – that is allocated to direct human consumption, relative to the total used for human food, animal feed, and industrial purposes. This excludes cereals used for seed, processing, and losses.