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Share of cereals allocated to animal feed by country

Share of cereals available for domestic use – after accounting for trade – that is allocated to animal feed, relative to the total used for human food, animal feed, and industrial purposes. This excludes cereals used for seed, processing, and losses.

Countries reporting
186
Highest
88.6%
Denmark
Lowest
0.0%
Samoa
Median
36.7%
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,165

What the numbers show

Share of cereals allocated to animal feed is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 88.6% in Denmark; the lowest is 0.0% in Samoa.

The median across all reporting countries is 36.7%, and the mean is 35.7%.

Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 2,569.1%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 100.0%).

Share of cereals allocated to animal feed: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 88.6% 2023 down 1.2% flat
2 Ireland 83.5% 2023 down 1.5% rising
3 Spain 80.1% 2023 up 0.4% rising
4 Belarus 78.2% 2023 down 3.0% rising
5 Cyprus 75.6% 2023 up 19.4% rising
6 Croatia 73.7% 2023 down 6.5% falling
7 Moldova 73.4% 2023 up 6.6% rising
8 Netherlands 72.9% 2023 up 5.8% rising
9 Australia 72.5% 2023 up 14.9% rising
10 Latvia 72.4% 2023 up 12.3% rising
11 Djibouti 71.8% 2023 up 2,569.1% volatile
12 Serbia 71.7% 2023 down 1.9% falling
13 Tuvalu 71.4% 2023 — rising
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.2% 2023 up 2.6% rising
15 Hungary 69.4% 2023 down 10.6% flat
16 Uruguay 69.2% 2023 up 14.2% rising
17 USSR 69.1% 1991 down 3.1% rising
18 Greece 68.2% 2023 up 4.7% rising
19 Brazil 68.0% 2023 up 15.0% rising
20 Finland 66.6% 2023 down 8.3% falling
21 Estonia 66.0% 2023 down 4.2% flat
22 Lithuania 65.5% 2023 up 0.1% flat
23 Guyana 65.2% 2023 up 14.9% volatile
24 Portugal 64.6% 2023 down 1.8% rising
25 Russia 63.3% 2023 up 9.0% falling
26 Oman 63.2% 2023 up 51.6% volatile
27 France 63.0% 2023 down 3.7% falling
28 Israel 62.7% 2023 down 10.4% rising
29 Turkey 62.3% 2023 up 22.2% rising
30 Ukraine 62.0% 2023 down 5.9% falling
31 Poland 61.3% 2023 down 12.4% rising
32 Jordan 61.1% 2023 up 2.6% rising
33 Argentina 61.1% 2023 up 34.4% falling
34 Czechia 61.0% 2023 up 5.9% falling
35 Taiwan 60.5% 2023 up 4.8% rising
36 Luxembourg 60.5% 2023 down 2.6% falling
37 Belize 60.5% 2023 up 7.9% rising
38 Germany 60.1% 2023 down 17.8% falling
39 Austria 60.1% 2023 down 8.3% falling
40 Albania 60.0% 2023 up 106.8% rising
41 Italy 59.8% 2023 up 0.5% rising
42 Belgium 59.4% 2023 down 5.3% flat
43 Canada 59.3% 2023 down 24.2% falling
44 South Korea 58.8% 2023 up 15.4% volatile
45 Slovakia 57.8% 2023 up 16.2% falling
46 United Arab Emirates 57.7% 2023 down 15.4% volatile
47 Jamaica 57.6% 2023 up 41.7% rising
48 Romania 56.3% 2023 down 12.8% rising
49 Paraguay 55.8% 2023 up 9.4% rising
50 Bulgaria 55.2% 2023 up 81.4% falling
51 Tunisia 55.0% 2023 up 4.1% rising
52 New Zealand 54.8% 2023 down 18.1% rising
53 Sweden 54.5% 2023 down 25.7% falling
54 Kyrgyzstan 54.5% 2023 up 15.8% flat
55 Qatar 53.8% 2023 — falling
56 Costa Rica 53.4% 2023 up 9.2% rising
57 Chile 52.3% 2023 down 5.8% rising
58 United Kingdom 51.9% 2023 down 11.9% falling
59 Dominican Republic 51.9% 2023 up 2.9% rising
60 Namibia 50.3% 2023 up 119.5% volatile
61 Bolivia 49.0% 2023 down 5.8% rising
62 Saudi Arabia 48.6% 2023 down 31.4% rising
63 East Timor 48.5% 2023 up 612.6% volatile
64 Mexico 48.2% 2023 down 4.6% rising
65 Montenegro 48.1% 2023 down 11.0% rising
66 El Salvador 48.1% 2023 up 9.8% rising
67 North Macedonia 47.8% 2023 up 13.6% rising
68 United States 47.8% 2023 up 6.7% falling
69 Japan 47.7% 2022 up 8.0% rising
70 Peru 47.1% 2023 up 19.4% rising
71 Grenada 47.1% 2023 up 182.4% volatile
72 Kazakhstan 46.5% 2023 up 26.3% falling
73 Vietnam 45.7% 2023 up 32.7% volatile
74 Libya 45.6% 2023 down 19.8% flat
75 Ecuador 45.4% 2023 up 97.1% rising
76 Switzerland 44.8% 2023 down 13.4% falling
77 Colombia 44.5% 2023 down 11.0% rising
78 Azerbaijan 43.4% 2023 up 16.2% volatile
79 China 42.7% 2023 up 36.5% rising
80 Laos 42.1% 2023 down 15.2% volatile
81 Iceland 41.5% 2023 down 26.2% flat
82 Guatemala 41.5% 2023 up 100.6% rising
83 South Africa 41.3% 2023 up 7.1% rising
84 Barbados 41.0% 2023 down 15.2% rising
85 Slovenia 40.9% 2023 down 17.0% falling
86 Honduras 39.7% 2023 up 77.9% rising
87 Panama 39.6% 2023 up 16.5% rising
88 Kuwait 39.5% 2023 down 11.5% rising
89 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 39.1% 2023 up 50.0% volatile
90 Botswana 38.9% 2023 down 36.3% volatile
91 Guinea 37.9% 2023 down 1.5% volatile
92 Armenia 37.5% 2023 down 1.4% rising
93 Malaysia 37.0% 2023 down 10.1% rising
94 Georgia 36.5% 2023 up 21.4% rising
95 Syria 36.5% 2023 up 10.1% flat
96 Tonga 36.4% 2023 — flat
97 Mongolia 34.7% 2023 up 226.5% volatile
98 Uzbekistan 34.5% 2023 up 20.8% volatile
99 Lebanon 34.5% 2023 down 1.5% rising
100 Seychelles 34.4% 2023 up 129.2% volatile
101 Bangladesh 34.2% 2023 up 424.2% volatile
102 Mauritius 34.0% 2023 up 21.9% volatile
103 Malta 33.3% 2023 down 23.2% falling
104 Turkmenistan 33.3% 2023 up 38.8% falling
105 Tajikistan 32.8% 2023 down 6.9% volatile
106 Trinidad and Tobago 32.7% 2023 up 29.1% rising
107 Iran 32.3% 2023 down 22.7% rising
108 Algeria 32.1% 2023 up 0.8% volatile
109 Morocco 31.6% 2023 up 21.1% volatile
110 Thailand 29.6% 2023 down 20.7% volatile
111 Angola 29.5% 2023 up 100.7% volatile
112 Cuba 29.3% 2019 down 29.9% falling
113 New Caledonia 28.1% 2023 down 18.3% volatile
114 Senegal 27.4% 2023 up 397.8% volatile
115 Myanmar 25.6% 2023 down 49.0% rising
116 Iraq 24.6% 2023 down 37.5% rising
117 Nepal 24.5% 2023 up 26.1% rising
118 Togo 24.2% 2022 up 12.1% volatile
119 Eswatini 24.0% 2023 up 22.3% flat
120 Mali 23.8% 2022 up 43.8% rising
121 Egypt 23.5% 2023 down 44.4% rising
122 Fiji 22.1% 2023 up 56.1% volatile
123 Venezuela 21.5% 2023 down 37.0% rising
124 Norway 20.9% 2023 down 33.7% falling
125 Ghana 20.1% 2023 down 16.0% falling
126 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20.0% 2023 — volatile
127 Benin 20.0% 2022 down 36.4% volatile
128 Philippines 18.4% 2023 down 14.5% flat
129 Cambodia 17.5% 2023 up 70.7% volatile
130 Pakistan 17.4% 2023 up 112.3% volatile
131 Nicaragua 16.0% 2023 up 204.0% falling
132 Niger 15.7% 2023 up 24.4% rising
133 India 14.4% 2023 up 137.1% volatile
134 Burkina Faso 14.0% 2023 up 69.8% volatile
135 Saint Lucia 13.8% 2023 down 37.9% volatile
136 Nigeria 13.6% 2023 up 79.6% falling
137 Kenya 13.4% 2023 up 115.9% volatile
138 Cameroon 13.0% 2023 down 30.6% volatile
139 Brunei 12.7% 2009 up 42.2% falling
140 Zimbabwe 11.9% 2023 down 21.6% falling
141 Tanzania 11.9% 2023 down 6.1% volatile
142 Malawi 11.7% 2023 up 22.8% rising
143 Hong Kong 11.6% 2023 up 29.0% volatile
144 Zambia 11.5% 2023 up 22.9% volatile
145 Antigua and Barbuda 11.1% 2023 unchanged volatile
146 Suriname 10.4% 2023 down 25.5% falling
147 Cote d'Ivoire 9.3% 2023 up 18.6% rising
148 Madagascar 8.7% 2023 up 11.8% falling
149 Sri Lanka 7.8% 2023 up 165.2% volatile
150 Bahrain 7.7% 2023 — volatile
151 Democratic Republic of Congo 6.3% 2023 up 100.9% rising
152 Bahamas 6.2% 2023 up 9.4% volatile
153 Bhutan 6.1% 2023 — falling
154 Sudan 6.1% 2022 down 8.0% falling
155 Lesotho 5.7% 2023 up 61.8% volatile
156 Burundi 5.4% 2022 up 1,794.8% volatile
157 North Korea 5.4% 2018 down 47.9% volatile
158 Mozambique 4.9% 2023 down 3.7% volatile
159 Indonesia 4.5% 2023 down 13.0% volatile
160 Gabon 4.2% 2023 down 52.3% volatile
161 Rwanda 4.0% 2023 down 89.0% volatile
162 Sierra Leone 3.8% 2023 down 52.7% volatile
163 Cape Verde 3.8% 2023 — volatile
164 Congo 3.7% 2023 down 31.4% volatile
165 Netherlands Antilles 3.7% 2009 down 11.1% volatile
166 Afghanistan 3.5% 2023 down 73.1% falling
167 Central African Republic 3.4% 2022 up 219.2% volatile
168 Ethiopia 3.4% 2023 up 2.5% volatile
169 Mauritania 3.3% 2023 up 67.5% volatile
170 Gambia 2.8% 2023 down 7.7% rising
171 French Polynesia 2.4% 2023 down 72.0% volatile
172 Chad 2.2% 2022 down 84.2% volatile
173 Liberia 2.1% 2023 down 58.8% volatile
174 Macao 2.1% 2023 — volatile
175 Haiti 1.8% 2023 down 67.6% volatile
176 Vanuatu 1.7% 2023 down 36.2% volatile
177 Comoros 1.7% 2023 up 88.9% rising
178 Somalia 1.5% 2022 up 805.3% volatile
179 Papua New Guinea 1.2% 2023 up 160.6% volatile
180 Solomon Islands 0.9% 2023 — volatile
181 Yemen 0.3% 2023 down 91.2% volatile
182 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
182 Kiribati 0.0% 2023 — volatile
182 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2023 — volatile
182 Uganda 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
182 Samoa 0.0% 2023 — volatile

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Indicator
Share of cereals allocated to animal feed
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
192 places, 10,165 data points, 1961–2023
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Share of cereals available for domestic use – after accounting for trade – that is allocated to animal feed, relative to the total used for human food, animal feed, and industrial purposes. This excludes cereals used for seed, processing, and losses.