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
188
Highest
88.6%
Denmark
Lowest
0.0%
Samoa
Median
34.6%
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,165
What the numbers show
Share of cereals allocated to animal feed is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 88.6% in Denmark; the lowest is 0.0% in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.6%, and the mean is 34.1%.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 76 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 88.6% | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 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 | Greece | 68.2% | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 18 | Brazil | 68.0% | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 19 | Finland | 66.6% | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 20 | Estonia | 66.0% | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 21 | Lithuania | 65.5% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 22 | Guyana | 65.2% | 2023 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Portugal | 64.6% | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 24 | Russia | 63.3% | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 25 | Oman | 63.2% | 2023 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 26 | France | 63.0% | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 27 | Israel | 62.7% | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 28 | Turkey | 62.3% | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 29 | Ukraine | 62.0% | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 30 | Poland | 61.3% | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 31 | Jordan | 61.1% | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 32 | Argentina | 61.1% | 2023 | up 34.4% | falling |
| 33 | Czechia | 61.0% | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 34 | Taiwan | 60.5% | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 36 | Belize | 60.5% | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 37 | Germany | 60.1% | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 38 | Austria | 60.1% | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 39 | Albania | 60.0% | 2023 | up 106.8% | rising |
| 40 | Italy | 59.8% | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 41 | Belgium | 59.4% | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 42 | Canada | 59.3% | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 43 | South Korea | 58.8% | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Slovakia | 57.8% | 2023 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 57.7% | 2023 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Jamaica | 57.6% | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 47 | Romania | 56.3% | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 48 | Paraguay | 55.8% | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 55.2% | 2023 | up 81.4% | falling |
| 50 | Tunisia | 55.0% | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 51 | New Zealand | 54.8% | 2023 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 52 | Sweden | 54.5% | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.5% | 2023 | up 15.8% | flat |
| 54 | Qatar | 53.8% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 53.4% | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 56 | Chile | 52.3% | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 57 | United Kingdom | 51.9% | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 51.9% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 59 | Namibia | 50.3% | 2023 | up 119.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Bolivia | 49.0% | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | 48.6% | 2023 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 62 | East Timor | 48.5% | 2023 | up 612.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Mexico | 48.2% | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 64 | Montenegro | 48.1% | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 65 | El Salvador | 48.1% | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 47.8% | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 67 | United States | 47.8% | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 68 | Japan | 47.7% | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 69 | Peru | 47.1% | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 70 | Grenada | 47.1% | 2023 | up 182.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 46.5% | 2023 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 72 | Vietnam | 45.7% | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Libya | 45.6% | 2023 | down 19.8% | flat |
| 74 | Ecuador | 45.4% | 2023 | up 97.1% | rising |
| 75 | Switzerland | 44.8% | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 76 | Colombia | 44.5% | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 77 | Azerbaijan | 43.4% | 2023 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 78 | China | 42.7% | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 79 | Laos | 42.1% | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Iceland | 41.5% | 2023 | down 26.2% | flat |
| 81 | Guatemala | 41.5% | 2023 | up 100.6% | rising |
| 82 | South Africa | 41.3% | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 83 | Barbados | 41.0% | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 84 | Slovenia | 40.9% | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 85 | Honduras | 39.7% | 2023 | up 77.9% | rising |
| 86 | Panama | 39.6% | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 87 | Kuwait | 39.5% | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 88 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 39.1% | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Botswana | 38.9% | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Guinea | 37.9% | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Armenia | 37.5% | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 92 | Malaysia | 37.0% | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 93 | Georgia | 36.5% | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 94 | Syria | 36.5% | 2023 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 95 | Tonga | 36.4% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 96 | Mongolia | 34.7% | 2023 | up 226.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Uzbekistan | 34.5% | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Lebanon | 34.5% | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 99 | Seychelles | 34.4% | 2023 | up 129.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Bangladesh | 34.2% | 2023 | up 424.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Mauritius | 34.0% | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 33.3% | 2023 | up 38.8% | falling |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 32.8% | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.7% | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 106 | Iran | 32.3% | 2023 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 107 | Algeria | 32.1% | 2023 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Morocco | 31.6% | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Thailand | 29.6% | 2023 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Angola | 29.5% | 2023 | up 100.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Cuba | 29.3% | 2019 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 112 | New Caledonia | 28.1% | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Senegal | 27.4% | 2023 | up 397.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Myanmar | 25.6% | 2023 | down 49.0% | rising |
| 115 | Iraq | 24.6% | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 116 | Nepal | 24.5% | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 117 | Togo | 24.2% | 2022 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Eswatini | 24.0% | 2023 | up 22.3% | flat |
| 119 | Mali | 23.8% | 2022 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 120 | Egypt | 23.5% | 2023 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 121 | Fiji | 22.1% | 2023 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Venezuela | 21.5% | 2023 | down 37.0% | rising |
| 123 | Norway | 20.9% | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 124 | Ghana | 20.1% | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 125 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 20.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Benin | 20.0% | 2022 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Philippines | 18.4% | 2023 | down 14.5% | flat |
| 128 | Cambodia | 17.5% | 2023 | up 70.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Pakistan | 17.4% | 2023 | up 112.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Nicaragua | 16.0% | 2023 | up 204.0% | falling |
| 131 | Niger | 15.7% | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 132 | India | 14.4% | 2023 | up 137.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Burkina Faso | 14.0% | 2023 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Saint Lucia | 13.8% | 2023 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Nigeria | 13.6% | 2023 | up 79.6% | falling |
| 136 | Kenya | 13.4% | 2023 | up 115.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Cameroon | 13.0% | 2023 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Brunei | 12.7% | 2009 | up 42.2% | falling |
| 139 | Zimbabwe | 11.9% | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 140 | Tanzania | 11.9% | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Malawi | 11.7% | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 142 | Hong Kong | 11.6% | 2023 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Zambia | 11.5% | 2023 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.1% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 145 | Suriname | 10.4% | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 146 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9.3% | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 147 | Madagascar | 8.7% | 2023 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 148 | Sri Lanka | 7.8% | 2023 | up 165.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Bahrain | 7.7% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.3% | 2023 | up 100.9% | rising |
| 151 | Bahamas | 6.2% | 2023 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Bhutan | 6.1% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 153 | Sudan | 6.1% | 2022 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 154 | Lesotho | 5.7% | 2023 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Burundi | 5.4% | 2022 | up 1,794.8% | volatile |
| 156 | North Korea | 5.4% | 2018 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Mozambique | 4.9% | 2023 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Indonesia | 4.5% | 2023 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Gabon | 4.2% | 2023 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Rwanda | 4.0% | 2023 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Sierra Leone | 3.8% | 2023 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Cape Verde | 3.8% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Congo | 3.7% | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Netherlands Antilles | 3.7% | 2009 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Afghanistan | 3.5% | 2023 | down 73.1% | falling |
| 166 | Central African Republic | 3.4% | 2022 | up 219.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Ethiopia | 3.4% | 2023 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Mauritania | 3.3% | 2023 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Gambia | 2.8% | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 170 | French Polynesia | 2.4% | 2023 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Chad | 2.2% | 2022 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Liberia | 2.1% | 2023 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Macao | 2.1% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Haiti | 1.8% | 2023 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 1.7% | 2023 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Comoros | 1.7% | 2023 | up 88.9% | rising |
| 177 | Somalia | 1.5% | 2022 | up 805.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 1.2% | 2023 | up 160.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Solomon Islands | 0.9% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 180 | Yemen | 0.3% | 2023 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2009 | — | flat |
| 181 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 181 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 181 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 181 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 181 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Uganda | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
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About this data
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.