Share of cereals allocated to industrial uses by country
Share of cereals available for domestic consumption – after accounting for trade – that is allocated to other purposes (primarily industrial uses such as biofuel production), relative to the total allocated to human food, animal feed, and other uses. This excludes cereals used for seed, processing, and losses.
Countries reporting
177
Highest
57.1%
Norway
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands Antilles
Median
1.1%
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,505
What the numbers show
Share of cereals allocated to industrial uses is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 57.1% in Norway; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands Antilles.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.1%, and the mean is 4.8%.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 35,996.2%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 100.0%).
Share of cereals allocated to industrial uses: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 57.1% | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Grenada | 52.6% | 2009 | up 242.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Cambodia | 46.2% | 2023 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 4 | United States | 38.6% | 2023 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Bermuda | 37.5% | 2009 | up 125.0% | falling |
| 6 | Dominica | 33.3% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Suriname | 31.3% | 2023 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Eswatini | 22.2% | 2023 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Thailand | 22.2% | 2023 | up 185.1% | rising |
| 10 | Canada | 22.0% | 2023 | up 232.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Belgium | 20.7% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 12 | Ghana | 19.7% | 2023 | up 35,996.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Germany | 18.0% | 2023 | up 588.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Austria | 17.8% | 2023 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Benin | 16.3% | 2022 | up 308.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 15.9% | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Indonesia | 13.7% | 2023 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Netherlands | 13.2% | 2023 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Czechia | 12.7% | 2023 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Argentina | 11.8% | 2023 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Poland | 11.7% | 2023 | up 177.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 10.6% | 2023 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Romania | 10.4% | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Oman | 10.4% | 2023 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Nepal | 10.2% | 2023 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Mexico | 10.1% | 2023 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Hungary | 10.0% | 2023 | up 576.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 9.7% | 2023 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 29 | China | 9.7% | 2023 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 30 | France | 9.6% | 2023 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Senegal | 9.1% | 2023 | up 91.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Zambia | 8.0% | 2023 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 7.2% | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 34 | Australia | 7.1% | 2023 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 35 | Morocco | 6.7% | 2023 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 36 | North Macedonia | 6.6% | 2023 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 37 | Albania | 6.5% | 2023 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Greece | 6.4% | 2023 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Mali | 6.2% | 2022 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Belarus | 6.1% | 2023 | up 625.6% | volatile |
| 42 | North Korea | 5.7% | 2018 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 43 | Lithuania | 5.5% | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Peru | 5.5% | 2023 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Estonia | 4.9% | 2023 | up 613.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Brunei | 4.8% | 2009 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Guinea | 4.7% | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Israel | 4.7% | 2023 | down 16.3% | flat |
| 50 | Iceland | 4.6% | 2023 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Paraguay | 4.6% | 2023 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Algeria | 4.6% | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.3% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 54 | Ukraine | 4.0% | 2023 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Spain | 3.9% | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 56 | Malaysia | 3.9% | 2023 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Macao | 3.8% | 2009 | up 62.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Turkey | 3.5% | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Chile | 3.5% | 2023 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 3.5% | 2023 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 61 | New Zealand | 3.3% | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Portugal | 3.0% | 2023 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Kenya | 2.7% | 2023 | up 135.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Uruguay | 2.6% | 2023 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Slovakia | 2.5% | 2023 | up 413.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Bolivia | 2.4% | 2023 | up 225.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Russia | 2.4% | 2023 | up 6,849.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Slovenia | 2.4% | 2023 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Montenegro | 2.3% | 2023 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Central African Republic | 2.3% | 2022 | up 325.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Georgia | 2.3% | 2023 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Bangladesh | 2.2% | 2023 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Tanzania | 2.2% | 2023 | up 14,931.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Italy | 2.1% | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 76 | Finland | 2.0% | 2023 | up 100.8% | volatile |
| 77 | South Korea | 1.9% | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Laos | 1.9% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 1.8% | 2023 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Egypt | 1.8% | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 81 | Japan | 1.8% | 2022 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Bhutan | 1.6% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 83 | Croatia | 1.4% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Latvia | 1.4% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Armenia | 1.3% | 2023 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 1.3% | 2023 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Sri Lanka | 1.3% | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Taiwan | 1.3% | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 89 | United Arab Emirates | 1.2% | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Vietnam | 1.2% | 2023 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Sierra Leone | 1.2% | 2023 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Libya | 1.1% | 2023 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Hong Kong | 1.1% | 2023 | up 181.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Mongolia | 0.9% | 2023 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Sweden | 0.9% | 2023 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Philippines | 0.8% | 2023 | up 173.4% | falling |
| 98 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.7% | 2023 | up 218.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Ecuador | 0.7% | 2023 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Namibia | 0.7% | 2023 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.7% | 2023 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Lebanon | 0.6% | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Serbia | 0.6% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Denmark | 0.6% | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 105 | El Salvador | 0.6% | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 0.6% | 2023 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Haiti | 0.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Uzbekistan | 0.4% | 2023 | up 310.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Sudan | 0.3% | 2022 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Qatar | 0.3% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 111 | Kuwait | 0.3% | 2023 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 112 | Tunisia | 0.3% | 2023 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3% | 2023 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Jamaica | 0.2% | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Iran | 0.2% | 2023 | up 268.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Jordan | 0.2% | 2023 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Nigeria | 0.2% | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Cameroon | 0.2% | 2023 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Afghanistan | 0.2% | 2023 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 120 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Uganda | 0.1% | 2023 | up 95.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Cyprus | 0.1% | 2023 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 2023 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Panama | 0.1% | 2023 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Myanmar | 0.1% | 2023 | up 1,048.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Venezuela | 0.0% | 2023 | up 119.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2019 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2023 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Angola | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Pakistan | 0.0% | 2023 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2023 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Syria | 0.0% | 2023 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Brazil | 0.0% | 2023 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 136 | India | 0.0% | 2023 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 137 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 137 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Belize | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Congo | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 137 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Gabon | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 137 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Niger | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 137 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 137 | Togo | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | South Africa | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Netherlands Antilles | 0.0% | 2009 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 1.3%
About this data
Share of cereals available for domestic consumption – after accounting for trade – that is allocated to other purposes (primarily industrial uses such as biofuel production), relative to the total allocated to human food, animal feed, and other uses. This excludes cereals used for seed, processing, and losses.