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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
175
Highest
57.1%
Norway
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands Antilles
Median
1.3%
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,505

What the numbers show

Share of cereals allocated to industrial uses is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 57.1% in Norway; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands Antilles.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.3%, and the mean is 4.9%.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 75 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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
41 Ireland 6.0% 2023 up 2,124.9% 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
46 Malta 4.8% 2023 down 36.9% 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
66 Luxembourg 2.5% 2023 down 36.4% 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 USSR 1.3% 1991 up 44.6% volatile
86 Armenia 1.3% 2023 down 13.0% volatile
87 Costa Rica 1.3% 2023 up 0.9% volatile
88 Sri Lanka 1.3% 2023 down 9.8% volatile
89 Taiwan 1.3% 2023 up 52.9% volatile
90 United Arab Emirates 1.2% 2023 up 16.6% volatile
91 Vietnam 1.2% 2023 up 64.6% volatile
92 Sierra Leone 1.2% 2023 down 70.0% volatile
93 Libya 1.1% 2023 down 90.6% volatile
94 Hong Kong 1.1% 2023 up 181.2% volatile
95 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9% 2023 — volatile
96 Mongolia 0.9% 2023 down 91.3% volatile
97 Sweden 0.9% 2023 down 0.4% volatile
98 Philippines 0.8% 2023 up 173.4% falling
99 Cote d'Ivoire 0.7% 2023 up 218.8% volatile
100 Ecuador 0.7% 2023 down 94.8% volatile
101 Namibia 0.7% 2023 down 49.4% volatile
102 Trinidad and Tobago 0.7% 2023 down 65.9% volatile
103 Lebanon 0.6% 2023 down 19.4% volatile
104 Serbia 0.6% 2023 — volatile
105 Denmark 0.6% 2023 down 11.1% rising
106 El Salvador 0.6% 2023 down 4.3% volatile
107 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2023 down 21.0% volatile
108 Haiti 0.5% 2023 — volatile
109 Uzbekistan 0.4% 2023 up 310.7% volatile
110 Sudan 0.3% 2022 down 96.0% volatile
111 Qatar 0.3% 2023 — rising
112 Kuwait 0.3% 2023 down 67.0% falling
113 Tunisia 0.3% 2023 up 17.4% volatile
114 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% 2023 up 41.7% volatile
115 Jamaica 0.2% 2023 down 27.2% volatile
116 Iran 0.2% 2023 up 268.0% volatile
117 Jordan 0.2% 2023 down 57.5% volatile
118 Nigeria 0.2% 2023 up 10.6% volatile
119 Cameroon 0.2% 2023 down 96.4% volatile
120 Afghanistan 0.2% 2023 up 58.6% rising
121 Saudi Arabia 0.1% 2023 down 16.5% volatile
122 Uganda 0.1% 2023 up 95.3% volatile
123 Cyprus 0.1% 2023 down 32.1% volatile
124 Switzerland 0.1% 2023 down 11.4% volatile
125 Panama 0.1% 2023 down 94.4% volatile
126 Myanmar 0.1% 2023 up 1,048.4% volatile
127 Madagascar 0.0% 2023 up 52.9% volatile
128 Venezuela 0.0% 2023 up 119.2% volatile
129 Cuba 0.0% 2019 down 31.3% volatile
130 Guatemala 0.0% 2023 down 39.0% volatile
131 Angola 0.0% 2023 — volatile
132 Mozambique 0.0% 2023 — volatile
133 Pakistan 0.0% 2023 up 19.1% volatile
134 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2023 down 24.4% volatile
135 Syria 0.0% 2023 down 7.3% volatile
136 Brazil 0.0% 2023 down 95.9% volatile
137 India 0.0% 2023 down 85.2% volatile
138 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Bahamas 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Belize 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
138 Barbados 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
138 Botswana 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
138 Colombia 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
138 Cape Verde 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Djibouti 0.0% 2021 — volatile
138 Fiji 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Gabon 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Gambia 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Guyana 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Honduras 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Iraq 0.0% 2021 — volatile
138 Kiribati 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
138 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Lesotho 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
138 Moldova 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
138 Maldives 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Marshall Islands 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Mauritania 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
138 Mauritius 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% falling
138 Malawi 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 New Caledonia 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Niger 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 French Polynesia 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
138 Rwanda 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
138 Togo 0.0% 2022 — volatile
138 Tajikistan 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
138 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
138 East Timor 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Vanuatu 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Samoa 0.0% 2023 — volatile
138 Yemen 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
138 South Africa 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
138 Netherlands Antilles 0.0% 2009 — volatile

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Indicator
Share of cereals allocated to industrial uses
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
181 places, 9,505 data points, 1961–2023
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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.