Sorghum and products — Food by country
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...
What the numbers show
Sorghum and products — Food is currently reported for 65 countries. The highest value is 5,662 1000 t in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 16 1000 t, and the mean is 418.71 1000 t.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 700.0%), and the largest decrease in Lao People's Democratic Republic (down 100.0%).
Sorghum and products — Food: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 5,662 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 4,545 1000 t | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 2 | China | 4,545 1000 t | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 4 | India | 3,162 1000 t | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 3,000 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 6 | Niger | 1,259 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 1,184 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 8 | Cameroon | 908 1000 t | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 9 | Egypt | 339 1000 t | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 297 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 11 | Ghana | 296 1000 t | 2023 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 12 | Senegal | 238 1000 t | 2023 | up 190.2% | rising |
| 13 | United States | 200 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.3% | flat |
| 14 | Kenya | 173 1000 t | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 15 | Yemen | 172 1000 t | 2023 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 16 | Rwanda | 170 1000 t | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 130 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | flat |
| 18 | Mozambique | 117 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 19 | Myanmar | 101 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 20 | El Salvador | 75 1000 t | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 21 | Mauritania | 67 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 63 1000 t | 2023 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 63 1000 t | 2023 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 55 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 24 | Uganda | 55 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Malawi | 52 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 27 | Pakistan | 38 1000 t | 2023 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 28 | Sierra Leone | 35 1000 t | 2023 | up 105.9% | rising |
| 28 | South Africa | 35 1000 t | 2023 | down 62.4% | flat |
| 30 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 30 1000 t | 2018 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 31 | Botswana | 27 1000 t | 2023 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Guinea-Bissau | 18 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 33 | Madagascar | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Caribbean | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Guatemala | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 34 | Haiti | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Guinea | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 34 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 39 | Honduras | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 40 | Melanesia | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 40 | Papua New Guinea | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 42 | Zambia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 42 | Tunisia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 42 | Gambia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 45 | Lesotho | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Namibia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 47 | Belize | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 47 | Eswatini | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 47 | Russian Federation | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 47 | Russia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 52 | Algeria | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 52 | Djibouti | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Colombia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 52 | Vietnam | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Viet Nam | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Australia and New Zealand | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Laos | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Morocco | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Qatar | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Ukraine | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Australia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Afghanistan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 27,806 1000 t
- Africa 19,229 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 13,009 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 12,672 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 11,944 1000 t
- Western Africa 9,959 1000 t
- Asia 8,268 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 8,145 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 4,694 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 4,576 1000 t
- Southern Asia 3,200 1000 t
- Northern Africa 2,731 1000 t
- Middle Africa 1,775 1000 t
- Western Asia 303 1000 t
- Americas 301 1000 t
- United States of America 200 1000 t
- Northern America 200 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 188 1000 t
- Central America 93 1000 t
- Southern Africa 69 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 32 1000 t
- Oceania 6 1000 t
- Europe 2 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 2 1000 t
- South America 1 1000 t
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.