Spices — Other uses (non-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
Spices — Other uses (non-food) is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 146 1000 t in Nepal; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Maldives.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 1000 t, and the mean is 13.33 1000 t.
Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 100.0%).
Spices — Other uses: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nepal | 146 1000 t | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 123 1000 t | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 3 | Cameroon | 30 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 4 | Guyana | 14 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Fiji | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Melanesia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Czechia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 8 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 8 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 1000 t | 2018 | — | flat |
| 8 | Polynesia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 8 | Albania | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 8 | Zambia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 8 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 8 | China | 0 1000 t | 2018 | — | flat |
| 8 | Comoros | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 8 | Samoa | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 8 | Georgia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 8 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 1000 t | 2022 | — | flat |
| 8 | Seychelles | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Madagascar | 0 1000 t | 2021 | — | flat |
| 8 | Maldives | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 317 1000 t
- Asia 269 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 177 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 147 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 147 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 147 1000 t
- Southern Asia 146 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 123 1000 t
- Caribbean 0 1000 t
- Africa 30 1000 t
- Middle Africa 30 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 17 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.