Starchy Roots — Domestic supply quantity 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...
Countries reporting
182
Highest
188,749 1000 t
China
Lowest
0 1000 t
Tuvalu
Median
664.5 1000 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,901
What the numbers show
Starchy Roots — Domestic supply quantity is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 188,749 1000 t in China; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 664.5 1000 t, and the mean is 5,971 1000 t.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (up 600.0%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 99.5%).
Starchy Roots — Domestic supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 188,749 1000 t | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 2 | China, mainland | 181,854 1000 t | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 3 | Nigeria | 137,961 1000 t | 2023 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 4 | India | 66,318 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 47,019 1000 t | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 6 | Ghana | 37,822 1000 t | 2023 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 24,329 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 8 | Ukraine | 21,084 1000 t | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 20,822 1000 t | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 10 | Indonesia | 19,818 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 11 | Thailand | 18,432 1000 t | 2023 | up 154.2% | rising |
| 12 | Malawi | 15,757 1000 t | 2023 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 13 | Côte d'Ivoire | 15,337 1000 t | 2023 | up 84.4% | rising |
| 14 | Angola | 13,820 1000 t | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 15 | United Republic of Tanzania | 12,369 1000 t | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 10,862 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 17 | Cameroon | 9,621 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 18 | Germany | 8,734 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 19 | Mozambique | 8,703 1000 t | 2023 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 20 | Pakistan | 8,213 1000 t | 2023 | up 111.2% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 7,649 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 22 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6,810 1000 t | 2023 | up 139.5% | rising |
| 23 | China, Taiwan Province of | 6,644 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 24 | Egypt | 6,442 1000 t | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 25 | France | 6,431 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 6,373 1000 t | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6,275 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 28 | Cambodia | 5,835 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 29 | Poland | 5,336 1000 t | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 30 | Türkiye | 5,262 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 31 | Malaysia | 5,117 1000 t | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 32 | Colombia | 5,024 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 33 | Algeria | 4,752 1000 t | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 34 | Zambia | 4,666 1000 t | 2023 | up 258.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Philippines | 4,421 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 36 | Madagascar | 4,377 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 4,364 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 38 | Guinea | 4,345 1000 t | 2023 | up 148.0% | rising |
| 39 | Canada | 4,328 1000 t | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 40 | Kenya | 4,059 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 41 | Uganda | 4,001 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 42 | Belarus | 3,925 1000 t | 2023 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 43 | Nepal | 3,923 1000 t | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 44 | Rwanda | 3,812 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 3,756 1000 t | 2023 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 46 | Spain | 3,722 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 47 | Paraguay | 3,295 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 48 | Italy | 3,219 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 49 | Caribbean | 3,169 1000 t | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 50 | Mexico | 2,902 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 51 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,520 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 52 | Argentina | 2,466 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 53 | Melanesia | 2,459 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 54 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2,408 1000 t | 2023 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 55 | Denmark | 2,361 1000 t | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 2,334 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 57 | Belgium | 2,094 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 58 | Australia | 2,092 1000 t | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 1,947 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 60 | Morocco | 1,946 1000 t | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 61 | Papua New Guinea | 1,931 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 62 | Senegal | 1,825 1000 t | 2023 | up 538.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Cuba | 1,751 1000 t | 2019 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 64 | Congo | 1,720 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 65 | Romania | 1,650 1000 t | 2023 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 66 | Republic of Korea | 1,594 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.9% | flat |
| 67 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,385 1000 t | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 68 | Saudi Arabia | 1,343 1000 t | 2023 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,327 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 70 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1,302 1000 t | 2018 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 71 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,268 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.0% | flat |
| 72 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,267 1000 t | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 73 | Chile | 1,260 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 74 | Afghanistan | 1,203 1000 t | 2023 | up 140.6% | rising |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 1,168 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 1,155 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 77 | Sweden | 1,152 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 78 | Zimbabwe | 1,057 1000 t | 2023 | up 273.5% | rising |
| 79 | Niger | 957 1000 t | 2023 | up 186.5% | rising |
| 80 | Czechia | 869 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 81 | Haiti | 843 1000 t | 2023 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 82 | Portugal | 810 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 83 | Turkmenistan | 797 1000 t | 2023 | up 138.6% | rising |
| 84 | Austria | 735 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 85 | Serbia | 724 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 86 | Myanmar | 720 1000 t | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 87 | Liberia | 705 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 703 1000 t | 2023 | up 205.7% | rising |
| 89 | Greece | 684 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 680 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 91 | Gabon | 673 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 92 | Lebanon | 656 1000 t | 2023 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 93 | Ireland | 627 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 94 | Syrian Arab Republic | 566 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 565 1000 t | 2023 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 96 | Finland | 562 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 97 | Guatemala | 545 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 98 | Israel | 514 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 99 | Switzerland | 501 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 100 | Tunisia | 464 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 101 | Hungary | 446 1000 t | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 102 | New Zealand | 428 1000 t | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 103 | Libya | 418 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 103 | Namibia | 418 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 105 | Ecuador | 411 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 403 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 107 | Iraq | 397 1000 t | 2023 | down 45.7% | rising |
| 108 | Burkina Faso | 384 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 109 | Jordan | 383 1000 t | 2023 | up 79.0% | rising |
| 110 | Armenia | 382 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 359 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 112 | Slovakia | 338 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 113 | Jamaica | 335 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 114 | Norway | 325 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 115 | Lithuania | 320 1000 t | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 116 | Yemen | 317 1000 t | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 117 | Albania | 267 1000 t | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 118 | Georgia | 235 1000 t | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 119 | Uruguay | 232 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 120 | Croatia | 229 1000 t | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 121 | El Salvador | 226 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 121 | Republic of Moldova | 226 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 224 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 124 | Fiji | 222 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 125 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 220 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 126 | North Macedonia | 218 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 126 | Oman | 218 1000 t | 2023 | up 109.6% | rising |
| 128 | Kuwait | 216 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 206 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 130 | Mongolia | 186 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 183 1000 t | 2023 | up 110.3% | rising |
| 132 | Latvia | 172 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 133 | Panama | 161 1000 t | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 134 | Guyana | 155 1000 t | 2023 | up 278.0% | rising |
| 135 | Slovenia | 149 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 136 | Lesotho | 147 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 137 | Botswana | 138 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 138 | Qatar | 134 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 139 | Comoros | 120 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 140 | Estonia | 112 1000 t | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 141 | Eswatini | 107 1000 t | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 142 | Honduras | 98 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 143 | Trinidad and Tobago | 86 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.9% | flat |
| 144 | Vanuatu | 85 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 145 | Mauritania | 72 1000 t | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 145 | Polynesia | 72 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 147 | Mauritius | 68 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 148 | Bahrain | 66 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 149 | Cyprus | 59 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 150 | Bhutan | 57 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 151 | Timor-Leste | 54 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 152 | Montenegro | 41 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 32 1000 t | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 154 | Samoa | 31 1000 t | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 154 | China, Macao SAR | 31 1000 t | 2023 | up 121.4% | rising |
| 156 | Malta | 28 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 157 | Suriname | 27 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 158 | Barbados | 24 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 159 | Gambia | 23 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 160 | Bahamas | 22 1000 t | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 160 | Djibouti | 22 1000 t | 2023 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 160 | French Polynesia | 22 1000 t | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 163 | Iceland | 20 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | flat |
| 163 | Cabo Verde | 20 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 165 | Maldives | 19 1000 t | 2023 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 166 | Tonga | 18 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 167 | New Caledonia | 15 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 167 | Sao Tome and Principe | 15 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 169 | Micronesia | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 12 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 171 | Saint Lucia | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 172 | Belize | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 172 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 174 | Seychelles | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 175 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 175 | Grenada | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 177 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 178 | Kiribati | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Costa Rica | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Marshall Islands | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 180 | Nauru | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 180 | Tuvalu | 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 939,951 1000 t
- Asia 378,914 1000 t
- Africa 376,192 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 232,312 1000 t
- Western Africa 213,191 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 195,959 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 181,530 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 163,162 1000 t
- Europe 97,131 1000 t
- Southern Asia 93,682 1000 t
- Americas 82,649 1000 t
- Middle Africa 75,307 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.