Starchy Roots — 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...
Countries reporting
190
Highest
99,687 1000 t
China
Lowest
2 1000 t
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Median
420.5 1000 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
3,046
What the numbers show
Starchy Roots — Food is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 99,687 1000 t in China; the lowest is 2 1000 t in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
The median across all reporting countries is 420.5 1000 t, and the mean is 3,637 1000 t.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 49,844.
Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (up 550.0%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 52.7%).
Starchy Roots — Food: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 99,687 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 99,117 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 3 | Nigeria | 64,499 1000 t | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 4 | India | 46,634 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 43,143 1000 t | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 19,998 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 7 | Indonesia | 19,787 1000 t | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 8 | Ghana | 14,993 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 9 | Russia | 12,254 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 12,254 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 11 | Angola | 11,506 1000 t | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 12 | Brazil | 11,313 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 13 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11,286 1000 t | 2023 | up 75.4% | rising |
| 13 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11,286 1000 t | 2023 | up 75.4% | rising |
| 15 | United Republic of Tanzania | 10,133 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 9,028 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 17 | Pakistan | 7,090 1000 t | 2023 | up 113.2% | rising |
| 18 | Mozambique | 7,029 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 19 | Germany | 6,060 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 20 | Ukraine | 5,545 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 21 | Cameroon | 5,351 1000 t | 2023 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 4,967 1000 t | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4,967 1000 t | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 24 | Peru | 4,527 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 25 | Turkey | 4,465 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 25 | Türkiye | 4,465 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 27 | Zambia | 4,428 1000 t | 2023 | up 270.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Colombia | 4,290 1000 t | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 29 | Egypt | 4,274 1000 t | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 30 | Uganda | 3,804 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 31 | Malawi | 3,748 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 32 | Poland | 3,606 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 33 | Madagascar | 3,595 1000 t | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 34 | France | 3,553 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 35 | Rwanda | 3,418 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 3,360 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 37 | Kenya | 3,353 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 3,308 1000 t | 2023 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 39 | Canada | 3,222 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 40 | Nepal | 3,089 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 41 | Guinea | 2,890 1000 t | 2023 | up 106.7% | rising |
| 42 | Italy | 2,882 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 43 | Spain | 2,881 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 44 | Algeria | 2,718 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 45 | Mexico | 2,368 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 46 | Cambodia | 2,351 1000 t | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 47 | Caribbean | 2,336 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 48 | Philippines | 2,168 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 49 | Melanesia | 2,152 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 50 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2,117 1000 t | 2023 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 51 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,115 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 52 | South Africa | 2,082 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 53 | Australia | 1,854 1000 t | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 54 | Argentina | 1,833 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 55 | Vietnam | 1,759 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 55 | Viet Nam | 1,759 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 1,734 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 58 | Congo | 1,589 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 59 | Morocco | 1,556 1000 t | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 60 | Sierra Leone | 1,526 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 61 | Belarus | 1,521 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 62 | Laos | 1,462 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 62 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,462 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 64 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,395 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 65 | Paraguay | 1,204 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 66 | Cuba | 1,201 1000 t | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 1,184 1000 t | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 68 | Romania | 1,141 1000 t | 2023 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 69 | Afghanistan | 1,097 1000 t | 2023 | up 139.0% | rising |
| 70 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,091 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 71 | Belgium | 1,064 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 72 | Republic of Korea | 1,049 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 73 | Chile | 983 1000 t | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 968 1000 t | 2023 | up 276.7% | rising |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 965 1000 t | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 76 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 958 1000 t | 2018 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 77 | Thailand | 957 1000 t | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 78 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 956 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.5% | flat |
| 79 | Azerbaijan | 862 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 80 | Senegal | 852 1000 t | 2023 | up 290.8% | rising |
| 81 | Malaysia | 850 1000 t | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 699 1000 t | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 83 | Portugal | 683 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 84 | Niger | 673 1000 t | 2023 | up 154.0% | rising |
| 85 | Sweden | 652 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 86 | Liberia | 650 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 87 | Czechia | 638 1000 t | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 611 1000 t | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 89 | Myanmar | 603 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 90 | Haiti | 574 1000 t | 2023 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 91 | Greece | 544 1000 t | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 473 1000 t | 2023 | up 143.8% | rising |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 463 1000 t | 2023 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 94 | Ireland | 443 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 425 1000 t | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 96 | Syria | 416 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 96 | Syrian Arab Republic | 416 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 98 | Ecuador | 412 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 99 | Denmark | 406 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 99 | Gabon | 406 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 101 | Switzerland | 396 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 102 | Austria | 392 1000 t | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 103 | Guatemala | 391 1000 t | 2023 | up 130.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Serbia | 388 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 105 | United Arab Emirates | 375 1000 t | 2023 | up 204.9% | rising |
| 106 | Hungary | 367 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 107 | Tunisia | 363 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 108 | Jordan | 359 1000 t | 2023 | up 85.1% | rising |
| 108 | China, Taiwan Province of | 359 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 110 | Namibia | 331 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 111 | Finland | 329 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 112 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 328 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 113 | Israel | 318 1000 t | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 114 | Slovakia | 317 1000 t | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 115 | Iraq | 309 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 116 | Lebanon | 284 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 117 | Yemen | 277 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 118 | Jamaica | 268 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 119 | New Zealand | 261 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 120 | Oman | 206 1000 t | 2023 | up 102.0% | rising |
| 121 | Libya | 204 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 122 | Solomon Islands | 203 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 122 | El Salvador | 203 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 124 | Croatia | 200 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 125 | Georgia | 199 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 126 | Kuwait | 193 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 127 | Burkina Faso | 192 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 128 | Armenia | 191 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 129 | Uruguay | 187 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 130 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 183 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.6% | flat |
| 131 | Fiji | 175 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 132 | Bulgaria | 171 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 133 | Moldova | 168 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 133 | Norway | 168 1000 t | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 133 | Republic of Moldova | 168 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 136 | Mongolia | 159 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 137 | Costa Rica | 150 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.2% | flat |
| 138 | Lithuania | 149 1000 t | 2023 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 139 | Albania | 146 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 140 | Panama | 144 1000 t | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 141 | North Macedonia | 142 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 137 1000 t | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 143 | Honduras | 136 1000 t | 2023 | up 91.5% | rising |
| 144 | Lesotho | 135 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 133 1000 t | 2023 | up 98.5% | rising |
| 146 | Botswana | 129 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 147 | Qatar | 120 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 148 | Slovenia | 116 1000 t | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 149 | Latvia | 113 1000 t | 2023 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 150 | Comoros | 105 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 151 | Eswatini | 97 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 152 | Estonia | 94 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 79 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.5% | flat |
| 154 | Bahrain | 59 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 155 | Mauritania | 57 1000 t | 2023 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 156 | Polynesia | 53 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 157 | Guyana | 52 1000 t | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 158 | East Timor | 46 1000 t | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 158 | Timor-Leste | 46 1000 t | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 160 | Cyprus | 45 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 161 | Bhutan | 42 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 162 | Mauritius | 39 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 29 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 164 | China, Macao SAR | 28 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 26 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 166 | Malta | 24 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 166 | Samoa | 24 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 168 | Djibouti | 22 1000 t | 2023 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 168 | Gambia | 22 1000 t | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 170 | Montenegro | 21 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 171 | Barbados | 19 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 172 | Cabo Verde | 18 1000 t | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 173 | Iceland | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.7% | flat |
| 173 | Maldives | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 173 | French Polynesia | 17 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 173 | Suriname | 17 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 177 | Micronesia | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 12 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 179 | Tonga | 11 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 179 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 11 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 182 | Bahamas | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | flat |
| 183 | Saint Lucia | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 184 | Belize | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 186 | Seychelles | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 187 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 187 | Grenada | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 189 | Kiribati | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 189 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 565,178 1000 t
- Africa 229,749 1000 t
- Asia 220,834 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 171,940 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 134,219 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 121,661 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 105,314 1000 t
- Western Africa 103,531 1000 t
- Southern Asia 69,725 1000 t
- Middle Africa 63,994 1000 t
- Americas 55,955 1000 t
- Europe 54,306 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 49,419 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 44,364 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 29,983 1000 t
- European Union (27) 28,291 1000 t
- South America 26,865 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 25,729 1000 t
- Northern America 23,220 1000 t
- United States of America 19,998 1000 t
- Western Europe 12,885 1000 t
- Northern Africa 10,030 1000 t
- Western Asia 9,942 1000 t
- Southern Europe 8,354 1000 t
- Northern Europe 7,338 1000 t
- Central Asia 5,870 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 5,003 1000 t
- Oceania 4,334 1000 t
- Central America 3,535 1000 t
- Southern Africa 2,774 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.