Starchy Roots — 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
Starchy Roots — Other uses (non-food) is currently reported for 136 countries. The highest value is 22,307 1000 t in China; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Timor-Leste.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.5 1000 t, and the mean is 583.79 1000 t.
Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Cote d'Ivoire (up 21,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 100.0%).
Starchy Roots — Other uses: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 22,307 1000 t | 2023 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 15,955 1000 t | 2023 | up 129.5% | rising |
| 3 | China, Taiwan Province of | 6,341 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 4 | Ghana | 6,243 1000 t | 2023 | up 144.6% | rising |
| 5 | Nigeria | 4,573 1000 t | 2023 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Malaysia | 4,202 1000 t | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 7 | Thailand | 4,180 1000 t | 2023 | up 93.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Philippines | 2,061 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 9 | Cambodia | 1,667 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.2% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 1,463 1000 t | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 11 | Brazil | 1,010 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 12 | United States | 845 1000 t | 2023 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 13 | Ukraine | 612 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 562 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 15 | Algeria | 513 1000 t | 2023 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 16 | Spain | 481 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 355 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 17 | Mozambique | 355 1000 t | 2023 | up 195.8% | volatile |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 355 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 20 | Sweden | 352 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 21 | Malawi | 332 1000 t | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Lebanon | 271 1000 t | 2023 | up 298.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Paraguay | 267 1000 t | 2023 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 24 | Argentina | 227 1000 t | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 217 1000 t | 2023 | up 21,600.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 217 1000 t | 2023 | up 21,600.0% | volatile |
| 27 | France | 180 1000 t | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 28 | Austria | 177 1000 t | 2023 | up 195.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Italy | 166 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 30 | Kenya | 161 1000 t | 2023 | up 2,583.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 159 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Finland | 130 1000 t | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 32 | Mexico | 130 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 34 | Libya | 128 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.6% | flat |
| 35 | Belarus | 122 1000 t | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 36 | Caribbean | 120 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 37 | Colombia | 117 1000 t | 2023 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 38 | Cuba | 113 1000 t | 2019 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 39 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 112 1000 t | 2023 | down 59.6% | rising |
| 40 | Peru | 106 1000 t | 2023 | up 278.6% | volatile |
| 41 | United Republic of Tanzania | 104 1000 t | 2023 | up 235.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Israel | 99 1000 t | 2023 | up 130.2% | rising |
| 43 | Belgium | 94 1000 t | 2023 | up 944.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Romania | 66 1000 t | 2023 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 45 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 64 1000 t | 2023 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 46 | Madagascar | 59 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 46 | Turkey | 59 1000 t | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 46 | Türkiye | 59 1000 t | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 49 | Greece | 56 1000 t | 2023 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 49 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 51 | South Africa | 46 1000 t | 2023 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 52 | Portugal | 44 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 53 | Poland | 43 1000 t | 2023 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Hungary | 40 1000 t | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 55 | Indonesia | 38 1000 t | 2023 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Ireland | 38 1000 t | 2023 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 57 | Russia | 34 1000 t | 2023 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 57 | Russian Federation | 34 1000 t | 2023 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 32 1000 t | 2023 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 60 | Republic of Korea | 30 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 29 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 61 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 29 1000 t | 2023 | up 123.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Mauritius | 25 1000 t | 2023 | up 316.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Czechia | 22 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Ecuador | 21 1000 t | 2023 | up 162.5% | rising |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 19 1000 t | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 67 | Honduras | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 466.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Australia and New Zealand | 17 1000 t | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 69 | Pakistan | 16 1000 t | 2023 | down 38.5% | rising |
| 70 | El Salvador | 15 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 71 | Australia | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.9% | flat |
| 71 | Canada | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 73 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 12 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 74 | India | 11 1000 t | 2021 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 10 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 75 | Norway | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 77 | Chile | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 35.7% | flat |
| 77 | Uruguay | 9 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Egypt | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Guatemala | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Melanesia | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Fiji | 7 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Zimbabwe | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 86 | Senegal | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 88 | Oman | 5 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Suriname | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 89 | Uzbekistan | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 91 | New Zealand | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 91 | French Polynesia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 91 | Polynesia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 91 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Albania | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Croatia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | Jamaica | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 96 | Kuwait | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Moldova | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 96 | Yemen | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Republic of Moldova | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 104 | Angola | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 104 | Switzerland | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 104 | Cyprus | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 104 | Gabon | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Guyana | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Latvia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Myanmar | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Montenegro | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | New Caledonia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Serbia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Syria | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Uganda | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Botswana | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Denmark | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Georgia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Gambia | 0 1000 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Iceland | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Jordan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 119 | Lithuania | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Marshall Islands | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Mongolia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Namibia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Panama | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Qatar | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Turkmenistan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | East Timor | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Tunisia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Zambia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Micronesia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Timor-Leste | 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 60,204 1000 t
- Asia 38,393 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 22,420 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 14,898 1000 t
- Africa 14,073 1000 t
- Western Africa 12,331 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5,105 1000 t
- Europe 4,622 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4,383 1000 t
- European Union (27) 3,479 1000 t
- Americas 3,089 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2,374 1000 t
- Western Europe 2,028 1000 t
- South America 1,863 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 1,044 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 950 1000 t
- Northern Europe 887 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 869 1000 t
- Northern America 858 1000 t
- United States of America 845 1000 t
- Southern Europe 758 1000 t
- Northern Africa 649 1000 t
- Southern Asia 588 1000 t
- Western Asia 462 1000 t
- Central America 248 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 161 1000 t
- Southern Africa 47 1000 t
- Oceania 28 1000 t
- Central Asia 24 1000 t
- Middle Africa 2 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.