Starchy Roots — Seed 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 — Seed is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 19,198 1000 t in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Lao People's Democratic Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 41 1000 t, and the mean is 411.49 1000 t.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 9,745.1%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 100.0%).
Starchy Roots — Seed: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 19,198 1000 t | 2023 | up 9,745.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Ukraine | 5,708 1000 t | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 3 | India | 4,417 1000 t | 2023 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 4 | Russia | 3,733 1000 t | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 3,733 1000 t | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 6 | China | 2,871 1000 t | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 7 | China, mainland | 2,869 1000 t | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 8 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,620 1000 t | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,620 1000 t | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 10 | United States | 986 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 11 | Belarus | 949 1000 t | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 12 | Egypt | 754 1000 t | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 630 1000 t | 2023 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 14 | Peru | 625 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 478 1000 t | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 16 | Malawi | 446 1000 t | 2023 | up 98.2% | rising |
| 17 | France | 427 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 385 1000 t | 2023 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 370 1000 t | 2023 | up 143.4% | rising |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 364 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 20 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 364 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 22 | Brazil | 320 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 300 1000 t | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 24 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 292 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 25 | Turkey | 281 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 25 | Türkiye | 281 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 266 1000 t | 2023 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 28 | Canada | 252 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 29 | Romania | 251 1000 t | 2023 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 30 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 247 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 31 | Nepal | 229 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 32 | Kyrgyzstan | 224 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 33 | Tajikistan | 204 1000 t | 2023 | up 482.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Kenya | 194 1000 t | 2023 | up 37.6% | flat |
| 35 | Madagascar | 167 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 36 | Azerbaijan | 158 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 37 | Colombia | 153 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 38 | Denmark | 147 1000 t | 2023 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 39 | South Africa | 142 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 40 | Angola | 139 1000 t | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 41 | Cameroon | 135 1000 t | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 42 | Australia and New Zealand | 125 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 43 | Rwanda | 112 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 44 | Morocco | 103 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 45 | Australia | 101 1000 t | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 46 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 97 1000 t | 2018 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 47 | Algeria | 93 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.1% | flat |
| 48 | Cuba | 92 1000 t | 2019 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 49 | Belgium | 89 1000 t | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 50 | United Republic of Tanzania | 87 1000 t | 2023 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 51 | Syria | 84 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 51 | Syrian Arab Republic | 84 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 53 | Italy | 82 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 54 | Spain | 81 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 55 | Armenia | 75 1000 t | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 56 | Czechia | 71 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 56 | Caribbean | 71 1000 t | 2023 | down 23.7% | flat |
| 58 | Argentina | 70 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 58 | Guatemala | 70 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,300.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Uganda | 68 1000 t | 2023 | up 142.9% | rising |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | 63 1000 t | 2023 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 61 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 63 1000 t | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 63 | Afghanistan | 54 1000 t | 2023 | up 170.0% | rising |
| 64 | Ethiopia | 53 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 65 | Portugal | 51 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 65 | Republic of Korea | 51 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 67 | Austria | 48 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 68 | Moldova | 47 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 68 | Mexico | 47 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 68 | Republic of Moldova | 47 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 71 | Finland | 43 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 72 | Lithuania | 41 1000 t | 2023 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 72 | Latvia | 41 1000 t | 2023 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 72 | Sweden | 41 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 75 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 38 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 76 | Serbia | 37 1000 t | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 77 | Albania | 33 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 78 | Gabon | 32 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 79 | Iraq | 31 1000 t | 2023 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 80 | Chile | 30 1000 t | 2023 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 80 | Georgia | 30 1000 t | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 82 | Hungary | 26 1000 t | 2023 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 82 | Lebanon | 26 1000 t | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 82 | Mongolia | 26 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 85 | North Macedonia | 24 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 85 | New Zealand | 24 1000 t | 2023 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22 1000 t | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 87 | Switzerland | 22 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 87 | Greece | 22 1000 t | 2023 | down 81.7% | falling |
| 90 | Myanmar | 20 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 90 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 20 1000 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Vietnam | 18 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 92 | Viet Nam | 18 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 94 | Guinea | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 94 | Ireland | 17 1000 t | 2023 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 94 | Mozambique | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 94 | Tunisia | 17 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 98 | Yemen | 16 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 99 | Turkmenistan | 15 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Indonesia | 14 1000 t | 2023 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 101 | Guyana | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,200.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Croatia | 12 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 103 | Libya | 12 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 105 | Norway | 11 1000 t | 2023 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 106 | Jordan | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 106 | Uruguay | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 108 | Slovakia | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 109 | Cyprus | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 109 | Ecuador | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 109 | Estonia | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 65.0% | falling |
| 109 | Honduras | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 109 | Israel | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 114 | Burkina Faso | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 89.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 114 | Thailand | 6 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 117 | Niger | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 118 | Haiti | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Bhutan | 3 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 120 | Comoros | 3 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Philippines | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Senegal | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Slovenia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 120 | Eswatini | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 126 | Dominican Republic | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 126 | Luxembourg | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 126 | Mauritius | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 126 | Malaysia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 126 | Nicaragua | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 126 | Panama | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 126 | Zambia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 126 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Jamaica | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Montenegro | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Congo | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Iceland | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Kuwait | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Laos | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Malta | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 138 | El Salvador | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Cabo Verde | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Melanesia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 52,013 1000 t
- Africa 24,691 1000 t
- Western Africa 21,650 1000 t
- Europe 13,874 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 11,284 1000 t
- Asia 10,597 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 6,866 1000 t
- Southern Asia 5,442 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3,866 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 3,206 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3,007 1000 t
- European Union (27) 2,930 1000 t
- Americas 2,726 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2,666 1000 t
- Western Europe 1,509 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 1,320 1000 t
- South America 1,284 1000 t
- Northern America 1,238 1000 t
- Central Asia 1,094 1000 t
- United States of America 986 1000 t
- Northern Africa 980 1000 t
- Western Asia 791 1000 t
- Northern Europe 713 1000 t
- Middle Africa 597 1000 t
- Southern Europe 369 1000 t
- Southern Africa 145 1000 t
- Central America 133 1000 t
- Oceania 125 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 91 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 63 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.