Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food in Belgium
Belgium: Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food was 625 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food in Belgium, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 625 1000 t for sugar (raw equivalent) — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.2% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar (raw equivalent) — food in Belgium peaked at 625 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 490 1000 t, in 2011.
Belgium ranks 52nd of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food in Belgium, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 523 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 490 1000 t | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 533 1000 t | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 533 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 536 1000 t | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 538 1000 t | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 539 1000 t | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 544 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 545 1000 t | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 532 1000 t | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 526 1000 t | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 530 1000 t | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 562 1000 t | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 625 1000 t | +11.2% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 625 1000 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 161.5 1000 t, 3.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 625 1000 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 176 1000 t, 3.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 531.3 1000 t | 490 1000 t | 545 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 560.75 1000 t | 526 1000 t | 625 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 49 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 678 1000 t compare
- 50 Uzbekistan 642 1000 t compare
- 51 China, Taiwan Province of 627 1000 t compare
- 53 Peru 619 1000 t compare
- 54 United Republic of Tanzania 596 1000 t compare
- 55 Uganda 546 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar (raw equivalent) — food in Belgium?
- Sugar (raw equivalent) — food in Belgium was 625 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar (raw equivalent) — food recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 625 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar (raw equivalent) — food recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 490 1000 t in 2011.
- How does Belgium rank for sugar (raw equivalent) — food?
- Belgium ranks 52nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar (raw equivalent) — food rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.