Vegetables — Import 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
193
Highest
20,074 1000 t
United States
Lowest
0 1000 t
Nauru
Median
125 1000 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
3,046
What the numbers show
Vegetables — Import quantity is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 20,074 1000 t in United States; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 125 1000 t, and the mean is 786.38 1000 t.
Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 2,050.0%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 75.7%).
Vegetables — Import quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 20,074 1000 t | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 2 | Germany | 14,948 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 10,457 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10,457 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 5 | Italy | 5,271 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 6 | France | 5,064 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 7 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 4,527 1000 t | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 8 | Canada | 3,649 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 9 | Belgium | 3,340 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 10 | Russia | 3,050 1000 t | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 3,050 1000 t | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 12 | Republic of Korea | 2,822 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 13 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,636 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 14 | Iraq | 2,529 1000 t | 2023 | up 472.2% | rising |
| 15 | China | 2,518 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 2,351 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 17 | Poland | 2,339 1000 t | 2023 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 2,214 1000 t | 2023 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 19 | Spain | 2,195 1000 t | 2023 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 20 | Austria | 1,997 1000 t | 2023 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 1,958 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 22 | Malaysia | 1,807 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 23 | Vietnam | 1,763 1000 t | 2023 | up 421.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Viet Nam | 1,763 1000 t | 2023 | up 421.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Sweden | 1,655 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 26 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1,434 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 27 | Romania | 1,423 1000 t | 2023 | up 139.2% | rising |
| 28 | Czechia | 1,387 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 1,157 1000 t | 2023 | up 154.8% | rising |
| 30 | Thailand | 1,105 1000 t | 2023 | up 96.3% | rising |
| 31 | Ireland | 1,029 1000 t | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 32 | Switzerland | 993 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 33 | Pakistan | 921 1000 t | 2023 | up 79.2% | rising |
| 34 | Portugal | 899 1000 t | 2023 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 885 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 36 | Indonesia | 878 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 37 | Denmark | 863 1000 t | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 38 | Brazil | 859 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 39 | Croatia | 722 1000 t | 2023 | up 116.2% | rising |
| 40 | Slovakia | 713 1000 t | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 41 | Norway | 695 1000 t | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 42 | China, Taiwan Province of | 674 1000 t | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 43 | Kuwait | 626 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 44 | Oman | 578 1000 t | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 45 | Mexico | 555 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 46 | Libya | 543 1000 t | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 47 | Caribbean | 509 1000 t | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 48 | El Salvador | 491 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 49 | Greece | 471 1000 t | 2023 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 50 | Philippines | 455 1000 t | 2023 | up 122.0% | rising |
| 51 | Latvia | 439 1000 t | 2023 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 52 | Ukraine | 438 1000 t | 2023 | up 106.6% | rising |
| 53 | Qatar | 437 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 54 | Cote d'Ivoire | 422 1000 t | 2023 | up 131.9% | rising |
| 54 | Côte d'Ivoire | 422 1000 t | 2023 | up 131.9% | rising |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 417 1000 t | 2023 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 57 | Israel | 411 1000 t | 2023 | up 144.6% | rising |
| 58 | Slovenia | 398 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 59 | Hungary | 396 1000 t | 2023 | up 97.0% | rising |
| 60 | Finland | 390 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 61 | Senegal | 358 1000 t | 2023 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 353 1000 t | 2023 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 63 | China, mainland | 312 1000 t | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 64 | Ghana | 310 1000 t | 2023 | down 71.3% | falling |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 300 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 66 | Chile | 291 1000 t | 2023 | up 102.1% | rising |
| 67 | New Zealand | 285 1000 t | 2023 | up 93.9% | rising |
| 68 | South Africa | 282 1000 t | 2023 | up 76.2% | rising |
| 69 | Afghanistan | 280 1000 t | 2023 | up 125.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Lithuania | 266 1000 t | 2023 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 70 | Turkey | 266 1000 t | 2023 | up 92.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Türkiye | 266 1000 t | 2023 | up 92.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Nepal | 264 1000 t | 2023 | up 97.0% | rising |
| 74 | Bahrain | 241 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 75 | Mauritania | 231 1000 t | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 76 | Algeria | 227 1000 t | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 77 | Colombia | 220 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 78 | Nigeria | 213 1000 t | 2023 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 79 | Uruguay | 210 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 80 | Estonia | 206 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 81 | Yemen | 204 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 82 | Jordan | 203 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 83 | Serbia | 193 1000 t | 2023 | up 85.6% | rising |
| 84 | Georgia | 192 1000 t | 2023 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 84 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 192 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 86 | Paraguay | 184 1000 t | 2023 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 87 | Uganda | 178 1000 t | 2023 | up 584.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 174 1000 t | 2023 | up 286.7% | rising |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 172 1000 t | 2023 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 89 | Kyrgyzstan | 172 1000 t | 2023 | up 2,050.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Lebanon | 168 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 92 | Luxembourg | 162 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 93 | Mongolia | 158 1000 t | 2023 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 94 | Honduras | 138 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 137 1000 t | 2023 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 127 1000 t | 2023 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 97 | Syria | 125 1000 t | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 97 | Syrian Arab Republic | 125 1000 t | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 99 | Djibouti | 123 1000 t | 2023 | up 324.1% | rising |
| 100 | Mozambique | 115 1000 t | 2023 | up 259.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Guatemala | 111 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 102 | Maldives | 107 1000 t | 2023 | up 161.0% | rising |
| 103 | Argentina | 104 1000 t | 2023 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 99 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,314.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Armenia | 98 1000 t | 2023 | up 366.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Morocco | 98 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 105 | China, Macao SAR | 98 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 108 | Mauritius | 97 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 108 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 97 1000 t | 2023 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Guinea | 94 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 110 | India | 94 1000 t | 2023 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Panama | 94 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 113 | Burkina Faso | 91 1000 t | 2023 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Gabon | 91 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 115 | Cyprus | 90 1000 t | 2023 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 116 | Albania | 84 1000 t | 2023 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 117 | Belarus | 83 1000 t | 2023 | down 75.7% | falling |
| 118 | Melanesia | 82 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 119 | Montenegro | 79 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 71 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.0% | falling |
| 121 | Jamaica | 70 1000 t | 2023 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 122 | Gambia | 67 1000 t | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 60 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | flat |
| 124 | Moldova | 58 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 124 | Malta | 58 1000 t | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 124 | Republic of Moldova | 58 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 127 | Angola | 57 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 127 | Botswana | 57 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 127 | Iceland | 57 1000 t | 2023 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 56 1000 t | 2023 | up 154.5% | rising |
| 131 | Ecuador | 55 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 132 | Egypt | 51 1000 t | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 133 | Cameroon | 50 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Bahamas | 48 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 135 | Polynesia | 45 1000 t | 2023 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 136 | Lesotho | 42 1000 t | 2023 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 137 | Fiji | 41 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 138 | Cuba | 39 1000 t | 2019 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 138 | Namibia | 39 1000 t | 2023 | down 47.3% | flat |
| 140 | French Polynesia | 38 1000 t | 2023 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 141 | Ethiopia | 36 1000 t | 2023 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Haiti | 36 1000 t | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 143 | Liberia | 35 1000 t | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 144 | Niger | 34 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 145 | Guyana | 33 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 146 | Eswatini | 31 1000 t | 2023 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 146 | Cabo Verde | 31 1000 t | 2023 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 148 | Congo | 30 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 149 | Bhutan | 28 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 150 | Suriname | 26 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 151 | Barbados | 25 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 23 1000 t | 2023 | up 187.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Kenya | 22 1000 t | 2023 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 22 1000 t | 2023 | up 144.4% | falling |
| 155 | Belize | 21 1000 t | 2023 | up 110.0% | rising |
| 155 | Cambodia | 21 1000 t | 2023 | up 162.5% | volatile |
| 155 | New Caledonia | 21 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 158 | Comoros | 19 1000 t | 2023 | up 216.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Madagascar | 19 1000 t | 2023 | up 171.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Laos | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,700.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 18 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,700.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Peru | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 163 | Seychelles | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 88.9% | rising |
| 163 | United Republic of Tanzania | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Tunisia | 16 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 166 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 16 1000 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Papua New Guinea | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 169 | Turkmenistan | 12 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Rwanda | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Grenada | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 173 | Guinea-Bissau | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 173 | East Timor | 6 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Zambia | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 173 | Zimbabwe | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Micronesia | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Timor-Leste | 6 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 181 | Marshall Islands | 4 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Samoa | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 185 | Solomon Islands | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 185 | Tonga | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 187 | Kiribati | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 187 | Myanmar | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 187 | Malawi | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 187 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 192 | Nauru | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 192 | Nauru | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 135,999 1000 t
- Europe 67,989 1000 t
- European Union (27) 51,665 1000 t
- Asia 31,399 1000 t
- Western Europe 31,031 1000 t
- Americas 28,118 1000 t
- Northern America 23,723 1000 t
- United States of America 20,074 1000 t
- Northern Europe 16,057 1000 t
- Southern Europe 10,596 1000 t
- Western Asia 10,579 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 10,348 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 10,305 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 8,951 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 6,054 1000 t
- Africa 5,726 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 5,081 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4,278 1000 t
- Southern Asia 3,226 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3,130 1000 t
- Western Africa 2,835 1000 t
- Oceania 2,769 1000 t
- South America 2,115 1000 t
- Central America 1,771 1000 t
- Central Asia 1,191 1000 t
- Northern Africa 1,082 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1,008 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 925 1000 t
- Southern Africa 451 1000 t
- Middle Africa 432 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.