Wheat and products — 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
194
Highest
25,764 1000 t
Turkey
Lowest
2 1000 t
Nauru
Median
517 1000 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
3,046
What the numbers show
Wheat and products — Import quantity is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 25,764 1000 t in Turkey; the lowest is 2 1000 t in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 517 1000 t, and the mean is 2,006 1000 t.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12,882.
Over the past decade 138 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 1,370.5%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 84.8%).
Wheat and products — Import quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 25,764 1000 t | 2023 | up 127.3% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 25,764 1000 t | 2023 | up 127.3% | rising |
| 3 | China | 19,986 1000 t | 2023 | up 147.4% | volatile |
| 4 | China, mainland | 17,918 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 12,393 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 12,059 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 7 | Spain | 11,903 1000 t | 2023 | up 162.3% | rising |
| 8 | Germany | 11,472 1000 t | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 9 | Indonesia | 11,127 1000 t | 2023 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 10 | Italy | 9,911 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 9,484 1000 t | 2023 | up 226.8% | rising |
| 12 | Egypt | 8,377 1000 t | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 13 | Morocco | 7,716 1000 t | 2023 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 6,405 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.0% | flat |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6,405 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.0% | flat |
| 16 | Philippines | 6,288 1000 t | 2023 | up 116.1% | rising |
| 17 | Vietnam | 6,227 1000 t | 2023 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 6,227 1000 t | 2023 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 19 | Belgium | 5,926 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 20 | Algeria | 5,860 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 5,591 1000 t | 2023 | up 84.9% | rising |
| 22 | Republic of Korea | 5,382 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 23 | Nigeria | 4,836 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 24 | Brazil | 4,695 1000 t | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 25 | Uzbekistan | 4,619 1000 t | 2023 | up 119.8% | rising |
| 26 | Mexico | 4,467 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 27 | Thailand | 4,381 1000 t | 2023 | up 87.9% | rising |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 3,985 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,370.5% | volatile |
| 29 | France | 3,963 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 30 | Iraq | 3,813 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 31 | Afghanistan | 3,576 1000 t | 2023 | up 97.2% | rising |
| 32 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3,513 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 3,188 1000 t | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 34 | Ireland | 3,127 1000 t | 2023 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 35 | Canada | 3,106 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 36 | Norway | 3,084 1000 t | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 37 | Portugal | 2,988 1000 t | 2023 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 38 | South Africa | 2,976 1000 t | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 39 | Pakistan | 2,638 1000 t | 2023 | up 513.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Malaysia | 2,570 1000 t | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 41 | Yemen | 2,530 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 42 | Poland | 2,430 1000 t | 2023 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 43 | Caribbean | 2,368 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 44 | Romania | 2,334 1000 t | 2023 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 45 | Kenya | 2,272 1000 t | 2023 | up 96.7% | rising |
| 46 | Austria | 2,018 1000 t | 2023 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 47 | Syria | 2,007 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 47 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2,007 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 49 | Peru | 1,954 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 50 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,950 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 51 | Colombia | 1,897 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 52 | Tunisia | 1,889 1000 t | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 53 | Israel | 1,729 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 54 | Oman | 1,721 1000 t | 2023 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 55 | Greece | 1,625 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 56 | Ecuador | 1,603 1000 t | 2023 | up 130.6% | rising |
| 57 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1,537 1000 t | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 58 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,470 1000 t | 2023 | up 79.7% | falling |
| 59 | Azerbaijan | 1,432 1000 t | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 60 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,339 1000 t | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 61 | Chile | 1,284 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 62 | Latvia | 1,175 1000 t | 2023 | up 195.2% | rising |
| 63 | Tajikistan | 1,137 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 64 | Switzerland | 1,114 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 65 | Australia | 1,105 1000 t | 2023 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 66 | Senegal | 1,056 1000 t | 2023 | up 84.0% | rising |
| 67 | Guatemala | 1,047 1000 t | 2023 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 1,047 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 69 | Cameroon | 969 1000 t | 2023 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 70 | Angola | 959 1000 t | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 71 | Denmark | 954 1000 t | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 72 | Ethiopia | 879 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 73 | New Zealand | 845 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 74 | Uganda | 839 1000 t | 2023 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 75 | Mozambique | 832 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 76 | Slovenia | 822 1000 t | 2023 | up 104.5% | rising |
| 77 | Hungary | 816 1000 t | 2023 | up 114.2% | rising |
| 78 | Czechia | 811 1000 t | 2023 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 79 | Cote d'Ivoire | 809 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 79 | Côte d'Ivoire | 809 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 81 | Qatar | 794 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 783 1000 t | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 83 | Cuba | 772 1000 t | 2019 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 84 | Mauritania | 743 1000 t | 2023 | up 75.7% | rising |
| 85 | Georgia | 715 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 708 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 87 | Jordan | 696 1000 t | 2023 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 88 | Sweden | 656 1000 t | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 89 | Slovakia | 654 1000 t | 2023 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 90 | Kuwait | 620 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 91 | Melanesia | 610 1000 t | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 92 | Honduras | 609 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 605 1000 t | 2023 | up 408.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Lebanon | 594 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 95 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 592 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 553 1000 t | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 97 | Guinea | 518 1000 t | 2023 | up 87.0% | rising |
| 98 | Ghana | 516 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 99 | Haiti | 512 1000 t | 2023 | up 173.8% | rising |
| 100 | Armenia | 496 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 101 | Croatia | 495 1000 t | 2023 | up 186.1% | rising |
| 102 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 492 1000 t | 2018 | up 118.7% | rising |
| 103 | Lithuania | 470 1000 t | 2023 | up 79.4% | rising |
| 104 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 467 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 105 | El Salvador | 450 1000 t | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 106 | Myanmar | 432 1000 t | 2023 | up 109.7% | rising |
| 107 | Cambodia | 424 1000 t | 2023 | up 821.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Djibouti | 398 1000 t | 2023 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 109 | India | 389 1000 t | 2023 | up 537.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Burkina Faso | 387 1000 t | 2023 | up 99.5% | rising |
| 111 | Uruguay | 377 1000 t | 2023 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 112 | Zimbabwe | 369 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 113 | Finland | 359 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 113 | Mongolia | 359 1000 t | 2023 | up 552.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Madagascar | 346 1000 t | 2023 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 116 | Papua New Guinea | 345 1000 t | 2023 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 336 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 118 | Libya | 317 1000 t | 2023 | down 84.8% | falling |
| 119 | Russia | 313 1000 t | 2023 | down 79.2% | falling |
| 119 | Russian Federation | 313 1000 t | 2023 | down 79.2% | falling |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 294 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 122 | Albania | 292 1000 t | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 123 | Congo | 285 1000 t | 2023 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 124 | Niger | 270 1000 t | 2023 | up 128.8% | rising |
| 125 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 269 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 126 | Panama | 262 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 127 | Bulgaria | 249 1000 t | 2023 | up 99.2% | rising |
| 128 | Jamaica | 233 1000 t | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 129 | Luxembourg | 227 1000 t | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 130 | Rwanda | 217 1000 t | 2023 | up 95.5% | rising |
| 131 | Belarus | 209 1000 t | 2023 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 132 | North Macedonia | 204 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 133 | Mauritius | 203 1000 t | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 134 | Nepal | 195 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Ukraine | 187 1000 t | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 136 | Montenegro | 181 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 136 | Namibia | 181 1000 t | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 138 | Bahrain | 180 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 139 | Botswana | 170 1000 t | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 139 | Cyprus | 170 1000 t | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 139 | Gabon | 170 1000 t | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 142 | Trinidad and Tobago | 164 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 143 | Fiji | 158 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 144 | Serbia | 133 1000 t | 2023 | up 224.4% | rising |
| 145 | Malawi | 126 1000 t | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 146 | Eswatini | 118 1000 t | 2023 | up 136.0% | rising |
| 147 | Lesotho | 113 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 148 | Malta | 100 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 148 | Paraguay | 100 1000 t | 2023 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 150 | Moldova | 96 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 150 | Republic of Moldova | 96 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 152 | Polynesia | 94 1000 t | 2023 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 153 | Estonia | 91 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 154 | Gambia | 90 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 155 | Iceland | 89 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 156 | Sierra Leone | 85 1000 t | 2023 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 157 | Zambia | 82 1000 t | 2023 | up 720.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Guyana | 72 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 159 | Maldives | 68 1000 t | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 160 | Laos | 67 1000 t | 2023 | up 378.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 67 1000 t | 2023 | up 378.6% | volatile |
| 162 | China, Macao SAR | 63 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 163 | New Caledonia | 52 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | French Polynesia | 49 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 165 | Bahamas | 46 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 166 | Suriname | 43 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 166 | East Timor | 43 1000 t | 2023 | up 115.0% | rising |
| 166 | Timor-Leste | 43 1000 t | 2023 | up 115.0% | rising |
| 169 | Barbados | 40 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 169 | Grenada | 40 1000 t | 2023 | up 110.5% | flat |
| 171 | Cabo Verde | 39 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 172 | Belize | 33 1000 t | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 173 | Liberia | 31 1000 t | 2023 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 28 1000 t | 2023 | up 86.7% | rising |
| 175 | Argentina | 27 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 27 1000 t | 2023 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 26 1000 t | 2023 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 179 | Bhutan | 22 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 179 | Comoros | 22 1000 t | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 181 | Tonga | 21 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 181 | Micronesia | 21 1000 t | 2023 | up 320.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Seychelles | 20 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 17 1000 t | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 184 | Samoa | 17 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 188 | Kiribati | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 189 | Marshall Islands | 6 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Tuvalu | 6 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 191 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 4 1000 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 192 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 193 | Nauru | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 193 | Nauru | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 331,998 1000 t
- Asia 148,336 1000 t
- Europe 90,828 1000 t
- European Union (27) 78,139 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 63,616 1000 t
- Western Asia 52,332 1000 t
- Africa 51,469 1000 t
- Americas 38,689 1000 t
- Western Europe 37,113 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 32,461 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 31,559 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 31,553 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 30,680 1000 t
- Southern Europe 29,206 1000 t
- Northern Africa 25,410 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 22,153 1000 t
- Southern Asia 20,932 1000 t
- Northern Europe 16,411 1000 t
- Northern America 15,165 1000 t
- South America 13,659 1000 t
- United States of America 12,059 1000 t
- Central Asia 11,053 1000 t
- Western Africa 10,291 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 9,069 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 8,098 1000 t
- Central America 7,498 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 3,671 1000 t
- Southern Africa 3,558 1000 t
- Middle Africa 3,141 1000 t
- Oceania 2,675 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.