Wheat and products — Processing 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
Wheat and products — Processing is currently reported for 74 countries. The highest value is 1,733 1000 t in France; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).
The median across all reporting countries is 18 1000 t, and the mean is 113.7 1000 t.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 5,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (down 100.0%).
Wheat and products — Processing: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 1,733 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 1,068 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 3 | Belgium | 704 1000 t | 2023 | up 92.3% | rising |
| 4 | China | 424 1000 t | 2023 | up 90.1% | rising |
| 5 | China, mainland | 363 1000 t | 2023 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 6 | Sweden | 349 1000 t | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 7 | Australia and New Zealand | 306 1000 t | 2023 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 267 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 9 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 248 1000 t | 2020 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 10 | Hungary | 230 1000 t | 2023 | up 130.0% | volatile |
| 11 | New Zealand | 219 1000 t | 2023 | up 87.2% | rising |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 206 1000 t | 2023 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 13 | Germany | 184 1000 t | 2023 | up 116.5% | rising |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 156 1000 t | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 15 | Azerbaijan | 134 1000 t | 2023 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 16 | Italy | 129 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 17 | Belarus | 124 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 18 | Austria | 108 1000 t | 2023 | up 535.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Slovakia | 108 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 18 | Ukraine | 108 1000 t | 2023 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Angola | 107 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Lithuania | 105 1000 t | 2023 | up 183.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 97 1000 t | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 24 | Portugal | 90 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 25 | Australia | 87 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.8% | falling |
| 26 | Spain | 68 1000 t | 2023 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 27 | Mongolia | 63 1000 t | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 28 | China, Taiwan Province of | 60 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Romania | 58 1000 t | 2023 | up 5,700.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 56 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 31 | Malaysia | 52 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 32 | Czechia | 49 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 33 | Denmark | 45 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Poland | 43 1000 t | 2023 | up 258.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Kenya | 34 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Serbia | 31 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 37 | Thailand | 18 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 37 | Zambia | 18 1000 t | 2023 | down 41.9% | rising |
| 39 | Uganda | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 39 | Türkiye | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 15 1000 t | 2023 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Botswana | 14 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Switzerland | 14 1000 t | 2023 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 44 | Iceland | 11 1000 t | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 45 | Oman | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 46 | Ecuador | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 46 | Estonia | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Ghana | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 49 | Armenia | 7 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 50 | Colombia | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 50 | Eswatini | 6 1000 t | 2018 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Pakistan | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 54 | Greece | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 55 | Latvia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Malawi | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Caribbean | 2 1000 t | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Bhutan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Georgia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Ireland | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Mozambique | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 58 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Argentina | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 64 | Belize | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 64 | Canada | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 64 | Chile | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 64 | Ethiopia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 64 | Jordan | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 64 | Madagascar | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 64 | Peru | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Senegal | 0 1000 t | 2020 | — | flat |
| 64 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 64 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 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 7,786 1000 t
- Europe 5,795 1000 t
- European Union (27) 4,282 1000 t
- Western Europe 2,799 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 2,149 1000 t
- Asia 1,240 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 820 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 581 1000 t
- Northern Europe 522 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 420 1000 t
- Central Asia 409 1000 t
- Southern Europe 325 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.