Wheat and products — 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
Wheat and products — Seed is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 7,625 1000 t in Russia; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Guatemala.
The median across all reporting countries is 57.5 1000 t, and the mean is 469.45 1000 t.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Iran (Islamic Republic of) (up 538.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).
Wheat and products — Seed: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 7,625 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 1 | Russian Federation | 7,625 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 3 | China | 4,038 1000 t | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 4 | China, mainland | 4,037 1000 t | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 5 | India | 3,027 1000 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 1,735 1000 t | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 1,697 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 8 | Romania | 1,270 1000 t | 2023 | up 115.3% | rising |
| 9 | Turkey | 1,196 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 9 | Türkiye | 1,196 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 11 | Ukraine | 1,142 1000 t | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 12 | Pakistan | 1,126 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 13 | Canada | 1,073 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 14 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 957 1000 t | 2023 | up 538.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Australia and New Zealand | 797 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.7% | falling |
| 16 | Australia | 791 1000 t | 2023 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 17 | France | 702 1000 t | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 18 | Italy | 605 1000 t | 2023 | up 86.2% | rising |
| 19 | Poland | 482 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 20 | Syria | 472 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 20 | Syrian Arab Republic | 472 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 22 | Germany | 437 1000 t | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 23 | Spain | 428 1000 t | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 24 | Argentina | 421 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 25 | Iraq | 349 1000 t | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 306 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 27 | Brazil | 287 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 28 | United Kingdom | 267 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 28 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 267 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 30 | Egypt | 254 1000 t | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 31 | Morocco | 247 1000 t | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 245 1000 t | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 33 | Hungary | 232 1000 t | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 34 | Lithuania | 218 1000 t | 2023 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 202 1000 t | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 36 | Serbia | 190 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 179 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 38 | Czechia | 160 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 39 | Azerbaijan | 132 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 40 | Algeria | 126 1000 t | 2023 | down 24.1% | flat |
| 41 | Belarus | 122 1000 t | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 42 | Latvia | 116 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 43 | Mexico | 104 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 44 | Turkmenistan | 99 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 45 | Sweden | 96 1000 t | 2023 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 46 | Slovakia | 85 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 47 | Moldova | 84 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 47 | Republic of Moldova | 84 1000 t | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 49 | Denmark | 75 1000 t | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 50 | Finland | 69 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 51 | Nepal | 67 1000 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan | 60 1000 t | 2023 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 53 | Greece | 55 1000 t | 2023 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 53 1000 t | 2023 | up 194.4% | rising |
| 55 | Austria | 50 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 41 1000 t | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 56 | Croatia | 41 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 58 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 40 1000 t | 2023 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 59 | Belgium | 37 1000 t | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 59 | Estonia | 37 1000 t | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 61 | Paraguay | 35 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 62 | Mongolia | 22 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 63 | Armenia | 21 1000 t | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 64 | Chile | 20 1000 t | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 64 | Uruguay | 20 1000 t | 2023 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 66 | South Africa | 19 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 68 | Switzerland | 17 1000 t | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 17 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 68 | Tunisia | 17 1000 t | 2023 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 71 | Georgia | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 72 | Israel | 15 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Norway | 15 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 74 | Peru | 14 1000 t | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 74 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 14 1000 t | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 76 | United Republic of Tanzania | 12 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 78 | Albania | 10 1000 t | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 79 | Ireland | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 80 | Kenya | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 80 | Libya | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 82 | New Zealand | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 83 | Nigeria | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 84 | Portugal | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 84 | Yemen | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 86 | Myanmar | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 86 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 4 1000 t | 2018 | down 69.2% | falling |
| 89 | Cyprus | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 89 | Lebanon | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 89 | Slovenia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 92 | Lesotho | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Luxembourg | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 92 | Zambia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 95 | Angola | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Jordan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 95 | Mozambique | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Rwanda | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Uganda | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 95 | Republic of Korea | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 102 | Colombia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Ecuador | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Guatemala | 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 34,412 1000 t
- Europe 15,000 1000 t
- Asia 13,943 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 11,448 1000 t
- Southern Asia 5,523 1000 t
- European Union (27) 5,502 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 4,094 1000 t
- Americas 3,725 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3,000 1000 t
- Northern America 2,808 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2,370 1000 t
- Western Asia 2,234 1000 t
- Central Asia 2,088 1000 t
- United States of America 1,735 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1,419 1000 t
- Southern Europe 1,366 1000 t
- Western Europe 1,285 1000 t
- Africa 946 1000 t
- Northern Europe 902 1000 t
- South America 812 1000 t
- Oceania 797 1000 t
- Northern Africa 683 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 681 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 233 1000 t
- Central America 104 1000 t
- Southern Africa 21 1000 t
- Western Africa 7 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 4 1000 t
- Middle Africa 2 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.