Animal Oils and Fats n.e.c. Consumption by Country

In 2023, Poland recorded the largest listed supply of animal oils and fats n.e.c., at 11,606 tonnes, or about 50.5 percent of the listed total. Slovakia ranked second at 2,571 tonnes, followed by Estonia at 2,411 tonnes and New Zealand at 2,002 tonnes. Estonia ranked first in per-capita supply at 4.83 grams a day, ahead of Slovakia at 1.28 grams. The listed 2023 total was 22,975 tonnes, and 69 of the 79 country rows reported a value for that year, 46 of them above zero. These figures describe food available for human consumption, not the quantity actually eaten.

The three leading national totals together accounted for about 72.2 percent of the listed 2023 supply, so this item is concentrated in a small group of reporting countries.

• Poland recorded the largest decline by tonnage in the latest year.
• Portugal's reported supply fell by more than 99 percent.
• New Zealand recorded the largest listed gain by volume.
• China added 831.42 tonnes from a small base.

Animal Oils and Fats n.e.c. Consumption

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Poland PL	11.61K	0.82
2	Slovakia SK	2.57K	1.28
3	Estonia EE	2.41K	4.83
4	New Zealand NZ	2K	1.06
5	Romania RO	1.29K	0.18
6	China CN	889.85	0
7	Kazakhstan KZ	591.43	0.08
8	Taiwan TW	541.01	0.06
9	Greece GR	448.93	0.12
10	Philippines PH	194.35	0
11	Lithuania LT	120.84	0.12
12	Argentina AR	89.46	0.01
13	United States US	47.24	0
14	Moldova MD	44.93	0.05
15	Oman OM	40.77	0.02
16	New Caledonia NC	19	0.18
17	Namibia NA	17.24	0.02
18	Portugal PT	10.27	0
19	Niger NE	8.55	0
20	Mauritania MR	8.5	0
21	El Salvador SV	5.8	0
22	Cape Verde CV	4.32	0.02
23	Algeria DZ	3	0
24	Cambodia KH	2.64	0
25	Nigeria NG	1.51	0
26	Peru PE	1.33	0
27	Senegal SN	0.5	0
28	Hong Kong HK	0.49	0
29	Marshall Islands MH	0.48	0.03
30	Mauritius MU	0.29	0
31	Iraq IQ	0.23	0
32	Tanzania TZ	0.23	0
33	Zimbabwe ZW	0.2	0
34	Albania AL	0.13	0
35	Liberia LR	0.12	0
36	Bangladesh BD	0.1	0
37	Ghana GH	0.09	0
38	Bahrain BH	0.07	0
39	Congo CG	0.07	0
40	Morocco MA	0.05	0
41	Yemen YE	0.03	0
42	Grenada GD	0.02	0
43	Guinea GN	0.02	0
44	Libya LY	0.02	0
45	Papua New Guinea PG	0.01	0
46	Seychelles SC	0.01	0
47	Afghanistan AF	0	0
48	Angola AO	0	0
49	Bhutan BT	0	0
50	Burkina Faso BF	0	0
51	Cameroon CM	0	0
52	Comoros KM	0	0
53	Ethiopia ET	0	0
54	Haiti HT	0	0
55	Honduras HN	0	0
56	Iran IR	0	0
57	Ivory Coast CI	0	0
58	Laos LA	0	0
59	Lebanon LB	0	0
60	Mozambique MZ	0	0
61	South Africa ZA	0	0
62	Sri Lanka LK	0	0
63	Syria SY	0	0
64	Tajikistan TJ	0	0
65	Thailand TH	0	0
66	Timor-Leste TL	0	0
67	Turkmenistan TM	0	0
68	Uzbekistan UZ	0	0
69	Venezuela VE	0	0

Poland's Listed Supply Falls

Poland lost 4,328 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, down 27.2 percent. Portugal lost 1,390 tonnes, down 99.3 percent, to 10.27 tonnes, and Argentina shed 938 tonnes, down 91.3 percent. New Zealand added 1,979 tonnes, up 8,781.6 percent from a 22.54-tonne base, China added 831.42 tonnes, up 1,422.7 percent, and Romania added 303.42 tonnes, up 30.7 percent. The 64 countries with a value in both years fell from 26,613 tonnes to 22,967 tonnes, down 3,646 tonnes, or 13.7 percent, with five countries joining the comparison and Gabon and Saint Kitts and Nevis leaving it.

Poland Adds the Most Over Five Years

Between 2019 and 2023, the 49 countries with a value in both years rose from 19,093 tonnes to 22,484 tonnes, up 3,391 tonnes, or 17.8 percent. Poland added the most, at 5,728 tonnes, up 97.4 percent. New Zealand added 1,959 tonnes from 42.70 tonnes and China added 855.47 tonnes from 34.38 tonnes. Slovakia lost 2,917 tonnes, down 53.2 percent, Estonia shed 1,089 tonnes, down 31.1 percent, and Lithuania gave up 440.58 tonnes, down 78.5 percent. Twenty countries entered the comparison with 2023 values and no 2019 value, while five left it.

Estonia Leads in Supply per Person

Estonia recorded 4.83 grams a day in 2023, ahead of Slovakia at 1.28 grams in second and New Zealand at 1.06 grams in third. Poland sat fourth at 0.82 grams, which is consistent with its position first by total volume but lowest among the leading four per person.

What the Animal Oils and Fats n.e.c. Data Covers

The figures cover FAO's Animal oils and fats n.e.c. category in the Supply Utilization Accounts for 2019-2023, where n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified, so the category covers the products assigned to that statistical classification rather than every animal oil or fat product. Tonnage measures the quantity available for human consumption, while grams per person per day provide a population-adjusted measure, and neither one directly measures actual individual intake.

Twenty-three countries reported zero tonnes in 2023, including Honduras, which fell from 61.62 tonnes in 2022, and Laos, which fell from 152 tonnes; both drops warrant a source check. A reported zero is a recorded value and a blank cell is missing data, so the ten rows without a 2023 value cannot be read as zero supply.

Animal Oils and Fats n.e.c. Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2019 (t)	2019 (g/cap/d)	2020 (t)	2020 (g/cap/d)	2021 (t)	2021 (g/cap/d)	2022 (t)	2022 (g/cap/d)	2023 (t)	2023 (g/cap/d)
1	Poland	5.88K	0.42	7.17K	0.51	12.06K	0.87	15.93K	1.14	11.61K	0.82
2	Slovakia	5.49K	2.76	1.29K	0.65	8.09K	4.07	2.55K	1.28	2.57K	1.28
3	Estonia	3.5K	7.23	5.21K	10.72	2.59K	5.32	2.38K	4.84	2.41K	4.83
4	New Zealand	42.7	0.02	0	0	44.24	0.02	22.54	0.01	2K	1.06
5	Romania	914.53	0.13	1.34K	0.19	1.4K	0.2	987.58	0.14	1.29K	0.18
6	China	34.38	0	34.88	0	95.05	0	58.43	0	889.85	0
7	Kazakhstan	629.43	0.09	667.64	0.09	613.99	0.09	576.31	0.08	591.43	0.08
8	Taiwan	723.52	0.08	629.94	0.07	603.17	0.07	538.17	0.06	541.01	0.06
9	Greece	-	-	-	-	-	-	311.15	0.08	448.93	0.12
10	Philippines	587.67	0.01	356.88	0.01	323.93	0.01	68.64	0	194.35	0
11	Lithuania	561.42	0.55	211.95	0.21	271.16	0.27	20.78	0.02	120.84	0.12
12	Argentina	0	0	104.25	0.01	875.24	0.05	1.03K	0.06	89.46	0.01
13	United States	47.73	0	48.74	0	50.54	0	47.25	0	47.24	0
14	Moldova	181.29	0.19	181.28	0.19	140.38	0.15	41.51	0.04	44.93	0.05
15	Oman	44.51	0.03	0	0	67.76	0.04	0	0	40.77	0.02
16	New Caledonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	38.19	0.36	19	0.18
17	Namibia	0.36	0	23.98	0.02	8.03	0.01	16.65	0.02	17.24	0.02
18	Portugal	-	-	467.27	0.12	2.26K	0.6	1.4K	0.37	10.27	0
19	Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	8.55	0
20	Mauritania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8.5	0
21	El Salvador	0	0	4.29	0	2.47	0	2.1	0	5.8	0
22	Cape Verde	0.01	0	-	-	-	-	0.01	0	4.32	0.02
23	Algeria	-	-	-	-	0.05	0	1.41	0	3	0
24	Cambodia	0	0	118.17	0.02	192.43	0.03	8.01	0	2.64	0
25	Nigeria	128.37	0	0.45	0	0.03	0	0.14	0	1.51	0
26	Peru	2	0	19.86	0	565.79	0.05	338.86	0.03	1.33	0
27	Senegal	63.72	0.01	34.87	0.01	16.11	0	0.13	0	0.5	0
28	Hong Kong	-	-	0.53	0	0.53	0	0.53	0	0.49	0
29	Marshall Islands	-	-	0.41	0.03	0.14	0.01	0.32	0.02	0.48	0.03
30	Mauritius	-	-	0.01	0	0.1	0	0	0	0.29	0
31	Iraq	27.14	0	0.07	0	0.05	0	0.01	0	0.23	0
32	Tanzania	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	0
33	Zimbabwe	0.2	0	0.2	0	0.2	0	0.2	0	0.2	0
34	Albania	-	-	-	-	0.09	0	0.02	0	0.13	0
35	Liberia	-	-	-	-	0.03	0	0	0	0.12	0
36	Bangladesh	0	0	3.94	0	96.51	0	0	0	0.1	0
37	Ghana	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.09	0
38	Bahrain	12	0.02	4.86	0.01	0.69	0	0.04	0	0.07	0
39	Congo	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0.89	0	0.07	0
40	Morocco	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.05	0
41	Yemen	83.02	0.01	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0.03	0
42	Grenada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.02	0
43	Guinea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.02	0
44	Libya	40	0.02	3	0	0	0	0.05	0	0.02	0
45	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0.01	0	0.01	0
46	Seychelles	-	-	-	-	0.08	0	-	-	0.01	0
47	Afghanistan	10.67	0	0.72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	Angola	-	-	0.18	0	0.16	0	0.59	0	0	0
49	Bhutan	-	-	-	-	0	0	0.02	0	0	0
50	Burkina Faso	0	0	2.43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	Cameroon	-	-	0.84	0	0	0	6.63	0	0	0
52	Comoros	0.1	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0
53	Ethiopia	-	-	0.61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	Haiti	85.66	0.02	21.18	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	Honduras	0.02	0	-	-	0	0	61.62	0.02	0	0
56	Iran	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	Ivory Coast	0.01	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	0	0
58	Laos	0	0	0.36	0	0	0	152	0.06	0	0
59	Lebanon	0.36	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0
60	Mozambique	0	0	7.32	0	0	0	12.82	0	0	0
61	South Africa	-	-	-	-	7.42	0	0	0	0	0
62	Sri Lanka	0	0	379.07	0.05	0.01	0	0	0	0	0
63	Syria	0	0	19.83	0	0.66	0	0.01	0	0	0
64	Tajikistan	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	Thailand	5.72	0	0	0	1.35	0	0	0	0	0
66	Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0
67	Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	0	0	0
68	Uzbekistan	0	0	2.05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
69	Venezuela	-	-	0	0	0	0	0.15	0	0	0
70	French Polynesia	-	-	34.1	0.33	40.6	0.4	-	-	-	-
71	Micronesia	19.59	0.49	7.89	0.19	-	-	-	-	-	-
72	Kiribati	7.36	0.16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
73	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.4	0.2	-	-
74	Sierra Leone	-	-	0	0	0.2	0	-	-	-	-
75	Samoa	0.06	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
76	Cuba	0.04	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
77	Belize	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	-	-	-	-
78	Gabon	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.01	0	-	-
79	Saint Lucia	-	-	0.04	0	0	0	-	-	-	-

Methodology

The data come from FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, using element 5141 for food supply quantity in tonnes and element 665 for food supply quantity in grams per capita per day, for animal oils and fats n.e.c. over 2019-2023. Annual totals sum country records with reported values, excluding regional and aggregate records. Of the 79 country rows, 69 reported a value in 2023 and 46 of those were above zero. Comparisons between two years use only countries with values at both endpoints, which gives 64 countries for 2022-2023 and 49 for 2019-2023, and the country count and both totals come from that shared set. Percentage changes use the earlier year as the base and are not calculated when that base is zero. Reported zeros are kept as values, blank cells are treated as missing data, and values under 1,000 tonnes are shown to two decimal places.