Barley Flour and Grits Consumption by Country

In 2023 Morocco recorded 318,427 tonnes of listed barley flour and grits food supply, or 35.5 percent of the 896,696-tonne total, narrowly above India at 307,536 tonnes by a factor of 1.04. Morocco also posted the top per-person level at 23.13 grams per person per day. The 2022-2023 common total advanced 15.2 percent, lifted by India's addition of 76,142 tonnes and Spain's addition of 66,074 tonnes while Colombia contracted 62.0 percent. The five-year common total eased 4.4 percent lower, as Thailand moved to zero from 68,077 tonnes and India receded 17.0 percent, partly balanced by higher figures for Spain, China and Tunisia.

Morocco sits at 318,427 tonnes, with India next at 307,536 tonnes and Spain at 78,190 tonnes, while Tunisia holds 36,030 tonnes and China 35,722 tonnes. Per person, Morocco at 23.13 grams per person per day ranks above Tunisia at 8.09 grams and Belarus at 7.20 grams.

Barley Flour and Grits Numbers at a Look

• Morocco registered the leading listed barley flour and grits supply for 2023 at 318,427 tonnes.
• India followed with 307,536 tonnes, with Spain next at 78,190 tonnes.
• Morocco showed the greatest per-person quantity at 23.13 grams per person per day.
• The combined listed quantity reached 896,696 tonnes from 58 reporters with reported values.
• For the 48 reporters found in both 2019 and 2023, listed supply dropped 40,663 tonnes, or 4.4 percent.
• FAO food supply quantity means food available for human consumption rather than a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Notable Points From the Flour and Grits Data

FAO catalogues 67 reporters for barley flour and grits, though 58 carry a reported 2023 quantity. Morocco and India sit about 4 percent apart at the summit, and the leading five together contain 86.5 percent of the listed sum.

India and Spain jointly contributed 142,216 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, surpassing the 118,281-tonne net rise after setbacks in Colombia, Morocco and the Netherlands. Across five years, Thailand's retreat to zero plus India's downturn outweighed higher totals for Spain, China, Tunisia and Colombia, with Russia down 57.2 percent as well, while DR Congo arrived at 8,850 tonnes without a 2019 entry.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Morocco MA	318.43K	23.13
2	India IN	307.54K	0.59
3	Spain ES	78.19K	4.47
4	Tunisia TN	36.03K	8.09
5	China CN	35.72K	0.07
6	United Kingdom GB	29.16K	1.16
7	Belarus BY	23.94K	7.2
8	Colombia CO	17.74K	0.93
9	Netherlands NL	10.68K	1.62
10	DR Congo CD	8.85K	0.23
11	Russia RU	5.5K	0.1
12	Lithuania LT	3.55K	3.41
13	Sweden SE	3.06K	0.79
14	Romania RO	2.93K	0.42
15	Italy IT	2.76K	0.13
16	Kazakhstan KZ	2.12K	0.29
17	Finland FI	2.05K	1
18	Greece GR	1.46K	0.39
19	Latvia LV	1.43K	2.09
20	Poland PL	1.43K	0.1
21	Austria AT	902.21	0.27
22	Dominican Republic DO	777.35	0.19
23	Zimbabwe ZW	774.81	0.13
24	Croatia HR	341.76	0.24
25	Slovakia SK	281.91	0.14
26	South Korea KR	209.4	0.01
27	Ukraine UA	207.91	0.02
28	Uganda UG	199.6	0.01
29	Namibia NA	158.24	0.15
30	Bulgaria BG	98.16	0.04
31	Ireland IE	76.68	0.04
32	Moldova MD	60.76	0.06
33	Suriname SR	21.17	0.09
34	Haiti HT	6.8	0
35	Comoros KM	6.79	0.02
36	Estonia EE	5.97	0.01
37	Bahrain BH	4.65	0.01
38	Algeria DZ	2.95	0
39	Angola AO	2	0
40	Armenia AM	0.4	0
41	Grenada GD	0.34	0.01
42	Nigeria NG	0.23	0
43	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0.16	0
44	Rwanda RW	0.15	0
45	Mauritius MU	0.1	0
46	Cape Verde CV	0.07	0
47	Malta MT	0.01	0
48	Senegal SN	0.01	0
49	Albania AL	0	0
50	Bangladesh BD	0	0
51	Cambodia KH	0	0
52	Cameroon CM	0	0
53	Iraq IQ	0	0
54	Kenya KE	0	0
55	Kyrgyzstan KG	0	0
56	Qatar QA	0	0
57	Saudi Arabia SA	0	0
58	Thailand TH	0	0

Morocco Had 10,891 More Tonnes Than India

Morocco accounts for 35.5 percent of the 2023 total, with India contributing another 34.3 percent. Spain follows at 78,190 tonnes, while Tunisia and China complete the top five. The gap between first and second is 10,891 tonnes.

The top three reporters accounted for 78.5 percent of the listed total, the top five 86.5 percent and the top ten 96.6 percent. Per capita, Morocco's 23.13 grams per person per day lead Tunisia at 8.09 grams. Morocco ranks first on both measures, with the largest total supply and the highest per-capita figure.

The Listed Total Rose 15.2 Percent in 2023

Among the 54 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 778,209 tonnes to 896,490 tonnes, a gain of 118,281 tonnes (15.2 percent). The 2022 common total and the 2023 common total cover the same 54 reporters; the full 2023 listed total of 896,696 adds 206 tonnes from Estonia, Mauritius, Senegal and Uganda, which had no 2022 value, and no reporter left. India added 76,142 tonnes (up 32.9 percent), Spain added 66,074 tonnes (up 545.3 percent), Tunisia added 18,333 tonnes (up 103.6 percent), China added 12,228 tonnes (up 52.0 percent) and DR Congo added 7,260 tonnes (up 456.6 percent), while Colombia fell 28,878 tonnes (down 62.0 percent), Morocco fell 23,581 tonnes (down 6.9 percent) and the Netherlands fell 3,671 tonnes (down 25.6 percent).

India and Spain together added 142,216 tonnes against a net increase of 118,281, with declines in Colombia, Morocco and the Netherlands offsetting part of those gains. DR Congo's rise from 1,590 to 8,850 tonnes had no 2019 baseline in the longer comparison.

The Five-Year Common Total Fell 4.4 Percent

For the 48 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply fell from 928,135 tonnes to 887,473 tonnes, a decline of 40,663 tonnes (4.4 percent). The 2019 universe includes 53 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 universe includes 58; five reporters with a combined 38 tonnes left the comparison, while ten reporters with a combined 9,223 tonnes entered, led by DR Congo at 8,850 tonnes. Thailand fell 68,077 tonnes (down 100.0 percent) and India fell 62,920 tonnes (down 17.0 percent), while Spain added 67,966 tonnes (up 664.8 percent), China added 30,979 tonnes (up 653.2 percent), Tunisia added 9,692 tonnes (up 36.8 percent), Colombia added 7,372 tonnes (up 71.1 percent) and Russia fell 7,329 tonnes (down 57.2 percent).

Thailand's fall from 68,077 tonnes to a reported zero removed its entire 2019 supply; it had already reached zero in 2022. Spain's rise from 10,224 to 78,190 tonnes and China's from 4,743 to 35,722 were the largest gains in the comparison, but not by enough to keep the common total from shrinking.

What Does the Barley Flour and Grits Food Supply Measure?

This article covers the FAO item Barley flour and grits rather than the broader barley category. Other barley products are therefore not included in this specific figure.

The per-capita value expresses the reported food supply in population terms, showing how much was available per person per day. Morocco records the highest value at 23.13 grams, and Tunisia follows at 8.09 grams.

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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	Morocco	314.57K	23.8	318.09K	23.82	384.25K	28.49	342.01K	25.1	318.43K	23.13
2	India	370.46K	0.73	368.01K	0.72	349.91K	0.68	231.39K	0.44	307.54K	0.59
3	Spain	10.22K	0.59	12.6K	0.72	5.55K	0.32	12.12K	0.69	78.19K	4.47
4	Tunisia	26.34K	6.08	31.57K	7.22	33.6K	7.64	17.7K	4	36.03K	8.09
5	China	4.74K	0.01	7.02K	0.01	9.37K	0.02	23.49K	0.05	35.72K	0.07
6	United Kingdom	27.16K	1.11	25.13K	1.02	64.75K	2.62	28.32K	1.14	29.16K	1.16
7	Belarus	24K	6.97	24.67K	7.23	26.86K	7.95	24.96K	7.45	23.94K	7.2
8	Colombia	10.36K	0.57	17.59K	0.95	16.52K	0.88	46.61K	2.47	17.74K	0.93
9	Netherlands	18.69K	2.92	16.61K	2.58	13.4K	2.07	14.35K	2.2	10.68K	1.62
10	DR Congo	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.59K	0.04	8.85K	0.23
11	Russia	12.82K	0.24	6.31K	0.12	4.63K	0.09	5.31K	0.1	5.5K	0.1
12	Lithuania	3.81K	3.74	3.74K	3.67	2.61K	2.56	4.01K	3.9	3.55K	3.41
13	Sweden	7K	1.87	5.72K	1.51	3.88K	1.02	6.56K	1.71	3.06K	0.79
14	Romania	3.06K	0.43	3.31K	0.47	3.39K	0.48	3.6K	0.51	2.93K	0.42
15	Italy	3.69K	0.17	2.8K	0.13	1.82K	0.08	2.29K	0.11	2.76K	0.13
16	Kazakhstan	4.85K	0.69	8.13K	1.14	4.83K	0.67	1.83K	0.25	2.12K	0.29
17	Finland	366.86	0.18	15.79	0.01	1.11K	0.55	1.93K	0.95	2.05K	1
18	Greece	2.39K	0.61	3.83K	0.98	10.56K	2.73	1.93K	0.51	1.46K	0.39
19	Latvia	912.81	1.31	805.26	1.16	858.06	1.25	1.18K	1.72	1.43K	2.09
20	Poland	5.85K	0.42	5.09K	0.37	485.12	0.03	3.37K	0.24	1.43K	0.1
21	Austria	1.22K	0.38	1.07K	0.33	1.53K	0.47	889.48	0.27	902.21	0.27
22	Dominican Republic	209.63	0.05	465.72	0.12	170.71	0.04	407.08	0.1	777.35	0.19
23	Zimbabwe	723.93	0.13	742.83	0.13	753.98	0.13	766.5	0.13	774.81	0.13
24	Croatia	400.84	0.28	434.68	0.3	192.64	0.13	362.82	0.25	341.76	0.24
25	Slovakia	0	0	297.21	0.15	1.22K	0.61	256.62	0.13	281.91	0.14
26	South Korea	1.95K	0.1	1.52K	0.08	1.55K	0.08	291.08	0.02	209.4	0.01
27	Ukraine	607.74	0.04	364.09	0.02	200.36	0.01	214.01	0.01	207.91	0.02
28	Uganda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	199.6	0.01
29	Namibia	-	-	299.69	0.3	-	-	187.23	0.18	158.24	0.15
30	Bulgaria	523.34	0.21	0	0	0	0	2.44	0	98.16	0.04
31	Ireland	1.38K	0.77	2.13K	1.17	97.35	0.05	44.67	0.02	76.68	0.04
32	Moldova	0	0	0	0	45.02	0.05	86.69	0.09	60.76	0.06
33	Suriname	80.53	0.36	30.05	0.13	40.8	0.18	58.62	0.26	21.17	0.09
34	Haiti	5	0	1.56	0	30.65	0.01	0	0	6.8	0
35	Comoros	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.91	0.01	6.79	0.02
36	Estonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.97	0.01
37	Bahrain	48.26	0.09	30.07	0.06	5.72	0.01	1.57	0	4.65	0.01
38	Algeria	0.15	0	1.5	0	0.5	0	1	0	2.95	0
39	Angola	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	0	2	0
40	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0.18	0	0	0	0.4	0
41	Grenada	-	-	0.27	0.01	2.32	0.05	2.25	0.05	0.34	0.01
42	Nigeria	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	0
43	Antigua and Barbuda	2.06	0.06	0	0	0.34	0.01	0.9	0.03	0.16	0
44	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	0
45	Mauritius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0
46	Cape Verde	0.31	0	0.1	0	27.64	0.15	55.07	0.29	0.07	0
47	Malta	9.49	0.05	0.07	0	1.5	0.01	1.47	0.01	0.01	0
48	Senegal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.01	0
49	Albania	2.15	0	-	-	0	0	0.3	0	0	0
50	Bangladesh	1.48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	Cambodia	1.09K	0.18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	Cameroon	225.1	0.02	477.41	0.05	0	0	0.01	0	0	0
53	Iraq	0.15	0	2.9	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	0
54	Kenya	-	-	0	0	-	-	1.01	0	0	0
55	Kyrgyzstan	0.33	0	0.22	0	12.76	0.01	2.33	0	0	0
56	Qatar	28.62	0.03	-	-	360.5	0.35	0	0	0	0
57	Saudi Arabia	260.21	0.02	201.88	0.02	0	0	0.32	0	0	0
58	Thailand	68.08K	2.61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	Samoa	-	-	-	-	226.1	2.9	-	-	-	-
60	Ghana	-	-	0.05	0	19.96	0	-	-	-	-
61	Gambia	0	0	0	0	8.25	0.01	-	-	-	-
62	Papua New Guinea	-	-	0.73	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
63	Libya	-	-	0.15	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
64	Honduras	33.64	0.01	17.83	0	0.07	0	-	-	-	-
65	Bhutan	4.04	0.01	-	-	0	0	-	-	-	-
66	Kuwait	0.2	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
67	Saint Lucia	0	0	1.34	0.02	0	0	-	-	-	-

Barley Flour and Grits Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, FAO data recorded 896,696 tonnes of listed barley flour and grits food supply across 58 reporters. Morocco had the largest total at 318,427 tonnes, followed by India at 307,536 tonnes and Spain at 78,190 tonnes. Morocco had the highest per-capita food supply at 23.13 grams per person per day. These figures represent food available for human consumption rather than a direct measure of how much barley flour and grits people actually ate.

Methodology

Behind the tables stand 67 reporters with a value in at least one year from 2019 through 2023, printed as reporters only — no World, regional or China (aggregate) rows, with China standing for the China reporter. Percentages rest on the earlier endpoint year for reporters present at both ends; zero-base years produce no percentage, and small-base percentages deserve a look at the base.

The source in both measures is FAO Supply Utilization Accounts food supply quantity for barley flour and grits: element 5141 in tonnes for totals, element 665 in grams per capita per day, 2019 to 2023. What is counted is availability for human consumption in the reference year, not intake. A reported zero counts as zero; a blank cell means nothing was reported. Tonnes appear as published without extra rounding, and the 2023 listed total of 896,696 tonnes adds the 58 reporters with a 2023 value. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, Barley flour and grits, food supply quantity (tonnes; g/capita/day), 2019-2023. Compiled by StatsGeo.