Buckwheat Consumption by Country

Russia holds 548,749 tonnes of listed buckwheat supply in 2023 — 67.6 percent of an 811,562-tonne total. Russia and Ukraine together drove 94.2 percent of the five-year net increase, while Ukraine tops per person at 10.53 grams a day, just 0.19 grams clear of Russia. The total rose 12.8 percent from 2022 to 2023, with Russia behind 88,749 tonnes of the 92,109-tonne increase, and Ethiopia sank from 32,353 tonnes in 2021 to 3,025 tonnes in 2022 and just 0.37 tonnes in 2023.

Russia sits top at 548,749 tonnes, 3.78 times Ukraine at 145,000, with Brazil third at 54,213 and Italy fourth at 17,432. Per person Ukraine edges it at 10.53 grams a day, ahead of Russia at 10.34 and Belarus at 4.06.

Reading This Russia-Led Table

• Russia reported the largest 2023 supply at 548,749 tonnes.
• Ukraine ranked second at 145,000 tonnes, followed by Brazil at 54,213.
• Ukraine recorded the highest per-person figure at 10.53 grams a day.
• The listed total was 811,562 tonnes across 60 reporters with values.
• Across 50 reporters present in both 2019 and 2023, supply grew 164,198 tonnes, or 25.5 percent.

Two Reports Drive the Growth

The file spans 68 reporters with buckwheat values, though only 60 carry a 2023 figure. Russia, Ukraine and Brazil together hold 92.2 percent of the listed total.

Russia hovered around 440,000-460,000 tonnes through 2022 before jumping to 548,749 tonnes in 2023, while Ukraine climbed from 78,000 tonnes in 2019 to 145,000 tonnes in 2023, though no 2021 value is reported. Lithuania entered at 2,764 tonnes with no 2019 value, taking ninth place, and Ethiopia fell from 32,353 tonnes in 2021 to 3,025 tonnes in 2022 and just 0.37 tonnes in 2023.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Russia RU	548.75K	10.34
2	Ukraine UA	145K	10.53
3	Brazil BR	54.21K	0.7
4	Italy IT	17.43K	0.8
5	Nepal NP	14.01K	1.29
6	Belarus BY	13.51K	4.06
7	Papua New Guinea PG	9K	2.37
8	Germany DE	3.86K	0.12
9	Lithuania LT	2.76K	2.65
10	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	840.4	0.72
11	Israel IL	718.97	0.21
12	Serbia RS	340.05	0.14
13	Costa Rica CR	236.83	0.13
14	Thailand TH	229.92	0.01
15	Uzbekistan UZ	133.37	0.01
16	Norway NO	114.26	0.06
17	United Arab Emirates AE	110.2	0.03
18	Bahrain BH	77.82	0.14
19	Morocco MA	42.73	0
20	Bhutan BT	41.26	0.14
21	Armenia AM	41.12	0.04
22	Vietnam VN	29.04	0
23	Kuwait KW	26.55	0.02
24	Uruguay UY	10.15	0.01
25	Cyprus CY	7.97	0.02
26	Jordan JO	7.12	0
27	Bangladesh BD	5.96	0
28	Djibouti DJ	3.41	0.01
29	Namibia NA	2.45	0
30	Suriname SR	1.91	0.01
31	Maldives MV	1.79	0.01
32	Marshall Islands MH	0.97	0.07
33	Seychelles SC	0.44	0.01
34	Ethiopia ET	0.37	0
35	DR Congo CD	0.36	0
36	Guatemala GT	0.28	0
37	Liberia LR	0.2	0
38	Fiji FJ	0.13	0
39	Ivory Coast CI	0.13	0
40	Belize BZ	0.08	0
41	Saudi Arabia SA	0.06	0
42	Ghana GH	0.05	0
43	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0.05	0
44	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0.04	0
45	Vanuatu VU	0.03	0
46	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0.01	0
47	Cameroon CM	0.01	0
48	Comoros KM	0.01	0
49	El Salvador SV	0.01	0
50	Mozambique MZ	0.01	0
51	Sierra Leone SL	0.01	0
52	Cape Verde CV	0	0
53	Chile CL	0	0
54	Iraq IQ	0	0
55	Libya LY	0	0
56	Niger NE	0	0
57	Paraguay PY	0	0
58	Qatar QA	0	0
59	Senegal SN	0	0
60	Yemen YE	0	0

Russia at 67.6 Percent; Ukraine First Per Person

The 2023 table opens with Russia at 548,749 tonnes, Ukraine second at 145,000 and Brazil third at 54,213. Italy and Nepal follow at 17,432 and 14,011 tonnes.

The top three reporters accounted for 92.2 percent of the listed total, the top five 96.0 percent and the top ten 99.7 percent. Per capita, Ukraine's 10.53 grams per person per day lead Russia at 10.34 grams, a gap of 0.19 grams.

Up 12.8 Percent in 2023 on Russia's Jump

Across the 60 reporters with values in both 2022 and 2023, listed supply moved from 719,453 tonnes to 811,562 tonnes, up 92,109 tonnes or 12.8 percent. The two years share the same 60 reporters, with none entering or leaving. Russia added 88,749 tonnes (up 19.3 percent), Ukraine 10,000 (up 7.4 percent), Italy 4,857 (up 38.6 percent) and Germany 976 (up 33.9 percent).

On the declining side, Brazil fell 3,777 tonnes (down 6.5 percent), Nepal fell 3,593 tonnes (down 20.4 percent), Ethiopia fell 3,025 tonnes (down 100.0 percent) and Lithuania fell 1,736 tonnes (down 38.6 percent). Russia's gain of 88,749 tonnes against a net increase of 92,109 leaves a remainder of 3,360 tonnes after offsets elsewhere, with Ukraine and Italy the next-largest gainers.

Five Years Up 25.5 Percent on Two Reports

For the 50 reporters with values in both 2019 and 2023, listed supply rose from 644,570 tonnes to 808,768 tonnes, up 164,198 tonnes or 25.5 percent. The 2019 universe holds 57 reporters with values against 60 in 2023; seven reporters with a combined 497 tonnes left, while ten with a combined 2,794 tonnes entered, led by Lithuania at 2,764 tonnes. Russia added 87,749 tonnes (up 19.0 percent), Ukraine 67,000 (up 85.9 percent), Italy 7,549 (up 76.4 percent), Nepal 3,503 (up 33.3 percent) and Germany 1,618 (up 72.3 percent).

On the declining side, Brazil fell 3,136 tonnes (down 5.5 percent) and Papua New Guinea fell 1,000 tonnes (down 10.0 percent), while Belarus added 511 tonnes (up 3.9 percent). Russia contributes 53.4 percent of the five-year net increase and Ukraine 40.8 percent, so the two together account for 94.2 percent.

What Counts as Buckwheat Supply?

Counted here is the FAO item Buckwheat rather than the wider grains category. Other grain products sit outside this figure.

The per-capita value expresses the reported food supply in population terms, showing how much was available per person per day. Ukraine records the highest value at 10.53 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	Russia	461K	8.62	438K	8.2	445.33K	8.37	460K	8.66	548.75K	10.34
2	Ukraine	78K	4.75	114K	6.99	-	-	135K	9.01	145K	10.53
3	Brazil	57.35K	0.76	57.73K	0.76	58.02K	0.76	57.99K	0.76	54.21K	0.7
4	Italy	9.88K	0.45	10.34K	0.47	22.18K	1.02	12.58K	0.58	17.43K	0.8
5	Nepal	10.51K	1.01	10.55K	1	14.43K	1.34	17.6K	1.62	14.01K	1.29
6	Belarus	13K	3.77	16K	4.69	14.78K	4.38	13.61K	4.06	13.51K	4.06
7	Papua New Guinea	10K	2.85	10K	2.79	9.27K	2.54	9K	2.42	9K	2.37
8	Germany	2.24K	0.07	2.38K	0.08	3.36K	0.11	2.88K	0.09	3.86K	0.12
9	Lithuania	-	-	-	-	5.3K	5.2	4.5K	4.38	2.76K	2.65
10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	885.75	0.73	1.07K	0.89	1.17K	0.99	487.72	0.42	840.4	0.72
11	Israel	431.82	0.14	519.92	0.16	750.7	0.23	696.36	0.21	718.97	0.21
12	Serbia	839.4	0.33	897.4	0.36	994.99	0.4	578.13	0.23	340.05	0.14
13	Costa Rica	0	0	167.06	0.09	425.84	0.23	503.22	0.27	236.83	0.13
14	Thailand	33.57	0	29.37	0	120.55	0	391.66	0.01	229.92	0.01
15	Uzbekistan	0.2	0	282.82	0.02	106.04	0.01	45.74	0	133.37	0.01
16	Norway	42.84	0.02	85.78	0.04	88.31	0.04	129.54	0.07	114.26	0.06
17	United Arab Emirates	90	0.03	80	0.02	63.4	0.02	56.7	0.02	110.2	0.03
18	Bahrain	14.6	0.03	8.58	0.02	16.65	0.03	28.86	0.05	77.82	0.14
19	Morocco	17.54	0	3.49	0	3.92	0	7.06	0	42.73	0
20	Bhutan	7.27	0.03	0	0	73.53	0.26	40.98	0.14	41.26	0.14
21	Armenia	4.1	0	640.07	0.61	169.24	0.16	83.58	0.08	41.12	0.04
22	Vietnam	-	-	0	0	0	0	50.86	0	29.04	0
23	Kuwait	57.45	0.04	14.93	0.01	0.05	0	25.18	0.02	26.55	0.02
24	Uruguay	18.34	0.01	18.89	0.02	48.65	0.04	15.93	0.01	10.15	0.01
25	Cyprus	1.82	0	1.9	0	6.15	0.01	2.14	0	7.97	0.02
26	Jordan	8.69	0	3.15	0	9.01	0	4.8	0	7.12	0
27	Bangladesh	2.67	0	13.9	0	0.48	0	1.44	0	5.96	0
28	Djibouti	0.01	0	0.03	0	-	-	0.24	0	3.41	0.01
29	Namibia	4.86	0.01	3.2	0	4.08	0	2.91	0	2.45	0
30	Suriname	6.74	0.03	4.33	0.02	5.13	0.02	5.1	0.02	1.91	0.01
31	Maldives	1.14	0.01	1.21	0.01	4.28	0.02	1.89	0.01	1.79	0.01
32	Marshall Islands	0.23	0.01	0.41	0.03	0.62	0.04	1.07	0.07	0.97	0.07
33	Seychelles	0.95	0.02	0.11	0	0.19	0	0.2	0	0.44	0.01
34	Ethiopia	-	-	25.01K	0.58	32.35K	0.73	3.03K	0.07	0.37	0
35	DR Congo	0.12	0	4.17	0	0	0	0.31	0	0.36	0
36	Guatemala	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.04	0	0.28	0
37	Liberia	0.23	0	0.98	0	0.98	0	0.2	0	0.2	0
38	Fiji	0	0	0.39	0	1.08	0	0.06	0	0.13	0
39	Ivory Coast	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0.13	0
40	Belize	0.1	0	0.09	0	-	-	0.01	0	0.08	0
41	Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	-	0.32	0	2.48	0	0.06	0
42	Ghana	0.05	0	2.07	0	2.72	0	0.38	0	0.05	0
43	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0.28	0	0.28	0	0.05	0	0.05	0
44	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.1	0.01	0	0	0.03	0	0.08	0	0.04	0
45	Vanuatu	0.03	0	0.06	0	0	0	0.02	0	0.03	0
46	Antigua and Barbuda	0.04	0	0.31	0.01	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0
47	Cameroon	-	-	0	0	-	-	0.01	0	0.01	0
48	Comoros	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.01	0	0.01	0
49	El Salvador	0.01	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0
50	Mozambique	0.08	0	0	0	0.14	0	0.19	0	0.01	0
51	Sierra Leone	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.02	0	0.01	0
52	Cape Verde	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.07	0	0.08	0	0	0
53	Chile	0	0	0.21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	Iraq	0.19	0	0.48	0	1.39	0	1.66	0	0	0
55	Libya	0.2	0	12.6	0	0	0	96.15	0.04	0	0
56	Niger	0	0	250	0.03	120	0.01	5	0	0	0
57	Paraguay	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.07	0	0	0
58	Qatar	14.38	0.01	4.67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	Senegal	-	-	2.93	0	0.22	0	0.54	0	0	0
60	Yemen	107.25	0.01	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
61	Burkina Faso	3.9	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
62	Panama	0.05	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
63	Saint Lucia	0.05	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	-	-	-	-
64	Lesotho	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	-	-	-	-
65	Cambodia	-	-	0.07	0	0	0	-	-	-	-
66	Dominican Republic	0.01	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
67	Gabon	1.29	0	-	-	0	0	-	-	-	-
68	Laos	491.94	0.19	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-

Buckwheat Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

Russia recorded the largest 2023 listed buckwheat supply at 548,749 tonnes — 67.6 percent of an 811,562-tonne listed total across 60 reporters. Ukraine followed at 145,000 and Brazil at 54,213 tonnes. Ukraine had the highest per-capita figure at 10.53 grams per person per day. These figures measure food available for human consumption, not the amount actually eaten.

Methodology

Year-to-year comparisons use reporters present in both endpoint years, with the earlier year as the percentage base. Totals are FAO Supply Utilization Accounts food supply quantity (element 5141, tonnes); per-capita figures are element 665 in grams per capita per day — both for buckwheat, 2019 through 2023. The elements count supply made available for human consumption over the reference period. A displayed zero means zero and a blank cell means no value was reported, and no percentage is shown where the base-year value is zero.

This item covers 68 reporters in total, reporters only: World, regional and China (aggregate) rows are left out entirely, so China here means the China reporter. The 811,562-tonne listed total adds the 60 reporters with a 2023 value, in tonnes exactly as FAO reports them, without extra rounding. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, Buckwheat, food supply quantity (tonnes; g/capita/day), 2019-2023. Compiled by StatsGeo.