Cassava Flour Consumption by Country

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts record flour of cassava available for human consumption, in tonnes and in grams per person per day, from 2019 through 2023. The file covers 80 reporters; 74 of them carry a 2023 value, adding to a listed total of 11,237,323 tonnes. Nigeria holds nearly half the 2023 supply and drove most of a 42.8 percent five-year expansion.

Nigeria reported the largest 2023 supply at 5,371,986 tonnes, while Zambia recorded the highest per-capita figure at 147.65 grams per person per day.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Nigeria NG	5.37M	64.58
2	India IN	1.27M	2.41
3	Zambia ZM	1.12M	147.65
4	Angola AO	990.74K	73.86
5	Brazil BR	695.61K	9.03
6	Rwanda RW	361.6K	70.99
7	Laos LA	305.09K	109.05
8	Congo CG	253.87K	112.49
9	Indonesia ID	217.85K	2.12
10	Philippines PH	204.1K	4.87
11	Haiti HT	91.75K	21.6
12	Thailand TH	78.31K	2.99
13	Paraguay PY	67.29K	26.94
14	Guinea GN	49.75K	9.46
15	Ghana GH	47.5K	3.85
16	Cambodia KH	30.25K	4.76
17	Vietnam VN	27.72K	0.76
18	Gabon GA	17.57K	19.38
19	Ivory Coast CI	15.53K	1.37
20	Cameroon CM	12.4K	1.2
21	Argentina AR	6.84K	0.41
22	Timor-Leste TL	2.99K	5.92
23	Niger NE	1.22K	0.13
24	Dominican Republic DO	996.05	0.24
25	Honduras HN	903.83	0.23
26	Kuwait KW	501.14	0.28
27	Nicaragua NI	380.74	0.15
28	Uruguay UY	298.36	0.24
29	Myanmar MM	188.3	0.01
30	South Korea KR	179.84	0.01
31	Malaysia MY	80.81	0.01
32	DR Congo CD	29.95	0
33	Ecuador EC	27.82	0
34	Burkina Faso BF	21.52	0
35	Chile CL	19.98	0
36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	17.22	0.47
37	Macau MO	14.05	0.05
38	French Polynesia PF	12.13	0.12
39	Mauritius MU	12	0.03
40	Bangladesh BD	9.66	0
41	Russia RU	8.53	0
42	Türkiye TR	8.2	0
43	Malta MT	6.22	0.03
44	Kazakhstan KZ	3.78	0
45	Panama PA	3.15	0
46	Mozambique MZ	2.95	0
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	2.92	0
48	New Caledonia NC	2.79	0.03
49	Micronesia FM	1.38	0.03
50	Algeria DZ	1.06	0
51	Marshall Islands MH	0.97	0.07
52	Papua New Guinea PG	0.82	0
53	Iran IR	0.76	0
54	Bhutan BT	0.53	0
55	Tonga TO	0.4	0.01
56	Bahrain BH	0.37	0
57	Guinea-Bissau GW	0.21	0
58	Syria SY	0.1	0
59	Namibia NA	0.09	0
60	Tunisia TN	0.05	0
61	Tajikistan TJ	0.04	0
62	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0.02	0
63	Afghanistan AF	0	0
64	Albania AL	0	0
65	Bolivia BO	0	0
66	Iraq IQ	0	0
67	Libya LY	0	0
68	Oman OM	0	0
69	Qatar QA	0	0
70	Saudi Arabia SA	0	0
71	Senegal SN	0	0
72	Sri Lanka LK	0	0
73	Ukraine UA	0	0
74	Vanuatu VU	0	0

What Changed in the Table?

• Nigeria holds 47.8 percent and drove 61.3 percent of five-year growth.
• The table grew 42.8 percent in five years — but 2.3 percent in the latest year.
• Zambia climbed to third by volume and first per person, up 364.5 percent.
• Eighteen reporters joined since 2019, with 1,156 tonnes between them.
• Thailand fell to 19,201 tonnes in 2022, then rebounded to 78,313.

Nigeria Drove 61.3 Percent of Growth

The common total moved from 7,871,206 tonnes to 11,236,167, up 3,364,961 tonnes or 42.8 percent across 56 reporters. Nigeria added 2,062,813 tonnes (up 62.3 percent) — 61.3 percent of the net increase — with Zambia adding 876,460 (up 364.5 percent), Angola 287,635 (up 40.9 percent), Rwanda 81,281 (up 29.0 percent) and India 77,835 (up 6.5 percent). Laos fell 77,715 tonnes (down 20.3 percent) and the Philippines 58,853 (down 22.4 percent), while Guinea added 23,197 (up 87.4 percent). Four reporters left with 12 tonnes between them; eighteen entered with 1,156.

Nigeria Holds 47.8 Percent; Zambia Tops per Person

Nigeria's 5,371,986 tonnes lead the 2023 table at 47.8 percent of the listed total, 4.24 times India's 1,266,738 in second. Zambia follows at 1,116,883 with Angola at 990,742; the top three hold 69.0 percent, the top five 84.0 percent and the top ten 96.0 percent. Brazil, Rwanda, Laos, Congo, Indonesia and the Philippines complete the ten. Per person, Zambia stands first at 147.65 grams — third by volume and first per person — with Congo at 112.49, Laos at 109.05, Angola at 73.86, Rwanda at 70.99 and Nigeria at 64.58 behind.

2022 to 2023: Up 2.3 Percent

The common total rose from 10,981,298 tonnes to 11,237,072, up 255,774 tonnes or 2.3 percent across 66 reporters. Zambia added 239,022 tonnes (up 27.2 percent), with Nigeria adding 75,152 (up 1.4 percent), Thailand 59,112 (up 307.9 percent), Angola 33,995 (up 3.6 percent) and Laos 15,943 (up 5.5 percent). Indonesia fell 94,305 tonnes (down 30.2 percent), with India down 58,550 (down 4.4 percent) and Guinea down 15,252 (down 23.5 percent). Thailand's jump follows a dip to 19,201 tonnes in 2022. One reporter exited and eight entered with 250 tonnes between them.

What Does Cassava Flour Cover?

The FAO item covers flour of cassava, not fresh roots and not tapioca, which have their own articles; the three are not added together here. Food supply quantity captures what was available for human consumption during the reference year. The gram-per-day figure spreads that availability across the population on a daily basis.

Cassava Flour Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

Nigeria had the largest 2023 listed cassava-flour supply at 5,371,986 tonnes, while Zambia had the highest per-capita figure at 147.65 grams per person per day. The 2023 listed total was 11,237,323 tonnes across 74 reporters, up 42.8 percent on a common-reporter basis since 2019. These figures record food available for human consumption, not amounts actually eaten.

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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	Nigeria	3.31M	43.28	5M	63.98	5.24M	65.73	5.3M	65.03	5.37M	64.58
2	India	1.19M	2.34	1.45M	2.83	1.48M	2.87	1.33M	2.55	1.27M	2.41
3	Zambia	240.42K	35.58	233.32K	33.54	226.34K	31.63	877.86K	119.34	1.12M	147.65
4	Angola	703.11K	59.5	832.22K	68.16	899.37K	71.35	956.75K	73.56	990.74K	73.86
5	Brazil	676.66K	8.94	698.47K	9.17	686.8K	8.98	682.45K	8.89	695.61K	9.03
6	Rwanda	280.32K	60.11	343.98K	72.13	354.81K	72.79	369.67K	74.19	361.6K	70.99
7	Laos	382.8K	144.91	411.56K	153.48	254.81K	93.66	289.15K	104.8	305.09K	109.05
8	Congo	241.41K	117.76	246.45K	117.37	248.69K	115.64	249.6K	113.31	253.87K	112.49
9	Indonesia	206.67K	2.08	205.83K	2.05	194.77K	1.93	312.15K	3.07	217.85K	2.12
10	Philippines	262.95K	6.5	260.56K	6.37	204.11K	4.94	204.14K	4.91	204.1K	4.87
11	Haiti	86.86K	21.43	91.52K	22.3	91.68K	22.08	91.51K	21.79	91.75K	21.6
12	Thailand	64.35K	2.46	48.62K	1.86	46.17K	1.76	19.2K	0.73	78.31K	2.99
13	Paraguay	69K	29.01	68.63K	28.47	69.62K	28.53	69K	27.96	67.29K	26.94
14	Guinea	26.55K	5.58	56.25K	11.53	62.5K	12.49	65K	12.67	49.75K	9.46
15	Ghana	29K	2.54	30.67K	2.64	45.23K	3.81	45.54K	3.76	47.5K	3.85
16	Cambodia	29.42K	4.89	29.96K	4.91	29.61K	4.78	29.82K	4.75	30.25K	4.76
17	Vietnam	10.95K	0.31	31.81K	0.89	21.86K	0.61	28.41K	0.78	27.72K	0.76
18	Gabon	14.68K	17.74	15.01K	17.71	15.07K	17.37	17.47K	19.69	17.57K	19.38
19	Ivory Coast	13.84K	1.35	13.23K	1.25	7.88K	0.73	18.65K	1.68	15.53K	1.37
20	Cameroon	9.2K	0.99	11.08K	1.16	11.45K	1.17	12.03K	1.19	12.4K	1.2
21	Argentina	6.61K	0.4	6.69K	0.41	6.76K	0.41	6.81K	0.41	6.84K	0.41
22	Timor-Leste	3.47K	7.31	3.21K	6.63	2.8K	5.69	2.88K	5.76	2.99K	5.92
23	Niger	7.7K	0.92	4.57K	0.53	1.57K	0.18	1.13K	0.12	1.22K	0.13
24	Dominican Republic	982.81	0.25	938.59	0.23	959.23	0.24	1K	0.24	996.05	0.24
25	Honduras	-	-	-	-	-	-	903.66	0.24	903.83	0.23
26	Kuwait	159.75	0.1	248.28	0.15	148.19	0.09	251.8	0.15	501.14	0.28
27	Nicaragua	128.56	0.05	72.12	0.03	53.33	0.02	280.95	0.11	380.74	0.15
28	Uruguay	323.71	0.26	310.78	0.25	340.77	0.27	266.27	0.22	298.36	0.24
29	Myanmar	44.21	0	91.18	0	90.31	0	205.9	0.01	188.3	0.01
30	South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	179.84	0.01
31	Malaysia	3.57K	0.29	82.76	0.01	68.92	0.01	6.22K	0.49	80.81	0.01
32	DR Congo	703.59	0.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	29.95	0
33	Ecuador	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27.82	0
34	Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	0	0	95	0.01	21.52	0
35	Chile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19.98	0
36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	76.99	2.02	74.72	1.98	77.43	2.06	18.67	0.5	17.22	0.47
37	Macau	56.66	0.23	14.56	0.06	12.1	0.05	13.03	0.05	14.05	0.05
38	French Polynesia	22.1	0.22	0.02	0	0.05	0	0.08	0	12.13	0.12
39	Mauritius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	0.03
40	Bangladesh	23.77	0	6.73	0	2.2	0	111.53	0	9.66	0
41	Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8.53	0
42	Türkiye	1.74	0	2.77	0	15.35	0	1.14	0	8.2	0
43	Malta	20.14	0.11	0.69	0	0.28	0	0.15	0	6.22	0.03
44	Kazakhstan	2.61	0	0	0	9.25	0	4.15	0	3.78	0
45	Panama	1.14	0	5.89	0	2.15	0	42.39	0.03	3.15	0
46	Mozambique	0.15	0	0	0	0.62	0	0.49	0	2.95	0
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.76	0	1.67	0	2.59	0	3.05	0	2.92	0
48	New Caledonia	42.26	0.41	30.61	0.3	1.11	0.01	0.5	0	2.79	0.03
49	Micronesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.38	0.03
50	Algeria	-	-	4.5	0	-	-	0	0	1.06	0
51	Marshall Islands	0.13	0.01	5.92	0.38	7	0.46	6.48	0.44	0.97	0.07
52	Papua New Guinea	400	0.11	0	0	2	0	1.19	0	0.82	0
53	Iran	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.76	0
54	Bhutan	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0	0.53	0
55	Tonga	26.9	0.7	-	-	26.97	0.7	0	0	0.4	0.01
56	Bahrain	0.07	0	0.21	0	0.6	0	0.21	0	0.37	0
57	Guinea-Bissau	0.09	0	0.33	0	0.49	0	0.31	0	0.21	0
58	Syria	-	-	0.04	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.1	0
59	Namibia	0.09	0	0.17	0	3.78	0	1.36	0	0.09	0
60	Tunisia	-	-	1.2	0	-	-	0	0	0.05	0
61	Tajikistan	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	0	0.04	0
62	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.02	0
63	Afghanistan	-	-	73	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
64	Albania	0.07	0	13.04	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	Bolivia	34.24	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	Iraq	-	-	0.36	0	0	0	4.8	0	0	0
67	Libya	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	0.01	0	0
68	Oman	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0.2	0	0	0
69	Qatar	26.46	0.03	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	-	-	-	103.1	0.01	0	0
71	Senegal	124.37	0.02	0	0	186.83	0.03	407.91	0.06	0	0
72	Sri Lanka	349.31	0.04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	Ukraine	0.28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	Vanuatu	4.94	0.05	0.18	0	0.05	0	0.43	0	0	0
75	Samoa	11.16	0.15	0	0	23.81	0.31	-	-	-	-
76	Liberia	0.58	0	1.27	0	1.63	0	-	-	-	-
77	Maldives	0	0	0.37	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
78	Bahamas	0.04	0	0.14	0	0.29	0	-	-	-	-
79	Antigua and Barbuda	-	-	0.01	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
80	Sierra Leone	-	-	-	-	0.07	0	0	0	-	-

Methodology

Behind this article lies an 80-reporter file, each reporter holding a value in at least one year from 2019 through 2023; the tables show reporters only, with World, regional and China (aggregate) rows set aside, and China here is the China reporter. Percentages rest on the earlier endpoint year across reporters present in both years. Zero-base years yield no percentage, and small-base percentages deserve a look at the base.

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts food supply quantity is the source in both measures: element 5141 in tonnes for totals, element 665 in grams per capita per day, for flour of cassava across 2019-2023. Availability for human consumption in the reference year is what is counted, not intake. Zero reports zero; blank reports nothing. The 2023 listed total of 11,237,323 tonnes sums the 74 reporters with a 2023 value, in tonnes as published. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, Flour of cassava, food supply quantity (tonnes; g/capita/day), 2019-2023. Compiled by StatsGeo.