Cephalopods Consumption by Country

In 2023, China held 1,006 thousand tonnes of listed cephalopods food supply, 29.2 percent of a 3,447-thousand-tonne total spread across 148 reporters. All 148 reporters with reported 2023 quantities show the same listed quantity as in 2022, leaving the total quantity unchanged; per-capita values, however, differ for 39 reporters because they are population-adjusted. The five-year quantity comparison shows where the changes occurred instead, with China adding 230 thousand tonnes against a net gain of 292. South Korea recorded the highest per-capita figure at 7.28 kilograms per person per year. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values for individual years.

China leads at 1,006 thousand tonnes, 2.67 times South Korea at 377. Per capita the order flips to South Korea at 7.28 kilograms from 377 thousand tonnes, then Portugal at 4.27 and Seychelles at 3.82 kilograms. China records 0.71 kilograms per person.

Cephalopods Food Supply at a Glance

• China had the largest listed cephalopods food supply in 2023 at 1,006 thousand tonnes.
• South Korea ranked second at 377 thousand tonnes, followed by Vietnam at 307 thousand tonnes.
• South Korea had the highest per-capita food supply at 7.28 kilograms per person per year.
• The listed total was 3,447 thousand tonnes across 148 reporters with reported values.
• Among 147 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed cephalopods food supply increased by 292 thousand tonnes, or 9.3 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

The 2022-2023 comparison is unusual because all 148 reporters with reported 2023 quantities show identical quantity figures in both years. The five-year quantity comparison is where the table shows measurable movement: China added 230 thousand tonnes (up 29.6 percent) while South Korea added 32 thousand tonnes (up 9.3 percent), leaving a net gain of 292 thousand tonnes.

India fell from 30 to 5 thousand tonnes (down 83.3 percent), the largest absolute decline in the window. Russia, Spain, Malaysia and the Philippines added between 9 and 17 thousand tonnes each. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of cephalopods actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	China CN	1.01K	0.71
2	South Korea KR	377	7.28
3	Vietnam VN	307	3.06
4	Thailand TH	245	3.42
5	Italy IT	224	3.77
6	United States US	168	0.49
7	Spain ES	151	3.15
8	Russia RU	111	0.76
9	Malaysia MY	86	2.44
10	Philippines PH	85	0.74
11	Indonesia ID	83	0.3
12	France FR	56	0.85
13	Mexico MX	55	0.42
14	Taiwan TW	49	2.09
15	Portugal PT	44	4.27
16	Peru PE	41	1.2
17	Greece GR	33	3.26
18	Australia AU	30	1.15
19	Hong Kong HK	26	3.46
20	Germany DE	22	0.26
21	Morocco MA	18	0.49
22	Canada CA	15	0.39
23	United Kingdom GB	15	0.22
24	Argentina AR	13	0.28
25	Croatia HR	11	2.78
26	Egypt EG	9	0.08
27	Madagascar MG	9	0.28
28	New Zealand NZ	9	1.7
29	Pakistan PK	9	0.04
30	Ukraine UA	9	0.23
31	Brazil BR	8	0.04
32	Colombia CO	7	0.13
33	Panama PA	7	1.58
34	United Arab Emirates AE	7	0.68
35	Cambodia KH	5	0.26
36	India IN	5	0
37	Sri Lanka LK	5	0.21
38	Tanzania TZ	5	0.08
39	Belgium BE	4	0.3
40	Chile CL	4	0.22
41	Cyprus CY	4	2.62
42	Slovenia SI	4	1.67
43	South Africa ZA	4	0.06
44	Switzerland CH	4	0.44
45	Tunisia TN	4	0.33
46	Albania AL	3	0.96
47	Netherlands NL	3	0.19
48	Austria AT	2	0.24
49	Bulgaria BG	2	0.3
50	Costa Rica CR	2	0.32
51	Dominican Republic DO	2	0.21
52	Guinea GN	2	0.12
53	Libya LY	2	0.31
54	Macau MO	2	2.39
55	Mauritius MU	2	1.71
56	Mozambique MZ	2	0.07
57	Romania RO	2	0.13
58	Saudi Arabia SA	2	0.07
59	Serbia RS	2	0.23
60	Türkiye TR	2	0.03
61	Uruguay UY	2	0.55
62	Algeria DZ	1	0.03
63	Angola AO	1	0.04
64	Belarus BY	1	0.11
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	1	0.24
66	Czech Republic CZ	1	0.05
67	Guatemala GT	1	0.04
68	Iran IR	1	0.01
69	Ireland IE	1	0.28
70	Israel IL	1	0.16
71	Kazakhstan KZ	1	0.05
72	Lithuania LT	1	0.26
73	Luxembourg LU	1	1.07
74	Mauritania MR	1	0.11
75	Montenegro ME	1	1.24
76	Namibia NA	1	0.25
77	Nigeria NG	1	0
78	Poland PL	1	0.04
79	Senegal SN	1	0.05
80	Sweden SE	1	0.06
81	Venezuela VE	1	0.03
82	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	0.42
83	Armenia AM	0	0.01
84	Azerbaijan AZ	0	0.01
85	Bahamas BS	0	0.49
86	Bahrain BH	0	0.16
87	Barbados BB	0	0.4
88	Belize BZ	0	0.03
89	Botswana BW	0	0.01
90	Cape Verde CV	0	0.12
91	Congo CG	0	0.01
92	Denmark DK	0	0.04
93	Djibouti DJ	0	0.01
94	Ecuador EC	0	0.02
95	El Salvador SV	0	0.06
96	Estonia EE	0	0.05
97	Eswatini SZ	0	0.03
98	Fiji FJ	0	0.12
99	Finland FI	0	0.04
100	French Polynesia PF	0	0.16
101	Gabon GA	0	0.17
102	Gambia GM	0	0.08
103	Georgia GE	0	0.02
104	Ghana GH	0	0.01
105	Grenada GD	0	0.05
106	Guinea-Bissau GW	0	0.02
107	Guyana GY	0	0.01
108	Honduras HN	0	0.02
109	Hungary HU	0	0.04
110	Iceland IS	0	0.01
111	Ivory Coast CI	0	0
112	Jamaica JM	0	0.1
113	Jordan JO	0	0.02
114	Kenya KE	0	0.01
115	Kiribati KI	0	0.05
116	Kuwait KW	0	0.04
117	Kyrgyzstan KG	0	0
118	Laos LA	0	0.02
119	Latvia LV	0	0.24
120	Lebanon LB	0	0.03
121	Liberia LR	0	0.02
122	Maldives MV	0	0.88
123	Malta MT	0	0.83
124	Marshall Islands MH	0	1.46
125	Micronesia FM	0	0.19
126	Moldova MD	0	0.19
127	New Caledonia NC	0	0.32
128	Nicaragua NI	0	0.01
129	North Macedonia MK	0	0.04
130	Norway NO	0	0.09
131	Oman OM	0	0.1
132	Papua New Guinea PG	0	0.01
133	Paraguay PY	0	0.01
134	Qatar QA	0	0.06
135	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	0.18
136	Saint Lucia LC	0	0.03
137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0	0.03
138	Samoa WS	0	0.09
139	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	0.3
140	Seychelles SC	0	3.82
141	Sierra Leone SL	0	0
142	Slovakia SK	0	0.02
143	Solomon Islands SB	0	0.01
144	Timor-Leste TL	0	0.05
145	Tonga TO	0	0.44
146	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0	0.01
147	Tuvalu TV	0	0
148	Vanuatu VU	0	0.07

Cephalopods Consumption by Country in 2023

The 2023 table is led by China at 1,006 thousand tonnes, with South Korea second at 377 and Vietnam third at 307. Thailand and Italy complete the top five at 245 and 224 thousand tonnes, respectively.

China holds 29.2 percent of the 3,447-thousand-tonne listed total. The top three reporters accounted for 49.0 percent of the listed total, while the top five represented 62.6 percent and the top ten 80.1 percent. Because every 2023 quantity repeats 2022, this ranking describes both years at once.

No Measured Quantity Change Between 2022 and 2023: Every Reporter Repeats

Among the 148 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed quantity stands at 3,447 thousand tonnes in both years, a change of zero. The same 148 reporters are present at both endpoints, and every reporter has the same quantity in both years. Per-capita values are not identical, however, because they are calculated on a population basis. The analysis below therefore focuses on the 2019 to 2023 quantity comparison, where values genuinely differ.

China Adds 230 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Grows 9.3 Percent Since 2019

For the 147 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 3,155 thousand tonnes to 3,447 thousand tonnes, a gain of 292 thousand tonnes (9.3 percent). The 2019 total includes 148 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 148; Cuba, with a reported zero in 2019, had no reported 2023 value, while Tuvalu entered with a reported zero. China added 230 thousand tonnes (up 29.6 percent), South Korea added 32 thousand tonnes (up 9.3 percent), Russia added 17 thousand tonnes (up 18.1 percent), Spain added 13 thousand tonnes (up 9.4 percent), Malaysia added 10 thousand tonnes (up 13.2 percent) and the Philippines added 9 thousand tonnes (up 11.8 percent), while India fell 25 thousand tonnes (down 83.3 percent).

China contributes 78.8 percent of the five-year net increase, followed by South Korea at 11.0 percent. India's fall from 30 to 5 thousand tonnes is the largest absolute decline in the window. Per capita, South Korea's 7.28 kilograms from 377 thousand tonnes lead Portugal at 4.27 kilograms, while China, first by total, records 0.71 kilograms.

What Does the Cephalopods Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the figure used here is the FAO item Cephalopods recorded under the Food element as available for human consumption. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year rather than a direct estimate of the amount of cephalopods people actually ate. Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic animals recorded under separate items sit outside this figure.

The per-capita figure expresses the same food supply on a population basis, in kilograms per person per year. A country's total quantity and per-capita value therefore answer different questions: total quantity shows the size of the listed food supply, while the per-capita measure adjusts it for population.

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#	Country	2019 (1000 t)	2019 (kg/cap/yr)	2020 (1000 t)	2020 (kg/cap/yr)	2021 (1000 t)	2021 (kg/cap/yr)	2022 (1000 t)	2022 (kg/cap/yr)	2023 (1000 t)	2023 (kg/cap/yr)
1	China	776	0.54	782	0.55	1.01K	0.7	1.01K	0.71	1.01K	0.71
2	South Korea	345	6.67	346	6.67	377	7.27	377	7.28	377	7.28
3	Vietnam	301	3.1	299	3.05	307	3.1	307	3.08	307	3.06
4	Thailand	245	3.43	245	3.43	245	3.42	245	3.42	245	3.42
5	Italy	224	3.73	224	3.74	224	3.75	224	3.76	224	3.77
6	United States	168	0.5	168	0.49	168	0.49	168	0.49	168	0.49
7	Spain	138	2.9	153	3.2	151	3.16	151	3.15	151	3.15
8	Russia	94	0.64	125	0.85	111	0.76	111	0.76	111	0.76
9	Malaysia	76	2.27	76	2.24	86	2.5	86	2.47	86	2.44
10	Philippines	76	0.68	71	0.64	85	0.75	85	0.75	85	0.74
11	Indonesia	80	0.29	90	0.33	83	0.3	83	0.3	83	0.3
12	France	56	0.86	56	0.86	56	0.85	56	0.85	56	0.85
13	Mexico	55	0.44	55	0.43	55	0.43	55	0.43	55	0.42
14	Taiwan	49	2.06	49	2.06	49	2.07	49	2.08	49	2.09
15	Portugal	43	4.17	40	3.89	44	4.28	44	4.27	44	4.27
16	Peru	37	1.14	77	2.35	41	1.23	41	1.22	41	1.2
17	Greece	36	3.35	28	2.58	33	3.15	33	3.2	33	3.26
18	Australia	29	1.14	26	0.99	30	1.17	30	1.16	30	1.15
19	Hong Kong	24	3.21	21	2.74	26	3.44	26	3.45	26	3.46
20	Germany	22	0.26	22	0.26	22	0.26	22	0.26	22	0.26
21	Morocco	14	0.39	12	0.32	18	0.5	18	0.49	18	0.49
22	Canada	15	0.39	13	0.35	15	0.4	15	0.4	15	0.39
23	United Kingdom	15	0.22	15	0.22	15	0.22	15	0.22	15	0.22
24	Argentina	13	0.29	24	0.53	13	0.28	13	0.28	13	0.28
25	Croatia	12	3	7	1.69	11	2.76	11	2.77	11	2.78
26	Egypt	10	0.09	10	0.09	9	0.08	9	0.08	9	0.08
27	Madagascar	8	0.29	8	0.26	9	0.3	9	0.29	9	0.28
28	New Zealand	9	1.76	9	1.73	9	1.72	9	1.71	9	1.7
29	Pakistan	9	0.04	9	0.04	9	0.04	9	0.04	9	0.04
30	Ukraine	4	0.09	5	0.1	9	0.19	9	0.21	9	0.23
31	Brazil	10	0.05	9	0.04	8	0.04	8	0.04	8	0.04
32	Colombia	5	0.1	4	0.08	7	0.13	7	0.13	7	0.13
33	Panama	7	1.66	7	1.64	7	1.62	7	1.6	7	1.58
34	United Arab Emirates	7	0.77	7	0.77	7	0.74	7	0.71	7	0.68
35	Cambodia	4	0.27	5	0.28	5	0.27	5	0.27	5	0.26
36	India	30	0.02	26	0.02	5	0	5	0	5	0
37	Sri Lanka	9	0.41	5	0.24	5	0.21	5	0.21	5	0.21
38	Tanzania	5	0.09	5	0.09	5	0.08	5	0.08	5	0.08
39	Belgium	4	0.31	4	0.3	4	0.3	4	0.3	4	0.3
40	Chile	4	0.22	4	0.22	4	0.22	4	0.22	4	0.22
41	Cyprus	5	3.86	3	2.53	4	2.67	4	2.65	4	2.62
42	Slovenia	4	2	3	1.22	4	1.67	4	1.67	4	1.67
43	South Africa	8	0.14	10	0.16	4	0.06	4	0.06	4	0.06
44	Switzerland	4	0.41	4	0.46	4	0.45	4	0.44	4	0.44
45	Tunisia	5	0.45	4	0.33	4	0.33	4	0.33	4	0.33
46	Albania	3	0.93	3	0.94	3	0.95	3	0.95	3	0.96
47	Netherlands	3	0.2	3	0.2	3	0.19	3	0.19	3	0.19
48	Austria	2	0.28	2	0.23	2	0.25	2	0.24	2	0.24
49	Bulgaria	1	0.19	1	0.19	2	0.3	2	0.3	2	0.3
50	Costa Rica	2	0.33	2	0.33	2	0.33	2	0.32	2	0.32
51	Dominican Republic	2	0.2	1	0.11	2	0.22	2	0.22	2	0.21
52	Guinea	2	0.18	2	0.15	2	0.12	2	0.12	2	0.12
53	Libya	2	0.26	2	0.3	2	0.32	2	0.32	2	0.31
54	Macau	2	2.75	2	2.25	2	2.45	2	2.42	2	2.39
55	Mauritius	2	1.69	2	1.7	2	1.7	2	1.71	2	1.71
56	Mozambique	3	0.11	2	0.08	2	0.07	2	0.07	2	0.07
57	Romania	2	0.1	2	0.09	2	0.13	2	0.13	2	0.13
58	Saudi Arabia	4	0.14	1	0.04	2	0.08	2	0.07	2	0.07
59	Serbia	1	0.17	1	0.16	2	0.23	2	0.23	2	0.23
60	Türkiye	5	0.06	2	0.02	2	0.03	2	0.03	2	0.03
61	Uruguay	1	0.17	1	0.38	2	0.55	2	0.55	2	0.55
62	Algeria	1	0.03	1	0.02	1	0.03	1	0.03	1	0.03
63	Angola	1	0.03	0	0.01	1	0.04	1	0.04	1	0.04
64	Belarus	1	0.11	1	0.11	1	0.11	1	0.11	1	0.11
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0.2	0	0.15	1	0.23	1	0.23	1	0.24
66	Czech Republic	1	0.05	0	0.03	1	0.06	1	0.05	1	0.05
67	Guatemala	0	0.02	0	0.02	1	0.05	1	0.05	1	0.04
68	Iran	2	0.03	2	0.02	1	0.01	1	0.01	1	0.01
69	Ireland	1	0.3	1	0.29	1	0.29	1	0.29	1	0.28
70	Israel	2	0.17	2	0.21	1	0.16	1	0.16	1	0.16
71	Kazakhstan	0	0.02	1	0.04	1	0.05	1	0.05	1	0.05
72	Lithuania	1	0.26	1	0.26	1	0.26	1	0.26	1	0.26
73	Luxembourg	1	1.1	1	1.16	1	1.11	1	1.09	1	1.07
74	Mauritania	1	0.13	1	0.12	1	0.12	1	0.12	1	0.11
75	Montenegro	1	1.49	0	0.55	1	1.3	1	1.27	1	1.24
76	Namibia	1	0.28	1	0.27	1	0.26	1	0.26	1	0.25
77	Nigeria	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
78	Poland	1	0.04	1	0.04	1	0.04	1	0.04	1	0.04
79	Senegal	1	0.08	0	0.01	1	0.05	1	0.05	1	0.05
80	Sweden	1	0.07	1	0.07	1	0.07	1	0.06	1	0.06
81	Venezuela	0	0.01	0	0.02	1	0.03	1	0.03	1	0.03
82	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0.43	0	0.43	0	0.43	0	0.42	0	0.42
83	Armenia	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
84	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
85	Bahamas	0	0.5	0	0.5	0	0.5	0	0.49	0	0.49
86	Bahrain	0	0.16	0	0.16	0	0.16	0	0.16	0	0.16
87	Barbados	0	0.38	0	0.43	0	0.4	0	0.4	0	0.4
88	Belize	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03
89	Botswana	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
90	Cape Verde	0	0.12	0	0.12	0	0.12	0	0.12	0	0.12
91	Congo	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
92	Denmark	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04
93	Djibouti	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
94	Ecuador	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.02
95	El Salvador	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.06
96	Estonia	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.05
97	Eswatini	0	0.01	0	0.06	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03
98	Fiji	0	0.22	0	0.15	0	0.12	0	0.12	0	0.12
99	Finland	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04
100	French Polynesia	0	0.26	0	0.17	0	0.16	0	0.16	0	0.16
101	Gabon	0	0.17	0	0.15	0	0.18	0	0.17	0	0.17
102	Gambia	1	0.21	1	0.27	0	0.09	0	0.09	0	0.08
103	Georgia	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
104	Ghana	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
105	Grenada	0	0.18	0	0.08	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.05
106	Guinea-Bissau	0	0.07	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
107	Guyana	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
108	Honduras	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
109	Hungary	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04
110	Iceland	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
111	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
112	Jamaica	1	0.19	0	0.06	0	0.1	0	0.1	0	0.1
113	Jordan	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
114	Kenya	1	0.01	1	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
115	Kiribati	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.05
116	Kuwait	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.04
117	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
118	Laos	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
119	Latvia	0	0.23	0	0.23	0	0.24	0	0.24	0	0.24
120	Lebanon	1	0.18	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03
121	Liberia	0	0.04	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
122	Maldives	0	0.94	0	0.92	0	0.89	0	0.88	0	0.88
123	Malta	1	1.14	0	0.77	0	0.84	0	0.84	0	0.83
124	Marshall Islands	0	0.3	0	0.67	0	1.37	0	1.42	0	1.46
125	Micronesia	0	0.2	0	0.18	0	0.19	0	0.19	0	0.19
126	Moldova	0	0.08	0	0.17	0	0.2	0	0.2	0	0.19
127	New Caledonia	0	0.34	0	0.33	0	0.33	0	0.33	0	0.32
128	Nicaragua	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
129	North Macedonia	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04
130	Norway	0	0.09	0	0.09	0	0.09	0	0.09	0	0.09
131	Oman	0	0.11	0	0.11	0	0.11	0	0.1	0	0.1
132	Papua New Guinea	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
133	Paraguay	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
134	Qatar	0	0.07	0	0.07	0	0.07	0	0.07	0	0.06
135	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0.18	0	0.18	0	0.18	0	0.18	0	0.18
136	Saint Lucia	0	0.28	0	0.08	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03
137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03
138	Samoa	0	0.13	0	0.04	0	0.09	0	0.09	0	0.09
139	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0.16	0	0.31	0	0.32	0	0.31	0	0.3
140	Seychelles	0	4.15	0	4.06	0	3.97	0	3.89	0	3.82
141	Sierra Leone	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
142	Slovakia	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
143	Solomon Islands	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
144	Timor-Leste	0	0.07	0	0.07	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.05
145	Tonga	0	0.44	0	0.44	0	0.44	0	0.44	0	0.44
146	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0.09	0	0.09	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
147	Tuvalu	-	-	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
148	Vanuatu	0	0.08	0	0.08	0	0.07	0	0.07	0	0.07
149	Cuba	0	0.04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Cephalopods Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, China had the largest listed cephalopods food supply at 1,006 thousand tonnes, followed by South Korea at 377 thousand tonnes and Vietnam at 307 thousand tonnes. South Korea had the highest per-capita food supply at 7.28 kilograms per person per year. Across 148 reporters with reported 2023 values, the listed total was 3,447 thousand tonnes. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measure of how much cephalopods people actually ate.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Food Balances food quantity (Element 5142, thousand tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 645, kg/capita/year) for Cephalopods from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten, because food available for human consumption is not the same as actual dietary intake. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero. The 2022 and 2023 quantity values are identical for every reporter with reported data in both years.

The reporter universe for this item contains 149 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Quantities of 1,000 thousand tonnes and above are shown as whole numbers; smaller quantities retain up to two decimals. FAO Food Balances primarily use official national statistics, with some data also estimated or imputed where applicable. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The listed total of 3,447 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 148 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.