Cream Consumption by Country

In 2023, Germany held 438 thousand tonnes of listed cream food supply, 12.8 percent of a 3,427-thousand-tonne total spread across 138 reporters. The top two reporters sit just 51 thousand tonnes apart. Belgium recorded the highest per-capita figure at 20.05 kilograms per person per year. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values for individual years.

Germany leads at 438 thousand tonnes, only 1.13 times France at 387. Per capita the order belongs to smaller European reporters: Belgium at 20.05 kilograms from 235 thousand tonnes, then Estonia at 17.40 and Finland at 10.73 kilograms. Neither volume leader cracks the per-capita top five.

Cream Food Supply at a Glance

• Germany had the largest listed cream food supply in 2023 at 438 thousand tonnes.
• France ranked second at 387 thousand tonnes, followed by Italy at 308 thousand tonnes.
• Belgium had the highest per-capita food supply at 20.05 kilograms per person per year.
• The listed total was 3,427 thousand tonnes across 138 reporters with reported values.
• Among 135 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed cream food supply decreased by 197 thousand tonnes, or 5.4 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 2023 distribution is relatively broad: Germany accounts for 12.8 percent, while the top five together remain just below half of the listed total. France, Germany and Belgium drove the five-year decline with a combined 259-thousand-tonne fall, while China added 103 thousand tonnes as the largest offset. Belgium pairs seventh place by total with the per-capita crown at 20.05 kilograms.

Between 2022 and 2023, listed supply across the 138 reporters with data in both years fell by 139 thousand tonnes, or 3.9 percent. Germany, Belgium, Russia and France accounted for most of the largest declines, while Poland, Denmark and Italy recorded notable gains. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of cream actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	Germany DE	438	5.18
2	France FR	387	5.83
3	Italy IT	308	5.17
4	Poland PL	288	7.43
5	China CN	264	0.19
6	Canada CA	249	6.32
7	Belgium BE	235	20.05
8	Russia RU	180	1.24
9	Saudi Arabia SA	102	3.08
10	Spain ES	74	1.54
11	Austria AT	68	7.5
12	Sweden SE	67	6.34
13	Finland FI	60	10.73
14	Czech Republic CZ	57	5.25
15	Slovakia SK	45	8.2
16	Greece GR	41	3.96
17	Denmark DK	40	6.66
18	Portugal PT	40	3.87
19	Kazakhstan KZ	36	1.75
20	South Korea KR	34	0.67
21	Croatia HR	32	8.24
22	Belarus BY	30	3.32
23	Norway NO	30	5.45
24	Kenya KE	28	0.51
25	Romania RO	26	1.33
26	Estonia EE	24	17.4
27	Iran IR	24	0.27
28	Latvia LV	20	10.64
29	Tunisia TN	14	1.15
30	Indonesia ID	13	0.05
31	Taiwan TW	13	0.56
32	Malaysia MY	11	0.32
33	Slovenia SI	11	5.06
34	Cambodia KH	8	0.46
35	Hungary HU	8	0.78
36	Moldova MD	8	3.07
37	Guatemala GT	7	0.39
38	Vietnam VN	7	0.07
39	Australia AU	6	0.23
40	Hong Kong HK	6	0.78
41	Türkiye TR	6	0.07
42	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	5	1.68
43	Argentina AR	4	0.08
44	Armenia AM	4	1.41
45	Brazil BR	4	0.02
46	Jordan JO	4	0.38
47	Lebanon LB	4	0.67
48	Venezuela VE	4	0.14
49	Botswana BW	3	1.17
50	Cyprus CY	3	2.29
51	Ecuador EC	3	0.18
52	Iceland IS	3	8.45
53	Iraq IQ	3	0.07
54	Kyrgyzstan KG	3	0.41
55	Libya LY	3	0.41
56	Pakistan PK	3	0.01
57	United Kingdom GB	3	0.04
58	Bulgaria BG	2	0.34
59	South Africa ZA	2	0.04
60	Albania AL	1	0.28
61	Barbados BB	1	1.85
62	Bolivia BO	1	0.06
63	Chile CL	1	0.07
64	Colombia CO	1	0.02
65	Egypt EG	1	0
66	French Polynesia PF	1	3.24
67	Georgia GE	1	0.36
68	Ivory Coast CI	1	0.02
69	Macau MO	1	0.86
70	Mauritius MU	1	0.57
71	Mozambique MZ	1	0.03
72	New Caledonia NC	1	3.58
73	Peru PE	1	0.02
74	Senegal SN	1	0.04
75	Serbia RS	1	0.15
76	Switzerland CH	1	0.12
77	Syria SY	1	0.02
78	United States US	1	0
79	Uzbekistan UZ	1	0.02
80	Yemen YE	1	0.01
81	Zimbabwe ZW	1	0.06
82	Afghanistan AF	0	0
83	Angola AO	0	0.01
84	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	1.25
85	Azerbaijan AZ	0	0.01
86	Belize BZ	0	0.04
87	Cameroon CM	0	0
88	Comoros KM	0	0.38
89	Congo CG	0	0.02
90	Djibouti DJ	0	0.01
91	El Salvador SV	0	0.01
92	Fiji FJ	0	0.38
93	Gabon GA	0	0.02
94	Gambia GM	0	0.01
95	Guinea GN	0	0
96	Guinea-Bissau GW	0	0.05
97	Haiti HT	0	0
98	Ireland IE	0	0.03
99	Jamaica JM	0	0.09
100	Laos LA	0	0.02
101	Lithuania LT	0	0
102	Luxembourg LU	0	0.32
103	Maldives MV	0	0.72
104	Malta MT	0	0.47
105	Marshall Islands MH	0	1.13
106	Mauritania MR	0	0.03
107	Mexico MX	0	0
108	Micronesia FM	0	0
109	Mongolia MN	0	0.08
110	Morocco MA	0	0
111	Nauru NR	0	0
112	Netherlands NL	0	0
113	New Zealand NZ	0	0
114	Nicaragua NI	0	0.07
115	Niger NE	0	0
116	North Macedonia MK	0	0.23
117	Oman OM	0	0
118	Panama PA	0	0.11
119	Papua New Guinea PG	0	0.01
120	Philippines PH	0	0
121	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	0.19
122	Saint Lucia LC	0	0.3
123	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0	0.07
124	Samoa WS	0	0.38
125	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	0.25
126	Seychelles SC	0	0
127	Solomon Islands SB	0	0.02
128	Sri Lanka LK	0	0.01
129	Suriname SR	0	0.01
130	Thailand TH	0	0
131	Timor-Leste TL	0	0.01
132	Tonga TO	0	0.57
133	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0	0.3
134	Uganda UG	0	0.01
135	Ukraine UA	0	0
136	United Arab Emirates AE	0	0
137	Uruguay UY	0	0.02
138	Vanuatu VU	0	0.21

Cream Consumption by Country in 2023

The 2023 table is led by Germany at 438 thousand tonnes, with France second at 387 and Italy third at 308. Poland and China complete the top five at 288 and 264 thousand tonnes, respectively.

Germany holds 12.8 percent of the 3,427-thousand-tonne listed total. The top three reporters accounted for 33.1 percent of the listed total, while the top five represented 49.2 percent and the top ten 73.7 percent. Canada and Belgium follow at 249 and 235 thousand tonnes, close behind fifth-placed China.

Germany Falls 52 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Declines 3.9 Percent Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 138 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply decreased from 3,566 thousand tonnes to 3,427 thousand tonnes, a decline of 139 thousand tonnes (3.9 percent). The 2022 and 2023 listed totals come from the same 138 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. Germany fell 52 thousand tonnes (down 10.6 percent), Belgium fell 49 thousand tonnes (down 17.3 percent), Russia fell 45 thousand tonnes (down 20.0 percent), France fell 32 thousand tonnes (down 7.6 percent) and Oman fell 15 thousand tonnes (down 100.0 percent), while Poland added 44 thousand tonnes (up 18.0 percent), Denmark added 17 thousand tonnes (up 73.9 percent) and Italy added 14 thousand tonnes (up 4.8 percent).

France Falls 109 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Declines 5.4 Percent Since 2019

For the 135 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply fell from 3,624 thousand tonnes to 3,427 thousand tonnes, a decline of 197 thousand tonnes (5.4 percent). The 2019 total includes 141 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 138; the Bahamas, Bahrain, Cuba, Grenada, Liberia and Montenegro, with a combined 12 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value, while Comoros, Laos and Micronesia entered with reported zeros. France fell 109 thousand tonnes (down 22.0 percent), Germany fell 82 thousand tonnes (down 15.8 percent), Belgium fell 68 thousand tonnes (down 22.4 percent), Sweden fell 40 thousand tonnes (down 37.4 percent), the Netherlands fell 29 thousand tonnes (down 100.0 percent) and Denmark fell 22 thousand tonnes (down 35.5 percent), while China added 103 thousand tonnes (up 64.0 percent) and Poland added 46 thousand tonnes (up 19.0 percent).

France contributes 55.3 percent of the five-year net decline, with China adding 52.3 percent back in the other direction. The Netherlands fell from 29 thousand tonnes to a reported zero. Per capita, Belgium's 20.05 kilograms from 235 thousand tonnes lead Estonia at 17.40 kilograms, while Germany, first by total, records 5.18 kilograms.

What Does the Cream Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the figure used here is the FAO item Cream 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 cream people actually ate. Butter, milk and other dairy 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	Germany	520	6.22	503	6.02	506	6.05	490	5.83	438	5.18
2	France	496	7.55	450	6.83	444	6.72	419	6.32	387	5.83
3	Italy	304	5.06	304	5.07	284	4.76	294	4.93	308	5.17
4	Poland	242	6.33	252	6.61	234	6.14	244	6.35	288	7.43
5	China	161	0.11	194	0.14	273	0.19	255	0.18	264	0.19
6	Canada	261	6.91	244	6.39	247	6.43	244	6.28	249	6.32
7	Belgium	303	26.38	215	18.64	199	17.16	284	24.37	235	20.05
8	Russia	199	1.36	220	1.51	204	1.4	225	1.55	180	1.24
9	Saudi Arabia	84	2.76	90	2.89	89	2.85	99	3.08	102	3.08
10	Spain	55	1.17	86	1.79	34	0.72	77	1.61	74	1.54
11	Austria	74	8.32	72	8.1	66	7.39	63	6.93	68	7.5
12	Sweden	107	10.42	84	8.13	72	6.88	63	6.05	67	6.34
13	Finland	58	10.42	57	10.37	59	10.63	58	10.47	60	10.73
14	Czech Republic	57	5.37	65	6.15	65	6.18	59	5.54	57	5.25
15	Slovakia	34	6.23	42	7.72	45	8.33	46	8.32	45	8.2
16	Greece	26	2.46	26	2.39	33	3.14	40	3.84	41	3.96
17	Denmark	62	10.69	75	12.83	33	5.7	23	3.96	40	6.66
18	Portugal	27	2.66	34	3.29	35	3.36	36	3.42	40	3.87
19	Kazakhstan	23	1.2	29	1.51	31	1.56	30	1.49	36	1.75
20	South Korea	28	0.53	30	0.59	35	0.67	44	0.85	34	0.67
21	Croatia	35	8.88	33	8.35	32	8.18	32	8.31	32	8.24
22	Belarus	25	2.61	25	2.63	25	2.68	28	3.1	30	3.32
23	Norway	36	6.81	35	6.53	35	6.49	33	6.13	30	5.45
24	Kenya	24	0.48	24	0.47	28	0.52	28	0.52	28	0.51
25	Romania	23	1.2	27	1.39	24	1.26	21	1.1	26	1.33
26	Estonia	28	21.43	28	21.07	26	19.69	27	19.74	24	17.4
27	Iran	9	0.1	18	0.2	27	0.31	18	0.2	24	0.27
28	Latvia	26	13.41	25	13.34	26	13.7	19	10.16	20	10.64
29	Tunisia	14	1.16	14	1.16	14	1.17	14	1.14	14	1.15
30	Indonesia	13	0.05	13	0.05	12	0.04	13	0.05	13	0.05
31	Taiwan	11	0.47	12	0.51	14	0.58	13	0.58	13	0.56
32	Malaysia	12	0.36	12	0.37	12	0.35	14	0.39	11	0.32
33	Slovenia	16	7.65	15	7.15	15	6.92	11	5.26	11	5.06
34	Cambodia	7	0.43	7	0.39	5	0.28	5	0.32	8	0.46
35	Hungary	12	1.22	17	1.78	12	1.19	8	0.88	8	0.78
36	Moldova	9	3.46	8	2.92	8	3.03	8	3.27	8	3.07
37	Guatemala	7	0.38	7	0.38	7	0.4	7	0.37	7	0.39
38	Vietnam	5	0.06	6	0.06	5	0.05	6	0.06	7	0.07
39	Australia	7	0.26	7	0.25	7	0.26	7	0.26	6	0.23
40	Hong Kong	8	1.02	6	0.85	7	0.98	6	0.76	6	0.78
41	Türkiye	3	0.04	6	0.07	6	0.07	5	0.06	6	0.07
42	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	1.53	4	1.28	5	1.42	5	1.58	5	1.68
43	Argentina	3	0.07	3	0.08	4	0.09	4	0.08	4	0.08
44	Armenia	0	0.04	1	0.22	2	0.62	9	3.2	4	1.41
45	Brazil	2	0.01	0	0	1	0.01	3	0.01	4	0.02
46	Jordan	1	0.12	1	0.09	1	0.1	1	0.05	4	0.38
47	Lebanon	5	0.88	3	0.45	3	0.45	3	0.52	4	0.67
48	Venezuela	2	0.08	3	0.11	4	0.13	4	0.14	4	0.14
49	Botswana	1	0.3	2	0.81	3	1.24	2	0.7	3	1.17
50	Cyprus	3	2.38	3	2.16	3	2.09	3	2.1	3	2.29
51	Ecuador	3	0.17	3	0.16	3	0.17	3	0.18	3	0.18
52	Iceland	3	8.86	3	8.63	3	8.34	3	8.27	3	8.45
53	Iraq	2	0.05	2	0.07	2	0.06	2	0.05	3	0.07
54	Kyrgyzstan	1	0.14	3	0.48	1	0.11	6	0.85	3	0.41
55	Libya	14	1.95	7	0.95	2	0.34	2	0.34	3	0.41
56	Pakistan	2	0.01	2	0.01	3	0.01	3	0.01	3	0.01
57	United Kingdom	8	0.12	5	0.07	13	0.19	11	0.16	3	0.04
58	Bulgaria	1	0.16	3	0.42	4	0.52	3	0.37	2	0.34
59	South Africa	2	0.04	2	0.04	2	0.04	2	0.04	2	0.04
60	Albania	1	0.2	0	0.14	0	0.01	1	0.25	1	0.28
61	Barbados	1	2.07	1	1.88	1	2.12	1	1.91	1	1.85
62	Bolivia	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03	1	0.06
63	Chile	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.07
64	Colombia	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02
65	Egypt	4	0.03	7	0.06	8	0.07	9	0.08	1	0
66	French Polynesia	1	4.16	2	5.45	2	6.36	2	5.9	1	3.24
67	Georgia	1	0.37	2	0.43	1	0.32	2	0.43	1	0.36
68	Ivory Coast	0	0.01	1	0.03	1	0.03	1	0.02	1	0.02
69	Macau	1	1.28	0	0.49	0	0.53	0	0.55	1	0.86
70	Mauritius	2	1.75	1	1.16	2	1.19	2	1.79	1	0.57
71	Mozambique	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	1	0.02	1	0.03
72	New Caledonia	1	2.59	1	3.41	1	3.54	1	3.23	1	3.58
73	Peru	0	0.01	1	0.03	0	0.01	0	0.01	1	0.02
74	Senegal	1	0.04	1	0.04	1	0.05	1	0.06	1	0.04
75	Serbia	1	0.17	1	0.16	1	0.16	1	0.15	1	0.15
76	Switzerland	1	0.12	1	0.12	1	0.12	1	0.12	1	0.12
77	Syria	0	0.02	0	0.01	1	0.03	1	0.03	1	0.02
78	United States	15	0.04	10	0.03	14	0.04	14	0.04	1	0
79	Uzbekistan	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	1	0.02
80	Yemen	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0.04	1	0.01
81	Zimbabwe	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.06
82	Afghanistan	0	0.01	6	0.14	0	0	0	0	0	0
83	Angola	3	0.1	3	0.08	2	0.05	3	0.08	0	0.01
84	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1.72	0	0.32	0	1.9	0	1.37	0	1.25
85	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01
86	Belize	0	0	1	2.18	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.04
87	Cameroon	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0
88	Comoros	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0.38
89	Congo	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.01	0	0.02
90	Djibouti	0	0.08	0	0.03	0	0.05	0	0	0	0.01
91	El Salvador	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
92	Fiji	4	4.83	4	4.36	5	5.09	1	1.33	0	0.38
93	Gabon	0	0.12	0	0.2	0	0.2	0	0.1	0	0.02
94	Gambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01
95	Guinea	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0
96	Guinea-Bissau	0	0.05	0	0.08	0	0.06	0	0.05	0	0.05
97	Haiti	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0
98	Ireland	12	2.48	10	1.92	0	0	11	2.08	0	0.03
99	Jamaica	0	0.11	0	0.06	0	0.09	0	0.11	0	0.09
100	Laos	-	-	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0.02
101	Lithuania	1	0.18	2	0.58	0	0	0	0.14	0	0
102	Luxembourg	17	27.8	1	1.51	1	1.49	1	1.99	0	0.32
103	Maldives	0	0.42	0	0.55	0	0.51	0	0.57	0	0.72
104	Malta	0	0.36	0	0.41	0	0.42	0	0.37	0	0.47
105	Marshall Islands	0	0.12	0	0.34	0	0.47	0	0.62	0	1.13
106	Mauritania	1	0.17	1	0.12	0	0.08	0	0.1	0	0.03
107	Mexico	1	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
108	Micronesia	-	-	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.03	0	0
109	Mongolia	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.08
110	Morocco	2	0.05	1	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0
111	Nauru	0	0.01	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
112	Netherlands	29	1.67	1	0.08	39	2.2	0	0	0	0
113	New Zealand	0	0.1	1	0.16	0	0.02	0	0.1	0	0
114	Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0.07	0	0.07
115	Niger	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0
116	North Macedonia	0	0.14	0	0.21	0	0.26	0	0.25	0	0.23
117	Oman	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.04	15	3.15	0	0
118	Panama	0	0.08	0	0.07	0	0.07	0	0.08	0	0.11
119	Papua New Guinea	0	0.02	0	0	5	0.48	5	0.47	0	0.01
120	Philippines	1	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
121	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0.5	0	0.43	0	0.21	0	0.07	0	0.19
122	Saint Lucia	0	0.51	0	0.27	0	0.25	0	0.13	0	0.3
123	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0.34	0	0.24	0	0.2	0	0.07	0	0.07
124	Samoa	2	11.83	3	12.5	2	10.29	0	0.46	0	0.38
125	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0.25	0	0.47	0	0.35	0	0.49	0	0.25
126	Seychelles	0	0	0	0.05	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
127	Solomon Islands	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
128	Sri Lanka	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
129	Suriname	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
130	Thailand	1	0.01	1	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
131	Timor-Leste	1	0.72	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0.01
132	Tonga	0	0.39	0	0.6	0	0.57	0	0.69	0	0.57
133	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0.33	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0.3
134	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
135	Ukraine	1	0.02	2	0.05	2	0.04	0	0.01	0	0
136	United Arab Emirates	5	0.55	17	1.8	0	0	0	0	0	0
137	Uruguay	1	0.17	4	1.14	3	0.93	1	0.2	0	0.02
138	Vanuatu	0	0.26	0	0.11	0	0.16	0	0.19	0	0.21
139	Bahrain	12	7.76	16	10.9	-	-	-	-	-	-
140	Bahamas	0	0.37	0	0.22	0	0.1	-	-	-	-
141	Cuba	0	0.01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
142	Grenada	0	0.47	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
143	Liberia	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.03	-	-	-	-
144	Montenegro	0	0.19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Cream Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, Germany had the largest listed cream food supply among the 138 reporters with reported values, at 438 thousand tonnes. France ranked second at 387 thousand tonnes, while Italy ranked third at 308 thousand tonnes. Belgium had the highest per-capita cream food supply at 20.05 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of cream actually eaten.

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 Cream 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, as food can be lost or wasted before it is consumed. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 144 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 3,427 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 138 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.