Dry Cassava Consumption by Country

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts record dry cassava available for human consumption, in tonnes and in grams per person per day, from 2019 through 2023. The file covers 95 reporters; 90 of them carry a 2023 value, adding to a listed total of 4,025,520 tonnes. Tanzania holds nearly half the 2023 supply and tops the per-person list too — in a table where the two rankings largely agree.

Tanzania reported the largest 2023 supply at 1,859,236 tonnes and the highest per-capita figure at 76.46 grams per person per day.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Tanzania TZ	1.86M	76.46
2	Malawi MW	504.2K	65.45
3	Cambodia KH	349.76K	55
4	Angola AO	309.23K	23.05
5	Madagascar MG	227.5K	19.98
6	Sierra Leone SL	206.32K	66.81
7	Laos LA	133.98K	47.89
8	Ghana GH	61.89K	5.02
9	Indonesia ID	57.26K	0.56
10	India IN	54.49K	0.1
11	Mozambique MZ	51.63K	4.21
12	Venezuela VE	49.68K	4.81
13	Kenya KE	29.1K	1.44
14	Uganda UG	18.69K	1.05
15	Cameroon CM	14.14K	1.37
16	Rwanda RW	13.22K	2.6
17	Liberia LR	12.33K	6.15
18	Dominican Republic DO	10.35K	2.5
19	Philippines PH	8.73K	0.21
20	Canada CA	6.74K	0.47
21	Chile CL	5.79K	0.81
22	Comoros KM	5.68K	18.3
23	Honduras HN	4.18K	1.08
24	Fiji FJ	3.85K	11.41
25	Paraguay PY	3.58K	1.43
26	Mexico MX	3.21K	0.07
27	Peru PE	2.61K	0.21
28	El Salvador SV	2.6K	1.13
29	Australia AU	2.53K	0.26
30	Nicaragua NI	2.42K	0.97
31	New Zealand NZ	2.36K	1.25
32	United Arab Emirates AE	1.92K	0.49
33	Kuwait KW	1.35K	0.76
34	Malaysia MY	1.24K	0.1
35	Qatar QA	1.01K	0.93
36	Oman OM	788.55	0.43
37	Panama PA	470.5	0.29
38	Sri Lanka LK	340.34	0.04
39	Bahrain BH	317.32	0.55
40	Maldives MV	178.43	0.93
41	Bahamas BS	97.67	0.67
42	Tunisia TN	65.13	0.01
43	Kiribati KI	59.98	1.24
44	Uruguay UY	54.82	0.04
45	Tonga TO	46.87	1.23
46	Macau MO	46.03	0.18
47	Hong Kong HK	39.39	0.01
48	DR Congo CD	36.66	0
49	Cape Verde CV	33.01	0.17
50	Malta MT	25.53	0.13
51	Kazakhstan KZ	23.2	0
52	Trinidad and Tobago TT	20.8	0.04
53	Jamaica JM	18.06	0.02
54	Lebanon LB	13.1	0.01
55	Tuvalu TV	9.7	2.71
56	Nauru NR	9.3	2.15
57	Niger NE	8.64	0
58	Namibia NA	3.59	0
59	Marshall Islands MH	2.2	0.16
60	Botswana BW	2	0
61	Nepal NP	1.5	0
62	Estonia EE	1.18	0
63	Guyana GY	0.8	0
64	Morocco MA	0.79	0
65	Bulgaria BG	0.64	0
66	Azerbaijan AZ	0.63	0
67	Ukraine UA	0.38	0
68	Eswatini SZ	0.36	0
69	Barbados BB	0.27	0
70	Grenada GD	0.17	0
71	Jordan JO	0.11	0
72	Iraq IQ	0.1	0
73	Georgia GE	0.02	0
74	Afghanistan AF	0	0
75	Armenia AM	0	0
76	Belarus BY	0	0
77	Bolivia BO	0	0
78	Djibouti DJ	0	0
79	Ecuador EC	0	0
80	French Polynesia PF	0	0
81	Gambia GM	0	0
82	Guatemala GT	0	0
83	Haiti HT	0	0
84	Hungary HU	0	0
85	Iran IR	0	0
86	New Caledonia NC	0	0
87	North Macedonia MK	0	0
88	Saint Lucia LC	0	0
89	South Africa ZA	0	0
90	Zimbabwe ZW	0	0

When Both Rankings Agree

• The top seven by volume are the top seven per person, only reordered.
• Tanzania added 776,154 tonnes in five years — more than the entire net increase.
• Cambodia lost 497,128 tonnes, most of it in the latest year.
• Laos increased from a reported zero in 2019 to 133,980 tonnes, reaching seventh place.

The Same Seven Reporters Lead Both Rankings

Tanzania's 1,859,236 tonnes lead the 2023 table at 46.2 percent of the listed total, 3.69 times Malawi's 504,203 in second. Cambodia follows at 349,759 with Angola at 309,230; the top three hold 67.4 percent, the top five 80.7 percent and the top ten 93.5 percent. Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Laos, Ghana, Indonesia and India complete the ten. Per person, the same seven reporters that lead by volume — Tanzania, Malawi, Cambodia, Angola, Madagascar, Sierra Leone and Laos — occupy the first seven per-person places in a different order: Tanzania at 76.46 grams, Sierra Leone at 66.81, Malawi at 65.45, Cambodia at 55.0, Laos at 47.89, Angola at 23.05 and Madagascar at 19.98.

Tanzania Added 776,154 While Cambodia Lost 497,128

The common total moved from 3,360,057 tonnes to 4,025,463, up 665,406 tonnes or 19.8 percent across 84 reporters. Tanzania added 776,154 tonnes (up 71.7 percent), more than the entire net increase across common reporters; its increase was equivalent to 116.6 percent of the net gain because several other major reporters declined. Cambodia lost 497,128 (down 58.7 percent), offsetting 74.7 percent of it. Laos added 133,980 tonnes from a reported 2019 zero, with Angola adding 126,432 (up 69.2 percent), Sierra Leone 92,574 (up 81.4 percent) and Malawi 70,246 (up 16.2 percent); Rwanda fell 50,549 (down 79.3 percent) and Uganda 42,879 (down 69.6 percent). Four reporters left with 1 tonne between them; six entered with 57.

2022 to 2023: Down 5.4 Percent

The common total moved from 4,253,606 tonnes to 4,025,520, down 228,086 tonnes or 5.4 percent across 90 reporters, with none entering or leaving. Cambodia fell 453,003 tonnes (down 56.4 percent), while Tanzania added 277,301 (up 17.5 percent). Uganda fell 73,627 tonnes (down 79.8 percent) after spiking to 92,320 in 2022, with Rwanda down 39,529 (down 74.9 percent); Sierra Leone added 30,960 (up 17.7 percent) while Indonesia fell 30,469 (down 34.7 percent), Kenya added 17,183 (up 144.2 percent) and Malawi 12,313 (up 2.5 percent).

What Does Dry Cassava Cover?

The FAO item covers dried cassava — chips and dried roots — not fresh cassava, flour or tapioca, which have their own articles; the four 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.

Dry Cassava Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

Tanzania had the largest 2023 listed dry-cassava supply at 1,859,236 tonnes and the highest per-capita figure at 76.46 grams per person per day. The 2023 listed total was 4,025,520 tonnes across 90 reporters. On a common-reporter basis, the listed total increased 19.8 percent from 2019 to 2023. These figures record food available for human consumption, not amounts actually eaten.

Dry Cassava Consumption by Country

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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	Tanzania	1.08M	50.15	1.13M	50.62	1.03M	44.82	1.58M	66.97	1.86M	76.46
2	Malawi	433.96K	62.49	448.8K	62.95	472.41K	64.56	491.89K	65.52	504.2K	65.45
3	Cambodia	846.89K	140.78	853.71K	139.84	806.94K	130.24	802.76K	127.86	349.76K	55
4	Angola	182.8K	15.47	249.53K	20.44	271.44K	21.54	298.49K	22.95	309.23K	23.05
5	Madagascar	251.24K	24.39	249.39K	23.6	217.55K	20.07	226.85K	20.42	227.5K	19.98
6	Sierra Leone	113.75K	40.31	176.32K	61.05	185K	62.62	175.36K	58.05	206.32K	66.81
7	Laos	0	0	0	0	119.21K	43.82	123.34K	44.7	133.98K	47.89
8	Ghana	55.14K	4.83	55.11K	4.73	60.56K	5.1	61.18K	5.06	61.89K	5.02
9	Indonesia	49.52K	0.5	50.91K	0.51	48.45K	0.48	87.73K	0.86	57.26K	0.56
10	India	45.94K	0.09	56.6K	0.11	64.96K	0.13	56.74K	0.11	54.49K	0.1
11	Mozambique	56.55K	5.18	26.84K	2.39	40.37K	3.49	43.81K	3.68	51.63K	4.21
12	Venezuela	8.33K	0.79	28.78K	2.77	32.99K	3.2	49.36K	4.79	49.68K	4.81
13	Kenya	5.44K	0.29	0	0	86.42	0	11.91K	0.6	29.1K	1.44
14	Uganda	61.57K	3.92	37.5K	2.31	71.74K	4.28	92.32K	5.35	18.69K	1.05
15	Cameroon	12.6K	1.35	13.09K	1.37	13.4K	1.36	13.76K	1.36	14.14K	1.37
16	Rwanda	63.77K	13.68	71.16K	14.92	55.24K	11.33	52.75K	10.59	13.22K	2.6
17	Liberia	24.31K	13.21	16.67K	8.87	15.31K	7.97	12.99K	6.62	12.33K	6.15
18	Dominican Republic	9.88K	2.49	9.65K	2.4	9.9K	2.44	10.37K	2.53	10.35K	2.5
19	Philippines	11.41K	0.28	11.09K	0.27	8.58K	0.21	8.78K	0.21	8.73K	0.21
20	Canada	5.13K	0.37	6.32K	0.45	6.21K	0.44	5.97K	0.42	6.74K	0.47
21	Chile	2.08K	0.3	3.17K	0.45	5.25K	0.74	5.71K	0.8	5.79K	0.81
22	Comoros	0.5	0	5.4K	18.45	5.56K	18.62	5.61K	18.42	5.68K	18.3
23	Honduras	1.55K	0.43	1.95K	0.53	2.59K	0.69	3.67K	0.96	4.18K	1.08
24	Fiji	2.52K	7.55	2.39K	7.16	3.13K	9.37	3.38K	10.06	3.85K	11.41
25	Paraguay	3.58K	1.5	3.63K	1.51	3.48K	1.43	3.67K	1.49	3.58K	1.43
26	Mexico	3.7K	0.08	3.39K	0.07	2.34K	0.05	3.19K	0.07	3.21K	0.07
27	Peru	202.47	0.02	250.47	0.02	1.99K	0.16	2.16K	0.18	2.61K	0.21
28	El Salvador	4.01K	1.77	1.6K	0.7	2.71K	1.19	3.09K	1.35	2.6K	1.13
29	Australia	1.76K	0.19	2.19K	0.23	2.4K	0.25	2.25K	0.24	2.53K	0.26
30	Nicaragua	148.57	0.06	3.34K	1.39	1.5K	0.62	1.02K	0.41	2.42K	0.97
31	New Zealand	3.36K	1.85	1.83K	0.99	1.56K	0.84	1.5K	0.8	2.36K	1.25
32	United Arab Emirates	3.13K	0.91	3.66K	1.06	4.51K	1.26	1.9K	0.51	1.92K	0.49
33	Kuwait	155.23	0.1	156.19	0.1	160.97	0.1	765.14	0.46	1.35K	0.76
34	Malaysia	1.2K	0.1	1.68K	0.14	837.71	0.07	2.14K	0.17	1.24K	0.1
35	Qatar	693.14	0.68	901.53	0.88	994.14	0.97	726.88	0.69	1.01K	0.93
36	Oman	1.2K	0.72	837.18	0.51	1.12K	0.68	569.67	0.33	788.55	0.43
37	Panama	429.58	0.28	0	0	0	0	0	0	470.5	0.29
38	Sri Lanka	8.85	0	50.44	0.01	0	0	0	0	340.34	0.04
39	Bahrain	247.62	0.46	254.97	0.47	134.05	0.24	190	0.34	317.32	0.55
40	Maldives	94.06	0.53	33.88	0.18	184.5	0.98	198.47	1.04	178.43	0.93
41	Bahamas	4.28	0.03	3.12	0.02	3.31	0.02	72.78	0.5	97.67	0.67
42	Tunisia	0	0	6.61	0	0	0	0.72	0	65.13	0.01
43	Kiribati	31.34	0.69	11	0.24	38.77	0.83	46.1	0.97	59.98	1.24
44	Uruguay	20.24	0.02	24.08	0.02	48.12	0.04	44.36	0.04	54.82	0.04
45	Tonga	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.02	0.1	46.87	1.23
46	Macau	0	0	11.07	0.04	0	0	43.87	0.17	46.03	0.18
47	Hong Kong	8.08	0	31.88	0.01	11.3	0	11.99	0	39.39	0.01
48	DR Congo	5.51K	0.16	8.54K	0.24	213.73K	5.91	1.46K	0.04	36.66	0
49	Cape Verde	89.43	0.48	0	0	39.89	0.21	34.98	0.18	33.01	0.17
50	Malta	10.42	0.06	14.2	0.08	12.41	0.06	14.45	0.07	25.53	0.13
51	Kazakhstan	0	0	1.01	0	0.51	0	0.05	0	23.2	0
52	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	2.34	0	1.85	0	0.5	0	20.8	0.04
53	Jamaica	21.74	0.02	26.91	0.03	22.61	0.02	19.4	0.02	18.06	0.02
54	Lebanon	14.88	0.01	4.68	0	1.22	0	5.43	0	13.1	0.01
55	Tuvalu	7.44	1.93	11.33	2.98	7.2	1.94	7.98	2.19	9.7	2.71
56	Nauru	-	-	5.2	1.22	5	1.17	17	3.95	9.3	2.15
57	Niger	8.51	0	37.06	0	6.45	0	56.3	0.01	8.64	0
58	Namibia	8.51	0.01	2.24	0	5.01	0	2.89	0	3.59	0
59	Marshall Islands	0.54	0.03	1.31	0.08	1.64	0.11	0.25	0.02	2.2	0.16
60	Botswana	2.09	0	1.59	0	3.36	0	1.04	0	2	0
61	Nepal	0.2	0	0	0	0.12	0	0	0	1.5	0
62	Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	0	1.18	0
63	Guyana	2.06	0.01	0	0	0	0	0.27	0	0.8	0
64	Morocco	0.25	0	0.65	0	4.08	0	6.22	0	0.79	0
65	Bulgaria	-	-	0.02	0	0	0	0.18	0	0.64	0
66	Azerbaijan	0	0	0.01	0	0.19	0	0.84	0	0.63	0
67	Ukraine	4.68	0	4.38	0	7.69	0	0.59	0	0.38	0
68	Eswatini	1.44	0	0.62	0	0.72	0	0.09	0	0.36	0
69	Barbados	2.63	0.03	3.98	0.04	0.6	0.01	1.23	0.01	0.27	0
70	Grenada	-	-	0.14	0	0.23	0.01	0.15	0	0.17	0
71	Jordan	0.06	0	0.22	0	0.2	0	0.12	0	0.11	0
72	Iraq	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0
73	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.02	0
74	Afghanistan	-	-	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0
75	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0
76	Belarus	0.25	0	0.29	0	-	-	0	0	0	0
77	Bolivia	0	0	56	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	Djibouti	0.04	0	1.67	0	-	-	0	0	0	0
79	Ecuador	2.9K	0.46	0	0	500	0.08	221	0.03	0	0
80	French Polynesia	0.18	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0
81	Gambia	12.78	0.01	3.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	Guatemala	0	0	650	0.1	13.12	0	0	0	0	0
83	Haiti	0.55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
84	Hungary	3.32	0	0.56	0	0.07	0	0	0	0	0
85	Iran	0	0	3.43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
86	New Caledonia	0.53	0.01	1.62	0.02	2.3	0.02	0.58	0.01	0	0
87	North Macedonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.02	0	0	0
88	Saint Lucia	3.18	0.05	5.07	0.08	0.22	0	2.17	0.03	0	0
89	South Africa	0	0	193.37	0.01	79.19	0	1.51K	0.07	0	0
90	Zimbabwe	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	Serbia	0.77	0	0.41	0	0.14	0	-	-	-	-
92	Bhutan	-	-	-	-	0.12	0	-	-	-	-
93	Albania	0.04	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
94	Latvia	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	-	-	-	-
95	Lithuania	0.02	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-

Methodology

Ninety-five reporters form the universe: each held a value in at least one year from 2019 through 2023, and the tables show reporters only. World, regional and China (aggregate) rows sit outside the frame, with China standing for the China reporter. Percentages take the earlier endpoint year as base across reporters holding values at both ends; a zero base gives no percentage, and small bases call for a look at the base.

Both measures come from FAO Supply Utilization Accounts food supply quantity for dry cassava, element 5141 in tonnes for totals and element 665 in grams per capita per day, 2019 to 2023. Counted is availability for human consumption during the reference year, not intake. A zero cell is a reported zero; a blank cell is no report. The 2023 listed total of 4,025,520 tonnes sums the 90 reporters with a 2023 value, in tonnes as published. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, Cassava, dry, food supply quantity (tonnes; g/capita/day), 2019-2023. Compiled by StatsGeo.