Fresh Cassava Consumption by Country

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts record fresh cassava available for human consumption, in tonnes and in grams per person per day, from 2019 through 2023. The file covers 79 reporters; 78 of them carry a 2023 value, adding to a listed total of 113,437,549 tonnes. DR Congo holds more than a third of the 2023 supply and tops the per-person ranking by far — in a table where almost every large reporter grew.

DR Congo reported the largest 2023 supply at 41,604,871 tonnes and the highest per-capita figure at 1,077 grams per person per day.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	DR Congo CD	41.6M	1.08K
2	Indonesia ID	13.85M	134.91
3	Nigeria NG	8M	96.18
4	Ghana GH	7.96M	645.06
5	Mozambique MZ	5.97M	486.31
6	Ivory Coast CI	5.29M	465.04
7	Angola AO	4.67M	348.4
8	Brazil BR	3.91M	50.79
9	Cameroon CM	3.19M	307.92
10	China CN	3.14M	6.04
11	Guinea GN	1.85M	351.85
12	Uganda UG	1.75M	98.39
13	Madagascar MG	1.3M	113.91
14	Peru PE	1.03M	83.64
15	Kenya KE	1.03M	51.08
16	Vietnam VN	814.31K	22.23
17	Tanzania TZ	793.47K	32.63
18	Colombia CO	767.4K	40.18
19	Cambodia KH	749.86K	117.91
20	Paraguay PY	681.26K	272.71
21	Congo CG	643.99K	285.36
22	Senegal SN	545.51K	82.67
23	Liberia LR	531.24K	264.96
24	Sierra Leone SL	446.91K	144.72
25	Niger NE	332.33K	34.8
26	Sri Lanka LK	316.5K	37.75
27	Philippines PH	255.35K	6.09
28	Zimbabwe ZW	231.24K	38.77
29	Malawi MW	203.18K	26.38
30	Rwanda RW	169.67K	33.31
31	Bolivia BO	167.18K	37.41
32	Venezuela VE	158.71K	15.36
33	Myanmar MM	148.37K	7.51
34	Papua New Guinea PG	139.12K	36.69
35	Dominican Republic DO	118.07K	28.55
36	Ecuador EC	112.76K	17.18
37	Gabon GA	87.3K	96.26
38	Nicaragua NI	61.37K	24.64
39	Argentina AR	58.32K	3.51
40	Guinea-Bissau GW	52.97K	67.4
41	Haiti HT	51.1K	12.03
42	Fiji FJ	37.11K	110.01
43	Comoros KM	34.57K	111.37
44	Malaysia MY	28.95K	2.26
45	El Salvador SV	24.88K	10.8
46	Honduras HN	18.19K	4.68
47	Panama PA	15.21K	9.34
48	Guyana GY	13.88K	46.02
49	Jamaica JM	13.38K	12.91
50	Burkina Faso BF	12.98K	1.54
51	Gambia GM	11.24K	11.41
52	Mexico MX	10.6K	0.22
53	Micronesia FM	8.01K	194.82
54	Vanuatu VU	5.36K	45.86
55	Suriname SR	4.99K	21.72
56	Solomon Islands SB	3.09K	10.58
57	French Polynesia PF	2.65K	25.84
58	Cape Verde CV	1.93K	10.11
59	Timor-Leste TL	1.84K	3.65
60	Costa Rica CR	1.64K	0.88
61	Guatemala GT	1.64K	0.25
62	Mauritius MU	1.34K	2.89
63	Sao Tome and Principe ST	1.16K	13.76
64	Trinidad and Tobago TT	1.12K	2.03
65	Saint Lucia LC	1.03K	15.77
66	Belize BZ	725.27	4.83
67	Bahamas BS	717.73	4.92
68	Barbados BB	447.01	4.34
69	Samoa WS	428.75	5.42
70	New Caledonia NC	355.77	3.36
71	Bhutan BT	214.34	0.75
72	Seychelles SC	182.14	3.9
73	Antigua and Barbuda AG	55.25	1.62
74	Maldives MV	5.08	0.03
75	Lesotho LS	0	0
76	Saudi Arabia SA	0	0
77	Tonga TO	0	0
78	Zambia ZM	0	0

Five Markers of a Cassava Table

• DR Congo holds 36.7 percent — 3.00 times Indonesia — with 1,077 grams per person.
• Growth is broad: six reporters added between 848,726 and 1,464,607 tonnes each.
• Zambia went from 2,921,484 tonnes to zero.
• The latest year added 4.2 percent, led by DR Congo, Mozambique and Indonesia.
• Cuba's 562,670 tonnes left; three small reporters entered.

DR Congo Holds 36.7 Percent and 1,077 Grams

DR Congo's 41,604,871 tonnes lead the 2023 table at 36.7 percent of the listed total, 3.00 times Indonesia's 13,846,600 in second. Nigeria follows at 8,000,000 with Ghana at 7,955,264; the top three hold 55.9 percent, the top five 68.2 percent and the top ten 86.0 percent. Mozambique, Ivory Coast, Angola, Brazil, Cameroon and China complete the ten. Per person, DR Congo also stands first at 1,077 grams a day, well ahead of Ghana's 645.06 in second, with Mozambique, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Paraguay and Liberia behind.

Almost Every Large Reporter Grew

The common total moved from 104,221,734 tonnes to 113,431,972, up 9,210,238 tonnes or 8.8 percent across 75 reporters. DR Congo added 4,850,883 tonnes (up 13.2 percent), 52.7 percent of the net increase, with Indonesia adding 1,464,607 (up 11.8 percent), Mozambique 1,277,502 (up 27.2 percent), Ghana 1,244,621 (up 18.5 percent), Ivory Coast 1,090,000 (up 26.0 percent), Angola 874,563 (up 23.0 percent) and Cameroon 848,726 (up 36.3 percent). Zambia moved the other way, falling 2,921,484 tonnes to zero, worth minus 31.7 percent of the net change; Uganda fell 698,728 (down 28.6 percent). Cuba's 562,670 tonnes left the comparison; Bhutan, Saudi Arabia and Vanuatu entered with 5,577 tonnes between them.

2022 to 2023: Up 4.2 Percent

The common total rose from 108,837,928 tonnes to 113,437,549, up 4,599,621 tonnes or 4.2 percent across 78 reporters, with none entering or leaving. DR Congo added 1,237,151 tonnes (up 3.1 percent), with Mozambique adding 885,853 (up 17.4 percent), Indonesia 722,200 (up 5.5 percent), Ivory Coast 690,000 (up 15.0 percent), Ghana 555,264 (up 7.5 percent) and Nigeria 500,000 (up 6.7 percent). Uganda fell 247,639 tonnes (down 12.4 percent) and Brazil 244,178 (down 5.9 percent).

What Does Fresh Cassava Cover?

The FAO item covers fresh cassava roots, not flour, tapioca or processed-product forms, which have separate articles; these series 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.

Fresh Cassava Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

DR Congo had the largest 2023 listed fresh-cassava supply at 41,604,871 tonnes and the highest per-capita figure at 1,077 grams per person per day. The 2023 listed total was 113,437,549 tonnes across 78 reporters, up 8.8 percent on a common-reporter basis since 2019. These figures record food available for human consumption, not amounts actually eaten.

Fresh 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	DR Congo	36.75M	1.08K	36.5M	1.04K	38.5M	1.06K	40.37M	1.08K	41.6M	1.08K
2	Indonesia	12.38M	124.49	12.64M	126.02	12.28M	121.54	13.12M	128.96	13.85M	134.91
3	Nigeria	7.54M	98.62	7.37M	94.33	7.27M	91.08	7.5M	92.08	8M	96.18
4	Ghana	6.71M	588.16	6.91M	593.89	7.1M	598.18	7.4M	611.6	7.96M	645.06
5	Mozambique	4.69M	430.23	4.73M	421.36	4.91M	424.29	5.08M	426.57	5.97M	486.31
6	Ivory Coast	4.2M	408.15	4.8M	454.8	5.2M	480.66	4.6M	414.63	5.29M	465.04
7	Angola	3.8M	321.47	3.79M	310.74	3.84M	304.75	4.45M	342.43	4.67M	348.4
8	Brazil	3.72M	49.17	3.84M	50.48	3.85M	50.4	4.16M	54.17	3.91M	50.79
9	Cameroon	2.34M	251.36	2.86M	298.56	2.92M	297.01	3.1M	307.02	3.19M	307.92
10	China	2.98M	5.73	3.02M	5.81	3.07M	5.9	3.16M	6.08	3.14M	6.04
11	Guinea	1.67M	351.54	1.7M	348.33	1.75M	349.7	1.8M	350.87	1.85M	351.85
12	Uganda	2.45M	155.86	1.91M	117.47	1.97M	117.85	2M	115.53	1.75M	98.39
13	Madagascar	1.5M	145.87	1.34M	126.84	1.26M	116.08	1.29M	116.4	1.3M	113.91
14	Peru	868.71K	73.35	931.48K	77.71	921.35K	76.13	912.47K	74.68	1.03M	83.64
15	Kenya	968K	51.8	871.11K	45.71	690.06K	35.52	1.01M	51.19	1.03M	51.08
16	Vietnam	797.79K	22.49	824.85K	23.04	828.43K	22.94	833.81K	22.92	814.31K	22.23
17	Tanzania	960.49K	44.47	738.87K	33.2	703.05K	30.66	810.59K	34.32	793.47K	32.63
18	Colombia	711.2K	39.04	747.12K	40.43	712.24K	38.12	738.65K	39.11	767.4K	40.18
19	Cambodia	727.26K	120.89	740.42K	121.28	731.96K	118.14	737.34K	117.44	749.86K	117.91
20	Paraguay	688.65K	289.59	691.38K	286.84	690.93K	283.2	689.9K	279.59	681.26K	272.71
21	Congo	624.44K	304.59	640.56K	305.06	638.7K	296.98	636.23K	288.83	643.99K	285.36
22	Senegal	500K	83.77	529.5K	86.41	525K	83.52	524.2K	81.36	545.51K	82.67
23	Liberia	480.27K	260.88	536.8K	285.6	533.26K	277.79	523.26K	266.8	531.24K	264.96
24	Sierra Leone	514.91K	182.45	506.5K	175.38	568.26K	192.33	490.76K	162.45	446.91K	144.72
25	Niger	365.43K	43.63	470.67K	54.37	266.19K	29.76	270.35K	29.26	332.33K	34.8
26	Sri Lanka	242K	29.58	280.4K	34.05	274.6K	33.14	268.2K	32.18	316.5K	37.75
27	Philippines	0.29	0	260.56K	6.37	255.66K	6.19	255.71K	6.15	255.35K	6.09
28	Zimbabwe	233.89K	41.96	242.54K	42.8	244.8K	42.46	231.61K	39.49	231.24K	38.77
29	Malawi	187.66K	27.02	192.13K	26.95	202.39K	27.66	203.28K	27.08	203.18K	26.38
30	Rwanda	149.05K	31.96	161.37K	33.84	166.45K	34.15	173.42K	34.81	169.67K	33.31
31	Bolivia	142.51K	33.45	140.47K	32.57	144.68K	33.21	144.64K	32.81	167.18K	37.41
32	Venezuela	196.21K	18.58	167.98K	16.18	181.63K	17.62	157.67K	15.31	158.71K	15.36
33	Myanmar	346.15K	18.02	351.19K	18.15	280.35K	14.39	214.59K	10.94	148.37K	7.51
34	Papua New Guinea	132.93K	37.9	134.3K	37.49	136.76K	37.42	138.33K	37.14	139.12K	36.69
35	Dominican Republic	117.79K	29.62	117.59K	29.27	116.9K	28.79	118.35K	28.87	118.07K	28.55
36	Ecuador	55.73K	8.81	63.36K	9.89	87.03K	13.48	141.69K	21.78	112.76K	17.18
37	Gabon	83.62K	101.03	85.5K	100.86	85.82K	98.93	86.67K	97.69	87.3K	96.26
38	Nicaragua	61.42K	25.95	51.35K	21.43	53K	21.85	54.68K	22.26	61.37K	24.64
39	Argentina	56.25K	3.43	57.11K	3.46	57.21K	3.46	57.9K	3.49	58.32K	3.51
40	Guinea-Bissau	41.65K	58	50.28K	68.42	45.7K	60.81	50.1K	65.19	52.97K	67.4
41	Haiti	46.54K	11.48	57.1K	13.91	47.08K	11.34	50.82K	12.1	51.1K	12.03
42	Fiji	25.95K	77.71	25.15K	75.31	30.17K	90.17	32.57K	97.05	37.11K	110.01
43	Comoros	60.78K	211.69	33.57K	114.64	34.06K	114.04	34.55K	113.46	34.57K	111.37
44	Malaysia	32.21K	2.64	28.7K	2.32	23.87K	1.91	32.47K	2.56	28.95K	2.26
45	El Salvador	19.11K	8.41	19.71K	8.66	36.98K	16.2	29.01K	12.65	24.88K	10.8
46	Honduras	18.7K	5.15	18.64K	5.05	18.57K	4.94	18.2K	4.76	18.19K	4.68
47	Panama	11.46K	7.41	10.49K	6.69	21.34K	13.46	17.69K	11.01	15.21K	9.34
48	Guyana	12.5K	42.41	13.42K	45.53	12.91K	43.38	13.44K	44.81	13.88K	46.02
49	Jamaica	6.85K	6.65	22.28K	21.57	21.67K	20.92	18.37K	17.72	13.38K	12.91
50	Burkina Faso	13K	1.7	13K	1.66	13.07K	1.63	13.48K	1.64	12.98K	1.54
51	Gambia	10.92K	12.17	10.92K	11.89	11.09K	11.8	11.27K	11.71	11.24K	11.41
52	Mexico	12.01K	0.26	11.78K	0.25	11.82K	0.25	10.48K	0.22	10.6K	0.22
53	Micronesia	8.48K	210.59	8.51K	210.2	8.38K	205.58	8.07K	197.31	8.01K	194.82
54	Vanuatu	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.76K	59.12	5.36K	45.86
55	Suriname	6.1K	27.59	4.74K	21.21	4.45K	19.73	4.22K	18.54	4.99K	21.72
56	Solomon Islands	2.98K	11.22	2.97K	10.94	3.09K	11.09	3.06K	10.74	3.09K	10.58
57	French Polynesia	2.58K	25.37	2.61K	25.57	2.61K	25.55	2.54K	24.78	2.65K	25.84
58	Cape Verde	2.28K	12.13	2.33K	12.38	2.29K	12.13	2.19K	11.57	1.93K	10.11
59	Timor-Leste	2.09K	4.4	2.07K	4.28	1.77K	3.59	1.79K	3.59	1.84K	3.65
60	Costa Rica	1.75K	0.96	1.71K	0.93	1.73K	0.94	1.78K	0.96	1.64K	0.88
61	Guatemala	2.58K	0.41	341	0.05	2.44K	0.38	2.02K	0.31	1.64K	0.25
62	Mauritius	715	1.52	612	1.31	1.17K	2.51	1.31K	2.81	1.34K	2.89
63	Sao Tome and Principe	1.14K	14.65	1.15K	14.51	1.09K	13.48	1.17K	14.13	1.16K	13.76
64	Trinidad and Tobago	1.14K	2.11	3.49K	6.46	3.14K	5.79	756.52	1.39	1.12K	2.03
65	Saint Lucia	924.9	14.26	1.04K	16.03	969.57	14.88	1.02K	15.68	1.03K	15.77
66	Belize	571.62	4.06	663.69	4.65	597.24	4.14	779.34	5.3	725.27	4.83
67	Bahamas	705.07	4.89	699.5	4.84	689.36	4.76	692.37	4.77	717.73	4.92
68	Barbados	407.24	3.97	792	7.7	633.94	6.16	560	5.43	447.01	4.34
69	Samoa	399.92	5.22	405.49	5.24	418.85	5.37	427.06	5.44	428.75	5.42
70	New Caledonia	416.84	4.03	406.45	3.92	413.44	3.97	405.99	3.87	355.77	3.36
71	Bhutan	-	-	-	-	487.14	1.72	222.14	0.78	214.34	0.75
72	Seychelles	174.2	4.06	196.5	4.48	195.02	4.34	181.54	3.96	182.14	3.9
73	Antigua and Barbuda	83.79	2.51	47.9	1.43	46.28	1.37	125.43	3.7	55.25	1.62
74	Maldives	4.99	0.03	5.28	0.03	5.7	0.03	5.27	0.03	5.08	0.03
75	Lesotho	1.47	0	0.1	0	0.04	0	0.02	0	0	0
76	Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.04	0	0	0
77	Tonga	214.29	5.56	428.57	11.11	0	0	153.99	4.02	0	0
78	Zambia	2.92M	432.33	2.83M	406.58	2.73M	381.98	0	0	0	0
79	Cuba	562.67K	137.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Methodology

Seventy-nine reporters form the universe here: every reporter with a value in any year from 2019 through 2023, tables showing reporters only. World, regional and China (aggregate) rows are out of scope, and China means the China reporter. Percentages use the earlier of the two endpoint years as base across reporters present in both; zero-base years get no percentage, and small-base percentages should be read with the base in mind.

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts food supply quantity, element 5141 in tonnes for totals and element 665 in grams per capita per day, tracks fresh cassava over 2019-2023. The measure counts availability for human consumption in the reference year rather than intake. Zero is a reported zero, blank is no report. The 2023 listed total of 113,437,549 tonnes sums the 78 reporters with a 2023 value, in tonnes as published. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, Cassava, fresh, food supply quantity (tonnes; g/capita/day), 2019-2023. Compiled by StatsGeo.