Honey Consumption by Country

In 2023, China held 278 thousand tonnes of listed honey food supply out of a listed total of 1,746 thousand tonnes across 162 reporters. China's 278 thousand tonnes represented 15.9 percent of the listed total, with the United States only 27 thousand tonnes behind at 251. Sierra Leone recorded the highest per-capita figure at 5.57 kilograms per person per year. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values for individual years.

China leads at 278 thousand tonnes, 1.11 times the United States at 251. Per capita the order belongs to smaller reporters: Sierra Leone at 5.57 kilograms from 47 thousand tonnes, then Croatia at 2.60 and Greece at 2.25 kilograms. China records 0.20 kilograms per person.

Honey Food Supply at a Glance

• China had the largest listed honey food supply in 2023 at 278 thousand tonnes.
• The United States ranked second at 251 thousand tonnes, followed by Türkiye at 100 thousand tonnes.
• Sierra Leone had the highest per-capita food supply at 5.57 kilograms per person per year.
• The listed total was 1,746 thousand tonnes across 162 reporters with reported values.
• Among 162 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed honey food supply increased by 229 thousand tonnes, or 15.1 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 five-year change came from small bases, not the leaders. Ethiopia added 67 thousand tonnes (up 515.4 percent) and Sierra Leone 46 thousand tonnes from 1 thousand tonne, together nearly half of the 229-thousand-tonne net increase, while China fell 12 thousand tonnes. Mexico, Poland, Iran and Brazil added between 11 and 16 thousand tonnes each.

Between 2022 and 2023, listed supply across the 162 reporters with data in both years rose by 17 thousand tonnes, or 1.0 percent. Ethiopia, Canada and Brazil accounted for most of the largest increases, while Germany, New Zealand, Spain, Ukraine and France recorded notable declines. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of honey actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	China CN	278	0.2
2	United States US	251	0.73
3	Türkiye TR	100	1.14
4	Ethiopia ET	80	0.62
5	Germany DE	80	0.95
6	Iran IR	75	0.83
7	Russia RU	60	0.41
8	United Kingdom GB	52	0.76
9	Sierra Leone SL	47	5.57
10	France FR	44	0.66
11	Canada CA	39	1
12	Mexico MX	38	0.29
13	South Korea KR	30	0.57
14	Tanzania TZ	30	0.44
15	Italy IT	28	0.46
16	Spain ES	28	0.59
17	Poland PL	25	0.64
18	Brazil BR	24	0.11
19	Angola AO	23	0.61
20	Greece GR	23	2.25
21	Romania RO	22	1.16
22	Saudi Arabia SA	21	0.64
23	Kenya KE	17	0.3
24	Australia AU	15	0.55
25	Uzbekistan UZ	13	0.37
26	Netherlands NL	12	0.64
27	Taiwan TW	12	0.49
28	Austria AT	11	1.25
29	Portugal PT	11	1.04
30	Switzerland CH	11	1.25
31	Belgium BE	10	0.86
32	Croatia HR	10	2.6
33	Serbia RS	10	1.51
34	Morocco MA	9	0.24
35	Czech Republic CZ	8	0.7
36	Chile CL	7	0.34
37	Colombia CO	7	0.13
38	Sweden SE	7	0.71
39	United Arab Emirates AE	7	0.63
40	Algeria DZ	6	0.12
41	Ireland IE	6	1.16
42	Israel IL	6	0.62
43	Rwanda RW	6	0.4
44	Albania AL	5	1.91
45	Lithuania LT	5	1.8
46	Nepal NP	5	0.15
47	South Africa ZA	5	0.08
48	Azerbaijan AZ	4	0.38
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	4	1.41
50	Cameroon CM	4	0.16
51	Finland FI	4	0.79
52	Kazakhstan KZ	4	0.2
53	Madagascar MG	4	0.12
54	Senegal SN	4	0.2
55	Slovakia SK	4	0.71
56	Tajikistan TJ	4	0.43
57	Tunisia TN	4	0.35
58	Bulgaria BG	3	0.51
59	Denmark DK	3	0.51
60	Guatemala GT	3	0.17
61	Hong Kong HK	3	0.37
62	Kyrgyzstan KG	3	0.36
63	Malaysia MY	3	0.09
64	Myanmar MM	3	0.05
65	Norway NO	3	0.46
66	Syria SY	3	0.11
67	Thailand TH	3	0.05
68	Yemen YE	3	0.07
69	Armenia AM	2	0.67
70	Belarus BY	2	0.23
71	Georgia GE	2	0.46
72	Indonesia ID	2	0.01
73	Latvia LV	2	0.91
74	Libya LY	2	0.31
75	New Zealand NZ	2	0.38
76	North Macedonia MK	2	1.31
77	Oman OM	2	0.37
78	Paraguay PY	2	0.28
79	Peru PE	2	0.05
80	Qatar QA	2	0.57
81	Slovenia SI	2	1.18
82	Uruguay UY	2	0.51
83	Afghanistan AF	1	0.03
84	Bangladesh BD	1	0
85	Bolivia BO	1	0.06
86	Costa Rica CR	1	0.28
87	Cyprus CY	1	0.82
88	Dominican Republic DO	1	0.05
89	Ecuador EC	1	0.05
90	Egypt EG	1	0.01
91	El Salvador SV	1	0.21
92	Estonia EE	1	0.95
93	Guinea GN	1	0.07
94	Iraq IQ	1	0.02
95	Ivory Coast CI	1	0.02
96	Jamaica JM	1	0.25
97	Jordan JO	1	0.09
98	Kuwait KW	1	0.31
99	Lebanon LB	1	0.23
100	Moldova MD	1	0.34
101	Montenegro ME	1	1.14
102	Mozambique MZ	1	0.02
103	Nicaragua NI	1	0.11
104	Philippines PH	1	0.01
105	Timor-Leste TL	1	0.41
106	Turkmenistan TM	1	0.11
107	Ukraine UA	1	0.03
108	Venezuela VE	1	0.02
109	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	0.38
110	Argentina AR	0	0
111	Bahamas BS	0	0.67
112	Bahrain BH	0	0.27
113	Barbados BB	0	0.78
114	Belize BZ	0	0.13
115	Bhutan BT	0	0.1
116	Botswana BW	0	0.1
117	Burkina Faso BF	0	0.01
118	Cape Verde CV	0	0.07
119	Comoros KM	0	0
120	Congo CG	0	0.01
121	Djibouti DJ	0	0.07
122	Eswatini SZ	0	0.02
123	Fiji FJ	0	0.49
124	French Polynesia PF	0	0.41
125	Gabon GA	0	0.02
126	Gambia GM	0	0.01
127	Grenada GD	0	0.06
128	Guinea-Bissau GW	0	0.08
129	Guyana GY	0	0.11
130	Haiti HT	0	0.02
131	Honduras HN	0	0.03
132	Hungary HU	0	0.05
133	Iceland IS	0	0.4
134	India IN	0	0
135	Kiribati KI	0	0
136	Lesotho LS	0	0.02
137	Luxembourg LU	0	0.49
138	Macau MO	0	0.07
139	Maldives MV	0	0.48
140	Malta MT	0	0.39
141	Marshall Islands MH	0	0.16
142	Mauritania MR	0	0.03
143	Mauritius MU	0	0.26
144	Mongolia MN	0	0.08
145	Namibia NA	0	0.08
146	Nauru NR	0	0
147	New Caledonia NC	0	0.61
148	Pakistan PK	0	0
149	Panama PA	0	0.09
150	Papua New Guinea PG	0	0.02
151	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	0.03
152	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0	0.11
153	Samoa WS	0	0.75
154	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	0
155	Seychelles SC	0	0.71
156	Sri Lanka LK	0	0
157	Suriname SR	0	0.07
158	Tonga TO	0	0.1
159	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0	0.12
160	Tuvalu TV	0	0.5
161	Uganda UG	0	0
162	Vanuatu VU	0	0.01

Honey Consumption by Country in 2023

The 2023 table is led by China at 278 thousand tonnes, with the United States second at 251 and Türkiye third at 100. Ethiopia and Germany complete the top five at 80 thousand tonnes each.

China holds 15.9 percent of the 1,746-thousand-tonne listed total. The top three reporters accounted for 36.0 percent of the listed total, while the top five represented 45.2 percent and the top ten 61.1 percent. The 27-thousand-tonne gap between China and the United States was much narrower than the gap between the United States and Türkiye.

Honey Food Supply Rises 1.0 Percent Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 162 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 1,729 thousand tonnes to 1,746 thousand tonnes, a gain of 17 thousand tonnes (1.0 percent). The 2022 and 2023 listed totals come from the same 162 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. Ethiopia added 11 thousand tonnes (up 15.9 percent), Canada added 8 thousand tonnes (up 25.8 percent) and Brazil added 7 thousand tonnes (up 41.2 percent), while Germany fell 9 thousand tonnes (down 10.1 percent), New Zealand fell 8 thousand tonnes (down 80.0 percent), Spain fell 6 thousand tonnes (down 17.6 percent), Ukraine fell 6 thousand tonnes (down 85.7 percent) and France fell 5 thousand tonnes (down 10.2 percent).

Five-Year Honey Food Supply Rises 15.1 Percent Across 162 Reporters

For the 162 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 1,517 thousand tonnes to 1,746 thousand tonnes, a gain of 229 thousand tonnes (15.1 percent). The 2019 total includes 164 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 162; Cuba and the Solomon Islands, with a combined 2 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value. Ethiopia added 67 thousand tonnes (up 515.4 percent), Sierra Leone added 46 thousand tonnes from 1 thousand tonne, Mexico added 16 thousand tonnes (up 72.7 percent), Poland added 16 thousand tonnes (up 177.8 percent), Iran added 13 thousand tonnes (up 21.0 percent) and Brazil added 11 thousand tonnes (up 84.6 percent), while China fell 12 thousand tonnes (down 4.1 percent) and New Zealand fell 11 thousand tonnes (down 84.6 percent).

Ethiopia contributes 29.3 percent of the five-year net increase, followed by Sierra Leone at 20.1 percent. China's 12-thousand-tonne fall is small in absolute terms but notable as the only decline among the top three. Per capita, Sierra Leone's 5.57 kilograms from 47 thousand tonnes lead Croatia at 2.60 kilograms, while China, first by total, records 0.20 kilograms.

What Does the Honey Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the figure used here is the FAO item Honey 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 honey people actually ate. Other sweeteners 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	290	0.2	292	0.2	293	0.21	274	0.19	278	0.2
2	United States	250	0.74	253	0.75	267	0.78	250	0.73	251	0.73
3	Türkiye	94	1.11	96	1.11	82	0.94	95	1.1	100	1.14
4	Ethiopia	13	0.11	12	0.1	12	0.1	69	0.55	80	0.62
5	Germany	81	0.97	88	1.06	69	0.82	89	1.05	80	0.95
6	Iran	62	0.72	69	0.79	72	0.81	72	0.81	75	0.83
7	Russia	58	0.39	60	0.41	57	0.39	59	0.41	60	0.41
8	United Kingdom	53	0.79	48	0.71	46	0.67	52	0.76	52	0.76
9	Sierra Leone	1	0.08	1	0.06	1	0.07	47	5.62	47	5.57
10	France	43	0.66	54	0.82	39	0.59	49	0.75	44	0.66
11	Canada	33	0.87	33	0.87	38	1	31	0.8	39	1
12	Mexico	22	0.17	29	0.23	34	0.26	33	0.26	38	0.29
13	South Korea	29	0.56	29	0.56	29	0.56	29	0.57	30	0.57
14	Tanzania	28	0.47	29	0.48	29	0.47	30	0.46	30	0.44
15	Italy	18	0.31	28	0.47	25	0.42	30	0.5	28	0.46
16	Spain	33	0.7	29	0.6	33	0.7	34	0.71	28	0.59
17	Poland	9	0.25	14	0.38	20	0.53	25	0.64	25	0.64
18	Brazil	13	0.06	3	0.01	5	0.03	17	0.08	24	0.11
19	Angola	23	0.73	23	0.67	22	0.63	22	0.63	23	0.61
20	Greece	19	1.81	18	1.66	17	1.57	20	1.97	23	2.25
21	Romania	15	0.77	15	0.77	20	1.05	20	1.02	22	1.16
22	Saudi Arabia	17	0.55	21	0.69	17	0.56	21	0.66	21	0.64
23	Kenya	13	0.26	17	0.33	18	0.33	19	0.35	17	0.3
24	Australia	13	0.52	15	0.59	14	0.53	14	0.52	15	0.55
25	Uzbekistan	9	0.28	13	0.38	11	0.32	13	0.37	13	0.37
26	Netherlands	9	0.49	8	0.45	9	0.52	11	0.64	12	0.64
27	Taiwan	4	0.17	10	0.43	15	0.62	13	0.57	12	0.49
28	Austria	8	0.95	9	1.05	10	1.09	9	0.97	11	1.25
29	Portugal	8	0.76	8	0.79	10	0.98	11	1.06	11	1.04
30	Switzerland	10	1.15	13	1.49	9	1.04	12	1.42	11	1.25
31	Belgium	6	0.57	5	0.47	12	1.03	8	0.66	10	0.86
32	Croatia	9	2.25	8	1.94	8	2.04	10	2.6	10	2.6
33	Serbia	5	0.77	5	0.68	6	0.92	7	1.05	10	1.51
34	Morocco	8	0.22	9	0.25	8	0.22	8	0.22	9	0.24
35	Czech Republic	9	0.85	6	0.6	9	0.88	11	0.99	8	0.7
36	Chile	6	0.29	7	0.35	6	0.32	6	0.28	7	0.34
37	Colombia	2	0.05	4	0.07	5	0.09	7	0.14	7	0.13
38	Sweden	5	0.47	4	0.4	4	0.34	7	0.71	7	0.71
39	United Arab Emirates	6	0.6	8	0.8	9	0.95	10	0.93	7	0.63
40	Algeria	6	0.14	6	0.13	5	0.12	5	0.12	6	0.12
41	Ireland	3	0.65	4	0.82	4	0.82	6	1.1	6	1.16
42	Israel	5	0.54	5	0.62	6	0.63	6	0.67	6	0.62
43	Rwanda	6	0.47	7	0.5	7	0.49	6	0.46	6	0.4
44	Albania	4	1.36	4	1.53	5	1.61	5	1.82	5	1.91
45	Lithuania	3	1.13	3	1.09	4	1.45	4	1.31	5	1.8
46	Nepal	3	0.1	4	0.14	5	0.15	5	0.16	5	0.15
47	South Africa	3	0.05	4	0.07	7	0.11	8	0.13	5	0.08
48	Azerbaijan	5	0.49	6	0.55	6	0.56	6	0.61	4	0.38
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1.04	3	0.88	2	0.7	5	1.58	4	1.41
50	Cameroon	4	0.17	4	0.17	4	0.16	4	0.16	4	0.16
51	Finland	4	0.68	4	0.79	5	0.9	5	0.85	4	0.79
52	Kazakhstan	2	0.1	2	0.12	3	0.13	4	0.2	4	0.2
53	Madagascar	4	0.13	4	0.13	4	0.12	4	0.12	4	0.12
54	Senegal	3	0.21	4	0.22	4	0.21	3	0.2	4	0.2
55	Slovakia	5	0.99	5	0.93	4	0.65	4	0.68	4	0.71
56	Tajikistan	4	0.42	4	0.41	4	0.44	5	0.45	4	0.43
57	Tunisia	4	0.32	4	0.31	4	0.31	4	0.32	4	0.35
58	Bulgaria	0	0.04	0	0.01	3	0.44	3	0.45	3	0.51
59	Denmark	3	0.54	3	0.49	4	0.64	2	0.4	3	0.51
60	Guatemala	3	0.17	3	0.16	3	0.16	3	0.16	3	0.17
61	Hong Kong	2	0.32	2	0.28	3	0.35	3	0.4	3	0.37
62	Kyrgyzstan	2	0.27	2	0.29	2	0.28	3	0.38	3	0.36
63	Malaysia	3	0.09	3	0.09	4	0.12	4	0.12	3	0.09
64	Myanmar	2	0.04	0	0	1	0.02	2	0.03	3	0.05
65	Norway	2	0.39	2	0.4	2	0.38	2	0.42	3	0.46
66	Syria	3	0.12	3	0.13	2	0.11	3	0.11	3	0.11
67	Thailand	4	0.06	5	0.07	3	0.04	2	0.03	3	0.05
68	Yemen	2	0.06	3	0.07	1	0.02	2	0.06	3	0.07
69	Armenia	2	0.72	2	0.74	2	0.72	2	0.73	2	0.67
70	Belarus	3	0.29	2	0.24	2	0.25	2	0.21	2	0.23
71	Georgia	2	0.58	2	0.55	2	0.43	2	0.41	2	0.46
72	Indonesia	2	0.01	6	0.02	7	0.02	4	0.01	2	0.01
73	Latvia	2	0.84	1	0.73	1	0.78	2	0.88	2	0.91
74	Libya	1	0.19	1	0.17	2	0.23	2	0.29	2	0.31
75	New Zealand	13	2.61	14	2.68	7	1.43	10	2.04	2	0.38
76	North Macedonia	1	0.58	2	0.81	3	1.36	3	1.43	2	1.31
77	Oman	2	0.41	2	0.41	2	0.41	1	0.31	2	0.37
78	Paraguay	2	0.27	2	0.27	2	0.27	2	0.27	2	0.28
79	Peru	2	0.05	2	0.06	2	0.06	2	0.05	2	0.05
80	Qatar	2	0.57	2	0.57	2	0.58	2	0.6	2	0.57
81	Slovenia	2	1.05	2	0.95	2	0.88	3	1.46	2	1.18
82	Uruguay	1	0.18	0	0.06	1	0.39	0	0	2	0.51
83	Afghanistan	2	0.05	2	0.04	2	0.04	1	0.04	1	0.03
84	Bangladesh	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
85	Bolivia	1	0.05	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.06
86	Costa Rica	1	0.25	1	0.25	1	0.27	1	0.24	1	0.28
87	Cyprus	1	0.89	1	0.77	1	0.8	1	0.94	1	0.82
88	Dominican Republic	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.07	1	0.05
89	Ecuador	1	0.05	1	0.05	1	0.05	1	0.05	1	0.05
90	Egypt	2	0.02	1	0.01	2	0.01	1	0.01	1	0.01
91	El Salvador	1	0.16	1	0.17	1	0.12	1	0.17	1	0.21
92	Estonia	1	0.83	1	0.73	1	0.78	1	0.99	1	0.95
93	Guinea	1	0.08	1	0.07	1	0.07	1	0.07	1	0.07
94	Iraq	1	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01	1	0.02	1	0.02
95	Ivory Coast	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02
96	Jamaica	1	0.25	1	0.26	1	0.25	1	0.25	1	0.25
97	Jordan	1	0.11	1	0.11	1	0.11	1	0.09	1	0.09
98	Kuwait	1	0.27	1	0.32	2	0.39	1	0.31	1	0.31
99	Lebanon	2	0.29	1	0.23	1	0.25	1	0.21	1	0.23
100	Moldova	0	0	0	0.16	0	0.19	0	0.15	1	0.34
101	Montenegro	1	1.2	0	0.76	1	1.34	1	1.06	1	1.14
102	Mozambique	1	0.02	1	0.03	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02
103	Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0.11
104	Philippines	1	0.01	1	0.01	1	0.01	1	0.01	1	0.01
105	Timor-Leste	1	0.43	1	0.42	1	0.42	1	0.41	1	0.41
106	Turkmenistan	1	0.11	1	0.11	1	0.11	1	0.11	1	0.11
107	Ukraine	6	0.14	0	0	4	0.08	7	0.17	1	0.03
108	Venezuela	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02
109	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0.37	0	0	0	0.35	0	0.34	0	0.38
110	Argentina	2	0.05	1	0.01	1	0.03	0	0	0	0
111	Bahamas	0	0.23	0	0.4	0	0.33	0	0.75	0	0.67
112	Bahrain	0	0.32	1	0.37	1	0.41	0	0.31	0	0.27
113	Barbados	0	0.54	0	0.59	0	0.71	0	0.77	0	0.78
114	Belize	0	0.11	0	0.1	0	0.12	0	0.13	0	0.13
115	Bhutan	0	0.14	0	0.1	0	0.12	0	0.13	0	0.1
116	Botswana	0	0.04	0	0.11	0	0.13	0	0.09	0	0.1
117	Burkina Faso	1	0.05	1	0.05	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01
118	Cape Verde	0	0.09	0	0.09	0	0.04	0	0.08	0	0.07
119	Comoros	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
120	Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
121	Djibouti	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.07	0	0.07
122	Eswatini	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
123	Fiji	0	0.26	0	0.16	0	0.29	0	0.38	0	0.49
124	French Polynesia	0	0.4	0	0.42	0	0.41	0	0.4	0	0.41
125	Gabon	0	0.01	0	0.04	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.02
126	Gambia	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
127	Grenada	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0.06
128	Guinea-Bissau	0	0.07	0	0.07	0	0.08	0	0.08	0	0.08
129	Guyana	0	0.12	0	0.14	0	0.14	0	0.14	0	0.11
130	Haiti	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.02
131	Honduras	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.04	0	0.03
132	Hungary	0	0.04	1	0.06	0	0	0	0.05	0	0.05
133	Iceland	0	0.42	0	0.34	0	0.35	0	0.4	0	0.4
134	India	10	0.01	7	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
135	Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0
136	Lesotho	0	0.03	0	0.12	0	0.12	0	0.1	0	0.02
137	Luxembourg	0	0.6	0	0.64	0	0.42	0	0.45	0	0.49
138	Macau	0	0.1	0	0.07	0	0.08	0	0.06	0	0.07
139	Maldives	0	0.71	0	0.33	0	0.55	0	0.51	0	0.48
140	Malta	0	0.31	0	0.33	0	0.37	0	0.28	0	0.39
141	Marshall Islands	0	0.04	0	0.08	0	0.15	0	0.14	0	0.16
142	Mauritania	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.03
143	Mauritius	0	0.29	0	0.23	0	0.22	0	0.32	0	0.26
144	Mongolia	0	0.13	0	0.11	1	0.21	0	0.14	0	0.08
145	Namibia	0	0.05	0	0.1	1	0.25	0	0.06	0	0.08
146	Nauru	0	0.09	0	0.01	0	0.07	0	0	0	0
147	New Caledonia	0	0.46	0	0.53	0	0.74	0	0.61	0	0.61
148	Pakistan	3	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
149	Panama	1	0.14	1	0.13	1	0.13	0	0.09	0	0.09
150	Papua New Guinea	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.02
151	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.03
152	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0.06	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	0.11
153	Samoa	0	0.95	0	0.84	0	0.84	0	0.83	0	0.75
154	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
155	Seychelles	0	0.56	0	0.46	0	0.76	0	1	0	0.71
156	Sri Lanka	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0
157	Suriname	0	0.1	0	0.08	0	0.13	0	0.1	0	0.07
158	Tonga	0	0.06	0	0.1	0	0.1	0	0.1	0	0.1
159	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0.1	0	0.05	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.12
160	Tuvalu	0	0.39	0	0.41	0	0.45	0	0.49	0	0.5
161	Uganda	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
162	Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01
163	Cuba	2	0.18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
164	Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	-	-	-	-

Honey Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, China had the largest listed honey food supply among the 162 reporters with reported values, at 278 thousand tonnes. The United States ranked second at 251 thousand tonnes, while Türkiye ranked third at 100 thousand tonnes. Sierra Leone had the highest per-capita honey food supply at 5.57 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of honey 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 Honey 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 164 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 1,746 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 162 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.