Infant Food Consumption by Country

In 2023, China held 213 thousand tonnes of listed infant-food supply, 23.6 percent of a 901-thousand-tonne total spread across 152 reporters, and China is also the reason the total shrank.

Its 113-thousand-tonne five-year fall exceeds the entire net decline, while Venezuela surged from 3 to 72 thousand tonnes over the same period. Macau recorded the highest per-capita figure at 3.01 kilograms per person per year. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values for individual years.

The top of the table is a study in opposites: China at 213 thousand tonnes against Venezuela at 72, one shrinking fast, the other exploding from 3. Per capita the order flips to small places, with Macau at 3.01 kilograms from 2 thousand tonnes and Venezuela second at 2.55.

Infant Food Supply at a Glance

• China had the largest listed infant-food supply in 2023 at 213 thousand tonnes.
• Venezuela ranked second at 72 thousand tonnes, followed by Malaysia at 70 thousand tonnes.
• Macau had the highest per-capita food supply at 3.01 kilograms per person per year.
• The 2023 listed total was 901 thousand tonnes across 152 reporters with reported values.
• Among 152 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed infant-food supply decreased by 69 thousand tonnes, or 7.1 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

Strip out the two outliers and almost nothing happened here. China fell 113 thousand tonnes while Venezuela added 69, and the rest of the 152 reporters netted to nearly zero. That is the whole five-year story in one line: a giant shrinking, a small one exploding, and a flat field around them.

The per-capita ranking belongs to a different universe, led by Macau at 3.01 kilograms from 2 thousand tonnes. Nothing else in the table behaves like Venezuela, whose listed supply rose from just 3 thousand tonnes in 2019 to 72 thousand tonnes in 2023, a 2,300.0 percent increase. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of infant food actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	China CN	213	0.15
2	Venezuela VE	72	2.55
3	Malaysia MY	70	2
4	Saudi Arabia SA	55	1.64
5	Italy IT	41	0.69
6	United Kingdom GB	27	0.4
7	Canada CA	25	0.63
8	Iraq IQ	25	0.65
9	Algeria DZ	24	0.52
10	Türkiye TR	18	0.2
11	Dominican Republic DO	16	1.38
12	Vietnam VN	15	0.15
13	Greece GR	13	1.26
14	Russia RU	13	0.09
15	Taiwan TW	10	0.42
16	Egypt EG	9	0.08
17	Uzbekistan UZ	9	0.26
18	Colombia CO	8	0.15
19	Kazakhstan KZ	8	0.38
20	Libya LY	8	1.11
21	Nigeria NG	8	0.03
22	Yemen YE	8	0.21
23	Cameroon CM	6	0.23
24	Guatemala GT	6	0.31
25	Morocco MA	6	0.16
26	Nicaragua NI	6	0.94
27	Bangladesh BD	5	0.03
28	Cambodia KH	5	0.3
29	Honduras HN	5	0.51
30	Ivory Coast CI	5	0.17
31	Kenya KE	5	0.08
32	Mozambique MZ	5	0.14
33	Pakistan PK	5	0.02
34	Peru PE	5	0.16
35	Bolivia BO	4	0.29
36	Ecuador EC	4	0.22
37	Finland FI	4	0.76
38	Israel IL	4	0.43
39	Jordan JO	4	0.36
40	Kuwait KW	4	0.75
41	Senegal SN	4	0.19
42	Angola AO	3	0.08
43	Azerbaijan AZ	3	0.27
44	Czech Republic CZ	3	0.25
45	El Salvador SV	3	0.5
46	Gabon GA	3	1.12
47	Lebanon LB	3	0.52
48	Myanmar MM	3	0.05
49	Panama PA	3	0.72
50	Romania RO	3	0.15
51	Sweden SE	3	0.29
52	Syria SY	3	0.11
53	Ukraine UA	3	0.09
54	United Arab Emirates AE	3	0.31
55	United States US	3	0.01
56	Afghanistan AF	2	0.05
57	Bulgaria BG	2	0.26
58	Congo CG	2	0.29
59	DR Congo CD	2	0.02
60	Ethiopia ET	2	0.01
61	Guinea GN	2	0.16
62	Jamaica JM	2	0.65
63	Laos LA	2	0.27
64	Macau MO	2	3.01
65	Norway NO	2	0.33
66	Oman OM	2	0.4
67	Qatar QA	2	0.58
68	Sierra Leone SL	2	0.22
69	Slovakia SK	2	0.38
70	Sri Lanka LK	2	0.07
71	Suriname SR	2	2.48
72	Tajikistan TJ	2	0.22
73	Tunisia TN	2	0.13
74	Albania AL	1	0.2
75	Armenia AM	1	0.22
76	Bahrain BH	1	0.54
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	1	0.37
78	Botswana BW	1	0.4
79	Burkina Faso BF	1	0.04
80	Cape Verde CV	1	1.32
81	Costa Rica CR	1	0.24
82	Cyprus CY	1	0.78
83	Djibouti DJ	1	0.71
84	Gambia GM	1	0.47
85	Georgia GE	1	0.29
86	Guyana GY	1	0.78
87	Haiti HT	1	0.09
88	Hong Kong HK	1	0.1
89	Hungary HU	1	0.09
90	Kyrgyzstan KG	1	0.18
91	Latvia LV	1	0.45
92	Liberia LR	1	0.26
93	Lithuania LT	1	0.26
94	Luxembourg LU	1	0.91
95	Madagascar MG	1	0.03
96	Mauritania MR	1	0.18
97	Mauritius MU	1	0.96
98	Moldova MD	1	0.29
99	Namibia NA	1	0.5
100	Nepal NP	1	0.03
101	Niger NE	1	0.02
102	North Macedonia MK	1	0.31
103	Papua New Guinea PG	1	0.06
104	Paraguay PY	1	0.1
105	Philippines PH	1	0.01
106	Trinidad and Tobago TT	1	0.6
107	Uganda UG	1	0.01
108	Uruguay UY	1	0.18
109	Zambia ZM	1	0.06
110	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	0.71
111	Australia AU	0	0
112	Austria AT	0	0.04
113	Bahamas BS	0	0.27
114	Barbados BB	0	0.43
115	Belize BZ	0	0.51
116	Bhutan BT	0	0.08
117	Brazil BR	0	0
118	Comoros KM	0	0.25
119	Eswatini SZ	0	0.18
120	Fiji FJ	0	0.01
121	French Polynesia PF	0	1.76
122	Grenada GD	0	0.97
123	Guinea-Bissau GW	0	0.11
124	Iceland IS	0	0.32
125	Indonesia ID	0	0
126	Kiribati KI	0	0.25
127	Lesotho LS	0	0.12
128	Malawi MW	0	0.02
129	Maldives MV	0	0.15
130	Malta MT	0	0.31
131	Marshall Islands MH	0	0.04
132	Mongolia MN	0	0.13
133	Montenegro ME	0	0.42
134	Nauru NR	0	0.18
135	New Caledonia NC	0	1.54
136	Rwanda RW	0	0
137	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	0.06
138	Saint Lucia LC	0	0.06
139	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0	0.07
140	Samoa WS	0	0.33
141	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	0.11
142	Serbia RS	0	0
143	Seychelles SC	0	0.61
144	Slovenia SI	0	0.16
145	Solomon Islands SB	0	0
146	Tanzania TZ	0	0
147	Thailand TH	0	0
148	Timor-Leste TL	0	0.04
149	Tonga TO	0	0.06
150	Turkmenistan TM	0	0.01
151	Vanuatu VU	0	0.02
152	Zimbabwe ZW	0	0.03

Infant Food Consumption by Country in 2023

China alone accounts for nearly one-quarter of the listed total, while Venezuela contributes about one-twelfth. Together they hold nearly one-third of the 901-thousand-tonne listed total, with Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Italy rounding out a top five that stops at 41 thousand tonnes. Below that the table dissolves into single digits: most of the 152 reporters record less than 10 thousand tonnes.

Venezuela is the only top-five reporter that sat outside the top fifty in 2019, climbing from 3 thousand tonnes (rank 54) to 72 in 2023. The concentration figures underneath, 39.4 percent for the top three and 63.3 for the top ten, describe China plus a long tail more than a competitive field.

A 16-Thousand-Tonne Year in a 901-Thousand-Tonne Table

Among the 152 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, listed supply slipped from 917 thousand tonnes to 901 thousand tonnes. China's 40-thousand-tonne fall and Venezuela's 24-thousand-tonne fall did most of the damage, while Saudi Arabia's 27-thousand-tonne gain led a thin counterweight of the Dominican Republic, Algeria and Russia. Belgium and Tuvalu, with a combined 2 thousand tonnes in 2022, had no reported 2023 value.

Minus 69 in Five Years: China Down, Venezuela Up

For the 152 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply fell from 970 thousand tonnes to 901 thousand tonnes, a decline of 69 thousand tonnes (7.1 percent). The 2019 total includes 153 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 152; Cuba, with a reported zero in 2019, had no reported 2023 value.

Read the decliners first. China fell 113 thousand tonnes (down 34.7 percent), the United Kingdom fell 26 (down 49.1 percent), Vietnam fell 16 (down 51.6 percent) and Pakistan fell 9 (down 64.3 percent). Then the offsets: Venezuela added 69 thousand tonnes from 3 (up 2,300.0 percent), Saudi Arabia added 16 (up 41.0 percent), and Malaysia and Uzbekistan added 8 each (up 12.9 and 800.0 percent). China's fall alone equals 163.8 percent of the 69-thousand-tonne net decrease.

Per capita, Macau's 3.01 kilograms from 2 thousand tonnes lead Venezuela at 2.55 kilograms, while China, first by total, records 0.15 kilograms.

What Does Infant Food Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the figure used here is the FAO item Infant food 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 infant food actually eaten. Other prepared foods 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.

Infant Food Consumption by Country

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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	326	0.23	330	0.23	193	0.14	253	0.18	213	0.15
2	Venezuela	3	0.09	10	0.34	57	2.03	96	3.39	72	2.55
3	Malaysia	62	1.84	70	2.06	68	1.98	72	2.07	70	2
4	Saudi Arabia	39	1.3	40	1.3	38	1.21	28	0.89	55	1.64
5	Italy	34	0.56	28	0.46	39	0.66	38	0.64	41	0.69
6	United Kingdom	53	0.78	64	0.95	63	0.94	34	0.5	27	0.4
7	Canada	22	0.58	25	0.66	23	0.59	25	0.63	25	0.63
8	Iraq	24	0.69	25	0.7	23	0.62	20	0.53	25	0.65
9	Algeria	22	0.52	22	0.51	15	0.34	16	0.34	24	0.52
10	Türkiye	12	0.14	12	0.14	17	0.19	15	0.17	18	0.2
11	Dominican Republic	16	1.47	19	1.72	15	1.38	3	0.3	16	1.38
12	Vietnam	31	0.32	23	0.23	21	0.22	19	0.19	15	0.15
13	Greece	11	1.03	11	1.03	9	0.89	12	1.14	13	1.26
14	Russia	19	0.13	8	0.06	0	0	5	0.03	13	0.09
15	Taiwan	8	0.35	10	0.4	9	0.39	9	0.39	10	0.42
16	Egypt	16	0.15	17	0.16	16	0.14	25	0.22	9	0.08
17	Uzbekistan	1	0.04	7	0.22	4	0.12	5	0.13	9	0.26
18	Colombia	7	0.15	9	0.18	11	0.21	9	0.18	8	0.15
19	Kazakhstan	5	0.26	5	0.28	6	0.32	8	0.38	8	0.38
20	Libya	8	1.15	6	0.86	9	1.28	9	1.24	8	1.11
21	Nigeria	7	0.03	6	0.03	6	0.03	6	0.03	8	0.03
22	Yemen	4	0.11	7	0.18	8	0.22	7	0.18	8	0.21
23	Cameroon	3	0.12	4	0.14	5	0.2	3	0.12	6	0.23
24	Guatemala	6	0.36	8	0.44	7	0.37	6	0.34	6	0.31
25	Morocco	5	0.13	6	0.16	5	0.14	4	0.12	6	0.16
26	Nicaragua	8	1.27	8	1.21	5	0.78	7	1	6	0.94
27	Bangladesh	7	0.04	6	0.04	9	0.05	4	0.02	5	0.03
28	Cambodia	7	0.43	9	0.55	8	0.48	5	0.3	5	0.3
29	Honduras	2	0.2	3	0.26	2	0.15	7	0.67	5	0.51
30	Ivory Coast	4	0.14	6	0.22	6	0.2	5	0.17	5	0.17
31	Kenya	0	0	6	0.11	1	0.03	5	0.09	5	0.08
32	Mozambique	3	0.09	4	0.14	2	0.07	4	0.14	5	0.14
33	Pakistan	14	0.06	11	0.04	10	0.04	11	0.04	5	0.02
34	Peru	7	0.22	6	0.2	7	0.21	6	0.17	5	0.16
35	Bolivia	4	0.32	5	0.43	3	0.29	4	0.37	4	0.29
36	Ecuador	6	0.35	6	0.33	6	0.31	5	0.29	4	0.22
37	Finland	4	0.8	4	0.75	4	0.78	4	0.77	4	0.76
38	Israel	6	0.67	6	0.64	5	0.55	5	0.51	4	0.43
39	Jordan	5	0.43	6	0.52	5	0.46	4	0.38	4	0.36
40	Kuwait	6	1.26	5	1.12	4	0.88	5	1.05	4	0.75
41	Senegal	1	0.08	2	0.12	2	0.13	3	0.16	4	0.19
42	Angola	5	0.14	3	0.08	20	0.57	6	0.16	3	0.08
43	Azerbaijan	2	0.24	3	0.25	2	0.22	2	0.23	3	0.27
44	Czech Republic	6	0.56	6	0.57	5	0.48	4	0.42	3	0.25
45	El Salvador	4	0.56	4	0.65	4	0.62	3	0.56	3	0.5
46	Gabon	2	0.92	2	0.89	3	1.08	2	0.98	3	1.12
47	Lebanon	7	1.17	7	1.27	4	0.75	4	0.68	3	0.52
48	Myanmar	1	0.03	2	0.04	3	0.06	2	0.04	3	0.05
49	Panama	5	1.14	4	0.9	4	0.9	3	0.78	3	0.72
50	Romania	3	0.16	3	0.16	3	0.16	3	0.16	3	0.15
51	Sweden	3	0.33	2	0.23	1	0.11	2	0.21	3	0.29
52	Syria	3	0.16	3	0.14	1	0.03	1	0.04	3	0.11
53	Ukraine	6	0.14	6	0.12	5	0.11	3	0.08	3	0.09
54	United Arab Emirates	5	0.53	4	0.43	7	0.71	4	0.41	3	0.31
55	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.01
56	Afghanistan	2	0.06	2	0.06	2	0.04	1	0.03	2	0.05
57	Bulgaria	1	0.15	1	0.16	2	0.24	2	0.23	2	0.26
58	Congo	2	0.33	2	0.27	2	0.31	1	0.21	2	0.29
59	DR Congo	1	0.01	1	0.01	1	0.01	2	0.02	2	0.02
60	Ethiopia	1	0.01	3	0.03	1	0.01	2	0.01	2	0.01
61	Guinea	3	0.2	1	0.1	2	0.17	1	0.09	2	0.16
62	Jamaica	2	0.68	2	0.79	2	0.71	2	0.56	2	0.65
63	Laos	1	0.21	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	0.27
64	Macau	5	8.12	2	3.66	3	3.68	2	2.82	2	3.01
65	Norway	2	0.37	2	0.37	2	0.37	2	0.33	2	0.33
66	Oman	4	0.85	4	0.88	3	0.7	1	0.3	2	0.4
67	Qatar	2	0.78	2	0.83	2	0.63	2	0.7	2	0.58
68	Sierra Leone	1	0.09	1	0.12	1	0.1	1	0.12	2	0.22
69	Slovakia	2	0.38	2	0.38	2	0.43	2	0.42	2	0.38
70	Sri Lanka	3	0.12	2	0.07	2	0.1	1	0.06	2	0.07
71	Suriname	1	1.22	1	1.24	1	1.28	1	2.39	2	2.48
72	Tajikistan	1	0.14	1	0.14	1	0.14	2	0.2	2	0.22
73	Tunisia	1	0.09	2	0.2	2	0.13	2	0.13	2	0.13
74	Albania	0	0.12	1	0.45	0	0.14	1	0.19	1	0.2
75	Armenia	1	0.19	1	0.2	0	0.15	1	0.21	1	0.22
76	Bahrain	1	0.7	1	0.72	1	0.71	1	0.64	1	0.54
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0.32	1	0.33	1	0.33	1	0.34	1	0.37
78	Botswana	1	0.64	2	0.84	1	0.35	1	0.46	1	0.4
79	Burkina Faso	1	0.06	6	0.26	3	0.12	1	0.05	1	0.04
80	Cape Verde	1	2.05	1	2.38	1	1.85	1	2.38	1	1.32
81	Costa Rica	2	0.41	2	0.41	1	0.29	1	0.27	1	0.24
82	Cyprus	1	1.08	1	1.05	1	0.95	1	0.92	1	0.78
83	Djibouti	1	0.62	1	0.51	1	0.45	0	0.36	1	0.71
84	Gambia	1	0.25	1	0.35	1	0.38	1	0.25	1	0.47
85	Georgia	2	0.41	2	0.41	1	0.27	1	0.33	1	0.29
86	Guyana	0	0.42	1	0.64	1	1.12	1	1.02	1	0.78
87	Haiti	1	0.06	1	0.07	1	0.09	1	0.09	1	0.09
88	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	0.1
89	Hungary	1	0.11	0	0.04	1	0.14	1	0.11	1	0.09
90	Kyrgyzstan	1	0.13	1	0.1	1	0.1	1	0.14	1	0.18
91	Latvia	1	0.3	0	0.25	1	0.45	1	0.52	1	0.45
92	Liberia	1	0.14	1	0.13	1	0.17	1	0.26	1	0.26
93	Lithuania	1	0.27	1	0.24	1	0.26	1	0.29	1	0.26
94	Luxembourg	1	0.99	1	1.22	1	1.07	1	0.92	1	0.91
95	Madagascar	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0.03	1	0.03
96	Mauritania	1	0.16	1	0.13	1	0.16	1	0.15	1	0.18
97	Mauritius	1	0.73	1	0.88	1	0.8	1	0.86	1	0.96
98	Moldova	1	0.31	1	0.3	1	0.34	1	0.37	1	0.29
99	Namibia	1	0.49	1	0.23	1	0.49	1	0.39	1	0.5
100	Nepal	1	0.03	1	0.02	1	0.03	1	0.03	1	0.03
101	Niger	1	0.03	1	0.04	0	0.01	0	0.01	1	0.02
102	North Macedonia	1	0.28	1	0.29	1	0.31	1	0.3	1	0.31
103	Papua New Guinea	0	0.04	0	0.04	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.06
104	Paraguay	2	0.29	1	0.22	1	0.13	1	0.15	1	0.1
105	Philippines	1	0.01	4	0.03	3	0.03	2	0.02	1	0.01
106	Trinidad and Tobago	2	1.62	2	1.64	2	1.53	2	1.29	1	0.6
107	Uganda	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	1	0.01
108	Uruguay	1	0.17	1	0.17	1	0.16	1	0.17	1	0.18
109	Zambia	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.06
110	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0.8	0	0.12	0	0.87	0	0.97	0	0.71
111	Australia	2	0.08	1	0.05	0	0	0	0	0	0
112	Austria	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.03	0	0.01	0	0.04
113	Bahamas	1	2.16	1	1.86	0	0.25	0	0.48	0	0.27
114	Barbados	0	0.91	0	0.83	0	1.38	0	1.09	0	0.43
115	Belize	0	0	0	1.16	0	1.22	0	0.82	0	0.51
116	Bhutan	0	0.22	0	0.07	0	0.12	0	0.13	0	0.08
117	Brazil	2	0.01	2	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
118	Comoros	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.04	0	0.29	0	0.25
119	Eswatini	0	0.11	0	0.25	0	0.2	0	0.14	0	0.18
120	Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
121	French Polynesia	1	1.9	0	1.71	0	1.72	1	1.81	0	1.76
122	Grenada	0	0.13	0	0.8	0	0.94	0	1.32	0	0.97
123	Guinea-Bissau	0	0.12	0	0.12	0	0.09	0	0.12	0	0.11
124	Iceland	0	0.3	0	0.34	0	0.42	0	0.32	0	0.32
125	Indonesia	4	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
126	Kiribati	0	0	0	0.03	0	0.14	0	0.38	0	0.25
127	Lesotho	0	0.12	3	1.41	0	0.11	0	0.13	0	0.12
128	Malawi	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.04	0	0.02
129	Maldives	0	0.18	0	0.1	0	0.21	0	0.15	0	0.15
130	Malta	0	0.45	0	0.59	0	0.35	0	0.44	0	0.31
131	Marshall Islands	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.04	0	0.05	0	0.04
132	Mongolia	1	0.21	1	0.16	1	0.22	1	0.22	0	0.13
133	Montenegro	0	0.34	0	0.44	0	0.42	0	0.42	0	0.42
134	Nauru	0	0.21	0	0.25	0	0.13	0	0.39	0	0.18
135	New Caledonia	0	1.54	0	1.45	0	1.42	0	1.47	0	1.54
136	Rwanda	0	0.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
137	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0.04	0	0.03	0	0.04	0	0.01	0	0.06
138	Saint Lucia	0	0.79	0	0.79	0	0.25	0	0.09	0	0.06
139	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0.95	0	0.02	0	0.82	0	0.08	0	0.07
140	Samoa	0	0.02	0	0.34	0	0	0	0.18	0	0.33
141	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0.18	0	0.18	0	0.19	0	0.22	0	0.11
142	Serbia	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.01	0	0
143	Seychelles	0	0.7	0	0.52	0	0.47	0	0.59	0	0.61
144	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.16
145	Solomon Islands	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
146	Tanzania	0	0.01	5	0.08	1	0.01	0	0	0	0
147	Thailand	4	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
148	Timor-Leste	0	0.03	0	0.04	1	0.51	1	0.53	0	0.04
149	Tonga	0	0.01	0	0.06	0	0.14	0	0.02	0	0.06
150	Turkmenistan	1	0.09	1	0.1	0	0.06	0	0.02	0	0.01
151	Vanuatu	0	0.05	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.02
152	Zimbabwe	4	0.24	2	0.13	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.03
153	Belgium	-	-	-	-	5	0.43	2	0.13	-	-
154	Cuba	0	0.02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
155	Tuvalu	-	-	0	0.03	0	0.01	0	0	-	-

Infant Food Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, China had the largest listed infant-food supply among the 152 reporters with reported values, at 213 thousand tonnes. Venezuela ranked second at 72 thousand tonnes, while Malaysia ranked third at 70 thousand tonnes. Macau had the highest per-capita infant-food supply at 3.01 kilograms per person per year. China also recorded the largest five-year decline among major reporters, while Venezuela recorded the largest increase, rising from 3 thousand tonnes in 2019 to 72 thousand tonnes in 2023. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of infant food 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 Infant food 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 155 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 2023 listed total of 901 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 152 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.