Maize Germ Consumption by Country

South Africa held 674,300 tonnes of listed maize germ food supply in 2023, 57.4 percent of a 1,175,734-tonne total, and also led per person at 29.23 grams per person per day. South Africa more than quadrupled from 165,200 tonnes in 2019, supplying 94.6 percent of the five-year net gain and exceeding the single-year net increase with 76,500 tonnes against 74,094. Ghana, Algeria, Latvia, Mauritania and Gambia entered the five-year comparison with no 2019 baseline, taking third, fourth, seventh, eighth and tenth places.

South Africa leads at 674,300 tonnes, 1.70 times Nigeria at 396,906, with Ghana third at 34,828 and Algeria fourth at 31,373. Per capita South Africa also leads at 29.23 grams per person per day, followed by Rwanda at 5.51 and Nigeria at 4.77 grams.

Maize Germ Food Supply at a Glance

• South Africa had the largest listed maize germ food supply in 2023 at 674,300 tonnes.
• Nigeria ranked second at 396,906 tonnes, followed by Ghana at 34,828 tonnes.
• South Africa had the highest per-capita food supply at 29.23 grams per person per day.
• The listed total was 1,175,734 tonnes across 34 reporters with reported values.
• Among 22 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed maize germ food supply increased by 538,438 tonnes, or 95.1 percent.
• The FAO food supply quantity measure represents food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

The FAO dataset lists 37 reporters with maize germ values, although only 34 have a reported 2023 quantity. South Africa and Nigeria together hold 91.1 percent of the listed total, and the top five hold 99.1 percent.

South Africa's rise from 165,200 to 674,300 tonnes decides both windows, growing more than four-fold over five years. Ghana, Algeria, Latvia, Mauritania and Gambia entered the five-year comparison with no 2019 baseline; together they account for 69,888 of the 70,980 entrant tonnes, taking third, fourth, seventh, eighth and tenth places with no 2019 baseline.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	South Africa ZA	674.3K	29.23
2	Nigeria NG	396.91K	4.77
3	Ghana GH	34.83K	2.82
4	Algeria DZ	31.37K	1.86
5	Rwanda RW	28.07K	5.51
6	Malaysia MY	2.69K	0.21
7	Latvia LV	1.69K	2.46
8	Mauritania MR	1.38K	0.75
9	Armenia AM	701.43	0.65
10	Gambia GM	619.78	0.63
11	Bhutan BT	598.16	2.08
12	United Arab Emirates AE	587.62	0.15
13	Lithuania LT	544	0.52
14	Albania AL	363.26	0.35
15	Iceland IS	360.54	2.55
16	Libya LY	340.62	0.13
17	Montenegro ME	122.63	0.53
18	Belarus BY	94.34	0.03
19	Lebanon LB	89.69	0.04
20	DR Congo CD	26.95	0
21	Maldives MV	22.42	0.12
22	Grenada GD	11.24	0.26
23	Saudi Arabia SA	8.19	0
24	Antigua and Barbuda AG	6.42	0.19
25	Liberia LR	3	0
26	Uruguay UY	0.36	0
27	Guyana GY	0.18	0
28	Marshall Islands MH	0.03	0
29	Sierra Leone SL	0.01	0
30	Guinea-Bissau GW	0	0
31	Lesotho LS	0	0
32	Oman OM	0	0
33	Seychelles SC	0	0
34	Slovakia SK	0	0

South Africa Holds 57.4 Percent and Leads Per Person Too

The 2023 table is led by South Africa at 674,300 tonnes, with Nigeria second at 396,906 and Ghana third at 34,828. Algeria and Rwanda complete the top five at 31,373 and 28,065 tonnes, respectively.

The top three reporters accounted for 94.1 percent of the listed total, the top five 99.1 percent and the top ten 99.7 percent. Ghana, Algeria and Gambia had no reported 2019 value. Per capita, South Africa's 29.23 grams per person per day leads Rwanda at 5.51 grams.

The Listed Total Rose 6.7 Percent in 2023

Among the 34 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 1,101,640 tonnes to 1,175,734 tonnes, a gain of 74,094 tonnes (6.7 percent). The two years share the same 34 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. South Africa added 76,500 tonnes (up 12.8 percent), Nigeria added 2,601 tonnes (up 0.7 percent), Ghana added 1,590 tonnes (up 4.8 percent) and Latvia added 551 tonnes (up 48.3 percent).

On the declining side, Rwanda fell 2,985 tonnes (down 9.6 percent), Algeria fell 2,377 tonnes (down 7.0 percent), Lithuania fell 936 tonnes (down 63.2 percent) and Mauritania fell 633 tonnes (down 31.5 percent). South Africa's gain of 76,500 tonnes exceeds the net increase of 74,094; the other 33 reporters net to a fall of 2,406 tonnes, led by Rwanda (down 2,985) and Algeria (down 2,377).

The Five-Year Common Total Rose 95.1 Percent

For the 22 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 566,317 tonnes to 1,104,754 tonnes, a gain of 538,438 tonnes (95.1 percent). The 2019 universe includes 24 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 universe includes 34; two reporters with a combined 4 tonnes left the comparison, while 12 reporters with a combined 70,980 tonnes entered, led by Ghana at 34,828 tonnes. South Africa added 509,100 tonnes (up 308.2 percent), Nigeria added 26,906 tonnes (up 7.3 percent), Rwanda added 2,757 tonnes (up 10.9 percent), Malaysia added 773 tonnes (up 40.2 percent), Bhutan added 460 tonnes from 138 tonnes and Armenia added 94 tonnes (up 15.5 percent).

Slovakia fell 2,070 tonnes (down 100.0 percent).

South Africa contributes 94.6 percent of the five-year net increase. Slovakia's fall from 2,070 tonnes to a reported zero removed its entire 2019 supply, while Libya added 341 tonnes from a reported zero.

Most of South Africa's five-year rise came in a single step: 165,200 tonnes in 2019, 637,700 in 2020, then 563,600, 597,800 and 674,300. Its 2023 supply is only 5.7 percent above 2020, while its per-person supply moved from 7.60 grams in 2019 to 28.85 in 2020 and 29.23 in 2023. Ghana shows a similar step, from 0 tonnes in 2021 to 33,238 in 2022, and Algeria's series starts in 2021 at 33,137 tonnes. The FAO data do not explain these shifts.

What Does the Maize Germ Food Supply Measure?

This article covers the FAO item Germ of maize rather than the broader maize category. Other maize products are therefore not included in this specific figure.

The per-capita value expresses the reported food supply in population terms, showing how much was available per person per day. South Africa records the highest value at 29.23 grams.

Only 34 reporters have values under this item, so the table is not a ranking of all countries.

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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	South Africa	165.2K	7.6	637.7K	28.85	563.6K	25.11	597.8K	26.26	674.3K	29.23
2	Nigeria	370K	4.84	408.24K	5.23	389.25K	4.88	394.31K	4.84	396.91K	4.77
3	Ghana	-	-	0.15	0	0	0	33.24K	2.75	34.83K	2.82
4	Algeria	-	-	-	-	33.14K	2.03	33.75K	2.03	31.37K	1.86
5	Rwanda	25.31K	5.43	29.11K	6.1	27.91K	5.73	31.05K	6.23	28.07K	5.51
6	Malaysia	1.92K	0.16	2.5K	0.2	2.66K	0.21	2.63K	0.21	2.69K	0.21
7	Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.14K	1.66	1.69K	2.46
8	Mauritania	-	-	-	-	1.37K	0.79	2.01K	1.13	1.38K	0.75
9	Armenia	607.3	0.57	721.03	0.68	1.22K	1.16	856.25	0.81	701.43	0.65
10	Gambia	-	-	-	-	691.99	0.74	471.03	0.49	619.78	0.63
11	Bhutan	138.27	0.5	124.82	0.44	138.29	0.49	129.63	0.45	598.16	2.08
12	United Arab Emirates	544.6	0.16	679.03	0.2	829.63	0.23	1K	0.27	587.62	0.15
13	Lithuania	-	-	320	0.31	761.33	0.75	1.48K	1.44	544	0.52
14	Albania	-	-	-	-	275.6	0.26	355.84	0.34	363.26	0.35
15	Iceland	362.65	2.75	369.51	2.76	318.77	2.34	291.25	2.1	360.54	2.55
16	Libya	0	0	1.39	0	471.24	0.18	509.47	0.19	340.62	0.13
17	Montenegro	122.23	0.55	116.18	0.52	93.85	0.43	87.45	0.39	122.63	0.53
18	Belarus	-	-	128	0.04	102.56	0.03	400	0.12	94.34	0.03
19	Lebanon	-	-	-	-	75.11	0.04	84.73	0.04	89.69	0.04
20	DR Congo	0.76	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	26.95	0
21	Maldives	11.73	0.07	20.48	0.11	18.12	0.1	19.91	0.1	22.42	0.12
22	Grenada	0.05	0	0	0	46.78	1.1	11.76	0.28	11.24	0.26
23	Saudi Arabia	8.76	0	1	0	32.41	0	7.05	0	8.19	0
24	Antigua and Barbuda	18.53	0.56	0.02	0	23.64	0.7	13.57	0.4	6.42	0.19
25	Liberia	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
26	Uruguay	-	-	-	-	0.36	0	0.34	0	0.36	0
27	Guyana	-	-	-	-	0.15	0	0.13	0	0.18	0
28	Marshall Islands	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.04	0	0.06	0	0.03	0
29	Sierra Leone	0.01	0	0	0	0.03	0	0.2	0	0.01	0
30	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0.29	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	Lesotho	2.59	0	0.01	0	18.91	0.02	0	0	0	0
32	Oman	0	0	5.08K	3.08	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Seychelles	-	-	-	-	50.91	1.13	0	0	0	0
34	Slovakia	2.07K	1.04	1.66K	0.83	2.16K	1.09	0	0	0	0
35	Turkmenistan	-	-	-	-	0.86	0	-	-	-	-
36	Bahamas	0	0	0.31	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
37	Kuwait	3.98	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-

Maize Germ Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, FAO data recorded 1,175,734 tonnes of listed maize germ food supply across 34 reporters. South Africa had the largest total at 674,300 tonnes, followed by Nigeria at 396,906 tonnes and Ghana at 34,828 tonnes. South Africa had the highest per-capita food supply at 29.23 grams per person per day. These figures represent food available for human consumption rather than a direct measure of how much maize germ people actually ate. The ranking covers only the 34 reporters in this dataset.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Supply Utilization Accounts food supply quantity (Element 5141, tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 665, g/capita/day) for Germ of maize from 2019 through 2023. The food supply quantity measure represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten, because food available for human consumption is not the same as actual dietary intake. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 37 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.

Table quantities are shown in tonnes as reported, without additional rounding. The FAO dataset reports food supply quantity in tonnes and in grams per capita per day. The listed total of 1,175,734 tonnes is the sum of the 34 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, Germ of maize, food supply quantity (tonnes; g/capita/day), 2019-2023. Compiled by StatsGeo.