Mat Leaves Consumption by Country

Argentina recorded the largest listed food supply of mat leaves in 2023, at 952,789 tonnes, followed by Brazil at 697,330 tonnes and Paraguay at 152,658 tonnes. Together, these three countries accounted for 96.1 percent of the 1,875,525-tonne annual listed total. Paraguay ranked first per person, at 61.11 grams per day, ahead of Argentina at 57.32 grams. Across the 99 countries with values in both 2022 and 2023, the combined total rose by 7.5 percent.

Which country had the highest mat leaves food supply in 2023? Argentina ranked first by total food supply, with 952,789 tonnes, followed by Brazil with 697,330 tonnes and Paraguay with 152,658 tonnes. Paraguay had the highest listed food supply per person, at 61.11 grams per day. The three countries accounted for 96.1 percent of the annual listed total. These FAO figures measure food available for human consumption, not the amount people actually ate.

Uruguay placed fourth at 29,525 tonnes, with Syria fifth at 28,105 and Chile sixth at 4,711. Spain, Türkiye, Lebanon and the United States closed the top ten between 949 and 2,958 tonnes. The top three held 96.1 percent of the annual listed food supply total, and the top five 99.2 percent.

• Brazil added 126,521 tonnes, up 22.2 percent, the biggest latest-year gain.
• Argentina added 57,216 tonnes, up 6.4 percent.
• Paraguay lost 49,693 tonnes, down 24.6 percent.
• Türkiye added 482 tonnes, up 60.7 percent, from a smaller base.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Argentina AR	952.79K	57.32
2	Brazil BR	697.33K	9.05
3	Paraguay PY	152.66K	61.11
4	Uruguay UY	29.53K	23.87
5	Syria SY	28.11K	3.26
6	Chile CL	4.71K	0.66
7	Spain ES	2.96K	0.17
8	Türkiye TR	1.28K	0.04
9	Lebanon LB	1.27K	0.6
10	United States US	949.25	0.01
11	Germany DE	668.38	0.02
12	Netherlands NL	514.05	0.08
13	Bolivia BO	333.63	0.07
14	Canada CA	288.27	0.02
15	Jordan JO	218.2	0.05
16	Sweden SE	170.86	0.04
17	France FR	124.8	0.01
18	Italy IT	124.59	0.01
19	United Arab Emirates AE	121.93	0.03
20	Australia AU	118.84	0.01
21	China CN	114.91	0
22	Ireland IE	99.71	0.05
23	Switzerland CH	96.28	0.03
24	Israel IL	81.42	0.02
25	Russia RU	81.28	0
26	Austria AT	79.71	0.02
27	Saudi Arabia SA	77.31	0.01
28	Belgium BE	68.03	0.02
29	Bulgaria BG	67.26	0.03
30	Kuwait KW	45.93	0.03
31	Bahamas BS	38.36	0.26
32	South Korea KR	37.33	0
33	Hungary HU	37.05	0.01
34	Norway NO	33.95	0.02
35	Egypt EG	29.81	0
36	Costa Rica CR	28.87	0.02
37	Portugal PT	25.14	0.01
38	Denmark DK	23.57	0.01
39	Romania RO	20.08	0
40	Peru PE	19.77	0
41	Colombia CO	18.92	0
42	Poland PL	14.82	0
43	New Zealand NZ	14.49	0.01
44	Tanzania TZ	14.33	0
45	Panama PA	11.7	0.01
46	Cyprus CY	10.56	0.02
47	Luxembourg LU	9.43	0.04
48	Malaysia MY	8.68	0
49	Guatemala GT	8.18	0
50	Nigeria NG	7.75	0
51	Dominican Republic DO	6.29	0
52	Oman OM	5.96	0
53	Lithuania LT	4.83	0
54	Greece GR	4.8	0
55	South Africa ZA	4.33	0
56	Morocco MA	4.02	0
57	Ivory Coast CI	3.81	0
58	Ghana GH	3.25	0
59	Ukraine UA	2.4	0
60	Slovakia SK	1.95	0
61	Ethiopia ET	1.27	0
62	Suriname SR	1.1	0
63	Sierra Leone SL	0.96	0
64	Finland FI	0.93	0
65	Nicaragua NI	0.86	0
66	Malawi MW	0.68	0
67	Taiwan TW	0.53	0
68	Slovenia SI	0.4	0
69	Croatia HR	0.33	0
70	Azerbaijan AZ	0.32	0
71	El Salvador SV	0.3	0
72	Liberia LR	0.24	0
73	Gambia GM	0.15	0
74	Venezuela VE	0.14	0
75	Estonia EE	0.13	0
76	North Macedonia MK	0.12	0
77	Senegal SN	0.09	0
78	Kazakhstan KZ	0.08	0
79	Cameroon CM	0.06	0
80	Montenegro ME	0.05	0
81	New Caledonia NC	0.03	0
82	French Polynesia PF	0.02	0
83	Mauritius MU	0.02	0
84	Vanuatu VU	0.02	0
85	Bangladesh BD	0.01	0
86	Namibia NA	0.01	0
87	Angola AO	0	0
88	Belarus BY	0	0
89	Botswana BW	0	0
90	Czech Republic CZ	0	0
91	Djibouti DJ	0	0
92	Eswatini SZ	0	0
93	Fiji FJ	0	0
94	Guyana GY	0	0
95	Honduras HN	0	0
96	Indonesia ID	0	0
97	Madagascar MG	0	0
98	Niger NE	0	0
99	Sri Lanka LK	0	0
100	Uganda UG	0	0
101	United Kingdom GB	0	0

Brazil Records the Largest Increase in 2023

Brazil's listed food supply rose by 126,521 tonnes from 2022 to 2023, reaching 697,330 tonnes, an increase of 22.2 percent. Argentina added 57,216 tonnes, while Türkiye increased by 482 tonnes, or 60.7 percent, from a smaller base. In contrast, Paraguay fell by 49,693 tonnes, a decrease of 24.6 percent. Syria declined by 2,416 tonnes and Uruguay by 1,238 tonnes. Across the 99 countries with values in both years, the combined total rose from 1,745,065 to 1,875,523 tonnes, an increase of 130,458 tonnes, or 7.5 percent.

Brazil and Argentina Drive Five-Year Growth

For the 92 countries with values in both 2019 and 2023, the combined listed total increased from 1,483,003 to 1,875,522 tonnes, a rise of 392,519 tonnes, or 26.5 percent. Brazil added 211,195 tonnes, accounting for 53.8 percent of the net increase, while Argentina added 151,716 tonnes and Paraguay added 30,753 tonnes. Spain and Türkiye also recorded increases. Syria, Uruguay and Chile were among the countries with declines. These figures describe changes in reported food supply and do not establish the reasons behind them.

Paraguay Leads Food Supply per Person

Paraguay recorded the highest listed food supply per person in 2023, at 61.11 grams per day. Argentina ranked second at 57.32 grams, followed by Uruguay at 23.87 grams and Brazil at 9.05 grams. Syria ranked fifth at 3.26 grams per person per day. The per-person ranking differs from the total-volume ranking: Argentina led by tonnage, while Paraguay led on a per-person basis.

What the Mat Leaves Data Measures

The figures cover FAO-reported mat leaves food supply for 2019-2023, expressed in tonnes and grams per person per day. The dataset includes 105 countries and areas that reported a value in at least one year; 101 have a reported value for 2023. Annual listed totals sum reporting countries with values for the relevant year. Year-to-year comparisons include only countries with values in both years. Reported zeros are retained as values, while blanks are treated as missing data.

The Czech Republic reported 255.86 tonnes in 2021 and a reported zero in both 2022 and 2023, while Saudi Arabia fell from 345.01 tonnes in 2021 to 2.58 tonnes in 2022. Large changes in individual country series should not be interpreted as evidence of a specific cause without additional information. These figures describe food available for human consumption and do not directly measure actual intake.

Mat Leaves 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	Argentina	801.07K	48.8	803.5K	48.71	842.88K	50.96	895.57K	54.04	952.79K	57.32
2	Brazil	486.14K	6.42	478.22K	6.28	502.94K	6.58	570.81K	7.44	697.33K	9.05
3	Paraguay	121.91K	51.26	111.9K	46.42	106.86K	43.8	202.35K	82	152.66K	61.11
4	Uruguay	30.37K	24.49	31.89K	25.71	30.47K	24.58	30.76K	24.85	29.53K	23.87
5	Syria	29.72K	4	29.44K	3.83	6.99K	0.89	30.52K	3.72	28.11K	3.26
6	Chile	5.31K	0.76	6.55K	0.93	6.53K	0.92	4.79K	0.67	4.71K	0.66
7	Spain	1.66K	0.1	2.02K	0.12	1.77K	0.1	2.82K	0.16	2.96K	0.17
8	Türkiye	532.88	0.02	624.66	0.02	813.92	0.03	793.4	0.02	1.28K	0.04
9	Lebanon	948.43	0.45	753.48	0.36	1.19K	0.57	1K	0.48	1.27K	0.6
10	United States	1.28K	0.01	1.04K	0.01	478.52	0	1.79K	0.01	949.25	0.01
11	Germany	809.05	0.03	893.01	0.03	570.99	0.02	689.24	0.02	668.38	0.02
12	Netherlands	81.18	0.01	125.24	0.02	137.22	0.02	79.06	0.01	514.05	0.08
13	Bolivia	507.05	0.12	866.5	0.2	406.32	0.09	404.66	0.09	333.63	0.07
14	Canada	280.35	0.02	587.28	0.04	600.29	0.04	196.11	0.01	288.27	0.02
15	Jordan	13.2	0	131.16	0.03	162.34	0.04	26.86	0.01	218.2	0.05
16	Sweden	102.43	0.03	107.33	0.03	109.19	0.03	102.5	0.03	170.86	0.04
17	France	356.92	0.01	314.62	0.01	371.99	0.02	259.36	0.01	124.8	0.01
18	Italy	194.49	0.01	143.74	0.01	147.96	0.01	169.08	0.01	124.59	0.01
19	United Arab Emirates	53.85	0.02	11.19	0	118.77	0.03	178.71	0.05	121.93	0.03
20	Australia	79.33	0.01	118.63	0.01	134.48	0.01	89.97	0.01	118.84	0.01
21	China	135.78	0	134.01	0	96.37	0	113.36	0	114.91	0
22	Ireland	155.2	0.09	219.12	0.12	91.72	0.05	62.73	0.03	99.71	0.05
23	Switzerland	35.19	0.01	64.5	0.02	66.43	0.02	73.48	0.02	96.28	0.03
24	Israel	41.85	0.01	60.52	0.02	202.83	0.06	146.41	0.04	81.42	0.02
25	Russia	93.53	0	75.28	0	116.83	0	54.68	0	81.28	0
26	Austria	8.72	0	17.75	0.01	27.1	0.01	60.57	0.02	79.71	0.02
27	Saudi Arabia	315.95	0.03	454.37	0.04	345.01	0.03	2.58	0	77.31	0.01
28	Belgium	20.89	0	32.73	0.01	18.37	0	115.83	0.03	68.03	0.02
29	Bulgaria	0.66	0	19.57	0.01	25.71	0.01	19.23	0.01	67.26	0.03
30	Kuwait	27.87	0.02	54.03	0.03	40.69	0.03	20.2	0.01	45.93	0.03
31	Bahamas	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	34.39	0.24	38.36	0.26
32	South Korea	80.01	0	68.58	0	45.05	0	20	0	37.33	0
33	Hungary	1.82	0	1.54	0	2.18	0	28.6	0.01	37.05	0.01
34	Norway	15.41	0.01	33.8	0.02	25.12	0.01	17.93	0.01	33.95	0.02
35	Egypt	0	0	22.97	0	13.87	0	55.52	0	29.81	0
36	Costa Rica	15.26	0.01	7.93	0	15.6	0.01	15.93	0.01	28.87	0.02
37	Portugal	9.94	0	25.79	0.01	19.8	0.01	37.93	0.01	25.14	0.01
38	Denmark	5.01	0	9.45	0	5.38	0	7.76	0	23.57	0.01
39	Romania	7.03	0	20.56	0	24.87	0	31.15	0	20.08	0
40	Peru	27.39	0	29.32	0	2.55	0	2.44	0	19.77	0
41	Colombia	6.82	0	23.06	0	14.9	0	42.35	0	18.92	0
42	Poland	46.36	0	54.71	0	500.86	0.04	329.68	0.02	14.82	0
43	New Zealand	16.82	0.01	27	0.01	35.25	0.02	27.2	0.01	14.49	0.01
44	Tanzania	0	0	3.73	0	0.8	0	11.11	0	14.33	0
45	Panama	2.93	0	24	0.02	1	0	14.41	0.01	11.7	0.01
46	Cyprus	6.85	0.01	9.57	0.02	2.83	0.01	3.37	0.01	10.56	0.02
47	Luxembourg	1.3	0.01	18.32	0.08	14.59	0.06	7.97	0.03	9.43	0.04
48	Malaysia	9.56	0	8.19	0	2.33	0	16.96	0	8.68	0
49	Guatemala	1.09	0	5.22	0	3.81	0	1.59	0	8.18	0
50	Nigeria	4.7	0	8.34	0	5.72	0	4.65	0	7.75	0
51	Dominican Republic	3.34	0	2.71	0	4.59	0	8.35	0	6.29	0
52	Oman	4.93	0	0.68	0	3.74	0	0.56	0	5.96	0
53	Lithuania	13.7	0.01	20.21	0.02	19.09	0.02	23.5	0.02	4.83	0
54	Greece	2.04	0	10.36	0	1.35	0	14.16	0	4.8	0
55	South Africa	0	0	3.74	0	7.49	0	5.9	0	4.33	0
56	Morocco	30.92	0	19.26	0	38.46	0	5.66	0	4.02	0
57	Ivory Coast	0.1	0	4.18	0	0.76	0	1.06	0	3.81	0
58	Ghana	1.41	0	0.36	0	0.05	0	0.03	0	3.25	0
59	Ukraine	16.34	0	11.21	0	27.53	0	4.12	0	2.4	0
60	Slovakia	0.33	0	0.23	0	1.19	0	1.3	0	1.95	0
61	Ethiopia	11.67	0	76.32	0	0	0	0.43	0	1.27	0
62	Suriname	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1	0
63	Sierra Leone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.96	0
64	Finland	0.82	0	1.1	0	3.31	0	2.35	0	0.93	0
65	Nicaragua	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	0
66	Malawi	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	0	0.68	0
67	Taiwan	0	0	4.12	0	1.74	0	0.98	0	0.53	0
68	Slovenia	0.78	0	0.2	0	0.44	0	0.61	0	0.4	0
69	Croatia	0.08	0	0.11	0	0.38	0	2.93	0	0.33	0
70	Azerbaijan	0.01	0	1.14	0	3.98	0	0.09	0	0.32	0
71	El Salvador	0	0	0	0	0.36	0	3	0	0.3	0
72	Liberia	1.13	0	0.36	0	0.04	0	1.71	0	0.24	0
73	Gambia	0.97	0	8.17	0.01	-	-	3.62	0	0.15	0
74	Venezuela	98.13	0.01	11.33	0	26.58	0	20.46	0	0.14	0
75	Estonia	0.25	0	0.28	0	0.36	0	0.12	0	0.13	0
76	North Macedonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.16	0	0.12	0
77	Senegal	44.72	0.01	15.71	0	16.91	0	25.05	0	0.09	0
78	Kazakhstan	0.45	0	0.23	0	0.24	0	0.34	0	0.08	0
79	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0.06	0
80	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.05	0
81	New Caledonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0.03	0
82	French Polynesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.07	0	0.02	0
83	Mauritius	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0.02	0
84	Vanuatu	0.32	0	0.33	0	-	-	0.07	0	0.02	0
85	Bangladesh	8.45	0	9.03	0	1.32	0	2	0	0.01	0
86	Namibia	0.08	0	0.14	0	0.31	0	0	0	0.01	0
87	Angola	-	-	2.47	0	0.22	0	5.21	0	0	0
88	Belarus	1.41	0	1.39	0	0.88	0	0	0	0	0
89	Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.27	0	0	0
90	Czech Republic	43.84	0.01	135.4	0.04	255.86	0.07	0	0	0	0
91	Djibouti	0	0	0	0	-	-	0.4	0	0	0
92	Eswatini	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	Fiji	0	0	1.26	0	0	0	1.4	0	0	0
94	Guyana	5.18	0.02	0	0	0	0	0.69	0	0	0
95	Honduras	0.95	0	0.85	0	1.99	0	0	0	0	0
96	Indonesia	-	-	-	-	6	0	0	0	0	0
97	Madagascar	0	0	1.67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	Niger	0	0	0.35	0	0	0	0.18	0	0	0
99	Sri Lanka	0.07	0	0.25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
100	Uganda	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
101	United Kingdom	203.3	0.01	118.28	0	115.42	0	147.46	0.01	0	0
102	Mexico	126.57	0	40.81	0	93.88	0	-	-	-	-
103	Zambia	0.02	0	0	0	0.14	0	-	-	-	-
104	Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.11	0	-	-
105	Philippines	9.81	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-

Methodology

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts report mat leaves food supply in tonnes under element 5141 and in grams per person per day under element 665. This page covers the 2019-2023 period. Annual totals sum the reporting countries and areas with a value for the relevant year; aggregate rows are excluded. Year-to-year comparisons include only countries and areas with values in both comparison years. Percentage changes use the earlier year's value as the base and are not calculated when that value is zero. Reported zeros are retained, while blank cells indicate missing values. These figures describe food available for human consumption and should not be interpreted as direct measurements of the amount people actually ate.