Millet Consumption by Country

Indonesia held 13,892 tonnes of listed millet food supply in 2023, 34.7 percent of a 40,048-tonne total, only 1.06 times Bangladesh at 13,153 tonnes. The single year fell 11.6 percent as Indonesia fell 5,599 tonnes, while Tunisia rebounded from about 2 tonnes to 2,864. Over five years the common total fell 59.2 percent, with Kenya's fall to zero from 62,000 tonnes exceeding the net decline on its own. Qatar leads per person at 1.41 grams per person per day.

Indonesia leads at 13,892 tonnes, followed by Bangladesh at 13,153 and Germany at 7,631, with Tunisia fourth at 2,864 and Qatar fifth at 1,530. Per capita Qatar leads at 1.41 grams per person per day, followed by Bahrain at 1.00 and New Caledonia at 0.90 grams.

Millet Food Supply at a Glance

• Indonesia had the largest listed millet food supply in 2023 at 13,892 tonnes.
• Bangladesh ranked second at 13,153 tonnes, followed by Germany at 7,631 tonnes.
• Qatar had the highest per-capita food supply at 1.41 grams per person per day.
• The listed total was 40,048 tonnes across 28 reporters with reported values.
• Among 22 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed millet food supply decreased by 57,774 tonnes, or 59.2 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 31 reporters with millet values, although only 28 have a reported 2023 quantity. Indonesia and Bangladesh together hold 67.5 percent of the listed total, and the top five hold 97.6 percent.

Kenya's fall from 62,000 tonnes to a reported zero drives the five-year decline, exceeding the net decline. Tunisia swung from 119 tonnes in 2019 to about 2 in 2022 and back to 2,864 in 2023, while Egypt fell to zero by 2022 and Bangladesh added 64.6 percent over five years.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Indonesia ID	13.89K	0.14
2	Bangladesh BD	13.15K	0.21
3	Germany DE	7.63K	0.25
4	Tunisia TN	2.86K	0.64
5	Qatar QA	1.53K	1.41
6	Bahrain BH	574.31	1
7	New Caledonia NC	94.79	0.9
8	Panama PA	89.46	0.05
9	Ethiopia ET	89.15	0
10	Turkmenistan TM	49.52	0.02
11	Bhutan BT	27.44	0.1
12	Madagascar MG	19.23	0
13	Montenegro ME	17.29	0.07
14	Seychelles SC	8.02	0.17
15	Lesotho LS	3.62	0
16	Liberia LR	2.96	0
17	Djibouti DJ	1.03	0
18	Papua New Guinea PG	0.6	0
19	Grenada GD	0.24	0.01
20	Macau MO	0.2	0
21	Marshall Islands MH	0.01	0
22	Vanuatu VU	0.01	0
23	Belize BZ	0	0
24	Egypt EG	0	0
25	Jamaica JM	0	0
26	Kenya KE	0	0
27	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	0
28	Timor-Leste TL	0	0

Indonesia Leads Bangladesh by 1.06 Times

The 2023 table is led by Indonesia at 13,892 tonnes, with Bangladesh second at 13,153 and Germany third at 7,631. Tunisia and Qatar complete the top five at 2,864 and 1,530 tonnes, respectively.

The top three reporters accounted for 86.6 percent of the listed total, the top five 97.6 percent and the top ten 99.8 percent. The gap between first and second is 739 tonnes. Per capita, Qatar's 1.41 grams per person per day lead Bahrain at 1.00 grams.

The Listed Total Fell 11.6 Percent in 2023

Among the 27 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply decreased from 45,225 tonnes to 39,998 tonnes, a decline of 5,227 tonnes (11.6 percent). The two years share the same 27 reporters in the comparison; Turkmenistan entered at 50 tonnes and no reporter left. Indonesia fell 5,599 tonnes (down 28.7 percent), Germany fell 2,040 tonnes (down 21.1 percent), Qatar fell 774 tonnes (down 33.6 percent), Bahrain fell 64 tonnes (down 10.0 percent) and Bhutan fell 31 tonnes (down 53.0 percent).

On the gaining side, Tunisia added 2,862 tonnes from about 2 tonnes and Bangladesh added 401 tonnes (up 3.1 percent), while Panama fell 23 tonnes (down 20.2 percent). Indonesia's fall from 19,491 to 13,892 tonnes against a net decline of 5,227 exceeds the net total, with Tunisia absorbing part of it.

The Five-Year Common Total Fell 59.2 Percent

For the 22 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply fell from 97,655 tonnes to 39,881 tonnes, a decline of 57,774 tonnes (59.2 percent). The 2019 universe includes 23 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 universe includes 28; Saint Lucia, with a fraction of a tonne in 2019, had no reported 2023 value, while six reporters with a combined 167 tonnes entered, led by Panama at 89 tonnes. Kenya fell 62,000 tonnes (down 100.0 percent) and Egypt fell 486 tonnes (down 100.0 percent), while Bangladesh added 5,164 tonnes (up 64.6 percent), Tunisia added 2,745 tonnes from 119 tonnes, Indonesia fell 2,541 tonnes (down 15.5 percent), Germany fell 1,194 tonnes (down 13.5 percent) and Qatar added 737 tonnes (up 93.0 percent), while Bahrain fell 126 tonnes (down 18.0 percent).

Kenya's fall from 62,000 tonnes to a reported zero removed its entire 2019 supply; it had already reached zero in 2022. Egypt's fall from 486 tonnes to zero followed the same path by 2022. Bangladesh's rise from 7,989 to 13,153 tonnes and Tunisia's from 119 to 2,864 were the largest gains in the comparison.

What Does the Millet Food Supply Measure?

This article covers the FAO item Millet rather than the broader millet category. Other millet 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. Qatar records the highest value at 1.41 grams.

Millet 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	Indonesia	16.43K	0.17	22.51K	0.22	18.69K	0.18	19.49K	0.19	13.89K	0.14
2	Bangladesh	7.99K	0.13	8.54K	0.14	11.26K	0.18	12.75K	0.21	13.15K	0.21
3	Germany	8.83K	0.29	10.23K	0.34	9.8K	0.32	9.67K	0.32	7.63K	0.25
4	Tunisia	119	0.03	5.13K	1.17	51.76	0.01	1.82	0	2.86K	0.64
5	Qatar	792.78	0.78	2.09K	2.04	2.79K	2.72	2.3K	2.18	1.53K	1.41
6	Bahrain	700.42	1.29	425.69	0.79	530.73	0.97	637.89	1.14	574.31	1
7	New Caledonia	102.53	0.99	89.75	0.87	119.31	1.15	86.81	0.83	94.79	0.9
8	Panama	-	-	93	0.06	0	0	112.13	0.07	89.46	0.05
9	Ethiopia	73.29	0	75.17	0	78.25	0	87.18	0	89.15	0
10	Turkmenistan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49.52	0.02
11	Bhutan	-	-	-	-	57.53	0.2	58.35	0.2	27.44	0.1
12	Madagascar	0.54	0	1.34	0	58.6	0.01	0.4	0	19.23	0
13	Montenegro	7.89	0.04	10.21	0.05	7.32	0.03	12.92	0.06	17.29	0.07
14	Seychelles	5.16	0.12	6.1	0.14	2.76	0.06	7.28	0.16	8.02	0.17
15	Lesotho	0.47	0	4.25	0.01	0.11	0	0.01	0	3.62	0
16	Liberia	120.04	0.07	0	0	0.05	0	1.01	0	2.96	0
17	Djibouti	0.05	0	0	0	0	0	0.58	0	1.03	0
18	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0.1	0	-	-	0	0	0.6	0
19	Grenada	-	-	0	0	0.02	0	0.09	0	0.24	0.01
20	Macau	0.4	0	0.19	0	0.2	0	0.2	0	0.2	0
21	Marshall Islands	-	-	0.01	0	-	-	0.02	0	0.01	0
22	Vanuatu	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0
23	Belize	0.01	0	0.05	0	0.09	0	0.05	0	0	0
24	Egypt	485.87	0.01	497.5	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Jamaica	0	0	0.58	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
26	Kenya	62K	3.32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Sao Tome and Principe	-	-	0.01	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0
28	Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0.27	0	0.31	0	0	0
29	Comoros	-	-	-	-	1.55	0.01	-	-	-	-
30	Saint Lucia	0.37	0.01	0.47	0.01	0.38	0.01	-	-	-	-
31	Micronesia	-	-	0.08	0	-	-	-	-	-	-

Millet Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, FAO data recorded 40,048 tonnes of listed millet food supply across 28 reporters. Indonesia had the largest total at 13,892 tonnes, followed by Bangladesh at 13,153 tonnes and Germany at 7,631 tonnes. Qatar had the highest per-capita food supply at 1.41 grams per person per day. These figures represent food available for human consumption rather than a direct measure of how much millet people actually ate.

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 Millet 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 31 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World and regions are excluded. 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 40,048 tonnes is the sum of the 28 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, Millet, food supply quantity (tonnes; g/capita/day), 2019-2023. Compiled by StatsGeo.