Millet Flour Consumption by Country

India held 10,109,751 tonnes of listed millet flour food supply in 2023, 58.4 percent of a 17,323,662-tonne total. India added 1,215,231 tonnes in the single year, exceeding the net increase of 1,064,441, and 1,299,235 tonnes over five years for 96.1 percent of the net gain. Niger ranks second at 1,925,766 tonnes and leads per person at 201.69 grams per person per day. No reporter entered or left in either window, so both comparisons run on the same 46 reporters.

India leads at 10,109,751 tonnes, 5.25 times Niger at 1,925,766, with Nigeria third at 1,127,100 and China fourth at 1,064,681. Per capita Niger leads at 201.69 grams per person per day, followed by Burkina Faso at 64.01 and Senegal at 46.49 grams. India, first by total, records 19.26 grams per person per day.

Millet Flour Food Supply at a Glance

• India had the largest listed millet flour food supply in 2023 at 10,109,751 tonnes.
• Niger ranked second at 1,925,766 tonnes, followed by Nigeria at 1,127,100 tonnes.
• Niger had the highest per-capita food supply at 201.69 grams per person per day.
• The listed total was 17,323,662 tonnes across 46 reporters with reported values.
• Among 46 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed millet flour food supply increased by 1,351,368 tonnes, or 8.5 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 46 reporters with millet flour values, all with a reported 2023 quantity. India, Niger and Nigeria together hold 76.0 percent of the listed total, and no comparison window has any entering or leaving reporter.

India's gain of 1,215,231 tonnes against a net annual increase of 1,064,441 exceeds the net total, with Nigeria's fall absorbing part of it. Over five years India's gain of 1,299,235 tonnes is 96.1 percent of the net increase, with Niger, China, Senegal and Ethiopia adding behind it against falls in Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Tanzania.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	India IN	10.11M	19.26
2	Niger NE	1.93M	201.69
3	Nigeria NG	1.13M	13.55
4	China CN	1.06M	2.05
5	Ethiopia ET	826.3K	17.59
6	Burkina Faso BF	537.99K	64.01
7	Senegal SN	306.78K	46.49
8	Nepal NP	271.96K	25.09
9	Ghana GH	154.43K	12.52
10	Pakistan PK	123.3K	1.36
11	Russia RU	111.39K	2.1
12	Tanzania TZ	109.93K	4.52
13	Uganda UG	82.33K	4.64
14	Cameroon CM	80.91K	7.81
15	Kenya KE	77.32K	3.83
16	Malawi MW	41.04K	5.33
17	Yemen YE	36.27K	2.52
18	Zimbabwe ZW	36K	6.04
19	Ivory Coast CI	32.12K	2.82
20	Sierra Leone SL	30.3K	9.81
21	Gambia GM	28.79K	29.23
22	DR Congo CD	23.27K	0.6
23	Kazakhstan KZ	21.85K	2.94
24	Angola AO	20.09K	1.5
25	Myanmar MM	19.05K	0.96
26	Guinea-Bissau GW	17.41K	22.15
27	Saudi Arabia SA	16.44K	1.35
28	Zambia ZM	14.93K	1.97
29	Mozambique MZ	14.01K	1.14
30	Namibia NA	13.32K	12.32
31	Morocco MA	9.99K	0.73
32	Sri Lanka LK	8.15K	0.97
33	Guinea GN	7.98K	1.52
34	Afghanistan AF	5.39K	0.36
35	South Africa ZA	3.97K	0.17
36	Mauritania MR	2.96K	1.61
37	South Korea KR	2.85K	0.15
38	Taiwan TW	2.42K	0.28
39	Rwanda RW	1.68K	0.33
40	Ukraine UA	1.61K	0.12
41	Botswana BW	759.49	0.84
42	Bhutan BT	473.46	1.65
43	Syria SY	329.17	0.04
44	Maldives MV	241.54	1.26
45	Bolivia BO	40.48	0.01
46	Bahrain BH	0.23	0

India Holds 58.4 Percent While Niger Leads Per Person

The 2023 table is led by India at 10,109,751 tonnes, with Niger second at 1,925,766 and Nigeria third at 1,127,100. China and Ethiopia complete the top five at 1,064,681 and 826,300 tonnes, respectively.

The top three reporters accounted for 76.0 percent of the listed total, the top five 86.9 percent and the top ten 94.9 percent. Per capita, Niger's 201.69 grams per person per day lead Burkina Faso at 64.01 grams, while India, first by total, records 19.26 grams.

The Listed Total Rose 6.5 Percent in 2023

Among the 46 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 16,259,222 tonnes to 17,323,662 tonnes, a gain of 1,064,441 tonnes (6.5 percent). The two years share the same 46 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. India added 1,215,231 tonnes (up 13.7 percent), Ethiopia added 79,854 tonnes (up 10.7 percent), Niger added 38,098 tonnes (up 2.0 percent), China added 31,769 tonnes (up 3.1 percent), Ghana added 29,787 tonnes (up 23.9 percent) and Senegal added 27,280 tonnes (up 9.8 percent).

On the declining side, Nigeria fell 285,600 tonnes (down 20.2 percent) and Nepal fell 26,881 tonnes (down 9.0 percent). India's gain of 1,215,231 tonnes against a net increase of 1,064,441 equals 114.2 percent of the net change.

The Five-Year Common Total Rose 8.5 Percent

For the 46 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 15,972,294 tonnes to 17,323,662 tonnes, a gain of 1,351,368 tonnes (8.5 percent). The 2019 and 2023 universes contain the same 46 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving in either direction. India added 1,299,235 tonnes (up 14.7 percent), Niger added 174,516 tonnes (up 10.0 percent), China added 158,275 tonnes (up 17.5 percent) and Senegal added 39,842 tonnes (up 14.9 percent).

On the declining side, Nigeria fell 232,900 tonnes (down 17.1 percent), Burkina Faso fell 55,258 tonnes (down 9.3 percent), Tanzania fell 42,505 tonnes (down 27.9 percent) and Pakistan fell 38,429 tonnes (down 23.8 percent). India contributes 96.1 percent of the five-year net increase, with Niger, China and Senegal adding the next-largest shares.

What Does the Millet Flour Food Supply Measure?

This article covers the FAO item Flour of 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. Niger records the highest value at 201.69 grams.

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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	India	8.81M	17.38	9.39M	18.33	10.08M	19.53	8.89M	17.1	10.11M	19.26
2	Niger	1.75M	209.08	1.85M	213.14	1.29M	144.51	1.89M	204.32	1.93M	201.69
3	Nigeria	1.36M	17.79	1.39M	17.74	1.4M	17.58	1.41M	17.34	1.13M	13.55
4	China	906.41K	1.74	1.11M	2.13	1.06M	2.05	1.03M	1.99	1.06M	2.05
5	Ethiopia	820.8K	19.43	876.29K	20.19	841.83K	18.88	746.45K	16.31	826.3K	17.59
6	Burkina Faso	593.25K	77.54	609.73K	77.77	450K	56.05	545.58K	66.41	537.99K	64.01
7	Senegal	266.94K	44.72	279.5K	45.61	253.5K	40.33	279.5K	43.38	306.78K	46.49
8	Nepal	271.7K	26.2	276.18K	26.12	279.61K	25.99	298.84K	27.55	271.96K	25.09
9	Ghana	117.81K	10.33	147.9K	12.71	118.92K	10.02	124.65K	10.3	154.43K	12.52
10	Pakistan	161.73K	1.92	107.21K	1.25	96.21K	1.1	109.39K	1.23	123.3K	1.36
11	Russia	146.2K	2.73	124.61K	2.33	113.65K	2.13	115.69K	2.18	111.39K	2.1
12	Tanzania	152.43K	7.06	129K	5.8	131.8K	5.75	132.83K	5.62	109.93K	4.52
13	Uganda	43.97K	2.8	42.25K	2.6	44.06K	2.63	92.93K	5.38	82.33K	4.64
14	Cameroon	77.98K	8.38	79.32K	8.29	80.92K	8.24	80.92K	8.02	80.91K	7.81
15	Kenya	45.81K	2.45	45.81K	2.4	42.55K	2.19	76.79K	3.88	77.32K	3.83
16	Malawi	37.05K	5.34	39.83K	5.59	36.17K	4.94	35.28K	4.7	41.04K	5.33
17	Yemen	41.58K	3.24	34.56K	2.62	71.46K	5.27	40.05K	2.87	36.27K	2.52
18	Zimbabwe	17.53K	3.14	26.22K	4.63	18.47K	3.2	32.46K	5.53	36K	6.04
19	Ivory Coast	33.71K	3.28	35.63K	3.38	34.62K	3.2	36.45K	3.29	32.12K	2.82
20	Sierra Leone	28.07K	9.95	23.65K	8.19	29.56K	10	28.82K	9.54	30.3K	9.81
21	Gambia	30.29K	33.78	28.35K	30.87	27.36K	29.1	25.43K	26.43	28.79K	29.23
22	DR Congo	26.71K	0.79	24.14K	0.69	24.43K	0.68	23.83K	0.64	23.27K	0.6
23	Kazakhstan	24.64K	3.51	25.34K	3.56	22.52K	3.13	22.53K	3.08	21.85K	2.94
24	Angola	38.59K	3.27	37.64K	3.08	23.94K	1.9	24.26K	1.87	20.09K	1.5
25	Myanmar	15.86K	0.83	14.82K	0.77	16.61K	0.85	16.04K	0.82	19.05K	0.96
26	Guinea-Bissau	13.01K	18.11	16.11K	21.93	16.18K	21.54	18.68K	24.3	17.41K	22.15
27	Saudi Arabia	16.38K	1.47	15.57K	1.38	14.03K	1.23	21.05K	1.79	16.44K	1.35
28	Zambia	6.3K	0.93	15.78K	2.27	10.55K	1.47	7.32K	1	14.93K	1.97
29	Mozambique	33.21K	3.04	18.1K	1.61	18.7K	1.62	19.28K	1.62	14.01K	1.14
30	Namibia	30K	31.01	37K	37.15	35K	34.12	26.91K	25.51	13.32K	12.32
31	Morocco	5.67K	0.43	5.99K	0.45	7.55K	0.56	5.73K	0.42	9.99K	0.73
32	Sri Lanka	8.43K	1.03	6.54K	0.79	7.39K	0.89	9.4K	1.13	8.15K	0.97
33	Guinea	8.1K	1.7	7.75K	1.59	7.85K	1.57	7.97K	1.55	7.98K	1.52
34	Afghanistan	4.89K	0.35	3.85K	0.27	2.78K	0.19	2.76K	0.19	5.39K	0.36
35	South Africa	3.8K	0.17	4.56K	0.21	5.11K	0.23	4.66K	0.2	3.97K	0.17
36	Mauritania	1.87K	1.15	1.88K	1.12	635.91	0.37	3.15K	1.77	2.96K	1.61
37	South Korea	6.14K	0.33	6.93K	0.37	6.81K	0.36	5.42K	0.29	2.85K	0.15
38	Taiwan	3.08K	0.36	3.27K	0.38	2.29K	0.27	1.81K	0.21	2.42K	0.28
39	Rwanda	4.49K	0.96	4.81K	1.01	3.22K	0.66	6.27K	1.26	1.68K	0.33
40	Ukraine	3.83K	0.23	986	0.06	680	0.04	243.46	0.02	1.61K	0.12
41	Botswana	717.82	0.84	5.87K	6.8	1.41K	1.61	1.06K	1.19	759.49	0.84
42	Bhutan	1K	3.58	1.3K	4.63	899.18	3.18	546.01	1.92	473.46	1.65
43	Syria	469.45	0.06	144.91	0.02	115.9	0.01	207.23	0.03	329.17	0.04
44	Maldives	71.68	0.4	65.04	0.35	169.76	0.9	281.56	1.47	241.54	1.26
45	Bolivia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40.48	0.01
46	Bahrain	0.54	0	4.35	0.01	7.49	0.01	6.49	0.01	0.23	0

Millet Flour Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, FAO data recorded 17,323,662 tonnes of listed millet flour food supply across 46 reporters. India had the largest total at 10,109,751 tonnes, followed by Niger at 1,925,766 tonnes and Nigeria at 1,127,100 tonnes. Niger had the highest per-capita food supply at 201.69 grams per person per day. These figures represent food available for human consumption rather than a direct measure of how much millet flour 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 Flour of 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 46 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 17,323,662 tonnes is the sum of the 46 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, Flour of millet, food supply quantity (tonnes; g/capita/day), 2019-2023. Compiled by StatsGeo.