Oats Consumption by Country

FAO Food Balances data show that the United States had the largest listed food supply of oats in 2023, at 2,123 thousand tonnes, followed by Brazil at 812 thousand tonnes and Germany at 441 thousand tonnes. Belarus had the highest per-capita food supply at 9.89 kilograms per person. The data cover 166 reporters and include annual figures from 2019 through 2023.

The United States had the highest listed oats consumption in 2023 at 2,123 thousand tonnes, while Belarus had the highest per-capita food supply at 9.89 kilograms per person per year. The United States listed food supply was 2.61 times Brazil's (2,123 thousand tonnes against 812).

Key Takeaways

In 2023, the United States had the largest listed supply of oats at 2,123 thousand tonnes, followed by Brazil at 812 thousand tonnes. Germany ranked third with 441 thousand tonnes. On a per-capita basis, Belarus recorded the highest food supply at 9.89 kilograms per person, followed by Norway at 7.28 kilograms.

Across the 165 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, listed oats supply decreased by 484 thousand tonnes, or 7.3 percent. Brazil recorded the largest decline at 376 thousand tonnes. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of oats actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	United States US	2.12K	6.18
2	Brazil BR	812	3.84
3	Germany DE	441	5.21
4	China CN	379	0.27
5	United Kingdom GB	351	5.11
6	Russia RU	246	1.69
7	Belarus BY	90	9.89
8	India IN	85	0.06
9	Netherlands NL	83	4.58
10	Colombia CO	80	1.54
11	Peru PE	79	2.34
12	Poland PL	72	1.86
13	South Africa ZA	66	1.05
14	France FR	65	0.98
15	Ecuador EC	51	2.86
16	Canada CA	47	1.21
17	Venezuela VE	45	1.6
18	Ethiopia ET	44	0.34
19	Argentina AR	43	0.95
20	Italy IT	41	0.68
21	Taiwan TW	41	1.74
22	Denmark DK	40	6.69
23	Norway NO	40	7.28
24	Mexico MX	39	0.3
25	Malaysia MY	34	0.98
26	Guatemala GT	32	1.75
27	Chile CL	25	1.27
28	Morocco MA	25	0.67
29	Saudi Arabia SA	24	0.71
30	Ukraine UA	24	0.64
31	Bolivia BO	23	1.88
32	Austria AT	21	2.29
33	New Zealand NZ	21	4.06
34	Switzerland CH	21	2.36
35	Indonesia ID	20	0.07
36	Nicaragua NI	20	2.96
37	Philippines PH	20	0.18
38	Portugal PT	20	1.89
39	Ireland IE	18	3.42
40	Kazakhstan KZ	18	0.87
41	Mongolia MN	18	5.27
42	Dominican Republic DO	16	1.4
43	Israel IL	15	1.61
44	Ghana GH	14	0.41
45	Greece GR	14	1.32
46	South Korea KR	13	0.25
47	Costa Rica CR	12	2.26
48	Hong Kong HK	12	1.62
49	Serbia RS	12	1.75
50	Finland FI	10	1.81
51	Nigeria NG	10	0.04
52	Vietnam VN	10	0.1
53	Romania RO	9	0.5
54	Australia AU	8	0.32
55	Hungary HU	8	0.82
56	Jamaica JM	8	2.83
57	Slovakia SK	8	1.47
58	Algeria DZ	7	0.14
59	Georgia GE	7	1.93
60	Honduras HN	7	0.65
61	Ivory Coast CI	7	0.23
62	Panama PA	7	1.67
63	Estonia EE	6	4.17
64	Thailand TH	6	0.08
65	Uruguay UY	6	1.65
66	Bulgaria BG	5	0.69
67	Moldova MD	5	1.98
68	North Macedonia MK	5	2.47
69	Sweden SE	5	0.5
70	Uzbekistan UZ	5	0.15
71	Angola AO	4	0.1
72	Armenia AM	4	1.27
73	Kenya KE	4	0.08
74	Azerbaijan AZ	3	0.3
75	Croatia HR	3	0.8
76	El Salvador SV	3	0.44
77	Iran IR	3	0.03
78	Iraq IQ	3	0.07
79	Libya LY	3	0.37
80	Oman OM	3	0.59
81	Qatar QA	3	1
82	Senegal SN	3	0.18
83	Egypt EG	2	0.01
84	Iceland IS	2	4.24
85	Kuwait KW	2	0.36
86	Latvia LV	2	1.14
87	Nepal NP	2	0.07
88	Pakistan PK	2	0.01
89	Paraguay PY	2	0.29
90	Slovenia SI	2	0.98
91	Trinidad and Tobago TT	2	1.4
92	Tunisia TN	2	0.18
93	Albania AL	1	0.28
94	Bahrain BH	1	0.6
95	Bangladesh BD	1	0
96	Barbados BB	1	2.4
97	Belgium BE	1	0.1
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	1	0.43
99	Congo CG	1	0.1
100	Cyprus CY	1	0.76
101	Djibouti DJ	1	0.54
102	DR Congo CD	1	0.01
103	Fiji FJ	1	0.86
104	Jordan JO	1	0.07
105	Kyrgyzstan KG	1	0.18
106	Lebanon LB	1	0.21
107	Lesotho LS	1	0.3
108	Liberia LR	1	0.21
109	Luxembourg LU	1	1.45
110	Macau MO	1	1.08
111	Malta MT	1	1.39
112	Mauritius MU	1	0.65
113	Namibia NA	1	0.46
114	Sri Lanka LK	1	0.05
115	Türkiye TR	1	0.02
116	United Arab Emirates AE	1	0.1
117	Yemen YE	1	0.04
118	Zambia ZM	1	0.05
119	Afghanistan AF	0	0.01
120	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	1.18
121	Bahamas BS	0	1.17
122	Belize BZ	0	0.59
123	Bhutan BT	0	0.06
124	Botswana BW	0	0.18
125	Cameroon CM	0	0
126	Cape Verde CV	0	0.33
127	Czech Republic CZ	0	0
128	Eswatini SZ	0	0.28
129	French Polynesia PF	0	0.05
130	Gabon GA	0	0.1
131	Gambia GM	0	0.04
132	Grenada GD	0	1.48
133	Guinea GN	0	0
134	Guyana GY	0	0.12
135	Haiti HT	0	0.02
136	Kiribati KI	0	0.02
137	Laos LA	0	0.01
138	Lithuania LT	0	0
139	Malawi MW	0	0.01
140	Maldives MV	0	0.73
141	Marshall Islands MH	0	0.21
142	Mauritania MR	0	0
143	Montenegro ME	0	0.61
144	Mozambique MZ	0	0
145	Myanmar MM	0	0
146	Nauru NR	0	0.03
147	New Caledonia NC	0	0.01
148	Rwanda RW	0	0.01
149	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	0.56
150	Saint Lucia LC	0	2.5
151	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0	0.65
152	Samoa WS	0	0.07
153	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	0.02
154	Seychelles SC	0	0.94
155	Sierra Leone SL	0	0.03
156	Spain ES	0	0
157	Suriname SR	0	0.5
158	Syria SY	0	0.01
159	Tajikistan TJ	0	0.01
160	Tanzania TZ	0	0
161	Timor-Leste TL	0	0
162	Tonga TO	0	0.18
163	Turkmenistan TM	0	0.01
164	Tuvalu TV	0	0.02
165	Vanuatu VU	0	0.01
166	Zimbabwe ZW	0	0.02

Oats Consumption by Country in 2023

The United States had the largest listed food supply of oats in the 2023 data with 2,123 thousand tonnes (34.6 percent of the listed total), followed by Brazil with 812 thousand tonnes (13.2 percent) and Germany with 441 thousand tonnes (7.2 percent). China ranked fourth with 379 thousand tonnes and the United Kingdom fifth with 351 thousand tonnes.

The top three reporters hold 55.1 percent of the listed 2023 total, the top five 67.0 percent and the top ten 76.5 percent of the 6,129-thousand-tonne total.

Brazil Falls 376 Thousand Tonnes as Listed Oats Food Supply Declines 7.3 Percent Among Common Reporters Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 165 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply decreased from 6,611 thousand tonnes to 6,127 thousand tonnes, a decline of 484 thousand tonnes (7.3 percent). The annual listed totals across all reporters were 6,611 thousand tonnes in 2022 and 6,129 thousand tonnes in 2023; Trinidad and Tobago joined with 2 thousand tonnes. Brazil fell 376 thousand tonnes (down 31.6 percent), followed by Germany with 93 thousand tonnes (down 17.4 percent), Russia with 86 thousand tonnes (down 25.9 percent), Venezuela with 47 thousand tonnes (down 51.1 percent), the Czech Republic with 32 thousand tonnes to zero (down 100.0 percent) and the United Kingdom with 27 thousand tonnes (down 7.1 percent). The United States added 167 thousand tonnes (up 8.5 percent) and China 61 thousand tonnes (up 19.2 percent).

United States Adds 363 Thousand Tonnes as Listed Oats Food Supply Grows 12.0 Percent Since 2019

For the 164 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 5,469 thousand tonnes to 6,126 thousand tonnes, a gain of 657 thousand tonnes (12.0 percent). The annual listed totals across all reporters were 5,469 thousand tonnes in 2019 and 6,129 thousand tonnes in 2023; Trinidad and Tobago and the United Arab Emirates joined with a combined 3 thousand tonnes. The United States added 363 thousand tonnes (up 20.6 percent), accounting for 55.3 percent of the increase, followed by China with 167 thousand tonnes (up 78.8 percent), Russia with 115 thousand tonnes (up 87.8 percent), Germany with 88 thousand tonnes (up 24.9 percent), Peru with 49 thousand tonnes (up 163.3 percent) and the Netherlands with 46 thousand tonnes (up 124.3 percent), while Mexico fell 53 thousand tonnes (down 57.6 percent) and the United Kingdom 53 thousand tonnes (down 13.1 percent).

The United States accounted for more than half of the increase among common reporters between 2019 and 2023, while Brazil's 376-thousand-tonne decline between 2022 and 2023 was larger than the 2023 listed food supply of all but four reporters. The per-capita ranking sits in northern and eastern Europe, with Norway at 7.28 and Denmark at 6.69 kilograms per year, while the total-quantity leader the United States records 6.18 kilograms.

What Does Oats Consumption Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the oats figure used here is the amount recorded under the Food element. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year, rather than a direct estimate of how much oats people actually ate. For FAO Food Balances, the oats figure used here is the amount recorded under the Food element for Oats.

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.

In 2023, the United States had the largest listed oats food supply at 2,123 thousand tonnes, while Belarus had the highest per-capita food supply at 9.89 kilograms per person per year. Brazil ranked second by total quantity at 812 thousand tonnes, followed by Germany at 441 thousand tonnes. FAO Food Balances measure food available for human consumption, not the amount actually eaten. Brazil and Germany followed the United States by total quantity, with 812 and 441 thousand tonnes respectively. The figures come from FAO Food Balances and represent food available for human consumption rather than the amount actually eaten.

Oats 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	United States	1.76K	5.21	2.05K	6.03	2.09K	6.14	1.96K	5.73	2.12K	6.18
2	Brazil	852	4.11	815	3.91	1K	4.79	1.19K	5.65	812	3.84
3	Germany	353	4.22	576	6.89	605	7.22	534	6.35	441	5.21
4	China	212	0.15	233	0.16	261	0.18	318	0.22	379	0.27
5	United Kingdom	404	6.02	425	6.3	356	5.27	378	5.55	351	5.11
6	Russia	131	0.9	208	1.42	466	3.2	332	2.28	246	1.69
7	Belarus	94	10	105	11.21	67	7.24	96	10.43	90	9.89
8	India	65	0.05	65	0.05	82	0.06	66	0.05	85	0.06
9	Netherlands	37	2.09	45	2.54	89	5	96	5.35	83	4.58
10	Colombia	80	1.61	96	1.9	95	1.85	72	1.4	80	1.54
11	Peru	30	0.92	86	2.61	79	2.38	77	2.3	79	2.34
12	Poland	76	1.98	87	2.27	83	2.19	75	1.95	72	1.86
13	South Africa	78	1.31	72	1.19	103	1.68	77	1.23	66	1.05
14	France	63	0.96	69	1.05	114	1.72	69	1.05	65	0.98
15	Ecuador	55	3.17	56	3.17	55	3.13	55	3.06	51	2.86
16	Canada	69	1.82	4	0.1	25	0.64	51	1.31	47	1.21
17	Venezuela	1	0.03	36	1.28	33	1.17	92	3.26	45	1.6
18	Ethiopia	42	0.36	36	0.3	53	0.43	49	0.39	44	0.34
19	Argentina	45	1	51	1.13	46	1.02	61	1.35	43	0.95
20	Italy	26	0.43	29	0.48	34	0.57	31	0.52	41	0.68
21	Taiwan	43	1.81	43	1.8	52	2.21	44	1.89	41	1.74
22	Denmark	26	4.41	39	6.64	40	6.8	41	6.92	40	6.69
23	Norway	61	11.35	39	7.17	1	0.15	31	5.75	40	7.28
24	Mexico	92	0.73	64	0.5	63	0.49	45	0.35	39	0.3
25	Malaysia	42	1.25	47	1.38	56	1.62	52	1.5	34	0.98
26	Guatemala	17	1.02	48	2.77	34	1.92	32	1.77	32	1.75
27	Chile	1	0.03	3	0.15	0	0	0	0	25	1.27
28	Morocco	9	0.24	14	0.38	14	0.39	17	0.45	25	0.67
29	Saudi Arabia	24	0.78	36	1.15	29	0.92	32	0.99	24	0.71
30	Ukraine	69	1.54	39	0.87	15	0.34	27	0.65	24	0.64
31	Bolivia	28	2.41	27	2.3	26	2.18	24	2	23	1.88
32	Austria	18	2.07	23	2.59	30	3.3	28	3.06	21	2.29
33	New Zealand	18	3.51	19	3.7	16	3.16	19	3.74	21	4.06
34	Switzerland	21	2.48	21	2.39	22	2.53	23	2.6	21	2.36
35	Indonesia	13	0.05	17	0.06	16	0.06	15	0.05	20	0.07
36	Nicaragua	3	0.54	6	0.98	8	1.18	15	2.22	20	2.96
37	Philippines	24	0.22	24	0.22	21	0.19	20	0.18	20	0.18
38	Portugal	20	1.96	21	2	21	2.05	19	1.82	20	1.89
39	Ireland	27	5.47	28	5.59	32	6.37	20	3.91	18	3.42
40	Kazakhstan	18	0.94	18	0.92	18	0.89	19	0.94	18	0.87
41	Mongolia	13	4.11	16	4.96	31	9.3	20	5.76	18	5.27
42	Dominican Republic	18	1.66	20	1.81	15	1.37	10	0.91	16	1.4
43	Israel	18	2.04	20	2.22	18	1.98	18	2.03	15	1.61
44	Ghana	10	0.31	13	0.41	13	0.4	12	0.36	14	0.41
45	Greece	11	1	11	1.07	13	1.22	20	1.96	14	1.32
46	South Korea	2	0.04	3	0.06	5	0.09	8	0.15	13	0.25
47	Costa Rica	14	2.77	13	2.53	9	1.69	10	1.93	12	2.26
48	Hong Kong	18	2.37	18	2.44	16	2.15	15	1.97	12	1.62
49	Serbia	8	1.1	12	1.69	10	1.5	11	1.58	12	1.75
50	Finland	14	2.46	8	1.43	5	0.9	4	0.66	10	1.81
51	Nigeria	8	0.04	2	0.01	12	0.06	8	0.04	10	0.04
52	Vietnam	21	0.21	4	0.04	4	0.04	13	0.13	10	0.1
53	Romania	5	0.24	5	0.28	7	0.35	8	0.43	9	0.5
54	Australia	18	0.7	11	0.44	10	0.4	2	0.09	8	0.32
55	Hungary	7	0.67	8	0.84	7	0.69	7	0.74	8	0.82
56	Jamaica	8	2.79	9	3.05	8	2.88	7	2.39	8	2.83
57	Slovakia	12	2.16	11	1.98	13	2.35	8	1.53	8	1.47
58	Algeria	2	0.04	5	0.12	5	0.1	9	0.19	7	0.14
59	Georgia	8	2.06	9	2.45	7	1.84	8	1.98	7	1.93
60	Honduras	11	1.14	0	0	0	0	11	1.03	7	0.65
61	Ivory Coast	5	0.19	9	0.31	9	0.3	8	0.25	7	0.23
62	Panama	8	1.84	10	2.42	9	2.17	7	1.58	7	1.67
63	Estonia	6	4.8	8	6.28	8	5.83	8	5.97	6	4.17
64	Thailand	3	0.04	4	0.05	5	0.06	6	0.08	6	0.08
65	Uruguay	4	1.22	6	1.73	6	1.73	6	1.77	6	1.65
66	Bulgaria	3	0.48	4	0.54	4	0.57	4	0.59	5	0.69
67	Moldova	4	1.7	5	1.83	5	1.82	6	2.18	5	1.98
68	North Macedonia	4	2.01	4	2.3	4	2.31	5	2.49	5	2.47
69	Sweden	20	1.95	26	2.48	14	1.31	11	1.06	5	0.5
70	Uzbekistan	5	0.15	4	0.11	5	0.16	6	0.16	5	0.15
71	Angola	1	0.03	1	0.04	2	0.05	3	0.08	4	0.1
72	Armenia	2	0.72	3	0.94	2	0.78	4	1.47	4	1.27
73	Kenya	4	0.07	5	0.09	5	0.1	6	0.11	4	0.08
74	Azerbaijan	3	0.25	3	0.3	3	0.26	3	0.3	3	0.3
75	Croatia	4	1.01	4	0.97	2	0.62	2	0.64	3	0.8
76	El Salvador	5	0.75	8	1.25	5	0.77	3	0.43	3	0.44
77	Iran	1	0.01	4	0.04	2	0.02	3	0.03	3	0.03
78	Iraq	2	0.04	3	0.09	4	0.1	2	0.06	3	0.07
79	Libya	0	0.04	1	0.08	1	0.13	1	0.15	3	0.37
80	Oman	4	0.78	4	0.86	4	0.92	4	0.82	3	0.59
81	Qatar	2	0.68	2	0.83	2	0.68	2	0.79	3	1
82	Senegal	1	0.04	2	0.13	2	0.12	3	0.15	3	0.18
83	Egypt	2	0.02	2	0.02	2	0.02	2	0.01	2	0.01
84	Iceland	2	5.45	2	4.97	2	5.3	2	4.1	2	4.24
85	Kuwait	1	0.25	3	0.66	2	0.49	2	0.52	2	0.36
86	Latvia	5	2.43	7	3.75	6	3.18	8	4.25	2	1.14
87	Nepal	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	2	0.07
88	Pakistan	1	0.01	1	0	1	0.01	2	0.01	2	0.01
89	Paraguay	1	0.19	2	0.28	2	0.28	2	0.28	2	0.29
90	Slovenia	2	0.82	2	0.74	2	0.79	2	0.97	2	0.98
91	Trinidad and Tobago	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1.4
92	Tunisia	1	0.1	2	0.2	2	0.16	2	0.15	2	0.18
93	Albania	1	0.24	0	0.12	0	0.07	1	0.29	1	0.28
94	Bahrain	1	0.55	1	0.64	1	0.68	1	0.54	1	0.6
95	Bangladesh	1	0.01	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	1	0
96	Barbados	1	3	1	4.22	1	3.53	1	3.14	1	2.4
97	Belgium	2	0.17	1	0.1	1	0.06	1	0.12	1	0.1
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0.28	1	0.34	1	0.4	1	0.41	1	0.43
99	Congo	0	0.07	1	0.09	1	0.11	1	0.11	1	0.1
100	Cyprus	1	0.59	0	0.31	1	0.64	1	0.66	1	0.76
101	Djibouti	2	1.74	2	2.17	1	1.27	0	0.43	1	0.54
102	DR Congo	2	0.02	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0.01
103	Fiji	1	0.79	1	0.99	1	0.9	1	1.26	1	0.86
104	Jordan	1	0.11	1	0.12	1	0.13	1	0.07	1	0.07
105	Kyrgyzstan	1	0.22	1	0.09	1	0.13	1	0.16	1	0.18
106	Lebanon	2	0.31	1	0.24	2	0.3	1	0.23	1	0.21
107	Lesotho	0	0.18	1	0.24	0	0.2	0	0.2	1	0.3
108	Liberia	1	0.15	1	0.2	1	0.14	1	0.2	1	0.21
109	Luxembourg	1	2.18	1	1.59	1	1.84	1	2.07	1	1.45
110	Macau	1	1.29	1	1.2	1	1.12	1	1.03	1	1.08
111	Malta	1	2.08	0	0.89	1	1.34	1	1.3	1	1.39
112	Mauritius	1	0.51	1	0.66	1	0.69	1	0.81	1	0.65
113	Namibia	1	0.34	1	0.4	1	0.42	1	0.4	1	0.46
114	Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0.05
115	Türkiye	3	0.03	7	0.08	7	0.08	3	0.03	1	0.02
116	United Arab Emirates	-	-	0	0.01	0	0	1	0.12	1	0.1
117	Yemen	1	0.04	1	0.02	4	0.1	4	0.1	1	0.04
118	Zambia	1	0.03	1	0.04	1	0.03	1	0.04	1	0.05
119	Afghanistan	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01
120	Antigua and Barbuda	0	2.37	0	1.65	0	2.1	0	2.42	0	1.18
121	Bahamas	1	1.69	1	1.92	0	1.26	1	3.27	0	1.17
122	Belize	1	1.51	1	1.8	1	1.32	1	2.72	0	0.59
123	Bhutan	0	0.06	0	0.08	0	0.07	0	0.06	0	0.06
124	Botswana	0	0.09	0	0.02	0	0.04	0	0.17	0	0.18
125	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0
126	Cape Verde	0	0.22	0	0.26	0	0.24	0	0.31	0	0.33
127	Czech Republic	21	2	24	2.25	21	1.99	32	3.02	0	0
128	Eswatini	0	0.26	0	0.21	0	0.34	0	0.39	0	0.28
129	French Polynesia	0	0.01	0	0.11	0	0.13	0	0.17	0	0.05
130	Gabon	0	0.06	0	0.14	0	0.14	0	0.11	0	0.1
131	Gambia	0	0.01	0	0.04	0	0.1	0	0.08	0	0.04
132	Grenada	0	1.36	0	2.59	0	1.73	0	1.68	0	1.48
133	Guinea	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
134	Guyana	1	0.66	1	0.83	0	0.37	0	0.16	0	0.12
135	Haiti	1	0.06	0	0.02	1	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.02
136	Kiribati	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.04	0	0.01	0	0.02
137	Laos	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
138	Lithuania	1	0.25	0	0.05	1	0.19	0	0	0	0
139	Malawi	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
140	Maldives	0	0.51	0	0.38	1	0.97	0	0.48	0	0.73
141	Marshall Islands	0	0.09	0	0.18	0	0.22	0	0.19	0	0.21
142	Mauritania	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
143	Montenegro	0	0.2	0	0.28	0	0.39	0	0.53	0	0.61
144	Mozambique	0	0.01	1	0.03	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
145	Myanmar	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
146	Nauru	0	0.06	0	0.03	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.03
147	New Caledonia	0	0.05	0	0.02	0	0.19	0	0.01	0	0.01
148	Rwanda	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
149	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0.71	0	0.59	0	0.65	0	0.88	0	0.56
150	Saint Lucia	0	1.7	0	2.79	1	2.85	0	2.73	0	2.5
151	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0.59	0	0.37	0	0.64	0	0.47	0	0.65
152	Samoa	0	0.35	0	0.14	0	0.35	0	0.06	0	0.07
153	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02
154	Seychelles	0	0.46	0	0.34	0	0.78	0	0.4	0	0.94
155	Sierra Leone	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.04	0	0.03
156	Spain	36	0.76	27	0.57	26	0.55	17	0.36	0	0
157	Suriname	0	0.51	0	0.4	0	0.41	0	0.42	0	0.5
158	Syria	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01
159	Tajikistan	0	0.02	1	0.06	1	0.05	1	0.06	0	0.01
160	Tanzania	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
161	Timor-Leste	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
162	Tonga	0	0.17	0	0.12	0	0.16	0	0.09	0	0.18
163	Turkmenistan	0	0.05	1	0.12	0	0.04	0	0.03	0	0.01
164	Tuvalu	0	0.03	0	0.14	0	0.29	0	0.01	0	0.02
165	Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
166	Zimbabwe	0	0.02	0	0.01	1	0.07	1	0.03	0	0.02

Quick Answer

In 2023, the United States had the largest listed oats food supply among the 166 reporters with reported values, at 2,123 thousand tonnes. Brazil ranked second at 812 thousand tonnes, while Germany ranked third at 441 thousand tonnes. Belarus had the highest per-capita oats food supply at 9.89 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of oats 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 Oats 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 quantity actually eaten, as additional losses or waste may occur after food reaches the consumer.

The reporter universe contains 166 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 are compiled from national and other official sources. 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 6,129 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 166 reporters with a reported 2023 quantity; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.