Other Pulses Consumption by Country

FAO Food Balances data record 34,184 thousand tonnes of listed other pulses food supply in 2023 across 174 reporters with reported values. India accounts for 15,422 thousand tonnes of that total, ahead of Nigeria at 2,726 thousand tonnes and Ethiopia at 2,029 thousand tonnes. Niger records the highest per-capita food supply at 50.57 kilograms per person per year. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values in individual years.

India leads the 2023 ranking at 15,422 thousand tonnes, 5.66 times Nigeria at 2,726 thousand tonnes, while Niger's 50.57 kilograms per person per year top the per-capita ranking, based on a listed food supply of 1,323 thousand tonnes. The top ten reporters hold 79.4 percent of the listed total.

Other Pulses Food Supply at a Glance

• India had the largest listed other pulses food supply in 2023 at 15,422 thousand tonnes.
• Nigeria ranked second at 2,726 thousand tonnes, followed by Ethiopia at 2,029 thousand tonnes.
• Niger had the highest per-capita food supply at 50.57 kilograms per person per year.
• The 2023 listed total was 34,184 thousand tonnes across 174 reporters with reported values.
• Among 174 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed food supply increased by 3,390 thousand tonnes, or 11.0 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

In 2023, India led listed other pulses food supply at 15,422 thousand tonnes, with Nigeria second at 2,726 thousand tonnes and Ethiopia third at 2,029 thousand tonnes. Niger followed at 1,323 thousand tonnes and China at 1,243 thousand tonnes. Niger's 50.57 kilograms per person per year lead the per-capita ranking, followed by Burkina Faso at 32.59 kilograms.

Between 2022 and 2023, listed supply across the 174 reporters with data in both years eased from 34,427 thousand tonnes to 34,184 thousand tonnes, a decline of 243 thousand tonnes (0.7 percent), as India's 758-thousand-tonne fall outweighed gains in Pakistan, Niger, Nigeria and Türkiye. Since 2019, the common-reporter total has grown 11.0 percent, with India contributing 48.2 percent of the increase alongside Nigeria, Ethiopia and Niger. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of pulses actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	India IN	15.42K	10.72
2	Nigeria NG	2.73K	11.96
3	Ethiopia ET	2.03K	15.77
4	Niger NE	1.32K	50.57
5	China CN	1.24K	0.87
6	Bangladesh BD	1.2K	6.99
7	Pakistan PK	1.12K	4.54
8	Türkiye TR	932	10.68
9	Burkina Faso BF	750	32.59
10	Nepal NP	394	13.26
11	United States US	390	1.13
12	Myanmar MM	329	6.08
13	Kenya KE	307	5.54
14	Algeria DZ	299	6.47
15	Malawi MW	251	11.92
16	Iran IR	230	2.54
17	Iraq IQ	230	5.94
18	Sri Lanka LK	224	9.74
19	Morocco MA	212	5.63
20	Tanzania TZ	201	3.01
21	Cameroon CM	191	6.74
22	Australia AU	186	7.04
23	Mexico MX	183	1.41
24	Egypt EG	178	1.55
25	Spain ES	175	3.65
26	Saudi Arabia SA	173	5.2
27	Italy IT	170	2.86
28	Vietnam VN	160	1.6
29	Syria SY	155	6.57
30	Peru PE	151	4.46
31	Yemen YE	143	3.64
32	Thailand TH	111	1.55
33	Mozambique MZ	103	3.05
34	United Arab Emirates AE	99	9.29
35	Colombia CO	90	1.73
36	DR Congo CD	90	0.85
37	Poland PL	84	2.16
38	United Kingdom GB	83	1.21
39	Senegal SN	80	4.43
40	Tunisia TN	79	6.48
41	Jordan JO	75	6.6
42	Venezuela VE	75	2.65
43	Zimbabwe ZW	72	4.41
44	Malaysia MY	68	1.95
45	Sierra Leone SL	68	7.98
46	Haiti HT	61	5.24
47	Guinea GN	51	3.52
48	France FR	50	0.75
49	Belgium BE	46	3.94
50	Guatemala GT	46	2.56
51	Norway NO	46	8.39
52	Germany DE	39	0.46
53	Chile CL	38	1.92
54	Zambia ZM	37	1.77
55	Philippines PH	34	0.3
56	Argentina AR	32	0.71
57	Brazil BR	32	0.15
58	Dominican Republic DO	31	2.76
59	Libya LY	28	3.86
60	Uzbekistan UZ	28	0.79
61	Angola AO	26	0.71
62	Kazakhstan KZ	25	1.25
63	Lebanon LB	25	4.28
64	Russia RU	25	0.17
65	Uganda UG	25	0.52
66	Indonesia ID	24	0.08
67	Israel IL	24	2.58
68	Mauritania MR	24	4.81
69	Oman OM	24	4.77
70	Ecuador EC	22	1.21
71	Ghana GH	22	0.66
72	Afghanistan AF	20	0.48
73	Bolivia BO	20	1.67
74	Qatar QA	20	6.84
75	South Korea KR	20	0.39
76	Kuwait KW	19	3.96
77	Namibia NA	19	6.44
78	New Zealand NZ	17	3.3
79	Greece GR	16	1.52
80	Madagascar MG	15	0.48
81	Ivory Coast CI	14	0.45
82	South Africa ZA	14	0.22
83	Netherlands NL	13	0.71
84	Paraguay PY	13	1.96
85	Austria AT	12	1.29
86	Ukraine UA	11	0.29
87	Comoros KM	10	11.49
88	Djibouti DJ	10	8.24
89	Liberia LR	10	1.84
90	Panama PA	10	2.18
91	Canada CA	9	0.23
92	Lithuania LT	9	3.05
93	Czech Republic CZ	8	0.75
94	Azerbaijan AZ	7	0.67
95	Croatia HR	7	1.75
96	Tajikistan TJ	7	0.67
97	Trinidad and Tobago TT	7	4.74
98	Bahrain BH	6	3.77
99	Botswana BW	6	2.54
100	Mauritius MU	6	4.36
101	Solomon Islands SB	6	7.32
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	5	1.71
103	Cambodia KH	5	0.31
104	Taiwan TW	5	0.21
105	Bhutan BT	4	4.66
106	Cape Verde CV	4	8.53
107	Portugal PT	4	0.38
108	Switzerland CH	4	0.42
109	Uruguay UY	4	1.3
110	Armenia AM	3	0.97
111	Bulgaria BG	3	0.37
112	Costa Rica CR	3	0.51
113	Cyprus CY	3	1.94
114	Gambia GM	3	1.01
115	Guinea-Bissau GW	3	1.51
116	Hungary HU	3	0.35
117	Kyrgyzstan KG	3	0.36
118	Laos LA	3	0.38
119	Moldova MD	3	1.18
120	Papua New Guinea PG	3	0.32
121	Romania RO	3	0.18
122	Sweden SE	3	0.32
123	Denmark DK	2	0.28
124	Eswatini SZ	2	1.61
125	Guyana GY	2	2.46
126	Ireland IE	2	0.39
127	Maldives MV	2	3.29
128	North Macedonia MK	2	0.96
129	Serbia RS	2	0.35
130	Slovakia SK	2	0.45
131	Albania AL	1	0.4
132	Barbados BB	1	4.12
133	Fiji FJ	1	1.58
134	Georgia GE	1	0.28
135	Hong Kong HK	1	0.2
136	Jamaica JM	1	0.39
137	Latvia LV	1	0.72
138	Mongolia MN	1	0.33
139	Saint Lucia LC	1	6.4
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	1	7.49
141	Seychelles SC	1	4.91
142	Turkmenistan TM	1	0.18
143	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	1.13
144	Bahamas BS	0	0.21
145	Belarus BY	0	0.03
146	Belize BZ	0	0.01
147	Congo CG	0	0.02
148	El Salvador SV	0	0.05
149	Estonia EE	0	0
150	Finland FI	0	0.07
151	French Polynesia PF	0	1.62
152	Gabon GA	0	0.17
153	Grenada GD	0	4.18
154	Honduras HN	0	0.01
155	Iceland IS	0	0.19
156	Kiribati KI	0	0.04
157	Lesotho LS	0	0.16
158	Luxembourg LU	0	0.62
159	Macau MO	0	0.43
160	Malta MT	0	0.64
161	Marshall Islands MH	0	0.42
162	Montenegro ME	0	0.13
163	Nauru NR	0	0.04
164	New Caledonia NC	0	0.47
165	Rwanda RW	0	0.01
166	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	4.14
167	Samoa WS	0	0.01
168	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	0.29
169	Slovenia SI	0	0.09
170	Suriname SR	0	0.1
171	Timor-Leste TL	0	0.02
172	Tonga TO	0	0.01
173	Tuvalu TV	0	0
174	Vanuatu VU	0	0.01

Other Pulses Consumption by Country in 2023

India holds 15,422 thousand tonnes, or 45.1 percent of the 34,184-thousand-tonne listed total. Nigeria follows at 2,726 thousand tonnes (8.0 percent) and Ethiopia at 2,029 thousand tonnes (5.9 percent), with Niger fourth at 1,323 thousand tonnes and China fifth at 1,243 thousand tonnes.

The top three reporters hold 59.0 percent of the listed total, the top five 66.5 percent and the top ten 79.4 percent. Türkiye ranks eighth at 932 thousand tonnes.

India Falls 758 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Eases 0.7 Percent Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 174 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply moved from 34,427 thousand tonnes to 34,184 thousand tonnes, a decline of 243 thousand tonnes (0.7 percent). The 2022 and 2023 listed totals come from the same 174 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. India fell 758 thousand tonnes (down 4.7 percent), while Pakistan added 266 thousand tonnes (up 31.0 percent), Niger added 261 thousand tonnes (up 24.6 percent), Nigeria added 184 thousand tonnes (up 7.2 percent) and Türkiye added 168 thousand tonnes (up 22.0 percent). Kenya fell 202 thousand tonnes (down 39.7 percent), Canada fell 175 thousand tonnes (down 95.1 percent) and Russia fell 155 thousand tonnes (down 86.1 percent).

India Adds 1,634 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Grows 11.0 Percent Since 2019

For the 174 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 30,794 thousand tonnes to 34,184 thousand tonnes, a gain of 3,390 thousand tonnes (11.0 percent). The 2019 total includes 175 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 174; Cuba, with 72 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value. India added 1,634 thousand tonnes (up 11.9 percent), Nigeria added 528 thousand tonnes (up 24.0 percent), Ethiopia added 340 thousand tonnes (up 20.1 percent), Niger added 335 thousand tonnes (up 33.9 percent), Bangladesh added 246 thousand tonnes (up 25.8 percent) and Australia added 163 thousand tonnes (up 708.7 percent), while Canada fell 273 thousand tonnes (down 96.8 percent) and Myanmar fell 239 thousand tonnes (down 42.1 percent).

The five-year growth is shared more widely than the ranking suggests: India contributes 48.2 percent of the net increase, with Nigeria, Ethiopia and Niger adding a combined 1,203 thousand tonnes. Canada's fall from 282 to 9 thousand tonnes is the sharpest decline in the table. Per capita, Niger's 50.57 kilograms from 1,323 thousand tonnes lead Burkina Faso at 32.59 kilograms, while India, first by total, records 10.72 kilograms.

What Does Other Pulses Consumption Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the Pulses, other category used here is a grouped category covering pulses outside the separate beans and peas categories, including items such as broad beans, chickpeas, cow peas, pigeon peas and lentils. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year, rather than a direct estimate of how much of these products people actually consumed.

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.

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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	India	13.79K	9.93	13.9K	9.91	14.9K	10.54	16.18K	11.35	15.42K	10.72
2	Nigeria	2.2K	10.49	2.39K	11.18	2.54K	11.63	2.54K	11.39	2.73K	11.96
3	Ethiopia	1.69K	14.59	1.89K	15.85	1.93K	15.8	1.94K	15.45	2.03K	15.77
4	Niger	988	43.05	942	39.73	1.29K	52.55	1.06K	41.96	1.32K	50.57
5	China	1.29K	0.9	1.22K	0.86	1.26K	0.89	1.25K	0.88	1.24K	0.87
6	Bangladesh	953	5.78	969	5.83	1.05K	6.27	1.26K	7.42	1.2K	6.99
7	Pakistan	971	4.21	926	3.94	523	2.18	857	3.52	1.12K	4.54
8	Türkiye	796	9.33	781	9.07	692	7.99	764	8.78	932	10.68
9	Burkina Faso	733	34.98	671	31.24	557	25.31	781	34.69	750	32.59
10	Nepal	349	12.29	396	13.69	408	13.84	403	13.57	394	13.26
11	United States	275	0.81	277	0.82	234	0.69	401	1.18	390	1.13
12	Myanmar	568	10.79	532	10.04	519	9.71	383	7.13	329	6.08
13	Kenya	193	3.77	248	4.75	324	6.1	509	9.38	307	5.54
14	Algeria	204	4.7	199	4.52	205	4.58	216	4.75	299	6.47
15	Malawi	230	12.07	237	12.13	221	11.01	215	10.47	251	11.92
16	Iran	202	2.32	240	2.74	248	2.8	321	3.58	230	2.54
17	Iraq	160	4.52	143	3.96	122	3.29	248	6.57	230	5.94
18	Sri Lanka	189	8.43	187	8.28	211	9.3	162	7.1	224	9.74
19	Morocco	231	6.38	227	6.22	230	6.22	211	5.65	212	5.63
20	Tanzania	226	3.82	125	2.06	149	2.37	154	2.38	201	3.01
21	Cameroon	184	7.22	186	7.09	188	6.98	197	7.12	191	6.74
22	Australia	23	0.91	14	0.56	22	0.85	106	4.06	186	7.04
23	Mexico	211	1.68	171	1.35	193	1.51	159	1.24	183	1.41
24	Egypt	331	3.08	365	3.34	316	2.85	274	2.44	178	1.55
25	Spain	171	3.61	184	3.86	143	3	131	2.74	175	3.65
26	Saudi Arabia	168	5.51	161	5.21	155	4.94	153	4.75	173	5.2
27	Italy	138	2.3	175	2.92	176	2.95	153	2.56	170	2.86
28	Vietnam	120	1.23	118	1.21	140	1.42	160	1.6	160	1.6
29	Syria	198	9.74	234	11.1	196	9.08	181	8.08	155	6.57
30	Peru	142	4.39	167	5.08	153	4.62	140	4.17	151	4.46
31	Yemen	104	2.96	113	3.14	132	3.55	148	3.88	143	3.64
32	Thailand	115	1.61	123	1.71	114	1.59	110	1.53	111	1.55
33	Mozambique	249	8.34	243	7.89	95	2.98	79	2.42	103	3.05
34	United Arab Emirates	118	12.63	105	11.06	102	10.38	102	9.97	99	9.29
35	Colombia	83	1.67	120	2.37	100	1.95	83	1.6	90	1.73
36	DR Congo	126	1.36	91	0.95	85	0.86	88	0.86	90	0.85
37	Poland	13	0.33	26	0.69	50	1.32	100	2.61	84	2.16
38	United Kingdom	75	1.11	87	1.29	74	1.09	63	0.92	83	1.21
39	Senegal	84	5.17	119	7.11	123	7.15	80	4.51	80	4.43
40	Tunisia	77	6.48	66	5.51	79	6.59	80	6.59	79	6.48
41	Jordan	51	4.76	59	5.45	63	5.69	51	4.57	75	6.6
42	Venezuela	88	3.05	96	3.36	36	1.26	58	2.06	75	2.65
43	Zimbabwe	57	3.71	72	4.64	81	5.14	79	4.91	72	4.41
44	Malaysia	20	0.59	18	0.54	66	1.92	62	1.8	68	1.95
45	Sierra Leone	67	8.71	65	8.2	67	8.33	67	8.12	68	7.98
46	Haiti	81	7.31	82	7.33	68	6.02	60	5.24	61	5.24
47	Guinea	50	3.84	51	3.83	51	3.74	51	3.61	51	3.52
48	France	44	0.67	45	0.68	45	0.68	44	0.67	50	0.75
49	Belgium	13	1.12	22	1.88	23	2.02	46	3.99	46	3.94
50	Guatemala	48	2.82	46	2.64	46	2.6	47	2.65	46	2.56
51	Norway	26	4.84	28	5.3	37	6.87	40	7.32	46	8.39
52	Germany	23	0.28	36	0.43	37	0.45	38	0.45	39	0.46
53	Chile	39	2.03	83	4.26	27	1.4	22	1.13	38	1.92
54	Zambia	24	1.29	30	1.57	30	1.55	37	1.84	37	1.77
55	Philippines	31	0.28	30	0.27	36	0.32	38	0.33	34	0.3
56	Argentina	79	1.75	81	1.79	88	1.93	98	2.17	32	0.71
57	Brazil	28	0.13	39	0.19	31	0.15	33	0.16	32	0.15
58	Dominican Republic	37	3.36	38	3.43	33	3.01	30	2.7	31	2.76
59	Libya	5	0.66	6	0.91	15	2.11	15	2.13	28	3.86
60	Uzbekistan	9	0.28	11	0.33	30	0.88	26	0.73	28	0.79
61	Angola	23	0.71	23	0.7	24	0.71	25	0.7	26	0.71
62	Kazakhstan	5	0.28	3	0.13	8	0.41	27	1.37	25	1.25
63	Lebanon	27	4.59	31	5.44	35	6.18	25	4.28	25	4.28
64	Russia	46	0.32	45	0.31	80	0.55	180	1.23	25	0.17
65	Uganda	28	0.65	30	0.68	23	0.51	24	0.51	25	0.52
66	Indonesia	17	0.06	16	0.06	19	0.07	23	0.08	24	0.08
67	Israel	30	3.42	23	2.59	25	2.78	26	2.85	24	2.58
68	Mauritania	24	5.48	23	5.07	24	4.98	24	4.97	24	4.81
69	Oman	19	4.24	23	4.99	24	5.23	24	5.04	24	4.77
70	Ecuador	26	1.47	29	1.63	27	1.55	25	1.41	22	1.21
71	Ghana	22	0.7	24	0.74	22	0.69	22	0.66	22	0.66
72	Afghanistan	69	1.82	77	1.96	67	1.66	8	0.19	20	0.48
73	Bolivia	20	1.75	21	1.76	20	1.71	20	1.67	20	1.67
74	Qatar	22	7.82	22	7.76	22	7.67	21	7.42	20	6.84
75	South Korea	13	0.25	15	0.29	17	0.32	13	0.25	20	0.39
76	Kuwait	23	5.21	22	5.04	21	4.73	18	4.02	19	3.96
77	Namibia	20	7.7	21	7.77	20	6.95	19	6.72	19	6.44
78	New Zealand	6	1.23	7	1.32	6	1.24	6	1.22	17	3.3
79	Greece	17	1.61	16	1.53	20	1.86	21	2.05	16	1.52
80	Madagascar	17	0.61	14	0.48	7	0.25	12	0.41	15	0.48
81	Ivory Coast	14	0.48	14	0.49	14	0.47	14	0.46	14	0.45
82	South Africa	14	0.24	17	0.28	14	0.23	13	0.22	14	0.22
83	Netherlands	11	0.64	9	0.53	10	0.57	8	0.44	13	0.71
84	Paraguay	13	2.02	13	2	13	2.01	16	2.38	13	1.96
85	Austria	9	1.04	12	1.32	12	1.34	12	1.29	12	1.29
86	Ukraine	18	0.39	12	0.26	24	0.53	10	0.25	11	0.29
87	Comoros	14	17.21	11	13.61	9	11.46	10	12.27	10	11.49
88	Djibouti	6	5.43	7	6.12	7	6.23	10	8.41	10	8.24
89	Liberia	3	0.66	3	0.67	3	0.65	4	0.66	10	1.84
90	Panama	7	1.71	15	3.45	8	1.91	11	2.46	10	2.18
91	Canada	282	7.45	186	4.87	177	4.61	184	4.73	9	0.23
92	Lithuania	2	0.85	1	0.45	3	0.98	9	3.19	9	3.05
93	Czech Republic	7	0.71	9	0.86	8	0.8	9	0.84	8	0.75
94	Azerbaijan	0	0.01	0	0.01	6	0.55	8	0.75	7	0.67
95	Croatia	3	0.67	2	0.61	2	0.48	5	1.15	7	1.75
96	Tajikistan	2	0.25	4	0.42	5	0.47	6	0.55	7	0.67
97	Trinidad and Tobago	8	5.1	6	4.2	7	4.44	6	4.14	7	4.74
98	Bahrain	7	4.55	7	4.59	7	4.91	11	7.26	6	3.77
99	Botswana	2	0.8	9	3.7	6	2.4	13	5.21	6	2.54
100	Mauritius	6	4.87	8	6.07	6	4.6	7	5.27	6	4.36
101	Solomon Islands	6	8.13	6	7.77	6	7.8	6	7.41	6	7.32
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	1.63	6	1.71	5	1.61	6	1.72	5	1.71
103	Cambodia	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	5	0.31
104	Taiwan	4	0.19	5	0.22	5	0.2	5	0.22	5	0.21
105	Bhutan	3	3.55	3	4.15	3	4.33	4	5.17	4	4.66
106	Cape Verde	4	7.12	5	9.05	4	7.98	4	8.2	4	8.53
107	Portugal	18	1.77	19	1.78	8	0.74	18	1.7	4	0.38
108	Switzerland	3	0.37	4	0.46	3	0.39	4	0.41	4	0.42
109	Uruguay	4	1.26	5	1.49	6	1.8	4	1.2	4	1.3
110	Armenia	3	1.17	4	1.45	3	0.99	3	1.1	3	0.97
111	Bulgaria	1	0.18	2	0.31	1	0.19	2	0.26	3	0.37
112	Costa Rica	3	0.51	3	0.52	2	0.48	2	0.46	3	0.51
113	Cyprus	2	1.64	2	1.78	2	1.7	3	2.05	3	1.94
114	Gambia	2	0.76	2	0.74	2	0.75	2	0.81	3	1.01
115	Guinea-Bissau	3	1.61	4	1.79	4	1.76	3	1.62	3	1.51
116	Hungary	5	0.53	6	0.57	4	0.46	4	0.38	3	0.35
117	Kyrgyzstan	3	0.43	7	0.98	4	0.53	2	0.32	3	0.36
118	Laos	2	0.28	3	0.43	3	0.39	1	0.17	3	0.38
119	Moldova	3	1.03	2	0.78	3	1.1	3	1.21	3	1.18
120	Papua New Guinea	3	0.33	3	0.31	3	0.32	3	0.32	3	0.32
121	Romania	2	0.12	2	0.1	3	0.15	3	0.15	3	0.18
122	Sweden	3	0.31	3	0.32	3	0.3	3	0.32	3	0.32
123	Denmark	2	0.26	1	0.23	2	0.3	2	0.27	2	0.28
124	Eswatini	2	1.54	2	1.53	2	1.5	2	1.46	2	1.61
125	Guyana	2	3.09	2	2.4	2	2.8	2	2.39	2	2.46
126	Ireland	2	0.36	2	0.46	2	0.39	2	0.41	2	0.39
127	Maldives	2	3.11	2	3.94	2	2.96	1	2.76	2	3.29
128	North Macedonia	2	0.97	2	1.06	2	1.04	2	1.14	2	0.96
129	Serbia	2	0.34	3	0.44	3	0.39	3	0.37	2	0.35
130	Slovakia	2	0.37	2	0.32	1	0.25	2	0.42	2	0.45
131	Albania	1	0.37	1	0.36	1	0.3	1	0.47	1	0.4
132	Barbados	1	3.97	1	5	1	4.18	1	4.47	1	4.12
133	Fiji	2	2.38	3	2.92	2	1.95	2	2.02	1	1.58
134	Georgia	1	0.19	1	0.18	1	0.16	1	0.18	1	0.28
135	Hong Kong	2	0.31	2	0.25	2	0.24	2	0.21	1	0.2
136	Jamaica	1	0.46	1	0.43	1	0.48	1	0.49	1	0.39
137	Latvia	0	0.22	0	0.09	0	0.08	0	0.11	1	0.72
138	Mongolia	1	0.35	1	0.34	1	0.34	1	0.34	1	0.33
139	Saint Lucia	1	3.88	1	3.95	1	5.08	1	6.86	1	6.4
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	9.2	1	10.4	1	10.43	1	8.25	1	7.49
141	Seychelles	1	4.62	1	6.44	1	4.68	1	5.16	1	4.91
142	Turkmenistan	1	0.16	1	0.15	1	0.17	1	0.16	1	0.18
143	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1.3	0	1.51	0	1.06	0	1.24	0	1.13
144	Bahamas	0	0.18	0	0.3	0	0.17	0	0.2	0	0.21
145	Belarus	0	0.05	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03
146	Belize	0	0.07	0	0.03	0	0.12	0	0.13	0	0.01
147	Congo	1	0.09	0	0.06	0	0.07	0	0.04	0	0.02
148	El Salvador	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.05	0	0.05
149	Estonia	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
150	Finland	0	0.08	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	0.06	0	0.07
151	French Polynesia	0	1.31	1	2.43	1	1.85	1	1.8	0	1.62
152	Gabon	0	0.19	0	0.18	0	0.17	0	0.18	0	0.17
153	Grenada	0	1.7	0	1.52	0	3.87	0	4.16	0	4.18
154	Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
155	Iceland	0	0.19	0	0.18	0	0.18	0	0.17	0	0.19
156	Kiribati	0	0.04	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0.04
157	Lesotho	1	0.3	1	0.37	0	0.19	1	0.22	0	0.16
158	Luxembourg	0	0.73	0	0.67	0	0.56	0	0.76	0	0.62
159	Macau	0	0.14	0	0.15	0	0.19	0	0.21	0	0.43
160	Malta	0	0.52	0	0.6	0	0.62	0	0.67	0	0.64
161	Marshall Islands	0	0.12	0	0.25	0	0.32	0	0.32	0	0.42
162	Montenegro	0	0.05	0	0.06	0	0.09	0	0.1	0	0.13
163	Nauru	0	0.23	0	0.76	0	0.05	0	0.1	0	0.04
164	New Caledonia	0	0.6	0	0.42	0	0.34	0	0.41	0	0.47
165	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
166	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	4.09	0	5.38	0	4.4	0	4.81	0	4.14
167	Samoa	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01
168	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0.3	0	0.36	0	0.42	0	0.17	0	0.29
169	Slovenia	0	0.07	0	0.06	0	0.08	0	0.1	0	0.09
170	Suriname	0	0.16	0	0.11	0	0.14	0	0.12	0	0.1
171	Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02
172	Tonga	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.13	0	0.01
173	Tuvalu	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0
174	Vanuatu	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.01
175	Cuba	72	6.46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Quick Answer

In 2023, India had the largest listed other pulses food supply among the 174 reporters with reported values, at 15,422 thousand tonnes. Nigeria ranked second at 2,726 thousand tonnes, while Ethiopia ranked third at 2,029 thousand tonnes. Niger had the highest per-capita other pulses food supply at 50.57 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of pulses 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 Pulses, Other and products 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. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe contains 175 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 primarily use official national statistics, with some data also estimated or imputed where applicable. 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 34,184 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 174 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.