Other Spices Consumption by Country

In 2023, India had the largest listed food supply of other spices among 174 reporters, at 4,411 thousand tonnes, while Guyana had the highest per-capita figure at 21.05 kilograms per person per year. The 2023 listed total was 9,414 thousand tonnes, with Nigeria second at 669 thousand tonnes and Türkiye third at 523 thousand tonnes. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values for individual years.

India leads the 2023 ranking at 4,411 thousand tonnes, 6.59 times Nigeria at 669 thousand tonnes. Guyana tops the per-capita ranking at 21.05 kilograms per person per year from 17 thousand tonnes, ahead of Bhutan at 7.27 kilograms.

Other Spices Food Supply at a Glance

• India had the largest listed other spices food supply in 2023 at 4,411 thousand tonnes.
• Nigeria ranked second at 669 thousand tonnes, followed by Türkiye at 523 thousand tonnes.
• Guyana had the highest per-capita food supply at 21.05 kilograms per person per year.
• The 2023 listed total was 9,414 thousand tonnes across 174 reporters with reported values.
• Among 174 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed other spices food supply increased by 1,682 thousand tonnes, or 21.8 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

India remained far ahead of the other reporters in 2023, with Nigeria and Türkiye forming a distant second tier. Bangladesh and China followed the top three, while Guyana stood out on a per-capita basis despite a much smaller total supply. The gap between total and per-capita rankings shows how population size substantially changes the picture when other spices food supply is viewed on an individual basis.

Between 2022 and 2023, listed supply across the 174 reporters with data in both years rose by 275 thousand tonnes, or 3.0 percent. India, China and Ethiopia accounted for most of the largest increases, while Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Russia and Germany recorded notable declines. Since 2019, the common-reporter total has grown 21.8 percent, with India contributing 43.6 percent of the net increase. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of other spices actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	India IN	4.41K	3.07
2	Nigeria NG	669	2.94
3	Türkiye TR	523	5.99
4	Bangladesh BD	507	2.96
5	China CN	375	0.26
6	Indonesia ID	365	1.3
7	Ethiopia ET	263	2.04
8	Yemen YE	243	6.17
9	Pakistan PK	203	0.82
10	United States US	189	0.55
11	Nepal NP	146	4.9
12	Mexico MX	124	0.95
13	Malaysia MY	112	3.19
14	Saudi Arabia SA	97	2.92
15	Thailand TH	86	1.2
16	Sri Lanka LK	85	3.69
17	Iran IR	67	0.73
18	Morocco MA	56	1.49
19	United Kingdom GB	53	0.77
20	Germany DE	48	0.57
21	Syria SY	42	1.77
22	Canada CA	35	0.88
23	Netherlands NL	31	1.71
24	Philippines PH	30	0.26
25	South Korea KR	30	0.59
26	Taiwan TW	27	1.15
27	France FR	23	0.34
28	Kenya KE	23	0.42
29	Russia RU	22	0.15
30	Colombia CO	20	0.38
31	Tunisia TN	19	1.55
32	Cameroon CM	17	0.59
33	Egypt EG	17	0.15
34	Guyana GY	17	21.05
35	Brazil BR	16	0.08
36	Iraq IQ	16	0.41
37	United Arab Emirates AE	16	1.49
38	Australia AU	15	0.57
39	Oman OM	15	3.05
40	Belgium BE	14	1.2
41	Kuwait KW	14	2.91
42	Qatar QA	14	4.81
43	Algeria DZ	13	0.28
44	Poland PL	13	0.33
45	Vietnam VN	12	0.12
46	Afghanistan AF	10	0.24
47	Libya LY	10	1.33
48	South Africa ZA	10	0.16
49	Italy IT	9	0.15
50	Jordan JO	9	0.78
51	Laos LA	9	1.23
52	Senegal SN	8	0.44
53	Sweden SE	8	0.73
54	Burkina Faso BF	7	0.31
55	Argentina AR	6	0.14
56	Austria AT	6	0.68
57	Bahrain BH	6	3.67
58	Bhutan BT	6	7.27
59	Denmark DK	6	1.05
60	Spain ES	6	0.13
61	Uzbekistan UZ	6	0.18
62	Botswana BW	5	2.18
63	Israel IL	5	0.54
64	Kazakhstan KZ	5	0.26
65	Namibia NA	5	1.56
66	Niger NE	5	0.21
67	Peru PE	5	0.14
68	Portugal PT	5	0.52
69	Switzerland CH	5	0.55
70	Bolivia BO	4	0.31
71	DR Congo CD	4	0.04
72	Hong Kong HK	4	0.49
73	Myanmar MM	4	0.07
74	New Zealand NZ	4	0.77
75	Zambia ZM	4	0.19
76	Chile CL	3	0.17
77	Dominican Republic DO	3	0.27
78	Ecuador EC	3	0.17
79	Eswatini SZ	3	2.06
80	Guatemala GT	3	0.14
81	Ireland IE	3	0.6
82	Mauritius MU	3	2.62
83	Panama PA	3	0.64
84	Ukraine UA	3	0.08
85	Czech Republic CZ	2	0.22
86	Fiji FJ	2	2.28
87	Finland FI	2	0.29
88	Ghana GH	2	0.05
89	Greece GR	2	0.23
90	Hungary HU	2	0.18
91	Jamaica JM	2	0.75
92	Lebanon LB	2	0.33
93	Lesotho LS	2	0.9
94	Macau MO	2	2.39
95	Madagascar MG	2	0.07
96	Maldives MV	2	3.04
97	Mozambique MZ	2	0.05
98	Norway NO	2	0.44
99	Romania RO	2	0.1
100	Sierra Leone SL	2	0.18
101	Tanzania TZ	2	0.03
102	Trinidad and Tobago TT	2	1.43
103	Venezuela VE	2	0.07
104	Angola AO	1	0.02
105	Azerbaijan AZ	1	0.15
106	Bahamas BS	1	2.65
107	Belarus BY	1	0.15
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	1	0.21
109	Bulgaria BG	1	0.16
110	Costa Rica CR	1	0.19
111	Croatia HR	1	0.29
112	Cyprus CY	1	0.48
113	Djibouti DJ	1	0.6
114	El Salvador SV	1	0.1
115	Estonia EE	1	1.04
116	Georgia GE	1	0.23
117	Honduras HN	1	0.13
118	Ivory Coast CI	1	0.03
119	Kyrgyzstan KG	1	0.13
120	Latvia LV	1	0.55
121	Lithuania LT	1	0.23
122	Luxembourg LU	1	1.17
123	Malawi MW	1	0.07
124	Moldova MD	1	0.21
125	North Macedonia MK	1	0.54
126	Papua New Guinea PG	1	0.07
127	Paraguay PY	1	0.09
128	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	1	6.61
129	Serbia RS	1	0.12
130	Seychelles SC	1	4.38
131	Slovakia SK	1	0.26
132	Uruguay UY	1	0.17
133	Zimbabwe ZW	1	0.06
134	Albania AL	0	0.06
135	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	2.06
136	Armenia AM	0	0.13
137	Barbados BB	0	1.57
138	Belize BZ	0	0.95
139	Cambodia KH	0	0
140	Cape Verde CV	0	0.22
141	Comoros KM	0	0.35
142	Congo CG	0	0.04
143	French Polynesia PF	0	0.39
144	Gabon GA	0	0.17
145	Gambia GM	0	0.02
146	Grenada GD	0	3.61
147	Haiti HT	0	0.01
148	Iceland IS	0	1
149	Kiribati KI	0	0.15
150	Liberia LR	0	0.03
151	Malta MT	0	0.64
152	Marshall Islands MH	0	0.6
153	Mauritania MR	0	0.03
154	Micronesia FM	0	0.01
155	Mongolia MN	0	0.01
156	Montenegro ME	0	0.19
157	Nauru NR	0	0.14
158	New Caledonia NC	0	0.48
159	Nicaragua NI	0	0.05
160	Rwanda RW	0	0.03
161	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	0.58
162	Saint Lucia LC	0	1.28
163	Samoa WS	0	0.59
164	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	0.27
165	Slovenia SI	0	0.23
166	Solomon Islands SB	0	0.3
167	Suriname SR	0	0.62
168	Tajikistan TJ	0	0.03
169	Timor-Leste TL	0	0.34
170	Tonga TO	0	4.26
171	Turkmenistan TM	0	0.01
172	Tuvalu TV	0	0.61
173	Uganda UG	0	0
174	Vanuatu VU	0	0.54

Other Spices Consumption by Country in 2023

The 2023 table is led by India, whose listed food supply of other spices reached 4,411 thousand tonnes. Nigeria followed with 669 thousand tonnes and Türkiye with 523 thousand tonnes. Bangladesh and China completed the top five at 507 and 375 thousand tonnes, respectively.

India holds 46.9 percent of the 9,414-thousand-tonne listed total. The top three reporters accounted for 59.5 percent of the listed total, while the top five represented 68.9 percent and the top ten 82.3 percent. Türkiye more than doubled from 200 thousand tonnes in 2019.

India Adds 297 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Grows 3.0 Percent Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 174 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 9,139 thousand tonnes to 9,414 thousand tonnes, a gain of 275 thousand tonnes (3.0 percent). The 2022 and 2023 listed totals come from the same 174 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. India added 297 thousand tonnes (up 7.2 percent), China added 65 thousand tonnes (up 21.0 percent) and Ethiopia added 35 thousand tonnes (up 15.4 percent), while Indonesia fell 69 thousand tonnes (down 15.9 percent), Bangladesh fell 24 thousand tonnes (down 4.5 percent), Nigeria fell 21 thousand tonnes (down 3.0 percent), Russia fell 17 thousand tonnes (down 43.6 percent) and Germany fell 9 thousand tonnes (down 15.8 percent).

India Adds 734 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Grows 21.8 Percent Since 2019

For the 174 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 7,732 thousand tonnes to 9,414 thousand tonnes, a gain of 1,682 thousand tonnes (21.8 percent). The 2019 total includes 175 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 174; Cuba, with 1 thousand tonne in 2019, had no reported 2023 value. India added 734 thousand tonnes (up 20.0 percent), Türkiye added 323 thousand tonnes (up 161.5 percent), China added 170 thousand tonnes (up 82.9 percent), Bangladesh added 123 thousand tonnes (up 32.0 percent), Nigeria added 103 thousand tonnes (up 18.2 percent), the United States added 50 thousand tonnes (up 36.0 percent) and Mexico added 48 thousand tonnes (up 63.2 percent), while Indonesia fell 91 thousand tonnes (down 20.0 percent).

India contributes 43.6 percent of the five-year net increase, followed by Türkiye at 19.2 percent and China at 10.1 percent. Türkiye's five-year path runs 200 to 518 to 523 thousand tonnes. Per capita, Guyana's 21.05 kilograms from 17 thousand tonnes lead Bhutan at 7.27 kilograms, while India, first by total, records 3.07 kilograms.

What Does the Other Spices Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the figure used here is the FAO item Spices, Other recorded under the Food element as available for human consumption. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year rather than a direct estimate of the amount of spices people actually ate. Spices recorded under separate items, such as pepper, pimento, cloves and vanilla, sit outside this figure.

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.

Other Spices 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	India	3.68K	2.65	3.41K	2.43	4.02K	2.84	4.11K	2.89	4.41K	3.07
2	Nigeria	566	2.7	658	3.07	609	2.79	690	3.09	669	2.94
3	Türkiye	200	2.34	326	3.78	472	5.45	518	5.95	523	5.99
4	Bangladesh	384	2.33	575	3.46	518	3.09	531	3.14	507	2.96
5	China	205	0.14	267	0.19	319	0.22	310	0.22	375	0.26
6	Indonesia	456	1.67	434	1.58	508	1.84	434	1.56	365	1.3
7	Ethiopia	246	2.12	293	2.46	297	2.43	228	1.82	263	2.04
8	Yemen	245	6.97	250	6.92	249	6.69	249	6.52	243	6.17
9	Pakistan	173	0.75	180	0.77	220	0.92	199	0.82	203	0.82
10	United States	139	0.41	159	0.47	167	0.49	186	0.54	189	0.55
11	Nepal	159	5.59	159	5.5	157	5.31	141	4.76	146	4.9
12	Mexico	76	0.6	137	1.08	140	1.1	121	0.94	124	0.95
13	Malaysia	98	2.92	110	3.26	108	3.15	103	2.96	112	3.19
14	Saudi Arabia	96	3.14	109	3.53	97	3.09	88	2.75	97	2.92
15	Thailand	98	1.38	112	1.56	108	1.51	82	1.15	86	1.2
16	Sri Lanka	50	2.23	74	3.29	88	3.89	92	4.03	85	3.69
17	Iran	60	0.69	50	0.57	63	0.71	60	0.67	67	0.73
18	Morocco	39	1.08	40	1.08	46	1.26	60	1.6	56	1.49
19	United Kingdom	51	0.77	59	0.87	57	0.85	59	0.87	53	0.77
20	Germany	37	0.45	40	0.47	46	0.55	57	0.68	48	0.57
21	Syria	9	0.45	35	1.67	44	2.02	34	1.53	42	1.77
22	Canada	30	0.8	34	0.88	36	0.95	37	0.97	35	0.88
23	Netherlands	15	0.84	24	1.34	25	1.43	23	1.31	31	1.71
24	Philippines	36	0.32	39	0.35	38	0.34	36	0.31	30	0.26
25	South Korea	40	0.77	46	0.88	47	0.9	31	0.6	30	0.59
26	Taiwan	26	1.1	24	1.01	24	1.04	25	1.08	27	1.15
27	France	23	0.35	25	0.38	23	0.35	24	0.37	23	0.34
28	Kenya	3	0.07	5	0.1	4	0.08	22	0.4	23	0.42
29	Russia	21	0.15	21	0.14	57	0.39	39	0.27	22	0.15
30	Colombia	19	0.38	35	0.69	25	0.49	23	0.44	20	0.38
31	Tunisia	18	1.52	19	1.57	17	1.43	14	1.16	19	1.55
32	Cameroon	22	0.87	18	0.67	18	0.68	17	0.61	17	0.59
33	Egypt	40	0.37	41	0.37	34	0.31	21	0.19	17	0.15
34	Guyana	15	18.39	15	18.55	17	20.67	18	21.94	17	21.05
35	Brazil	12	0.06	17	0.08	13	0.06	16	0.08	16	0.08
36	Iraq	11	0.32	16	0.43	14	0.37	15	0.39	16	0.41
37	United Arab Emirates	10	1.06	31	3.28	29	2.99	19	1.9	16	1.49
38	Australia	11	0.41	11	0.44	12	0.46	11	0.43	15	0.57
39	Oman	16	3.5	17	3.86	17	3.68	17	3.6	15	3.05
40	Belgium	10	0.9	11	0.94	12	1.02	13	1.12	14	1.2
41	Kuwait	15	3.34	13	3.02	15	3.46	17	3.75	14	2.91
42	Qatar	14	5.1	15	5.26	14	5.02	16	5.65	14	4.81
43	Algeria	11	0.25	14	0.31	11	0.24	11	0.24	13	0.28
44	Poland	9	0.23	11	0.29	13	0.34	11	0.3	13	0.33
45	Vietnam	3	0.03	5	0.06	8	0.08	17	0.17	12	0.12
46	Afghanistan	5	0.12	9	0.23	12	0.3	12	0.3	10	0.24
47	Libya	8	1.1	6	0.81	7	0.98	9	1.26	10	1.33
48	South Africa	6	0.11	11	0.18	11	0.18	11	0.18	10	0.16
49	Italy	9	0.14	8	0.14	10	0.16	9	0.16	9	0.15
50	Jordan	6	0.53	6	0.57	6	0.56	8	0.74	9	0.78
51	Laos	5	0.64	8	1.05	6	0.74	9	1.13	9	1.23
52	Senegal	2	0.1	2	0.1	4	0.21	3	0.18	8	0.44
53	Sweden	7	0.71	8	0.78	9	0.83	9	0.89	8	0.73
54	Burkina Faso	7	0.32	7	0.34	8	0.35	7	0.32	7	0.31
55	Argentina	5	0.12	8	0.18	9	0.19	7	0.15	6	0.14
56	Austria	5	0.6	5	0.56	6	0.65	7	0.74	6	0.68
57	Bahrain	6	3.75	6	3.72	6	3.94	6	3.91	6	3.67
58	Bhutan	9	11.17	10	13.04	9	12.17	8	10.56	6	7.27
59	Denmark	9	1.6	12	2.01	8	1.36	7	1.18	6	1.05
60	Spain	7	0.15	7	0.16	9	0.18	7	0.16	6	0.13
61	Uzbekistan	3	0.09	3	0.09	3	0.09	6	0.16	6	0.18
62	Botswana	4	1.86	5	2.23	6	2.43	5	2.12	5	2.18
63	Israel	5	0.57	7	0.8	8	0.89	7	0.79	5	0.54
64	Kazakhstan	2	0.1	3	0.14	3	0.15	3	0.15	5	0.26
65	Namibia	3	1.12	4	1.38	4	1.39	4	1.32	5	1.56
66	Niger	4	0.17	5	0.22	5	0.22	5	0.21	5	0.21
67	Peru	5	0.16	7	0.22	5	0.16	8	0.24	5	0.14
68	Portugal	4	0.41	4	0.4	5	0.44	5	0.49	5	0.52
69	Switzerland	4	0.48	4	0.51	5	0.61	5	0.59	5	0.55
70	Bolivia	4	0.33	4	0.36	4	0.31	4	0.33	4	0.31
71	DR Congo	4	0.04	4	0.04	4	0.04	4	0.04	4	0.04
72	Hong Kong	3	0.42	4	0.5	4	0.57	4	0.55	4	0.49
73	Myanmar	1	0.02	2	0.04	2	0.04	0	0.01	4	0.07
74	New Zealand	4	0.81	5	0.91	5	0.96	4	0.82	4	0.77
75	Zambia	4	0.21	4	0.23	4	0.22	4	0.19	4	0.19
76	Chile	3	0.15	4	0.2	4	0.2	4	0.18	3	0.17
77	Dominican Republic	3	0.24	4	0.4	4	0.33	3	0.27	3	0.27
78	Ecuador	3	0.2	4	0.22	4	0.2	4	0.2	3	0.17
79	Eswatini	2	1.64	2	2.09	3	2.18	2	2.04	3	2.06
80	Guatemala	3	0.15	2	0.14	2	0.13	2	0.14	3	0.14
81	Ireland	3	0.6	3	0.58	2	0.49	2	0.43	3	0.6
82	Mauritius	2	1.56	3	2.13	4	3.28	3	2.29	3	2.62
83	Panama	1	0.13	1	0.3	3	0.7	4	0.91	3	0.64
84	Ukraine	4	0.09	4	0.09	5	0.11	3	0.07	3	0.08
85	Czech Republic	2	0.17	2	0.18	2	0.2	3	0.26	2	0.22
86	Fiji	1	1.01	2	2.36	2	2.63	2	2.2	2	2.28
87	Finland	1	0.26	2	0.31	2	0.34	2	0.32	2	0.29
88	Ghana	0	0.02	1	0.03	1	0.04	2	0.05	2	0.05
89	Greece	3	0.23	3	0.25	3	0.26	3	0.25	2	0.23
90	Hungary	3	0.26	2	0.21	2	0.23	2	0.24	2	0.18
91	Jamaica	1	0.44	1	0.42	2	0.6	2	0.82	2	0.75
92	Lebanon	3	0.46	3	0.6	3	0.52	3	0.45	2	0.33
93	Lesotho	1	0.57	1	0.66	2	0.91	2	1.01	2	0.9
94	Macau	1	1.82	1	1.98	2	2.39	2	2.36	2	2.39
95	Madagascar	1	0.04	1	0.05	1	0.02	1	0.03	2	0.07
96	Maldives	1	3.07	1	1.97	2	2.92	2	2.99	2	3.04
97	Mozambique	1	0.02	1	0.03	1	0.04	1	0.03	2	0.05
98	Norway	2	0.38	2	0.42	2	0.44	2	0.42	2	0.44
99	Romania	2	0.1	2	0.09	2	0.1	2	0.11	2	0.1
100	Sierra Leone	2	0.23	1	0.17	1	0.18	2	0.19	2	0.18
101	Tanzania	2	0.03	2	0.04	2	0.03	2	0.03	2	0.03
102	Trinidad and Tobago	2	1.3	2	1.15	2	1.18	2	1.2	2	1.43
103	Venezuela	0	0.01	1	0.02	1	0.03	1	0.05	2	0.07
104	Angola	1	0.02	1	0.03	1	0.03	1	0.03	1	0.02
105	Azerbaijan	1	0.11	1	0.12	1	0.14	2	0.15	1	0.15
106	Bahamas	0	1.15	1	1.54	0	0.72	1	1.87	1	2.65
107	Belarus	1	0.15	2	0.17	2	0.17	2	0.16	1	0.15
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0.32	1	0.34	0	0.15	1	0.25	1	0.21
109	Bulgaria	1	0.18	1	0.16	1	0.16	1	0.16	1	0.16
110	Costa Rica	1	0.26	1	0.24	1	0.24	1	0.17	1	0.19
111	Croatia	1	0.26	1	0.21	1	0.3	1	0.33	1	0.29
112	Cyprus	1	0.44	1	0.49	1	0.54	1	0.53	1	0.48
113	Djibouti	0	0.27	1	1.27	1	0.96	0	0.32	1	0.6
114	El Salvador	1	0.09	1	0.1	1	0.13	1	0.12	1	0.1
115	Estonia	2	1.45	1	0.89	1	0.62	1	0.74	1	1.04
116	Georgia	0	0.12	1	0.19	1	0.19	1	0.21	1	0.23
117	Honduras	1	0.1	1	0.11	1	0.12	1	0.11	1	0.13
118	Ivory Coast	5	0.18	3	0.11	3	0.11	1	0.03	1	0.03
119	Kyrgyzstan	1	0.15	1	0.17	1	0.15	1	0.18	1	0.13
120	Latvia	1	0.29	1	0.56	1	0.59	1	0.62	1	0.55
121	Lithuania	1	0.18	1	0.3	1	0.26	1	0.25	1	0.23
122	Luxembourg	1	1.13	1	1.16	1	1.15	1	1.12	1	1.17
123	Malawi	1	0.06	2	0.09	2	0.08	1	0.06	1	0.07
124	Moldova	0	0.1	0	0.13	0	0.11	0	0.1	1	0.21
125	North Macedonia	1	0.5	1	0.46	1	0.51	1	0.33	1	0.54
126	Papua New Guinea	1	0.07	1	0.06	1	0.07	1	0.05	1	0.07
127	Paraguay	1	0.15	1	0.18	1	0.11	1	0.15	1	0.09
128	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	8.2	1	8.03	1	7.49	1	6.3	1	6.61
129	Serbia	1	0.08	1	0.15	1	0.13	1	0.13	1	0.12
130	Seychelles	0	2.44	0	4.14	0	4.02	0	3.84	1	4.38
131	Slovakia	2	0.29	1	0.27	1	0.27	1	0.27	1	0.26
132	Uruguay	0	0.14	0	0.14	1	0.17	1	0.17	1	0.17
133	Zimbabwe	1	0.07	1	0.06	1	0.07	1	0.06	1	0.06
134	Albania	0	0.04	0	0.1	0	0.14	0	0.03	0	0.06
135	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1.81	0	0.83	0	1.9	0	1.76	0	2.06
136	Armenia	0	0.08	0	0.11	0	0.1	0	0.05	0	0.13
137	Barbados	0	1.28	0	1.28	0	1.67	0	1.68	0	1.57
138	Belize	0	0.14	0	0.19	0	0.36	0	0.34	0	0.95
139	Cambodia	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
140	Cape Verde	0	0.16	0	0.02	0	0.18	0	0.18	0	0.22
141	Comoros	0	0.12	0	0.36	0	0.39	0	0.39	0	0.35
142	Congo	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.04
143	French Polynesia	0	0.14	0	0.2	0	0.18	0	0.45	0	0.39
144	Gabon	0	0.02	0	0.1	0	0.14	0	0.17	0	0.17
145	Gambia	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
146	Grenada	0	2.74	1	4.33	0	3.69	0	2.89	0	3.61
147	Haiti	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01
148	Iceland	0	1.08	0	1.07	0	1.24	0	1.2	0	1
149	Kiribati	0	0.11	0	0.09	0	0.38	0	0.16	0	0.15
150	Liberia	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.03
151	Malta	0	0.56	0	0.42	0	0.41	0	0.52	0	0.64
152	Marshall Islands	0	0.16	0	0.34	0	0.38	0	0.36	0	0.6
153	Mauritania	0	0	3	0.66	1	0.15	0	0.03	0	0.03
154	Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01
155	Mongolia	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.04	0	0.03	0	0.01
156	Montenegro	0	0.19	0	0.21	0	0.19	0	0.19	0	0.19
157	Nauru	0	0.13	0	0.07	0	0.05	0	0.2	0	0.14
158	New Caledonia	0	0.65	0	0.46	0	0.53	0	0.37	0	0.48
159	Nicaragua	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.03	0	0.05
160	Rwanda	3	0.22	3	0.2	8	0.56	8	0.57	0	0.03
161	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0.77	0	1.28	0	1.15	0	1.03	0	0.58
162	Saint Lucia	0	1.25	0	1.34	0	1.5	0	1.68	0	1.28
163	Samoa	0	0.69	0	0.55	0	0.71	0	0.49	0	0.59
164	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0.32	0	0.3	0	0.35	0	0.25	0	0.27
165	Slovenia	1	0.24	1	0.37	1	0.37	1	0.25	0	0.23
166	Solomon Islands	0	0.31	0	0.31	0	0.29	0	0.3	0	0.3
167	Suriname	0	0.57	0	0.47	0	0.46	0	0.62	0	0.62
168	Tajikistan	0	0.03	0	0.01	0	0.04	0	0.03	0	0.03
169	Timor-Leste	0	0.38	1	0.38	0	0.17	0	0.32	0	0.34
170	Tonga	0	4.1	0	4.17	0	4.16	0	4.32	0	4.26
171	Turkmenistan	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01
172	Tuvalu	0	0	0	0.07	0	0.32	0	0.37	0	0.61
173	Uganda	1	0.03	0	0.01	1	0.02	0	0	0	0
174	Vanuatu	0	0.43	0	0.41	0	0.4	0	0.52	0	0.54
175	Cuba	1	0.13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Other Spices Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, India had the largest listed food supply of other spices among the 174 reporters with reported values, at 4,411 thousand tonnes. Nigeria ranked second at 669 thousand tonnes, while Türkiye ranked third at 523 thousand tonnes. Guyana had the highest per-capita other spices food supply at 21.05 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of other spices 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 Spices, Other 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 amount actually eaten, as food can be lost or wasted before it is consumed. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item 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 9,414 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 174 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.