Processed Cheese Consumption by Country
Germany reported 121,986 tonnes of processed cheese in 2023, 10.3 percent of the annual listed consumption total. Türkiye followed on 120,143 tonnes, France on 111,862, while El Salvador led per person at 12.99 grams a day. The 2023 figures total 1,179,365 tonnes across 166 countries, 164 with values, covering food available for human consumption from FAO Supply Utilization Accounts for 2019-2023.
In 2023, Germany had the largest reported processed cheese food supply at 121,986 tonnes, followed by Türkiye at 120,143 tonnes and France at 111,862 tonnes. Germany accounted for 10.3 percent of the listed 2023 total of 1,179,365 tonnes. El Salvador had the highest reported per-person supply at 12.99 grams per person per day, ahead of Switzerland at 12.49 grams. The figures represent food available for human consumption in FAO Supply Utilization Accounts, not actual intake.
Egypt placed fourth at 99,742 tonnes, with Italy fifth at 83,418 and Spain sixth at 77,725. Switzerland, China, El Salvador and Australia closed the top ten between 27,893 and 40,446 tonnes. The top three held 30.0 percent of the annual listed consumption total, and the top five 45.5 percent. Germany had the highest listed food supply at 121,986 tonnes, while El Salvador had the highest per-capita food supply at 12.99 grams per person. Uruguay lost 4,725 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, down 89.9 percent to 530 tonnes. The United Kingdom lost 4,702 tonnes, down 14.9 percent. Germany shed 4,244 tonnes, down 3.4 percent. Türkiye added 13,574 tonnes, up 12.7 percent. Yemen added 7,858 tonnes, up 141.9 percent. The United States added 6,374 tonnes, up 523.3 percent. The 164 countries present in both years eased from 1,180,376 tonnes to 1,179,365 tonnes, down 1,011 tonnes, with no departures and no arrivals. Between 2019 and 2023, the 162 countries present in both years rose from 990,776 tonnes to 1,179,362 tonnes, up 188,586 tonnes, or 19.0 percent. Türkiye added 120,143 tonnes from a reported 2019 zero. Egypt added 38,513 tonnes, up 62.9 percent. Australia added 20,538 tonnes, up 279.2 percent. Saudi Arabia lost 11,890 tonnes, down 48.7 percent. Spain gave up 6,847 tonnes, down 8.1 percent. Italy shed 6,320 tonnes, down 7.0 percent. Two countries left with 876 tonnes, against two arrivals with 2. El Salvador's 12.99 grams a day edged Switzerland's 12.49 in second and cleared Finland's 8.27 in third. Nicaragua sat fourth at 8.24 grams, with Malta at 6.84 and Mauritius at 6.69. Oman, French Polynesia, Belize and Antigua and Barbuda followed below 6.7 grams. Germany, first by volume, sat far down the per-person table. Processed cheese for human consumption is recorded in tonnes and daily grams per person for each reporting country over 2019-2023. Annual totals sum reporting countries only. FAO Supply Utilization Accounts mark tonnage for human consumption as element 5141 and daily grams per person as element 665, shown for processed cheese across 2019-2023. Percentages use the earlier year as the base and are not calculated when that value is zero. The universe counts 166 countries minus aggregates, 164 with 2023 values. Only countries with values at both endpoints enter comparisons. The 2023 listed total of 1,179,365 tonnes is the sum of the 164 countries with a 2023 value. A reported zero is kept, a blank is missing, and under-1,000 values keep two decimals.
Processed Cheese Consumption
Uruguay Slips in Processed Cheese
Türkiye Rises from Zero over Five-Year Processed Cheese
El Salvador Leads Processed Cheese Supply per Person
What the Processed Cheese Data Covers
Processed Cheese Consumption by Country
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1
114.84K
3.77
120.39K
3.94
117.79K
3.86
126.23K
4.11
121.99K
3.95
2
0
0
105.6K
3.36
113.19K
3.58
106.57K
3.35
120.14K
3.77
3
108.1K
4.51
115.28K
4.79
131.11K
5.44
109.77K
4.54
111.86K
4.61
4
61.23K
1.56
84.05K
2.11
92.03K
2.27
102.77K
2.5
99.74K
2.39
5
89.74K
4.09
83.29K
3.81
87.13K
4
87.21K
4.01
83.42K
3.84
6
84.57K
4.88
57.95K
3.33
64.56K
3.71
78.63K
4.5
77.73K
4.44
7
39.95K
12.76
40.64K
12.89
41.42K
13.03
40.24K
12.54
40.45K
12.49
8
25.8K
0.05
30.63K
0.06
35.39K
0.07
31.06K
0.06
32.65K
0.06
9
23.91K
10.53
24.43K
10.73
29.93K
13.11
28.71K
12.52
29.92K
12.99
10
7.36K
0.79
22.53K
2.4
24.07K
2.54
25.14K
2.63
27.89K
2.89
11
32.3K
1.32
32.26K
1.31
36.07K
1.46
31.47K
1.26
26.77K
1.07
12
22.09K
1.71
28.68K
2.18
23.55K
1.75
16.47K
1.19
21.88K
1.55
13
14.1K
5.96
11.11K
4.64
7.4K
3.05
24.59K
10.01
20.53K
8.24
14
19.11K
4.96
14.36K
3.73
14.45K
3.76
18.61K
4.78
20.46K
5.19
15
15.8K
2.22
16.27K
2.3
18K
2.56
19.12K
2.73
17.63K
2.53
16
17.88K
1.35
20.13K
1.51
21.87K
1.62
17.51K
1.29
17.53K
1.27
17
15.57K
7.73
15.53K
7.69
16K
7.91
16.31K
8.02
16.9K
8.27
18
2.98K
0.21
8.63K
0.62
8.54K
0.62
14.97K
1.07
14.23K
1.01
19
8.63K
1.99
13.1K
3
10.65K
2.42
11.82K
2.67
13.45K
3.02
20
3.27K
0.25
20.23K
1.53
26.47K
1.95
5.54K
0.4
13.39K
0.93
21
24.42K
2.2
4.92K
0.43
37.08K
3.24
13.97K
1.19
12.53K
1.03
22
12.06K
7.2
9.7K
5.88
16.29K
9.92
9.95K
5.76
12.26K
6.65
23
15.1K
5.95
12.14K
4.72
14.75K
5.66
12.45K
4.72
11.41K
4.28
24
13.35K
1.54
12.79K
1.48
13.49K
1.57
13.21K
1.55
11.1K
1.3
25
10.31K
2.75
10.03K
2.65
9.29K
2.44
10.28K
2.69
10.38K
2.69
26
10.27K
3
17.61K
5.11
18.76K
5.25
11.74K
3.14
10.29K
2.65
27
6.28K
2.96
6.73K
3.16
6.5K
3.04
12.18K
5.65
9.73K
4.48
28
449.28
0
1.06K
0
1.67K
0
7.33K
0.01
9.69K
0.02
29
10.31K
0.84
13.89K
1.12
11.38K
0.91
9.65K
0.76
9.67K
0.75
30
11.86K
7.32
14.57K
9.07
10.27K
6.45
8.19K
4.89
8.6K
4.87
31
842.92
0.02
6.73K
0.13
6.84K
0.13
7.28K
0.14
8.11K
0.15
32
85.24
0
49.41
0
66.71
0
1.22K
0.01
7.59K
0.06
33
10.66K
2.99
11.34K
3.19
12.93K
3.65
10.6K
3
7.41K
2.1
34
7.28K
3.66
6.01K
3.02
5.66K
2.85
7.35K
3.68
7.1K
3.52
35
7.15K
0.38
5.9K
0.31
6.48K
0.34
5.65K
0.3
6.31K
0.33
36
9.92K
4.69
6.04K
2.9
6.53K
3.13
5.53K
2.64
5.85K
2.77
37
5.93K
0.15
3.8K
0.09
5.01K
0.12
6.83K
0.16
5.25K
0.13
38
4.4K
1.17
2.77K
0.73
3.75K
0.99
4.44K
1.17
5.04K
1.32
39
7.95K
7.79
6.12K
5.98
4.83K
4.7
5.82K
5.52
4.6K
4.23
40
8.05K
2.48
8.22K
2.52
6.15K
1.88
5.01K
1.52
4.28K
1.28
41
3.49K
3.42
3.6K
3.52
3.35K
3.28
3.83K
3.73
3.9K
3.75
42
3.46K
1.36
3.07K
1.21
1.25K
0.5
1.73K
0.7
3.81K
1.53
43
3.9K
1.43
3.88K
1.42
4.81K
1.76
3.89K
1.43
3.75K
1.38
44
311.75
0.17
2.98K
1.64
7.77K
4.23
6.89K
3.7
3.7K
1.95
45
3.75K
0.96
3.21K
0.82
3.07K
0.79
3.25K
0.85
3.15K
0.84
46
2.65K
1.82
2.87K
1.99
3.19K
2.22
3.39K
2.38
3.12K
2.2
47
3.07K
6.54
3.34K
7.12
2.92K
6.24
3.21K
6.88
3.11K
6.69
48
700.42
0.19
1.21K
0.33
654.4
0.17
2.84K
0.74
2.95K
0.76
49
2.18K
4.5
1.9K
3.9
2.2K
4.53
2.42K
4.91
2.43K
4.86
50
1.86K
2.66
1.86K
2.68
1.84K
2.67
2.28K
3.32
2.28K
3.31
51
2.5K
0.98
2.7K
1.07
2.7K
1.08
2.76K
1.11
2.26K
0.91
52
1.41K
0.1
2K
0.14
1.99K
0.14
2.04K
0.14
2.23K
0.16
53
1.42K
0.09
619.84
0.04
1.96K
0.12
3.8K
0.23
2.16K
0.13
54
2.05K
2.7
1.95K
2.54
2.05K
2.66
1.98K
2.56
2.09K
2.71
55
1.94K
0.07
2.12K
0.08
1.97K
0.08
2.03K
0.08
2.08K
0.08
56
882.3
0.14
1.18K
0.19
1.53K
0.24
1.75K
0.27
2.04K
0.31
57
1.67K
0.24
849.94
0.12
1.27K
0.18
1.51K
0.21
1.96K
0.27
58
37.21
0.04
621.4
0.6
2.22K
2.14
2.2K
2.12
1.86K
1.8
59
2.64K
1.71
1.3K
0.83
1.81K
1.14
1.96K
1.22
1.76K
1.08
60
1.48K
0.76
1.35K
0.68
1.63K
0.82
1.73K
0.87
1.73K
0.86
61
764.05
0.55
782.54
0.56
998.35
0.72
1.17K
0.84
1.4K
1.01
62
1.16K
6.29
1.19K
6.28
1.19K
6.23
1.35K
6.99
1.33K
6.84
63
6.5K
0.4
2.12K
0.13
1.6K
0.1
1.29K
0.09
1.29K
0.09
64
1.08K
0.89
1.06K
0.88
1.13K
0.95
1.16K
0.99
1.07K
0.92
65
1.17K
5.16
989.43
4.3
1.14K
4.86
1.01K
4.25
1.01K
4.18
66
848.14
6.02
1.07K
7.48
1.26K
8.76
1.17K
7.98
911.14
6.07
67
732.28
0.86
1.17K
1.36
1.01K
1.15
1K
1.13
896.37
0.99
68
3.42K
0.03
2.11K
0.02
2.29K
0.02
2.79K
0.03
811.27
0.01
69
3.64K
0.93
4.16K
1.05
2.25K
0.56
0
0
808.74
0.19
70
1.05K
0.28
194.54
0.05
900.26
0.24
1.07K
0.28
805.54
0.21
71
793.33
0.04
571.33
0.03
650.42
0.03
793.15
0.04
763.56
0.04
72
672.12
0.28
606.5
0.25
757.2
0.31
805.79
0.33
758.3
0.3
73
4.1K
0.19
2.17K
0.1
2.33K
0.1
2.24K
0.1
738.72
0.03
74
1.68K
0.21
1.57K
0.19
1.68K
0.2
1.15K
0.14
730.71
0.09
75
619.27
0.89
677.91
0.99
693.98
1.03
667.78
0.99
701.25
1.05
76
633.34
6.22
876.76
8.6
961.49
9.41
899.92
8.79
663.19
6.46
77
328.78
0.1
733.09
0.21
369.39
0.11
0
0
651.09
0.2
78
267.31
0.02
416.86
0.04
545.94
0.05
602.36
0.05
625.05
0.05
79
5.63K
3.09
914.33
0.49
0
0
3.84K
2.05
612.44
0.32
80
328.32
0.98
262.42
0.79
306.11
0.91
379.38
1.13
579.43
1.72
81
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
577.61
0.06
82
208.54
0.2
272.97
0.26
385.12
0.37
503.93
0.48
575.63
0.54
83
3.06K
0.04
3.67K
0.05
2.86K
0.04
923.27
0.01
569.17
0.01
84
702.48
0.38
931.81
0.51
1.1K
0.59
845.44
0.46
557.84
0.3
85
660.71
0.06
676.04
0.06
608.01
0.05
630.5
0.05
556.25
0.05
86
395.97
1.62
360.06
1.44
491.64
1.94
491.07
1.91
552.11
2.12
87
450.3
0.43
108.04
0.1
81.9
0.08
563.91
0.55
534.75
0.52
88
4.05K
3.26
4.62K
3.73
1.73K
1.4
5.26K
4.25
530.34
0.43
89
508.44
0.16
374.7
0.12
566.42
0.17
555.36
0.17
500.92
0.15
90
1.02K
3.65
1.03K
3.65
795.1
2.81
674.66
2.37
491.56
1.71
91
341.15
0.01
311.89
0.01
463.92
0.01
401.37
0.01
443.2
0.01
92
351.3
0.3
485.16
0.4
954.84
0.78
738.37
0.6
441.49
0.35
93
414.03
3.14
348.02
2.6
429.01
3.15
145.7
1.05
426.05
3.01
94
84.36
0
240.98
0.01
538.85
0.01
639.36
0.01
413.63
0.01
95
545.77
3.07
175.06
0.96
433.37
2.3
331.47
1.73
391.05
2.04
96
462.54
0.11
357.35
0.09
380.03
0.09
360.98
0.09
386.58
0.09
97
413.74
0.43
437.58
0.47
549.15
0.6
139.18
0.15
373.4
0.4
98
326.43
3.15
347.08
3.35
286.68
2.75
325.15
3.1
353.18
3.34
99
1.51K
0.02
1.17K
0.01
929.73
0.01
518.21
0.01
313.35
0
100
254.65
2.48
200.43
1.95
195.71
1.9
266.76
2.59
273.85
2.66
101
131.63
0.02
128.71
0.02
194.42
0.03
212.77
0.03
269.99
0.04
102
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
257.52
0.04
103
176.04
0
142.88
0
251.65
0
285.99
0
254.44
0
104
57.79
0.02
152.14
0.06
179.02
0.07
235.61
0.09
248.48
0.1
105
224.28
1
203.55
0.92
264.29
1.2
308.63
1.38
247.34
1.07
106
268.29
0.16
89.94
0.05
272.94
0.16
292.88
0.16
201.1
0.11
107
199.25
4.71
185.61
4.37
168.18
3.95
150.6
3.53
187.84
4.4
108
128.73
3.86
19.27
0.57
169.59
5.03
128.39
3.79
180.33
5.29
109
158.8
0.01
223.96
0.01
206.59
0.01
307.68
0.02
172
0.01
110
150.45
0.02
0
0
0
0
94.31
0.01
168.11
0.02
111
136.01
0.04
111.71
0.03
186.7
0.05
155.93
0.04
164.17
0.04
112
224.3
0.41
0
0
-
-
0
0
153.75
0.28
113
5.02K
0.78
12.11K
1.88
9.46K
1.46
0
0
138.32
0.02
114
169.34
4.45
78.24
2.07
119.94
3.2
111.99
3.01
136.5
3.69
115
78.91
0.02
67.2
0.02
132.12
0.03
119.01
0.03
120.21
0.03
116
305.65
0.15
310.9
0.15
396.19
0.18
57.12
0.03
114.4
0.05
117
683.82
0.28
426
0.17
111.71
0.04
104.69
0.04
111.43
0.04
118
63.08
0.01
49.19
0.01
90.39
0.02
139.05
0.03
110.91
0.02
119
448.42
0.04
165.89
0.01
262.8
0.02
304.66
0.02
110.83
0.01
120
0
0
140.49
0.97
63.6
0.44
91.17
0.63
94.95
0.65
121
136.06
3.17
165.3
3.76
130.48
2.91
87.19
1.9
90.01
1.93
122
53.95
0.01
88.3
0.01
70.22
0.01
70.66
0.01
86.65
0.01
123
47.45
0
135.41
0
68.72
0
90
0
84.52
0
124
566.83
8.74
525.27
8.07
38.05
0.58
23.98
0.37
79.52
1.22
125
29.15
0
26.33
0
68.5
0.01
28.42
0
77.48
0.01
126
55.37
0.01
50.26
0.01
40.76
0.01
62.5
0.01
75.25
0.01
127
0
0
5.27
0
5.89
0
2.71
0
73.77
0.01
128
33.89
0.04
112.16
0.13
91.88
0.11
105.57
0.12
71.91
0.08
129
180.73
0.01
167.83
0.01
117.15
0.01
105.53
0.01
71.13
0
130
162.84
0.41
307.32
0.76
491.31
1.2
94.01
0.23
65.97
0.16
131
124
0.01
143.52
0.01
89.55
0
181.55
0.01
57.55
0
132
61.73
3.6
86.91
5.08
117.38
6.88
26.57
1.56
55.87
3.27
133
220.46
0.02
63.42
0.01
87.9
0.01
131.31
0.01
52.34
0
134
43.92
1.14
33.09
0.86
58.39
1.52
50.23
1.31
52.19
1.37
135
23.02
0
43.16
0
55.73
0.01
54.64
0.01
49.33
0
136
42.48
0.01
33.67
0.01
60.1
0.01
39.74
0.01
45.48
0.01
137
10.88
0.14
20.45
0.26
21.66
0.28
25.12
0.32
41.33
0.52
138
67.3
0
24.59
0
33.92
0
16.59
0
40.85
0
139
12.55
0.03
31.44
0.06
49.29
0.1
61.12
0.12
34.55
0.07
140
123.22
0.02
0
0
100.82
0.02
36.87
0.01
30.06
0.01
141
56.16
0.3
0
0
106.65
0.57
82.12
0.43
28.94
0.15
142
51.45
0.01
65.26
0.02
100.43
0.03
106.23
0.03
24.85
0.01
143
16.41
0.15
9.57
0.09
13.32
0.12
11.37
0.1
18.9
0.16
144
20.61
0.03
27.26
0.03
22.32
0.03
131.94
0.16
15.87
0.02
145
93.88
0.01
53.91
0
88.08
0.01
22.74
0
9.43
0
146
15.34
0.01
8.61
0
19.56
0.01
19.34
0.01
8.68
0
147
0.57
0.01
3.76
0.08
1.77
0.04
4.36
0.09
7.6
0.16
148
2.49
0
5.73
0
11.92
0
5.37
0
7.15
0
149
67.5
0.08
56.96
0.06
41.53
0.04
7.69
0.01
6.92
0.01
150
5.24
0.02
5.55
0.02
1.62
0.01
7.97
0.03
6.67
0.02
151
3.92
0
3.57
0
5.38
0
6.37
0
6.11
0
152
8.72
0.22
6.1
0.15
9.13
0.22
3.26
0.08
4.97
0.12
153
0
0
22.32
0.1
7.82
0.03
4.4
0.02
4.37
0.02
154
1.31
0.08
4.16
0.27
2.12
0.14
5.4
0.37
2.9
0.2
155
1.85
0.44
2.75
0.65
5.07
1.19
2.96
0.69
2.38
0.55
156
-
-
0
0
1.5
0
4.84
0
2.18
0
157
0
0
2.14
0
38.32
0
0.02
0
0.87
0
158
0.4
0.1
2.42
0.64
2.56
0.69
1.55
0.42
0.45
0.13
159
1.46
0
0.8
0
0.45
0
0.48
0
0.18
0
160
0
0
80.13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
161
1.78K
3.28
24.89
0.05
0
0
0
0
0
0
162
-
-
-
-
0
0
8.05
0.03
0
0
163
172.25
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
164
1.42K
0.04
755.24
0.02
701.59
0.02
951.65
0.03
0
0
165
843.83
2.86
566.39
1.92
-
-
-
-
-
-
166
31.99
0.01
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Methodology
Frequently Asked Questions
Who trails El Salvador per person?
Switzerland ranked second at 12.49 grams per person per day, followed by Finland at 8.27 grams and Nicaragua at 8.24 grams.
How concentrated is processed cheese supply?
Germany accounted for 10.3 percent of the 2023 listed total, while the top three together accounted for 30.0 percent.
Who lost most lately?
Uruguay lost 4,725 tonnes, down 89.9 percent in the latest year to 530 tonnes, the deepest single latest-year loss among all countries in the file.
Is this what people actually ate?
No. The figures measure food available for human consumption, not actual intake.
Why no five-year rate for Türkiye?
Türkiye rose from a reported zero in 2019 to 120,143 tonnes in 2023, so no percentage change is calculated.
Data Disclaimer: Projected data (future years) are estimates based on mathematical models. Actual values may differ. Learn about our methodology →
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Updated: 07.10.2026https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/SCL
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