Raw Oats Consumption by Country

Mongolia held 16,322 tonnes of listed raw oats food supply in 2023, 38.9 percent of a 41,938-tonne total, and also led per person at 13.03 grams per person per day. The single year fell 3.3 percent as France, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia and Armenia declined against Israel's rise from 606 to 3,657 tonnes. Over five years the common total rose 18.6 percent on Mongolia's gain of 4,593 tonnes, with Israel, New Zealand, Armenia and Vietnam adding from small bases.

Mongolia leads at 16,322 tonnes, 2.29 times New Zealand at 7,133, with France third at 6,909 and Israel fourth at 3,657. Per capita Mongolia also leads at 13.03 grams per person per day, followed by New Zealand at 3.78 and Armenia at 1.77 grams.

Raw Oats Food Supply at a Glance

• Mongolia had the largest listed raw oats food supply in 2023 at 16,322 tonnes.
• New Zealand ranked second at 7,133 tonnes, followed by France at 6,909 tonnes.
• Mongolia had the highest per-capita food supply at 13.03 grams per person per day.
• The listed total was 41,938 tonnes across 41 reporters with reported values.
• Among 32 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed raw oats food supply increased by 6,539 tonnes, or 18.6 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 42 reporters with raw oats values, although only 41 have a reported 2023 quantity. Mongolia, New Zealand and France together hold 72.4 percent of the listed total, and Mongolia leads on both measures.

Mongolia added 4,593 tonnes over five years for 70.2 percent of the net gain, while Saudi Arabia's fall of 3,127 tonnes and France's of 2,873 partly offset it. Israel rose from 606 to 3,657 tonnes in the single year, and Vietnam rose from 62 to 685 tonnes over five years, both from tiny bases.

Raw Oats Consumption

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Mongolia MN	16.32K	13.03
2	New Zealand NZ	7.13K	3.78
3	France FR	6.91K	0.28
4	Israel IL	3.66K	1.08
5	Armenia AM	1.9K	1.77
6	Saudi Arabia SA	1.5K	0.12
7	Germany DE	1K	0.03
8	Sri Lanka LK	825.64	0.1
9	Vietnam VN	685.15	0.02
10	Namibia NA	662.13	0.61
11	Qatar QA	306.66	0.28
12	Afghanistan AF	249.46	0.02
13	Maldives MV	222.95	1.16
14	Bahrain BH	172.82	0.3
15	Jordan JO	144.36	0.03
16	Ethiopia ET	77.49	0
17	Belize BZ	69.73	0.46
18	Saint Lucia LC	49.33	0.75
19	Macau MO	29.79	0.11
20	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	9.77	0.26
21	Gambia GM	2.57	0
22	Rwanda RW	2.54	0
23	Tonga TO	2.06	0.05
24	Grenada GD	1.41	0.03
25	Gabon GA	1.29	0
26	Nepal NP	1.11	0
27	Cambodia KH	0.98	0
28	Papua New Guinea PG	0.57	0
29	Cameroon CM	0.16	0
30	Laos LA	0.09	0
31	Niger NE	0.05	0
32	Liberia LR	0.02	0
33	Haiti HT	0.01	0
34	Bhutan BT	0	0
35	Burkina Faso BF	0	0
36	Djibouti DJ	0	0
37	Guinea GN	0	0
38	Ivory Coast CI	0	0
39	Marshall Islands MH	0	0
40	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	0
41	Timor-Leste TL	0	0

Mongolia Had the Largest Raw Oats Food Supply in 2023

The 2023 table is led by Mongolia at 16,322 tonnes, with New Zealand second at 7,133 and France third at 6,909. Israel and Armenia complete the top five at 3,657 and 1,900 tonnes, respectively.

The top three reporters accounted for 72.4 percent of the listed total, the top five 85.7 percent and the top ten 96.8 percent. Per capita, Mongolia's 13.03 grams per person per day leads New Zealand at 3.78 grams.

The Listed Total Fell 3.3 Percent in 2023

Among the 41 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply decreased from 43,391 tonnes to 41,938 tonnes, a decline of 1,452 tonnes (3.3 percent). The two years share the same 41 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. France fell 1,866 tonnes (down 21.3 percent), Mongolia fell 1,630 tonnes (down 9.1 percent), Saudi Arabia fell 1,289 tonnes (down 46.2 percent) and Armenia fell 500 tonnes (down 20.8 percent).

On the gaining side, Israel added 3,051 tonnes from 606 tonnes, Sri Lanka added 226 tonnes (up 37.7 percent), New Zealand added 200 tonnes (up 2.9 percent) and Qatar added 190 tonnes from 116 tonnes. Israel's rise from 606 to 3,657 tonnes was the largest absolute annual gain, exceeding the net decline on its own.

The Five-Year Common Total Rose 18.6 Percent

For the 32 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 35,144 tonnes to 41,683 tonnes, a gain of 6,539 tonnes (18.6 percent). The 2019 universe includes 33 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 universe includes 41; Kiribati, with a reported zero in 2019, had no reported 2023 value, while nine reporters with a combined 255 tonnes entered. Mongolia added 4,593 tonnes (up 39.2 percent), Israel added 3,014 tonnes from 643 tonnes, New Zealand added 2,147 tonnes (up 43.1 percent), Armenia added 1,400 tonnes (up 280.0 percent), Sri Lanka added 826 tonnes from a reported zero and Vietnam added 623 tonnes from 62 tonnes, while Saudi Arabia fell 3,127 tonnes (down 67.6 percent) and France fell 2,873 tonnes (down 29.4 percent).

Mongolia contributes 70.2 percent of the five-year net increase. Maldives ranks fourth per person at 1.16 grams from 223 tonnes, and Germany held flat at 1,000 tonnes across 2019, 2022 and 2023.

What Does the Raw Oats Food Supply Measure?

This article covers the FAO item Oats, the unprocessed grain upstream of rolled oats, rather than the broader oats category. Other oat 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. Mongolia records the highest value at 13.03 grams.

Raw Oats Consumption by Country

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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	Mongolia	11.73K	9.94	14.93K	12.43	28.68K	23.53	17.95K	14.53	16.32K	13.03
2	New Zealand	4.99K	2.74	5.49K	2.96	5.48K	2.94	6.93K	3.7	7.13K	3.78
3	France	9.78K	0.41	10.03K	0.42	7.28K	0.3	8.78K	0.36	6.91K	0.28
4	Israel	643.37	0.2	2.15K	0.67	623.45	0.19	606.18	0.18	3.66K	1.08
5	Armenia	500	0.47	800	0.76	600	0.57	2.4K	2.28	1.9K	1.77
6	Saudi Arabia	4.63K	0.42	6.95K	0.61	3.22K	0.28	2.79K	0.24	1.5K	0.12
7	Germany	1K	0.03	1K	0.03	1K	0.03	1K	0.03	1K	0.03
8	Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0	599.74	0.07	825.64	0.1
9	Vietnam	61.83	0	80	0	228.3	0.01	715.33	0.02	685.15	0.02
10	Namibia	609.49	0.63	756.75	0.76	794.77	0.77	774.07	0.73	662.13	0.61
11	Qatar	345.14	0.34	587.03	0.57	243.12	0.24	116.41	0.11	306.66	0.28
12	Afghanistan	-	-	1.06K	0.07	0	0	173.48	0.01	249.46	0.02
13	Maldives	147.62	0.83	19.22	0.1	293.95	1.56	117	0.61	222.95	1.16
14	Bahrain	125.73	0.23	101.62	0.19	102.02	0.19	115.89	0.21	172.82	0.3
15	Jordan	227.65	0.06	175.91	0.04	176.68	0.04	94.77	0.02	144.36	0.03
16	Ethiopia	69.44	0	71.44	0	73.93	0	75.5	0	77.49	0
17	Belize	13.69	0.1	12.31	0.09	9.65	0.07	21.49	0.15	69.73	0.46
18	Saint Lucia	0	0	0.07	0	55.01	0.84	18	0.28	49.33	0.75
19	Macau	0	0	0.43	0	7.76	0.03	38.91	0.15	29.79	0.11
20	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.01	0	-	-	2.2	0.06	0	0	9.77	0.26
21	Gambia	-	-	-	-	-	-	12.69	0.01	2.57	0
22	Rwanda	1.57	0	0	0	1.02	0	5.07	0	2.54	0
23	Tonga	0	0	0.78	0.02	0.57	0.01	0.31	0.01	2.06	0.05
24	Grenada	-	-	0.36	0.01	0.47	0.01	0.73	0.02	1.41	0.03
25	Gabon	-	-	6.43	0.01	0	0	0	0	1.29	0
26	Nepal	13.03	0	0.26	0	28.35	0	33.63	0	1.11	0
27	Cambodia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.75	0	0.98	0
28	Papua New Guinea	1.42	0	0.2	0	0	0	0.69	0	0.57	0
29	Cameroon	9.86	0	-	-	12.32	0	0	0	0.16	0
30	Laos	38.39	0.01	0.25	0	0.06	0	0.18	0	0.09	0
31	Niger	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	0	0.05	0
32	Liberia	0.76	0	1.43	0	0.74	0	19.95	0.01	0.02	0
33	Haiti	-	-	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0
34	Bhutan	-	-	-	-	0.22	0	0.08	0	0	0
35	Burkina Faso	0.24	0	0	0	0.16	0	1.61	0	0	0
36	Djibouti	199.95	0.5	81.92	0.2	35.3	0.09	0	0	0	0
37	Guinea	-	-	0.09	0	0.69	0	0.01	0	0	0
38	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0	0
39	Marshall Islands	0.09	0.01	0.14	0.01	0.28	0.02	0.09	0.01	0	0
40	Sao Tome and Principe	-	-	0.02	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0
41	Timor-Leste	12.13	0.03	0	0	0.72	0	0	0	0	0
42	Kiribati	0	0	0.53	0.01	1.59	0.03	-	-	-	-

Raw Oats Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, FAO data recorded 41,938 tonnes of listed raw oats food supply across 41 reporters. Mongolia had the largest total at 16,322 tonnes, followed by New Zealand at 7,133 tonnes and France at 6,909 tonnes. Mongolia had the highest per-capita food supply at 13.03 grams per person per day. These figures represent food available for human consumption rather than a direct measure of how much raw oats 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 Oats 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 42 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 41,938 tonnes is the sum of the 41 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, Oats, food supply quantity (tonnes; g/capita/day), 2019-2023. Compiled by StatsGeo.