Rye Consumption by Country

Germany holds 3,000 tonnes of listed rye supply in 2023 — 49.6 percent of a 6,049-tonne total across only 25 reporters with values. The common total fell 60.6 percent in the latest year, almost entirely on Afghanistan's drop from 9,450 tonnes to 0.25. Tanzania, with 94,457 tonnes in 2022 and no 2023 value, sits outside that comparison. Five years added 10.6 percent on Germany's 1,000-tonne gain and Armenia's 200. Per-person values are minuscule everywhere, topped by Armenia at 0.84 grams a day.

Germany sits top at 3,000 tonnes, 2.03 times France at 1,475, with Armenia third at 900 and Iran fourth at 357. Per person Armenia doubles most of the field at 0.84 grams a day, ahead of Germany at 0.10 and France at 0.06.

Reading This Small Table

• Germany reported the largest 2023 supply at 3,000 tonnes.
• France ranked second at 1,475 tonnes, followed by Armenia at 900.
• Armenia recorded the highest per-person figure at 0.84 grams a day.
• The listed total was 6,049 tonnes across 25 reporters with values.
• Across 13 reporters present in both 2019 and 2023, supply grew 581 tonnes, or 10.6 percent.

One Flat Giant, Two Vanishing Ones

Only 35 reporters hold any listed rye value, and only 25 carry a 2023 figure. Germany, France and Armenia together hold 88.9 percent of the listed total.

Tanzania reported 94,457 tonnes in 2022 and no value for 2023, so it sits outside the single-year comparison; that one figure is more than fifteen times the listed 2023 total. Afghanistan fell to 0.25 tonnes from 9,450, while Germany held flat at 3,000 tonnes in the latest year after adding 50.0 percent over five.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Germany DE	3K	0.1
2	France FR	1.48K	0.06
3	Armenia AM	900	0.84
4	Iran IR	356.55	0.01
5	Tajikistan TJ	205.26	0.05
6	United Arab Emirates AE	83.42	0.02
7	Uruguay UY	27.96	0.02
8	Afghanistan AF	0.25	0
9	Bahrain BH	0.09	0
10	Grenada GD	0.08	0
11	Seychelles SC	0.08	0
12	Cape Verde CV	0.01	0
13	Bhutan BT	0	0
14	French Polynesia PF	0	0
15	Ghana GH	0	0
16	Iraq IQ	0	0
17	Jamaica JM	0	0
18	Marshall Islands MH	0	0
19	Rwanda RW	0	0
20	Saudi Arabia SA	0	0
21	Sri Lanka LK	0	0
22	Tonga TO	0	0
23	Turkmenistan TM	0	0
24	Uganda UG	0	0
25	Vietnam VN	0	0

Germany at 49.6 Percent; Armenia First Per Person

The 2023 table opens with Germany at 3,000 tonnes, France second at 1,475 and Armenia third at 900. Iran and Tajikistan follow at 357 and 205 tonnes.

The top three reporters hold 88.9 percent of the listed total, the top five 98.2 percent and the top ten effectively the entire total. Per person, Armenia's 0.84 grams a day tops Germany at 0.10 grams, and no reporter reaches 1 gram a day.

Down 60.6 Percent in 2023 on Afghanistan's Fall

Across the 25 reporters with values in both 2022 and 2023, listed supply moved from 15,347 tonnes to 6,049 tonnes, down 9,298 tonnes or 60.6 percent. The 2022 universe holds 27 reporters with values against 25 in 2023; Tanzania, with 94,457 tonnes in 2022, and Sierra Leone, with a fraction of a tonne, have no 2023 value, and none entered. Afghanistan fell 9,450 tonnes (down 100.0 percent), Saudi Arabia 80 (down 100.0 percent) and Uruguay 22 (down 43.6 percent).

Armenia added 200 tonnes (up 28.6 percent), the United Arab Emirates added 53 tonnes (up 170.8 percent) and France added 4 tonnes (up 0.3 percent).

Afghanistan's fall of 9,450 tonnes is larger than the net decline of 9,298; Armenia, the United Arab Emirates and France added 257 tonnes against it.

Five Years Up 10.6 Percent on Germany's Gain

For the 13 reporters with values in both 2019 and 2023, listed supply rose from 5,467 tonnes to 6,048 tonnes, up 581 tonnes or 10.6 percent. The 2019 universe holds 16 reporters with values against 25 in 2023; three reporters with a combined 2 tonnes left, while 12 reporters with negligible values entered. Germany added 1,000 tonnes (up 50.0 percent), Armenia 200 (up 28.6 percent), Iran 47 (up 15.2 percent) and the United Arab Emirates 43 (up 104.2 percent).

France fell 536 tonnes (down 26.7 percent), Tajikistan fell 195 tonnes (down 48.7 percent) and Bahrain fell 5 tonnes (down 98.3 percent).

Germany's 1,000-tonne gain is 172.1 percent of the 581-tonne net increase; France's 536-tonne fall offset more than half of it. Uruguay added 27 tonnes from 0.63 tonnes.

Several of the largest values appear in a single year. Tanzania's 94,457 tonnes exists only in 2022; Afghanistan jumped from 0 in 2021 to 9,450 in 2022; Mongolia's 3,318 tonnes appears only in 2021; and Iran's 3,129 tonnes in 2020 fell to 371 the next year. Germany moved in one step, from 2,000 tonnes in 2019 to 3,000 in 2020, and has stayed there since. France went from 2,011 tonnes to 677, then 1,702, 1,471 and 1,475. The FAO data do not explain these shifts.

What Counts as Rye Supply?

Counted here is the FAO item Rye rather than the wider rye category. Other rye products sit outside this figure.

The per-capita value expresses the reported food supply in population terms, showing how much was available per person per day. Armenia records the highest value at 0.84 grams; no reporter reaches 1 gram per day.

Only 25 countries and territories have a 2023 value under this item, so the table is not a ranking of all countries. Countries such as Russia, Poland, Belarus and Ukraine are not in this dataset, and the figures should not be read as a full picture of rye eaten in any 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	Germany	2K	0.07	3K	0.1	3K	0.1	3K	0.1	3K	0.1
2	France	2.01K	0.08	677.05	0.03	1.7K	0.07	1.47K	0.06	1.48K	0.06
3	Armenia	700	0.66	800	0.76	600	0.57	700	0.67	900	0.84
4	Iran	309.45	0.01	3.13K	0.1	371.31	0.01	356.76	0.01	356.55	0.01
5	Tajikistan	400	0.11	300	0.08	202.34	0.06	205.26	0.06	205.26	0.05
6	United Arab Emirates	40.86	0.01	76.05	0.02	105.3	0.03	30.8	0.01	83.42	0.02
7	Uruguay	0.63	0	99.61	0.08	48.88	0.04	49.59	0.04	27.96	0.02
8	Afghanistan	-	-	-	-	0	0	9.45K	0.64	0.25	0
9	Bahrain	5.45	0.01	5.63	0.01	0.63	0	0.09	0	0.09	0
10	Grenada	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8	0.02	0.08	0
11	Seychelles	0	0	-	-	0.02	0	0.14	0	0.08	0
12	Cape Verde	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0
13	Bhutan	-	-	1.59	0.01	0.01	0	0	0	0	0
14	French Polynesia	-	-	0.59	0.01	0.07	0	0.06	0	0	0
15	Ghana	0.01	0	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Iraq	-	-	0.5	0	-	-	0	0	0	0
17	Jamaica	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0
18	Marshall Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.02	0	0	0
19	Rwanda	-	-	1.52	0	0	0	0.75	0	0	0
20	Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	-	-	-	80.42	0.01	0	0
21	Sri Lanka	-	-	3.98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Tonga	0.02	0	-	-	0.02	0	0	0	0	0
23	Turkmenistan	-	-	30	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Uganda	-	-	13.34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Vietnam	-	-	0	0	0	0	1.01	0	0	0
26	Tanzania	-	-	-	-	-	-	94.46K	4	-	-
27	Mongolia	-	-	0	0	3.32K	2.72	-	-	-	-
28	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-	-	-	-	10	0.59	-	-	-	-
29	Yemen	-	-	1.95	0	4.5	0	-	-	-	-
30	Fiji	0.19	0	0.18	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
31	Sierra Leone	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0	-	-
32	Liberia	0.05	0	0	0	0.05	0	-	-	-	-
33	Belize	-	-	-	-	0.03	0	-	-	-	-
34	Costa Rica	-	-	-	-	0.03	0	-	-	-	-
35	DR Congo	1.63	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rye Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

Germany recorded the largest 2023 listed rye supply at 3,000 tonnes — 49.6 percent of a 6,049-tonne listed total across 25 reporters. France followed at 1,475 and Armenia at 900 tonnes. Armenia had the highest per-capita figure at 0.84 grams per person per day. These figures measure food available for human consumption, not the amount actually eaten.

Methodology

Year-to-year comparisons use reporters present in both endpoint years, with the earlier year as the percentage base. Totals are FAO Supply Utilization Accounts food supply quantity (element 5141, tonnes); per-capita figures are element 665 in grams per capita per day — both for rye, 2019 through 2023. The elements count supply made available for human consumption over the reference period. A displayed zero means zero and a blank cell means no value was reported, and no percentage is shown where the base-year value is zero.

This item covers 35 reporters in total, reporters only: World, regional and China (aggregate) rows are left out entirely, so China here means the China reporter. The 6,049-tonne listed total adds the 25 reporters with a 2023 value, in tonnes exactly as FAO reports them, without extra rounding. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, Rye, food supply quantity (tonnes; g/capita/day), 2019-2023. Compiled by StatsGeo.

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 6,049 tonnes is the sum of the 25 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, Rye, food supply quantity (tonnes; g/capita/day), 2019-2023. Compiled by StatsGeo.