Sorghum Flour Consumption by Country

Nigeria held 4,812,479 tonnes of listed sorghum flour food supply in 2023, 24.9 percent of a 19,347,925-tonne total. Burkina Faso leads per person at 112.67 grams per person per day, just 0.58 grams ahead of Niger. The total fell 13.4 percent from 2022 to 2023, mainly because China's listed food supply dropped by 1,724,348 tonnes from its 2022 level of 5,360,000 tonnes, while Ethiopia remained at 2,700,000 tonnes in both years. Over five years the common total rose 8.1 percent almost entirely on China, which supplied 106.2 percent of the net gain.

Nigeria leads at 4,812,479 tonnes, 1.32 times China at 3,635,652, with India third at 3,003,615 and Ethiopia fourth at 2,700,000. Per capita Burkina Faso leads at 112.67 grams per person per day, followed by Niger at 112.09 and Cameroon at 78.93 grams. Nigeria, first by total, records 57.86 grams per person per day.

Sorghum Flour Food Supply at a Glance

• Nigeria had the largest listed sorghum flour food supply in 2023 at 4,812,479 tonnes.
• China ranked second at 3,635,652 tonnes, followed by India at 3,003,615 tonnes.
• Burkina Faso had the highest per-capita food supply at 112.67 grams per person per day.
• The listed total was 19,347,925 tonnes across 51 reporters with reported values.
• Among 48 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed sorghum flour food supply increased by 1,444,906 tonnes, or 8.1 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 52 reporters with sorghum flour values, although only 51 have a reported 2023 quantity. Nigeria, China and India together hold 59.2 percent of the listed total, and Thailand entered at 76,765 tonnes with no 2019 value.

China's changes have a major effect on both comparison periods, rising strongly over five years but falling sharply from 2022 to 2023. Burkina Faso leads per person by 0.58 grams over Niger, while Egypt fell by half over five years.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Nigeria NG	4.81M	57.86
2	China CN	3.64M	7
3	India IN	3M	5.72
4	Ethiopia ET	2.7M	57.48
5	Niger NE	1.07M	112.09
6	Burkina Faso BF	946.94K	112.67
7	Cameroon CM	817.36K	78.93
8	Egypt EG	311.68K	7.46
9	Tanzania TZ	281.86K	11.59
10	Ghana GH	251.25K	20.37
11	Senegal SN	202.52K	30.69
12	Rwanda RW	161.25K	31.66
13	Kenya KE	155.57K	7.7
14	Yemen YE	155.07K	10.79
15	Saudi Arabia SA	123.5K	10.17
16	Mozambique MZ	105.65K	8.61
17	Thailand TH	76.77K	2.93
18	El Salvador SV	70.99K	30.83
19	Mauritania MR	60.65K	33.08
20	Ivory Coast CI	53.47K	4.7
21	Uganda UG	51.21K	2.88
22	Malawi MW	46.07K	5.98
23	Zimbabwe ZW	44.75K	7.5
24	Pakistan PK	35.72K	0.4
25	South Africa ZA	33.68K	1.46
26	Sierra Leone SL	30K	9.71
27	Botswana BW	23.89K	26.39
28	Guinea-Bissau GW	15.05K	19.14
29	Madagascar MG	12.77K	1.12
30	Guatemala GT	7.61K	1.15
31	DR Congo CD	7.15K	0.19
32	Guinea GN	6.45K	1.23
33	Honduras HN	5.44K	1.4
34	Papua New Guinea PG	4.29K	1.13
35	Haiti HT	3.89K	0.92
36	Zambia ZM	3.41K	0.45
37	Gambia GM	3.4K	3.45
38	Tunisia TN	2.83K	0.63
39	Lesotho LS	2.77K	3.28
40	Nicaragua NI	2.56K	1.03
41	Russia RU	2.09K	0.04
42	Namibia NA	2.05K	1.9
43	Eswatini SZ	2.03K	4.52
44	Algeria DZ	802.65	0.05
45	Djibouti DJ	757.9	1.8
46	Australia AU	363.66	0.04
47	Morocco MA	201.76	0.01
48	Sri Lanka LK	191.32	0.02
49	Laos LA	4.5	0
50	Mauritius MU	0.9	0
51	Ukraine UA	0	0

Nigeria Holds 24.9 Percent While Burkina Faso Leads Per Person

The 2023 table is led by Nigeria at 4,812,479 tonnes, with China second at 3,635,652 and India third at 3,003,615. Ethiopia and Niger complete the top five at 2,700,000 and 1,070,260 tonnes, respectively.

The top three reporters accounted for 59.2 percent of the listed total, the top five 78.7 percent and the top ten 92.2 percent. Per capita, Burkina Faso's 112.67 grams per person per day lead Niger at 112.09 grams.

The Listed Total Fell 13.4 Percent in 2023

Among the 50 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply decreased from 22,342,421 tonnes to 19,347,924 tonnes, a decline of 2,994,497 tonnes (13.4 percent). The two years share the same 50 reporters in the comparison; Mauritius entered at 0.9 tonnes and no reporter left. China fell 1,724,348 tonnes (down 32.2 percent), India fell 499,225 tonnes (down 14.3 percent), Egypt fell 224,297 tonnes (down 41.8 percent), Niger fell 155,924 tonnes (down 12.7 percent), Nigeria fell 147,042 tonnes (down 3.0 percent), Burkina Faso fell 123,918 tonnes (down 11.6 percent) and Yemen fell 34,290 tonnes (down 18.1 percent).

On the gaining side, Senegal added 31,618 tonnes (up 18.5 percent), the largest gain, followed by Ghana, Saudi Arabia and Malawi with smaller increases. China's fall from 5,360,000 to 3,635,652 tonnes against a net decline of 2,994,497 accounts for most of it, with India, Egypt, Niger, Nigeria and Burkina Faso adding the next-largest falls.

The Five-Year Common Total Rose 8.1 Percent

For the 48 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 17,826,249 tonnes to 19,271,154 tonnes, a gain of 1,444,906 tonnes (8.1 percent). The 2019 universe includes 49 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 universe includes 51; Turkmenistan, with a reported zero in 2019, had no reported 2023 value, while Laos, Mauritius and Thailand entered with a combined 76,770 tonnes. China added 1,535,037 tonnes (up 73.1 percent), Cameroon added 234,376 tonnes (up 40.2 percent), Nigeria added 68,081 tonnes (up 1.4 percent), Burkina Faso added 65,664 tonnes (up 7.5 percent) and Senegal added 62,817 tonnes (up 45.0 percent).

On the declining side, Egypt fell 317,593 tonnes (down 50.5 percent), Ethiopia fell 235,723 tonnes (down 8.0 percent), Pakistan fell 64,187 tonnes (down 64.2 percent) and Tanzania fell 42,505 tonnes (down 27.9 percent). China contributes 106.2 percent of the five-year net increase, so its rise from 2,100,615 to 3,635,652 tonnes exceeds the net total with Egypt and Ethiopia offsetting part of it.

What Does the Sorghum Flour Food Supply Measure?

This article covers the FAO item Flour of sorghum rather than the broader sorghum category. Other sorghum 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. Burkina Faso records the highest value at 112.67 grams.

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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	Nigeria	4.74M	62.05	4.76M	60.96	4.87M	61.02	4.96M	60.89	4.81M	57.86
2	China	2.1M	4.04	3.6M	6.93	5.2M	9.99	5.36M	10.3	3.64M	7
3	India	3.03M	5.97	3.44M	6.72	3.46M	6.7	3.5M	6.73	3M	5.72
4	Ethiopia	2.94M	69.49	2.76M	63.64	2.56M	57.45	2.7M	59	2.7M	57.48
5	Niger	1.08M	129.11	1.11M	128.17	854.78K	95.58	1.23M	132.72	1.07M	112.09
6	Burkina Faso	881.28K	115.18	896K	114.29	1.07M	133.13	1.07M	130.34	946.94K	112.67
7	Cameroon	582.99K	62.62	645.34K	67.46	635.15K	64.65	821.94K	81.49	817.36K	78.93
8	Egypt	629.27K	16.03	334.18K	8.38	280.23K	6.92	535.97K	13.04	311.68K	7.46
9	Tanzania	302.02K	13.98	393.44K	17.68	397.09K	17.32	306.78K	12.99	281.86K	11.59
10	Ghana	197.52K	17.31	197.56K	16.97	173.66K	14.63	229.76K	18.99	251.25K	20.37
11	Senegal	139.7K	23.4	169.13K	27.6	157.31K	25.03	170.9K	26.53	202.52K	30.69
12	Rwanda	133.58K	28.65	140.38K	29.44	148.77K	30.52	169.31K	33.98	161.25K	31.66
13	Kenya	112.29K	6.01	94.68K	4.97	84.45K	4.35	154.54K	7.8	155.57K	7.7
14	Yemen	181.08K	14.13	124.65K	9.45	225K	16.6	189.36K	13.57	155.07K	10.79
15	Saudi Arabia	110.3K	9.92	104.73K	9.26	106.22K	9.29	114.83K	9.78	123.5K	10.17
16	Mozambique	119.93K	11	107.59K	9.58	110.86K	9.58	124.56K	10.45	105.65K	8.61
17	Thailand	-	-	-	-	18.73K	0.72	95.28K	3.64	76.77K	2.93
18	El Salvador	74.65K	32.87	75.09K	32.99	65.53K	28.7	75.1K	32.76	70.99K	30.83
19	Mauritania	47.92K	29.39	65.57K	39.05	36.39K	21.06	87.9K	49.4	60.65K	33.08
20	Ivory Coast	48.82K	4.74	51.68K	4.9	51K	4.71	52.7K	4.75	53.47K	4.7
21	Uganda	0	0	25.33K	1.56	80.02K	4.78	61.3K	3.55	51.21K	2.88
22	Malawi	41.17K	5.93	40.64K	5.7	36.86K	5.04	40.57K	5.4	46.07K	5.98
23	Zimbabwe	39.18K	7.03	53.28K	9.4	60.16K	10.43	45.35K	7.73	44.75K	7.5
24	Pakistan	99.9K	1.19	80.75K	0.94	56.51K	0.65	43.41K	0.49	35.72K	0.4
25	South Africa	46.8K	2.15	73.81K	3.34	43.34K	1.93	32.17K	1.41	33.68K	1.46
26	Sierra Leone	24.59K	8.71	25.56K	8.85	39.34K	13.32	28.52K	9.44	30K	9.71
27	Botswana	13.49K	15.84	19.8K	22.93	16K	18.25	29.62K	33.26	23.89K	26.39
28	Guinea-Bissau	14.23K	19.82	13.22K	17.99	14.67K	19.52	17.49K	22.76	15.05K	19.14
29	Madagascar	6.91K	0.67	7.76K	0.73	13.45K	1.24	12.33K	1.11	12.77K	1.12
30	Guatemala	9.97K	1.6	11.93K	1.88	9.82K	1.53	12.5K	1.92	7.61K	1.15
31	DR Congo	3.08K	0.09	7.01K	0.2	7.42K	0.21	7.08K	0.19	7.15K	0.19
32	Guinea	6.19K	1.3	6.26K	1.28	6.35K	1.27	6.44K	1.26	6.45K	1.23
33	Honduras	8.64K	2.38	7.96K	2.16	6.61K	1.76	5.94K	1.56	5.44K	1.4
34	Papua New Guinea	18.16K	5.18	17.94K	5.01	18.28K	5	9.89K	2.66	4.29K	1.13
35	Haiti	950	0.23	3.11K	0.76	4.9K	1.18	3.94K	0.94	3.89K	0.92
36	Zambia	3.78K	0.56	12.13K	1.74	10.4K	1.45	8.35K	1.13	3.41K	0.45
37	Gambia	4.14K	4.62	4.15K	4.52	3.23K	3.44	3.4K	3.53	3.4K	3.45
38	Tunisia	5.78K	1.33	4.6K	1.05	3.44K	0.78	3.14K	0.71	2.83K	0.63
39	Lesotho	7.92K	9.82	2.32K	2.85	5.51K	6.68	1.61K	1.93	2.77K	3.28
40	Nicaragua	5.57K	2.35	5.88K	2.45	5.55K	2.29	6.13K	2.49	2.56K	1.03
41	Russia	0	0	534.57	0.01	911.04	0.02	2.16K	0.04	2.09K	0.04
42	Namibia	1.53K	1.58	2.37K	2.38	3.31K	3.23	3.34K	3.17	2.05K	1.9
43	Eswatini	2.77K	6.42	3.04K	6.98	2.68K	6.08	2.01K	4.52	2.03K	4.52
44	Algeria	766.96	0.05	274.38	0.02	502.18	0.03	1.08K	0.06	802.65	0.05
45	Djibouti	2.47K	6.21	1.07K	2.66	508.62	1.24	404.9	0.98	757.9	1.8
46	Australia	4.72K	0.51	1.34K	0.14	2K	0.21	5.32K	0.56	363.66	0.04
47	Morocco	214.93	0.02	353.72	0.03	542.4	0.04	355.37	0.03	201.76	0.01
48	Sri Lanka	172.78	0.02	285.72	0.03	143.28	0.02	71.64	0.01	191.32	0.02
49	Laos	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.04	0	4.5	0
50	Mauritius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9	0
51	Ukraine	900	0.05	900	0.06	675	0.04	151.6	0.01	0	0
52	Turkmenistan	0	0	0.65	0	83.3	0.03	-	-	-	-

Sorghum Flour Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, FAO data recorded 19,347,925 tonnes of listed sorghum flour food supply across 51 reporters. Nigeria had the largest total at 4,812,479 tonnes, followed by China at 3,635,652 tonnes and India at 3,003,615 tonnes. Burkina Faso had the highest per-capita food supply at 112.67 grams per person per day. These figures represent food available for human consumption rather than a direct measure of how much sorghum flour 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 Flour of sorghum 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 52 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 19,347,925 tonnes is the sum of the 51 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, Flour of sorghum, food supply quantity (tonnes; g/capita/day), 2019-2023. Compiled by StatsGeo.