Starchy Roots Consumption by Country

Total volume and dietary reliance point in different directions for starchy roots. China held 99,117 thousand tonnes of listed food supply in 2023, 18.2 percent of a 545,720-thousand-tonne total, but every top per-capita position belonged to Sub-Saharan Africa, led by Ghana at 443.74 kilograms per person per year. India ranked third by volume yet recorded only 32.43 kilograms per person, a reminder that large totals can sit alongside modest per-person supply.

China leads at 99,117 thousand tonnes, 1.54 times Nigeria at 64,499, with India third at 46,634 and DR Congo fourth at 43,143. Per capita the table is African throughout: Ghana at 443.74 kilograms from 14,993 thousand tonnes, then DR Congo at 407.82 and Ivory Coast at 362.14 kilograms. India, third by total, records 32.43 kilograms per person.

Starchy Roots Food Supply at a Glance

• China had the largest listed starchy roots food supply in 2023 at 99,117 thousand tonnes.
• Nigeria ranked second at 64,499 thousand tonnes, followed by India at 46,634 thousand tonnes.
• Ghana had the highest per-capita food supply at 443.74 kilograms per person per year.
• The listed total was 545,720 thousand tonnes across 176 reporters with reported values.
• Among 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed starchy roots food supply increased by 40,709 thousand tonnes, or 8.1 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

This aggregate combines the starchy-root and tuber items included in the FAO classification, so a country's position reflects their combined food supply rather than a single crop. That mix helps explain the split picture: China and India rank high on total volume, while the highest per-capita figures are concentrated in countries where starchy roots form a larger part of the listed food supply.

Nigeria, India and DR Congo led the five-year expansion, together contributing 47.8 percent of the net gain of 40,709 thousand tonnes, with Pakistan and Angola close behind. Cambodia moved the opposite way in both time windows, and the single-year change was led by the United States and India while Cambodia and Indonesia declined.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	China CN	99.12K	69.67
2	Nigeria NG	64.5K	283.04
3	India IN	46.63K	32.43
4	DR Congo CD	43.14K	407.82
5	United States US	20K	58.22
6	Indonesia ID	19.79K	70.37
7	Ghana GH	14.99K	443.74
8	Russia RU	12.25K	84.25
9	Angola AO	11.51K	313.1
10	Brazil BR	11.31K	53.58
11	Ivory Coast CI	11.29K	362.14
12	Tanzania TZ	10.13K	152.11
13	Bangladesh BD	9.03K	52.65
14	Pakistan PK	7.09K	28.65
15	Mozambique MZ	7.03K	208.98
16	Germany DE	6.06K	71.67
17	Ukraine UA	5.55K	146.96
18	Cameroon CM	5.35K	188.58
19	United Kingdom GB	4.97K	72.32
20	Peru PE	4.53K	133.77
21	Türkiye TR	4.47K	51.17
22	Zambia ZM	4.43K	213.65
23	Colombia CO	4.29K	81.99
24	Egypt EG	4.27K	37.31
25	Uganda UG	3.8K	78.18
26	Malawi MW	3.75K	177.6
27	Poland PL	3.61K	93.03
28	Madagascar MG	3.6K	115.23
29	France FR	3.55K	53.48
30	Rwanda RW	3.42K	244.91
31	Ethiopia ET	3.36K	26.11
32	Kenya KE	3.35K	60.58
33	Uzbekistan UZ	3.31K	92.79
34	Canada CA	3.22K	81.99
35	Nepal NP	3.09K	104.01
36	Guinea GN	2.89K	200.59
37	Italy IT	2.88K	48.43
38	Spain ES	2.88K	60.13
39	Algeria DZ	2.72K	58.88
40	Mexico MX	2.37K	18.25
41	Cambodia KH	2.35K	134.94
42	Philippines PH	2.17K	18.87
43	Iran IR	2.12K	23.37
44	South Africa ZA	2.08K	32.94
45	Australia AU	1.85K	70.11
46	Argentina AR	1.83K	40.24
47	Vietnam VN	1.76K	17.53
48	Papua New Guinea PG	1.73K	166.9
49	Congo CG	1.59K	257.04
50	Morocco MA	1.56K	41.25
51	Sierra Leone SL	1.53K	180.34
52	Belarus BY	1.52K	166.88
53	Laos LA	1.46K	190.69
54	Netherlands NL	1.4K	77.09
55	Paraguay PY	1.2K	175.97
56	Saudi Arabia SA	1.18K	35.59
57	Romania RO	1.14K	59.67
58	Afghanistan AF	1.1K	26.47
59	Bolivia BO	1.09K	89.12
60	Belgium BE	1.06K	90.82
61	South Korea KR	1.05K	20.27
62	Chile CL	983	49.98
63	Zimbabwe ZW	968	59.23
64	Kazakhstan KZ	965	47.48
65	Thailand TH	957	13.35
66	Venezuela VE	956	33.77
67	Azerbaijan AZ	862	83.52
68	Senegal SN	852	47.15
69	Malaysia MY	850	24.21
70	Kyrgyzstan KG	699	98.81
71	Portugal PT	683	65.48
72	Niger NE	673	25.72
73	Sweden SE	652	61.78
74	Liberia LR	650	118.39
75	Czech Republic CZ	638	59.06
76	Sri Lanka LK	611	26.62
77	Myanmar MM	603	11.13
78	Haiti HT	574	49.31
79	Greece GR	544	53.06
80	Turkmenistan TM	473	64.17
81	Dominican Republic DO	463	40.88
82	Ireland IE	443	85.33
83	Tajikistan TJ	425	40.94
84	Syria SY	416	17.62
85	Ecuador EC	412	22.91
86	Denmark DK	406	68.25
87	Gabon GA	406	163.47
88	Switzerland CH	396	44.61
89	Austria AT	392	42.97
90	Guatemala GT	391	21.57
91	Serbia RS	388	57.26
92	United Arab Emirates AE	375	35.24
93	Hungary HU	367	37.93
94	Tunisia TN	363	29.74
95	Jordan JO	359	31.37
96	Taiwan TW	359	15.4
97	Namibia NA	331	111.86
98	Finland FI	329	58.79
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	328	102.93
100	Israel IL	318	34.33
101	Slovakia SK	317	57.47
102	Iraq IQ	309	8
103	Lebanon LB	284	49.21
104	Yemen YE	277	7.03
105	Jamaica JM	268	94.29
106	New Zealand NZ	261	50.44
107	Oman OM	206	40.72
108	Libya LY	204	27.88
109	El Salvador SV	203	32.13
110	Solomon Islands SB	203	253.46
111	Croatia HR	200	51.37
112	Georgia GE	199	52.15
113	Kuwait KW	193	39.89
114	Burkina Faso BF	192	8.32
115	Armenia AM	191	65.03
116	Uruguay UY	187	55.14
117	Hong Kong HK	183	24.56
118	Fiji FJ	175	189.06
119	Bulgaria BG	171	25.11
120	Moldova MD	168	65.5
121	Norway NO	168	30.44
122	Mongolia MN	159	46.25
123	Costa Rica CR	150	29.47
124	Lithuania LT	149	52.07
125	Albania AL	146	51.8
126	Panama PA	144	32.21
127	North Macedonia MK	142	77.27
128	Nicaragua NI	137	20.01
129	Honduras HN	136	12.8
130	Lesotho LS	135	58.32
131	Guinea-Bissau GW	133	61.73
132	Botswana BW	129	51.91
133	Qatar QA	120	40.19
134	Slovenia SI	116	54.71
135	Latvia LV	113	60.27
136	Comoros KM	105	123.88
137	Eswatini SZ	97	78.62
138	Estonia EE	94	68.61
139	Trinidad and Tobago TT	79	52.84
140	Bahrain BH	59	37.66
141	Mauritania MR	57	11.44
142	Guyana GY	52	63.52
143	Timor-Leste TL	46	33.39
144	Cyprus CY	45	33.41
145	Bhutan BT	42	53.42
146	Mauritius MU	39	30.36
147	Vanuatu VU	29	90.72
148	Macau MO	28	39.54
149	Luxembourg LU	26	39.68
150	Malta MT	24	45.46
151	Samoa WS	24	109.89
152	Djibouti DJ	22	18.83
153	Gambia GM	22	7.98
154	Montenegro ME	21	33.8
155	Barbados BB	19	69.01
156	Cape Verde CV	18	34.24
157	French Polynesia PF	17	60.66
158	Iceland IS	17	43.9
159	Maldives MV	17	32.15
160	Suriname SR	17	27.44
161	New Caledonia NC	12	41.09
162	Micronesia FM	11	97.09
163	Tonga TO	11	108.78
164	Sao Tome and Principe ST	10	42.39
165	Bahamas BS	9	22.44
166	Saint Lucia LC	7	41.04
167	Belize BZ	6	15.32
168	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	6	63.48
169	Seychelles SC	5	41.65
170	Antigua and Barbuda AG	3	32.9
171	Grenada GD	3	27.22
172	Kiribati KI	2	14.21
173	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	2	45.21
174	Marshall Islands MH	0	6.53
175	Nauru NR	0	7.15
176	Tuvalu TV	0	32.13

China Tops the 2023 Table, but Ghana Leads Per Person

The 2023 table is led by China at 99,117 thousand tonnes, with Nigeria second at 64,499 and India third at 46,634. DR Congo and the United States complete the top five at 43,143 and 19,998 thousand tonnes, respectively. China holds 18.2 percent of the 545,720-thousand-tonne listed total.

The top three reporters accounted for 38.5 percent of the listed total, the top five 50.1 percent and the top ten 62.9 percent, one of the least concentrated of the food aggregates. The per-capita picture inverts the ranking: Ghana leads at 443.74 kilograms per person per year, followed by DR Congo at 407.82 and Ivory Coast at 362.14, all three far above China's 69.67 kilograms.

A 2.2 Percent Annual Rise Led by the United States and India

Among the 176 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 534,166 thousand tonnes to 545,720 thousand tonnes, a gain of 11,554 thousand tonnes (2.2 percent). The two years share the same 176 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. The United States added 2,465 thousand tonnes (up 14.1 percent), India added 2,462 thousand tonnes (up 5.6 percent), Nigeria added 1,430 thousand tonnes (up 2.3 percent), Tanzania added 1,261 thousand tonnes (up 14.2 percent), DR Congo added 1,251 thousand tonnes (up 3.0 percent) and Germany added 889 thousand tonnes (up 17.2 percent), while Cambodia fell 1,792 thousand tonnes (down 43.3 percent) and Indonesia fell 1,397 thousand tonnes (down 6.6 percent).

The annual increase was spread across several countries, while Cambodia's sharp decline offset part of the gain.

Nigeria Alone Accounts for 22.1 Percent of the Five-Year Gain

For the 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 505,011 thousand tonnes to 545,720 thousand tonnes, a gain of 40,709 thousand tonnes (8.1 percent). The 2019 total includes 177 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 176; Cuba, with 1,201 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value. Nigeria added 8,991 thousand tonnes (up 16.2 percent), India added 5,887 thousand tonnes (up 14.4 percent), DR Congo added 4,556 thousand tonnes (up 11.8 percent), Pakistan added 3,089 thousand tonnes (up 77.2 percent), Angola added 2,715 thousand tonnes (up 30.9 percent), China added 2,414 thousand tonnes (up 2.5 percent) and Ghana added 1,966 thousand tonnes (up 15.1 percent), while Cambodia fell 1,957 thousand tonnes (down 45.4 percent).

Nigeria contributes 22.1 percent of the five-year net increase, India 14.5 percent and DR Congo 11.2 percent, so the three together account for 47.8 percent. Pakistan's 77.2 percent increase stands out for pace from a smaller base of 4,001 thousand tonnes, while Cambodia's 45.4 percent decline is the largest proportional fall among the reporters shown.

What Does the Starchy Roots Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the figure used here is the FAO item Starchy Roots 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 starchy roots people actually ate. Because it is an aggregate, it sums the food supply of the individual root and tuber items; each of those crops is also covered in a separate article.

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.

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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	China	96.7K	67.93	94.76K	66.45	98.48K	69.04	98.57K	69.16	99.12K	69.67
2	Nigeria	55.51K	264.98	57.46K	268.49	61.16K	279.87	63.07K	282.63	64.5K	283.04
3	India	40.75K	29.33	41.44K	29.55	43.19K	30.54	44.17K	30.99	46.63K	32.43
4	DR Congo	38.59K	415.14	38.03K	396.15	40.65K	409.95	41.89K	409.11	43.14K	407.82
5	United States	18.06K	53.47	17.56K	51.72	17.77K	52.23	17.53K	51.34	20K	58.22
6	Indonesia	18.17K	66.68	18.42K	67.04	17.93K	64.78	21.18K	75.97	19.79K	70.37
7	Ghana	13.03K	416.76	13.07K	409.84	13.64K	419.46	14.29K	431.2	14.99K	443.74
8	Russia	13.19K	89.98	12.79K	87.39	12.48K	85.55	12.58K	86.4	12.25K	84.25
9	Angola	8.79K	271.52	9.55K	285.56	10.09K	292.22	11.03K	309.63	11.51K	313.1
10	Brazil	10.97K	52.87	11.34K	54.36	11.37K	54.24	11.7K	55.64	11.31K	53.58
11	Ivory Coast	9.78K	346.86	10.07K	348.19	10.89K	367.29	10.5K	345.29	11.29K	362.14
12	Tanzania	8.81K	148.87	9.03K	148.12	8.77K	139.53	8.87K	137.1	10.13K	152.11
13	Bangladesh	8.48K	51.43	8.24K	49.57	8.86K	52.86	9.02K	53.26	9.03K	52.65
14	Pakistan	4K	17.33	3.92K	16.68	5.2K	21.72	6.58K	27.01	7.09K	28.65
15	Mozambique	5.6K	187.25	5.59K	181.69	5.58K	176.01	6.16K	188.57	7.03K	208.98
16	Germany	5.59K	66.87	5.65K	67.52	5.17K	61.79	5.17K	61.49	6.06K	71.67
17	Ukraine	5.75K	127.81	5.63K	125.94	5.53K	124.78	5.53K	134.67	5.55K	146.96
18	Cameroon	4.55K	178.39	4.73K	180.55	4.92K	182.63	5.23K	189.09	5.35K	188.58
19	United Kingdom	4.98K	74.25	5.27K	78.27	4.93K	72.91	5.04K	73.93	4.97K	72.32
20	Peru	4.31K	132.82	4.25K	129.44	4.39K	132.33	4.34K	129.78	4.53K	133.77
21	Türkiye	4K	46.85	3.96K	46.01	3.97K	45.75	4.48K	51.41	4.47K	51.17
22	Zambia	3.88K	209.73	3.93K	206.24	3.8K	193.76	3.55K	176.16	4.43K	213.65
23	Colombia	4.18K	83.65	4.17K	82.34	4.24K	82.8	4.26K	82.3	4.29K	81.99
24	Egypt	3.44K	31.99	4.75K	43.45	4.32K	38.9	4.64K	41.23	4.27K	37.31
25	Uganda	3.89K	90.54	3.39K	76.22	3.87K	84.22	4.17K	88.11	3.8K	78.18
26	Malawi	3.21K	168.49	3.31K	169.47	3.56K	177.54	3.66K	177.74	3.75K	177.6
27	Poland	3.8K	99.44	3.84K	100.5	3.72K	97.86	3.71K	96.65	3.61K	93.03
28	Madagascar	3.39K	119.98	3.23K	111.68	3.03K	102.12	3.59K	118	3.6K	115.23
29	France	4.08K	62.01	4.12K	62.46	3.93K	59.5	3.35K	50.56	3.55K	53.48
30	Rwanda	3.49K	273.08	3.55K	271.77	3.62K	270.91	3.68K	269.48	3.42K	244.91
31	Ethiopia	3.34K	28.86	3.88K	32.6	2.82K	23.12	2.95K	23.53	3.36K	26.11
32	Kenya	3.59K	70.15	3.08K	59.02	2.99K	56.15	3.23K	59.5	3.35K	60.58
33	Uzbekistan	2.84K	86.17	2.95K	87.67	3.16K	92.29	3.2K	91.64	3.31K	92.79
34	Canada	2.76K	72.99	2.63K	68.93	3.17K	82.3	2.83K	72.85	3.22K	81.99
35	Nepal	2.67K	93.95	2.79K	96.33	2.8K	94.82	2.95K	99.28	3.09K	104.01
36	Guinea	2.27K	173.83	2.54K	190.25	2.68K	195.66	2.86K	203.42	2.89K	200.59
37	Italy	2.55K	42.35	2.64K	44	2.71K	45.4	2.87K	48.05	2.88K	48.43
38	Spain	2.88K	60.73	2.74K	57.4	2.84K	59.55	2.89K	60.36	2.88K	60.13
39	Algeria	2.82K	65.16	2.81K	63.9	2.83K	63.24	2.74K	60.3	2.72K	58.88
40	Mexico	2.12K	16.83	2.31K	18.18	2.37K	18.6	2.28K	17.71	2.37K	18.25
41	Cambodia	4.31K	261.41	4.35K	260.28	4.16K	245.06	4.14K	240.83	2.35K	134.94
42	Philippines	2.15K	19.42	2.36K	21.03	2.16K	19.12	2.25K	19.77	2.17K	18.87
43	Iran	2.76K	31.7	2.64K	30.05	1.93K	21.78	2.05K	22.9	2.12K	23.37
44	South Africa	2K	33.63	2.35K	38.83	2.27K	36.91	2.19K	35.03	2.08K	32.94
45	Australia	1.46K	57.3	1.44K	55.93	1.56K	60.18	1.46K	55.67	1.85K	70.11
46	Argentina	2.01K	44.62	2.22K	49.18	2.19K	48.4	2.03K	44.65	1.83K	40.24
47	Vietnam	1.68K	17.26	1.78K	18.14	1.73K	17.53	1.77K	17.73	1.76K	17.53
48	Papua New Guinea	1.74K	180.65	1.76K	179.69	1.74K	174.14	1.74K	170.95	1.73K	166.9
49	Congo	1.52K	270.42	1.56K	270.32	1.56K	265.29	1.57K	259.42	1.59K	257.04
50	Morocco	1.55K	42.78	1.42K	38.69	1.36K	36.68	1.48K	39.54	1.56K	41.25
51	Sierra Leone	1.17K	151.54	1.39K	175.42	1.58K	194.92	1.46K	176	1.53K	180.34
52	Belarus	1.67K	176.73	1.53K	163.28	1.49K	160.91	1.53K	166.85	1.52K	166.88
53	Laos	1.4K	193.14	1.53K	207.96	1.29K	173.03	1.43K	188.95	1.46K	190.69
54	Netherlands	1.23K	69.89	1.64K	92.95	1.36K	76.47	1.36K	75.86	1.4K	77.09
55	Paraguay	1.23K	188.17	1.24K	188.11	1.25K	186.64	1.23K	182.13	1.2K	175.97
56	Saudi Arabia	920	30.21	1.04K	33.61	1.18K	37.58	1.23K	38.35	1.18K	35.59
57	Romania	2K	102.34	1.44K	74.01	1.19K	61.62	1.26K	65.72	1.14K	59.67
58	Afghanistan	1.01K	26.62	856	21.9	902	22.54	1.03K	25.41	1.1K	26.47
59	Bolivia	1.3K	111.27	1.35K	114.21	1.07K	89.82	979	81.1	1.09K	89.12
60	Belgium	1.03K	89.99	1.03K	89.62	1.06K	91.84	1K	86.22	1.06K	90.82
61	South Korea	1.07K	20.7	1.02K	19.68	1.05K	20.26	1K	19.36	1.05K	20.27
62	Chile	1.21K	63.08	1.17K	60.42	1.03K	53.07	1.12K	57.47	983	49.98
63	Zimbabwe	756	49.48	903	58.15	1K	63.27	950	59.12	968	59.23
64	Kazakhstan	1.06K	55.12	1.1K	56.3	1.1K	55.82	934	46.62	965	47.48
65	Thailand	970	13.56	900	12.57	951	13.26	864	12.04	957	13.35
66	Venezuela	763	26.37	813	28.58	940	33.29	956	33.88	956	33.77
67	Azerbaijan	819	81.03	835	82	850	83.04	932	90.51	862	83.52
68	Senegal	722	44.18	804	47.88	794	46.13	819	46.38	852	47.15
69	Malaysia	724	21.67	753	22.23	809	23.6	876	25.24	850	24.21
70	Kyrgyzstan	772	118.84	683	102.49	705	103.31	679	97.66	699	98.81
71	Portugal	691	66.85	660	63.64	689	66.29	685	65.78	683	65.48
72	Niger	598	26.07	744	31.35	573	23.41	596	23.55	673	25.72
73	Sweden	607	59.09	650	62.77	637	61.16	647	61.7	652	61.78
74	Liberia	647	128.24	673	130.6	663	126.08	716	133.34	650	118.39
75	Czech Republic	737	69.85	692	65.6	659	62.54	646	60.55	638	59.06
76	Sri Lanka	558	24.9	553	24.5	544	23.97	549	24.04	611	26.62
77	Myanmar	1.07K	20.23	889	16.77	760	14.23	690	12.83	603	11.13
78	Haiti	558	50.22	607	53.95	581	51.05	593	51.54	574	49.31
79	Greece	598	55.79	517	48.34	532	50.31	601	57.67	544	53.06
80	Turkmenistan	260	38.16	311	44.68	343	48.33	424	58.68	473	64.17
81	Dominican Republic	384	35.21	378	34.3	416	37.4	449	39.96	463	40.88
82	Ireland	411	83.3	355	71.2	471	93.63	434	84.88	443	85.33
83	Tajikistan	396	41.57	392	40.21	403	40.47	415	40.73	425	40.94
84	Syria	532	26.15	556	26.4	501	23.15	480	21.38	416	17.62
85	Ecuador	365	21.07	487	27.78	367	20.77	431	24.16	412	22.91
86	Denmark	390	67.12	414	71.01	404	68.9	403	68.25	406	68.25
87	Gabon	367	161.62	385	165.66	402	169.12	404	166.21	406	163.47
88	Switzerland	412	48.04	419	48.47	343	39.35	393	44.74	396	44.61
89	Austria	499	56.23	499	55.95	459	51.24	413	45.59	392	42.97
90	Guatemala	500	29.23	494	28.43	491	27.89	494	27.68	391	21.57
91	Serbia	370	53.13	346	50.06	357	52.25	340	50.04	388	57.26
92	United Arab Emirates	230	24.56	336	35.53	418	42.69	384	37.53	375	35.24
93	Hungary	430	44.05	377	38.67	377	38.83	355	36.67	367	37.93
94	Tunisia	356	29.95	343	28.62	340	28.23	312	25.7	363	29.74
95	Jordan	310	29.06	248	22.83	318	28.74	280	24.87	359	31.37
96	Taiwan	322	13.62	363	15.34	363	15.42	359	15.31	359	15.4
97	Namibia	313	118.09	314	115.17	323	114.85	330	114.25	331	111.86
98	Finland	364	66	356	64.44	365	65.93	333	59.85	329	58.79
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	294	87.77	338	102.35	321	98.96	276	86.09	328	102.93
100	Israel	338	39.07	319	36.3	288	32.17	332	36.52	318	34.33
101	Slovakia	286	52.43	313	57.34	282	51.79	261	47.72	317	57.47
102	Iraq	536	15.16	811	22.45	629	17.03	538	14.24	309	8
103	Lebanon	271	46.78	283	49.57	284	49.69	289	50.24	284	49.21
104	Yemen	179	5.1	218	6.03	319	8.59	316	8.27	277	7.03
105	Jamaica	212	75.08	248	87.68	288	101.67	316	111.44	268	94.29
106	New Zealand	241	48.21	275	54.24	348	68.16	233	45.48	261	50.44
107	Oman	176	38.41	185	40.83	179	39.81	195	41.24	206	40.72
108	Libya	187	26.94	162	23.01	180	25.29	177	24.46	204	27.88
109	El Salvador	198	31.84	165	26.54	216	34.49	210	33.4	203	32.13
110	Solomon Islands	201	275.7	198	266.35	202	264.96	200	256.25	203	253.46
111	Croatia	180	45.07	184	46.65	158	40.2	173	44.36	200	51.37
112	Georgia	184	48.39	192	50.64	207	54.76	166	43.66	199	52.15
113	Kuwait	198	44.66	240	54.65	217	49.78	205	44.7	193	39.89
114	Burkina Faso	157	7.47	225	10.46	205	9.33	198	8.79	192	8.32
115	Armenia	195	67.09	185	63.96	190	66.23	195	67.57	191	65.03
116	Uruguay	191	56.34	181	53.27	200	58.9	197	58.1	187	55.14
117	Hong Kong	169	22.52	134	17.93	166	22.14	169	22.64	183	24.56
118	Fiji	138	150.39	134	146.36	148	161.1	163	177.83	175	189.06
119	Bulgaria	189	27.08	174	25.05	200	29.12	201	29.51	171	25.11
120	Moldova	204	77.96	182	71	174	68.8	161	63.51	168	65.5
121	Norway	272	50.81	301	55.87	114	21	205	37.51	168	30.44
122	Mongolia	159	49.06	222	67.38	170	51.01	203	60.08	159	46.25
123	Costa Rica	113	22.58	105	20.81	118	23.39	142	27.89	150	29.47
124	Lithuania	161	57.52	172	61.64	145	52.01	140	49.68	149	52.07
125	Albania	139	48.13	135	46.98	138	48.29	145	51.2	146	51.8
126	Panama	91	21.49	137	31.82	141	32.35	138	31.26	144	32.21
127	North Macedonia	126	66.57	134	71.58	141	76.19	141	76.73	142	77.27
128	Nicaragua	131	20.16	153	23.26	147	22.07	137	20.39	137	20.01
129	Honduras	98	9.87	95	9.39	120	11.64	135	12.92	136	12.8
130	Lesotho	135	61.16	120	53.82	139	61.36	135	58.86	135	58.32
131	Guinea-Bissau	97	49.49	124	61.41	126	61.29	129	61.18	133	61.73
132	Botswana	132	56.71	137	57.84	136	56.71	118	48.48	129	51.91
133	Qatar	118	42.11	127	45.35	115	40.84	121	41.71	120	40.19
134	Slovenia	93	44.55	108	51.54	104	49.09	98	46.54	116	54.71
135	Latvia	194	101.53	129	67.81	115	60.93	103	54.61	113	60.27
136	Comoros	83	105.44	102	127.21	104	127.6	105	125.46	105	123.88
137	Eswatini	80	67.93	79	66.58	82	68.18	103	84.1	97	78.62
138	Estonia	95	71.8	96	72.49	80	59.95	88	65.36	94	68.61
139	Trinidad and Tobago	68	45.83	67	45.38	62	41.62	69	46.26	79	52.84
140	Bahrain	64	43.36	57	38.67	59	39.29	72	46.98	59	37.66
141	Mauritania	29	6.48	59	12.76	56	11.8	59	12.19	57	11.44
142	Guyana	44	54.71	49	60.43	48	58.34	51	62	52	63.52
143	Timor-Leste	51	39.49	49	37.06	47	35.15	50	36.59	46	33.39
144	Cyprus	29	22.85	26	19.59	36	27.35	41	30.78	45	33.41
145	Bhutan	41	52.98	43	56.33	40	51.06	40	51.5	42	53.42
146	Mauritius	30	23.26	28	22.16	33	25.88	38	30.14	39	30.36
147	Vanuatu	55	186.98	53	178.57	51	165.9	34	109.94	29	90.72
148	Macau	21	31.54	25	35.98	26	37.14	23	32.73	28	39.54
149	Luxembourg	25	39.67	24	38.35	28	43.65	27	40.98	26	39.68
150	Malta	24	47	21	40.54	20	37.22	22	41.98	24	45.46
151	Samoa	16	77.49	20	94.36	23	107.9	23	105.39	24	109.89
152	Djibouti	20	18.53	25	22.85	28	24.89	22	19.26	22	18.83
153	Gambia	17	6.85	18	7.16	17	6.6	17	6.51	22	7.98
154	Montenegro	19	30.52	19	31.44	21	35.09	20	32.6	21	33.8
155	Barbados	16	57.72	17	61.3	19	66.18	19	66.63	19	69.01
156	Cape Verde	22	42.41	20	38.6	19	36.27	20	37.69	18	34.24
157	French Polynesia	21	75.78	19	69.52	21	76.09	17	62.32	17	60.66
158	Iceland	16	45.7	15	39.79	15	39.55	16	43.22	17	43.9
159	Maldives	18	36.19	10	19.22	12	24.21	14	26.98	17	32.15
160	Suriname	17	27.94	16	26.43	16	25.93	17	27.12	17	27.44
161	New Caledonia	11	39.54	13	45	11	40.27	12	42.62	12	41.09
162	Micronesia	11	103.11	11	102.84	11	100.98	11	97.64	11	97.09
163	Tonga	10	91.36	10	99.15	10	98.04	12	114.72	11	108.78
164	Sao Tome and Principe	9	40.97	9	40.59	9	41.46	9	40.87	10	42.39
165	Bahamas	6	15.34	6	13.94	7	16.65	9	22.05	9	22.44
166	Saint Lucia	6	33.27	7	37.47	7	41.36	8	44.63	7	41.04
167	Belize	7	19.37	6	14.91	6	15.62	6	13.67	6	15.32
168	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7	64.15	6	60.25	7	71.44	6	59.11	6	63.48
169	Seychelles	4	35.99	4	36.93	4	34.82	4	32.27	5	41.65
170	Antigua and Barbuda	2	22.47	2	24.59	3	30.29	3	37.59	3	32.9
171	Grenada	5	39.57	3	28.33	3	29.97	3	25.28	3	27.22
172	Kiribati	2	14.18	2	14	2	15.97	2	14.58	2	14.21
173	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2	40.54	2	38.92	2	39.39	2	51.7	2	45.21
174	Marshall Islands	0	3.03	0	5.43	0	7.12	0	7.2	0	6.53
175	Nauru	0	24.95	0	14.46	0	15.62	0	14.53	0	7.15
176	Tuvalu	0	26.32	0	30.68	0	28.18	0	31.95	0	32.13
177	Cuba	1.2K	107.24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Starchy Roots Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, China had the largest listed starchy roots food supply among the 176 reporters with reported values, at 99,117 thousand tonnes. Nigeria ranked second at 64,499 thousand tonnes, while India ranked third at 46,634 thousand tonnes. Ghana had the highest per-capita starchy roots food supply at 443.74 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of starchy roots 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 Starchy Roots 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, 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 177 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 are shown in thousand tonnes as reported, without additional rounding. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The listed total of 545,720 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 176 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value. This article covers the starchy roots aggregate; individual root and tuber items are treated in separate articles.