Wheat and Products Consumption by Country
The figures below aggregate FAO Food Balances records for item Wheat and products, 2019-2023, reporting food quantities in thousand tonnes (Element 5142) and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year (Element 645). The table lists 177 reporters, 176 of which reported a 2023 quantity, and the 2023 annual listed consumption total is 544,299 thousand tonnes. China had the largest listed food supply in 2023 and added 4,241 thousand tonnes from 2022, while India added 1,676 thousand tonnes.
China had the highest listed wheat and products food supply in 2023 at 106,655 thousand tonnes, while Serbia had the highest per-capita food supply at 240.07 kilograms per person. China's listed food supply was 1.12 times India's (106,655 thousand tonnes against 95,634), and five of the top eight reporters sit in Asia. In 2023, China had the largest listed supply of wheat and products at 106,655 thousand tonnes, followed by India at 95,634 thousand tonnes. The United States ranked third with 30,542 thousand tonnes. On a per-capita basis, Serbia recorded the highest food supply at 240.07 kilograms per person, followed by Azerbaijan at 205.61 kilograms. Across the 176 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, listed wheat and products supply increased by 7,741 thousand tonnes, or 1.4 percent. China contributed 4,241 thousand tonnes of that increase. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of wheat actually eaten. China had the largest listed wheat and products food supply in the 2023 data with 106,655 thousand tonnes (19.6 percent of the listed total), followed by India with 95,634 thousand tonnes (17.6 percent) and the United States with 30,542 thousand tonnes (5.6 percent). Pakistan ranked fourth with 26,894 thousand tonnes and Russia fifth with 19,852 thousand tonnes. The top three consumers hold 42.8 percent of the listed 2023 total, the top five 51.4 percent and the top ten 63.1 percent of the 544,299-thousand-tonne total. Between 2022 and 2023, the common reporter universe (176 countries with data in both years) rose from 536,558 thousand tonnes to 544,299 thousand tonnes, a change of 7,741 thousand tonnes (1.4 percent). The totals listed for each year were 536,558 thousand tonnes (176 reporters) and 544,299 thousand tonnes (176 reporters); no country exited and no new reporter joined. China added 4,241 thousand tonnes (up 4.1 percent), accounting for 54.8 percent of the increase, and India added 1,676 thousand tonnes (up 1.8 percent). Iraq added 1,088 thousand tonnes (up 26.1 percent) and Thailand 597 thousand tonnes (up 69.3 percent), while Yemen fell 796 thousand tonnes (down 21.1 percent), Bangladesh 737 thousand tonnes (down 28.1 percent), Indonesia 626 thousand tonnes (down 7.0 percent) and Nigeria 524 thousand tonnes (down 10.0 percent). Between 2019 and 2023, the common reporter universe (176 countries with data in both years) rose from 511,282 thousand tonnes to 544,299 thousand tonnes, a change of 33,017 thousand tonnes (6.5 percent). The totals listed for each year were 512,006 thousand tonnes (177 reporters) and 544,299 thousand tonnes (176 reporters); Cuba, with 724 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported quantity in 2023, and no new reporter joined. India added 12,235 thousand tonnes (up 14.7 percent), accounting for 37.1 percent of the increase, followed by China with 7,621 thousand tonnes (up 7.7 percent), Pakistan with 2,206 thousand tonnes (up 8.9 percent), the United States with 1,866 thousand tonnes (up 6.5 percent) and Iran with 1,215 thousand tonnes (up 9.6 percent). Growth sits heavily in Asia: India, China and Pakistan together account for 66.9 percent of the 2019-2023 common-reporter increase. The per-capita leaders form a separate bloc across the Balkans, North Africa and the Middle East, with Azerbaijan at 205.61 and Tunisia at 194.74 kilograms per year, while the total-quantity leaders China and India record only 74.97 and 66.50 kilograms respectively. The 2022-2023 comparison includes the same 176 reporters in both years. In 2023, China had the largest listed food supply of wheat and products at 106,655 thousand tonnes, while Serbia had the highest per-capita food supply at 240.07 kilograms per person per year. India and the United States followed China by total quantity, with 95,634 and 30,542 thousand tonnes respectively. The figures come from FAO Food Balances and represent food available for human consumption rather than the amount actually eaten. In this dataset, wheat and products consumption refers to the quantity of wheat and wheat-derived products available for human consumption, rather than the amount people actually eat. FAO Food Balances include wheat and a range of wheat-derived products, including flour, macaroni, bread, bulgur, pastry and other processed products. The per-capita figure expresses the corresponding food supply as kilograms per person per year. In 2023, China had the largest listed wheat and products food supply among the 176 reporters with reported values, at 106,655 thousand tonnes. India ranked second at 95,634 thousand tonnes, while the United States ranked third at 30,542 thousand tonnes. Serbia had the highest per-capita wheat and products food supply at 240.07 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of wheat actually eaten. 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 Wheat and products from 2019 through 2023. The food quantity represents the amount available for human consumption in the food balance, not the amount actually eaten. The reporter universe contains 177 reporters; the tables list reporters only (aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are not included), while China figures refer to the China reporter. Quantities of 1,000 thousand tonnes and above are shown as whole numbers; smaller quantities retain up to two decimal places. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year. For changes, only reporters with values in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. FAO Food Balances are compiled from national and other official sources.Key Takeaways
Wheat and Products Consumption
Wheat and Products Consumption by Country in 2023
China Adds 4,241 Thousand Tonnes as Wheat and Products Consumption Grows 1.4 Percent Between 2022 and 2023
India Adds 12,235 Thousand Tonnes as Wheat and Products Consumption Grows 6.5 Percent Among Common Reporters Since 2019
What Does Wheat and Products Consumption Measure?
Wheat and Products Consumption by Country
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1
99.03K
69.57
99.73K
69.93
100.77K
70.64
102.41K
71.86
106.66K
74.97
2
83.4K
60.04
87.41K
62.32
87.05K
61.55
93.96K
65.92
95.63K
66.5
3
63.87K
47.61
65.07K
47.35
66.88K
47.53
65.38K
45.41
65.35K
44.35
4
28.68K
84.89
29.4K
86.61
29.65K
87.16
31.01K
90.8
30.54K
88.92
5
24.69K
106.97
25.49K
108.46
26.58K
110.97
26.49K
108.69
26.89K
108.66
6
19.42K
132.55
19.99K
136.58
20.08K
137.67
20.21K
138.81
19.85K
136.49
7
14.99K
139.35
14.72K
134.62
14.68K
132.32
15.31K
135.93
15.51K
135.39
8
14.09K
165.07
13.82K
160.47
14.17K
163.4
13.92K
159.92
14.28K
163.57
9
12.68K
145.69
13.32K
151.89
13.39K
151.4
14.18K
158.38
13.9K
153.38
10
11.38K
54.87
11.37K
54.49
11.48K
54.8
11.52K
54.78
11.52K
54.56
11
7.9K
117.69
8.2K
121.69
7.38K
109.06
8.14K
119.45
8.6K
125.17
12
8.59K
142.8
8.24K
137.55
8.24K
138.01
8.04K
134.84
8.32K
139.84
13
8.26K
30.31
9.63K
35.02
10.69K
38.63
8.88K
31.85
8.25K
29.35
14
7.84K
181
8.12K
184.45
8.4K
187.66
8.38K
184.28
7.91K
171.26
15
6.4K
55.27
6.24K
52.5
6.96K
57.01
7.18K
57.27
7.29K
56.64
16
6.61K
100.49
6.74K
102.22
6.72K
101.71
6.6K
99.61
6.87K
103.34
17
6.47K
178.66
6.62K
181.06
6.71K
181.44
6.71K
179.65
6.8K
180.25
18
6.06K
160.03
6.27K
160.59
6.22K
155.53
6.49K
159.84
6.77K
163.32
19
6.14K
73.48
6.01K
71.82
6.16K
73.58
6.28K
74.69
6.36K
75.23
20
5.28K
117.47
4.9K
108.44
4.81K
106.05
5.48K
120.68
5.78K
126.81
21
4.39K
39.63
5.05K
45.09
4.97K
43.97
5.27K
46.28
5.45K
47.41
22
5.7K
172.8
5.74K
170.95
5.39K
157.27
5.31K
151.97
5.43K
152.24
23
4.89K
138.48
5K
138.37
5.27K
142.64
4.17K
110.2
5.25K
135.91
24
4.64K
97.77
4.72K
98.9
4.79K
100.37
4.79K
100.07
4.7K
98.1
25
5.03K
23.99
5.77K
26.96
5.65K
25.86
5.22K
23.4
4.7K
20.61
26
4.3K
34.17
4.29K
33.83
4.52K
35.37
4.78K
37.13
4.36K
33.59
27
4.02K
105.22
4.15K
108.8
4.1K
107.87
4.15K
108.1
4K
103.15
28
3.51K
115.09
3.49K
112.44
3.5K
111.64
3.47K
107.82
3.76K
113.15
29
4.12K
91.67
4.04K
90.49
3.92K
88.43
4.25K
103.52
3.73K
98.79
30
3.02K
148.31
3.13K
148.51
3.11K
143.61
3.24K
144.1
3.57K
151.33
31
3.39K
56.89
3.3K
54.44
3.34K
54.27
3.35K
53.77
3.39K
53.57
32
3.22K
85.21
3.42K
89.5
3.26K
84.71
3.18K
81.86
3.24K
82.33
33
3.42K
97.3
3.85K
106.47
4.02K
108.32
3.78K
98.89
2.98K
75.76
34
2.71K
139.03
2.69K
138.47
2.69K
139.67
2.77K
144.4
2.81K
147.09
35
2.74K
52.96
2.76K
53.26
2.82K
54.31
2.87K
55.47
2.74K
53.01
36
2.29K
90
2.34K
90.8
2.28K
87.77
2.41K
92.15
2.5K
94.49
37
2.31K
194.55
2.38K
198.41
2.45K
203.12
2.41K
199.09
2.38K
194.74
38
2.36K
123.14
2.32K
119.84
2.34K
120.38
2.22K
113.49
2.24K
113.73
39
2.1K
208.02
2.11K
207.03
2K
194.97
1.88K
182.54
2.12K
205.61
40
1.79K
55.19
2.08K
63.2
1.89K
57.04
2.02K
60.39
2.02K
59.74
41
2.11K
110.02
1.93K
98.93
1.95K
98.72
1.84K
91.83
1.96K
96.15
42
1.68K
33.71
1.74K
34.28
1.78K
34.79
1.92K
37.09
1.92K
36.64
43
2.42K
14.66
2.96K
17.81
3.11K
18.55
2.62K
15.47
1.88K
10.98
44
1.45K
207.36
1.45K
210.14
1.48K
216.95
1.54K
227.01
1.63K
240.07
45
1.49K
52.49
1.6K
55.26
1.61K
54.64
1.63K
54.68
1.62K
54.61
46
1.69K
96.48
1.61K
91.34
1.51K
85.29
1.49K
83.23
1.58K
87.12
47
1.46K
153.02
1.48K
151.81
1.51K
151.43
1.54K
150.79
1.55K
149.26
48
1.63K
16.75
1.64K
16.72
1.52K
15.4
1.6K
16.09
1.54K
15.36
49
2.05K
40.01
2.1K
40.16
2.05K
38.53
1.59K
29.25
1.46K
26.4
50
1.32K
18.42
1.12K
15.65
1.16K
16.23
861
12
1.46K
20.33
51
1.46K
43.7
1.41K
41.67
1.2K
35
1.57K
45.24
1.44K
40.85
52
829
28.64
805
28.31
1.15K
40.7
1.1K
38.91
1.32K
46.48
53
1.18K
120.24
1.1K
113.18
1.2K
123.26
1.18K
121.79
1.28K
132.53
54
1.02K
98.41
1.02K
98.76
1.04K
100.37
1.17K
112.72
1.28K
122.22
55
1.21K
51.1
1.19K
50.35
1.2K
50.96
1.21K
51.8
1.21K
52.01
56
904
96.4
1.06K
112.37
1.07K
109.58
1.15K
112.18
1.21K
113.77
57
1.15K
168.77
1.12K
161.27
1.14K
160.24
1.16K
160.79
1.21K
164.3
58
1.06K
123.39
1.04K
120.36
1.03K
118.08
1.13K
128.46
1.13K
127.3
59
1.09K
101.47
1.04K
97.04
1.09K
103.16
1.12K
107.96
1.13K
109.86
60
1.11K
104.06
1.17K
107.29
1.16K
104.64
1.15K
101.94
1.08K
94.14
61
983
95.63
943
91.08
1.02K
97.82
1.05K
100.35
1.06K
100.58
62
968
111.78
992
112.68
1.05K
117.09
1.06K
116.2
1.05K
112.9
63
981
16.58
829
13.6
738
11.75
875
13.53
1K
15.05
64
1.13K
98.27
1.05K
90.71
1K
86.47
1.01K
86.98
921
78.61
65
773
30.31
745
28.41
902
33.52
889
32.19
918
32.34
66
884
39.45
1.2K
53.16
1.13K
49.87
802
35.12
895
38.97
67
876
83.03
866
82.1
853
81.02
867
81.27
892
82.56
68
871
26.9
949
28.38
845
24.48
746
20.94
854
23.24
69
695
78.23
713
79.95
768
85.64
797
87.92
854
93.58
70
809
46.63
809
46.12
876
49.54
849
47.64
849
47.22
71
716
43.79
729
43.4
662
38.43
773
43.77
836
46.26
72
789
147.56
791
147.13
832
153.93
821
150.42
828
150.05
73
794
122.29
831
124.64
714
104.65
810
116.48
770
108.89
74
618
20.67
678
22.03
805
25.37
640
19.6
733
21.79
75
634
14.75
568
12.78
606
13.2
543
11.48
728
14.97
76
721
124.41
727
127.48
728
127.3
726
126.36
725
125.61
77
919
132.16
904
128.28
952
133.41
846
117.14
711
97.27
78
655
38.29
536
30.86
590
33.51
689
38.62
668
36.84
79
580
20.57
679
23.48
689
23.24
701
23.08
629
20.19
80
698
73.97
701
74.92
694
75.06
701
76.41
613
67.25
81
527
117.87
564
122.57
567
119.81
576
118.21
593
118.08
82
540
5.81
425
4.43
679
6.85
572
5.59
587
5.55
83
629
115.35
662
121.38
655
120.25
604
110.45
576
104.41
84
485
83.42
461
79.06
488
83.32
515
87.22
569
95.66
85
282
18.44
348
22.42
480
30.37
416
25.88
559
34.21
86
537
17.18
658
20.63
728
22.4
677
20.42
546
16.15
87
630
53.94
707
59.84
704
58.99
661
54.77
536
43.76
88
484
87.59
481
86.92
473
85.45
508
91.19
511
91.16
89
470
105.82
512
116.28
481
110.31
472
102.77
509
105.27
90
441
88.42
453
89.33
442
86.6
479
93.31
508
98.14
91
656
93.98
646
93.14
691
100.51
433
63.42
503
74
92
511
103.67
457
91.69
439
87.36
447
87.47
495
95.29
93
321
29.44
472
42.91
493
44.33
436
38.8
494
43.62
94
385
34.65
446
39.62
471
41.44
445
38.67
488
41.91
95
538
141.59
580
152.7
563
148.5
510
134.36
486
127.57
96
425
146.5
443
153.1
414
144.13
410
142.23
449
152.41
97
418
104.78
402
101.79
414
105.51
422
107.95
445
114.17
98
477
142.5
472
143.13
480
148.03
455
142.06
429
134.65
99
648
12.32
687
12.96
576
10.78
411
7.65
428
7.9
100
398
117.1
380
111.75
377
111.06
400
118
411
121.29
101
406
54.2
389
51.96
381
50.89
370
49.52
394
52.88
102
322
49.41
328
49.73
348
52.13
382
56.54
379
55.33
103
331
102.4
357
108.59
351
105.09
328
96.86
337
98.21
104
293
112.15
293
114
309
122.54
326
128.25
335
130.31
105
313
32.55
332
33.79
307
30.71
324
31.72
335
32.22
106
370
13.12
367
12.67
373
12.55
324
10.65
322
10.32
107
282
100.77
273
97.49
279
99
275
95
322
108
108
277
21.28
286
21.41
285
20.76
265
18.82
319
22.12
109
280
13.36
275
12.82
278
12.64
295
13.1
311
13.49
110
390
135.33
396
137.97
289
101.49
289
102.08
297
105.76
111
233
35.97
243
36.96
255
38.3
301
44.65
288
42.18
112
249
44.42
244
42.47
289
49.05
283
46.95
281
45.48
113
207
45.13
127
28.12
119
26.4
202
42.69
279
55.19
114
276
132.36
268
127.29
260
123.01
260
122.77
277
130.62
115
309
31.08
284
28.08
290
28.17
302
28.86
275
25.82
116
292
46.96
251
40.26
266
42.48
261
41.57
265
42.04
117
183
43.12
249
58.02
257
59.14
259
58.8
254
56.88
118
255
51.02
259
51.46
228
45.02
218
42.83
237
46.38
119
136
10.68
72
5.53
126
9.47
149
10.89
232
16.61
120
313
112.16
287
102.52
285
101.95
227
80.67
230
80.69
121
217
114.47
211
112.67
208
112.61
213
115.95
209
114.31
122
139
7.53
193
10.13
194
9.92
182
9.02
199
9.58
123
209
74.11
189
66.84
189
66.69
202
71.29
197
69.35
124
159
60.18
167
61.33
184
65.47
161
55.66
184
62.14
125
157
122.09
150
117.18
162
126.63
162
127.17
168
131.69
126
126
55.55
130
56.05
159
66.87
146
59.93
164
66.01
127
128
67
130
68.32
138
73.13
143
75.96
153
81.24
128
133
122.28
132
119.55
127
113.39
139
122.19
139
120.3
129
123
82.64
119
80.55
126
84.21
128
83.69
136
86.95
130
109
46.62
125
52.68
115
47.82
125
51.24
132
53.3
131
158
122.75
162
124.55
152
115.19
131
98.57
130
97
132
128
5.58
161
6.77
132
5.4
148
5.85
128
4.88
133
124
6.51
138
7.05
116
5.8
50
2.45
124
5.9
134
98
160.1
106
175.13
110
182.37
112
181.73
117
184.86
135
126
84.67
125
84.09
123
82.62
118
78.89
116
76.91
136
78
31.84
63
25.09
69
26.92
93
35.26
95
35.09
137
76
151.43
76
146.64
76
144.56
85
160.31
85
160.43
138
105
13.53
96
12.11
130
16.01
98
11.9
84
9.91
139
68
109.77
77
121.36
74
116.04
75
114.76
80
119.65
140
31
4.24
49
6.71
46
6.2
66
8.79
66
8.63
141
68
30.99
69
30.77
57
25.08
66
28.94
65
27.99
142
61
46.02
54
40.36
65
49.01
63
46.45
64
47.11
143
45
37.86
49
41.47
42
34.82
40
32.71
58
46.78
144
52
64.94
53
66.05
55
67.93
57
69.51
58
70.3
145
54
79.75
53
77.42
52
75.07
47
66.2
58
80.95
146
72
4.38
63
3.79
67
3.93
41
2.4
55
3.17
147
46
127.69
45
123.06
49
130.51
53
139.56
53
137.86
148
59
65
57
61.9
59
64.3
56
61.41
50
54.27
149
42
69.74
40
65.63
40
65.06
43
69.74
44
69.5
150
28
21.28
32
24.37
32
23.79
38
27.6
43
30.93
151
37
75.25
39
78.11
42
81.89
45
86.58
41
78.82
152
39
136.09
37
131.33
39
136.77
39
137.19
40
138.32
153
24
32.39
25
34.15
28
36.26
31
40.02
33
41.57
154
31
110.61
29
104.32
30
108.63
30
108.27
31
112.03
155
59
11.74
62
11.99
49
9.41
38
7.02
31
5.61
156
23
60.22
23
58.74
22
55.48
25
61.75
28
69.23
157
27
52.2
30
58.8
32
61.57
27
51.14
26
50.19
158
44
22.4
43
21.16
42
20.27
38
17.99
26
12.01
159
21
70.23
22
72.78
21
67.86
21
67.95
26
81.43
160
20
49.63
20
49.71
21
51.73
23
57.43
24
59.04
161
22
76.9
21
74.62
20
70.59
20
71.36
22
77.15
162
22
28.32
21
26.33
19
23.54
26
30.96
22
25.3
163
20
26.27
22
28.73
22
27.77
23
29.08
21
27.22
164
22
103.74
22
105.01
21
97.67
17
80.07
18
83.01
165
19
107.62
20
110.2
21
115.43
17
97.49
17
97.25
166
13
123.53
13
124.15
12
117.65
12
110.65
14
129.91
167
12
100.62
12
96.41
11
92.97
13
100.86
13
101.67
168
11
101.12
11
108.8
10
94.33
9
91.18
10
95.8
169
12
55.95
12
55.13
13
57.83
12
53.19
9
40.39
170
6
68.59
8
82.48
6
68.55
6
68.37
6
69.15
171
8
69.49
6
52.91
7
58.61
5
42.31
6
52.04
172
7
57.96
7
59.43
8
61.68
6
44.91
6
48.38
173
7
158.09
5
117.47
6
154.99
6
137.75
5
135.73
174
4
34.6
4
32.67
3
30.05
4
32.09
4
39.92
175
2
52.61
3
72.73
3
64.59
3
53.84
2
49.3
176
1
82.68
1
100.43
1
78.31
1
100.24
1
101.69
177
1
105.43
1
111.88
1
85.84
1
93.59
1
100.4
178
724
64.61
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Quick Answer
Methodology
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does Serbia top the per-capita ranking with a small total?
Serbia's figure reflects 1,626 thousand tonnes divided by its population, giving 240.07 kilograms per capita in 2023. China records 74.97 kilograms per capita from 106,655 thousand tonnes.
Did the reporter set change between 2019 and 2023?
Only by one exit. Cuba reported 724 thousand tonnes in 2019 and nothing in 2023, and no new reporter joined. The 2022-2023 comparison has no entrants or exits.
What does this table not show?
Production, trade, stocks and actual amounts eaten. The table covers food available for human consumption of wheat and a range of wheat-derived products, including flour, macaroni, bread, bulgur and pastry, while other cereals sit in their own tables.
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: 29.09.2026https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FBS
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