Wheat Bran Consumption by Country

China holds 20,377,280 tonnes of listed wheat bran supply in 2023 — 99.7 percent of a 20,437,876-tonne total across only 11 reporters with values. China covers almost the entire listed total, while the other reporters read far smaller: the second-ranked reporter, Nepal at 28,416 tonnes, is 717 times smaller. China also tops per person at 39.24 grams a day and supplied 99.5 percent of the single-year net gain.

China sits top at 20,377,280 tonnes, ahead of Nepal at 28,416 and Jordan at 25,216, with Qatar fourth at 6,750 after rising from a reported zero. Per person China doubles most of the field too at 39.24 grams a day, ahead of Nauru at 6.52 and Qatar at 6.21.

Reading This One-Country Table

• China reported the largest 2023 supply at 20,377,280 tonnes.
• Nepal ranked second at 28,416 tonnes, followed by Jordan at 25,216.
• China recorded the highest per-person figure at 39.24 grams a day.
• The listed total was 20,437,876 tonnes across 11 reporters with values.
• Across 9 reporters present in both 2019 and 2023, supply grew 1,576,953 tonnes, or 8.4 percent.

China Plus Ten Small Reports

Wheat bran reaches the table as food in a tiny universe: 13 reporters hold any value over the window, and China alone covers almost the entire listed total, leaving only a sliver among the rest. The listed figures describe reported supply rather than a global ranking, since most of the world reports no wheat bran supply at all.

China covers nearly the entire move in both windows, with 99.5 percent of the single-year net gain and 99.6 percent of the five-year one. Qatar rose from a reported zero to 6,750 tonnes and Jordan entered the comparison at 25,216 tonnes, while Laos fell 92.2 percent and Comoros fell to zero from 830 tonnes.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	China CN	20.38M	39.24
2	Nepal NP	28.42K	2.62
3	Jordan JO	25.22K	6.04
4	Qatar QA	6.75K	6.21
5	Laos LA	169.35	0.06
6	Nauru NR	28.27	6.52
7	Vanuatu VU	13	0.11
8	Tuvalu TV	3.14	0.88
9	Guinea-Bissau GW	0.02	0
10	Comoros KM	0	0
11	Tonga TO	0	0

China at 99.7 Percent of Listed Wheat Bran

The 2023 table opens with China at 20,377,280 tonnes, Nepal second at 28,416 and Jordan third at 25,216. Qatar and Laos follow at 6,750 and 169 tonnes. China holds 99.7 percent of the 20,437,876-tonne listed total, and its supply is 717 times Nepal's.

The top three reporters accounted for 100.0 percent of the listed total when rounded. Per capita, China's 39.24 grams per person per day lead Nauru at 6.52 grams, so the volume leader is also the per-capita leader by a wide margin.

Up 4.3 Percent in a Year on China's Gain

Across the 11 reporters with values in both 2022 and 2023, listed supply moved from 19,592,816 tonnes to 20,437,876 tonnes, up 845,059 tonnes or 4.3 percent. The two years share the same 11 reporters, with none entering or leaving. China added 840,760 tonnes (up 4.3 percent), Qatar 6,750 tonnes from a reported zero, Laos 164 tonnes from a very small base and Nepal 43 (up 0.2 percent), while Jordan fell 1,784 tonnes (down 6.6 percent), Comoros 830 (down 100.0 percent), Nauru 35 (down 55.1 percent) and Vanuatu 8 (down 37.2 percent).

China's gain of 840,760 tonnes against a net increase of 845,059 means the remaining reporters effectively cancel each other out. Qatar's rise from zero to 6,750 tonnes is the only other annual move above a few thousand tonnes.

Five Years Up 8.4 Percent, Nearly All Chinese

For the 9 reporters with values in both 2019 and 2023, listed supply rose from 18,835,707 tonnes to 20,412,660 tonnes, up 1,576,953 tonnes or 8.4 percent. The 2019 universe holds 10 reporters with values against 11 in 2023. Kiribati had 12 tonnes in 2019 but no 2023 value, while Jordan and Comoros had no 2019 value. China added 1,569,879 tonnes (up 8.3 percent), Qatar 6,750 tonnes from a reported zero, Nepal 2,379 (up 9.1 percent) and Nauru 9 (up 46.2 percent), while Laos fell 2,011 tonnes (down 92.2 percent), Vanuatu 51 (down 79.8 percent) and Tuvalu 2 (down 34.3 percent).

China contributes 99.6 percent of the five-year net increase. Laos fell from 2,180 to 169 tonnes and Comoros from 830 tonnes to a reported zero, while Jordan's 25,216 tonnes had no reported 2019 value.

What Counts as Wheat Bran Supply?

Counted here is the Bran of wheat item in the FAO Supply Utilization Accounts, as food available for human consumption during the reference year. A total of this kind is not an estimate of what people actually ate. Wheat milling by-products recorded under other items sit outside this figure.

The per-capita measure converts the reported food supply into grams available per person during the day. It offers a population-adjusted view of the same item, and here both views agree: China leads by total and per person.

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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	China	18.81M	36.2	18.94M	36.39	19.16M	36.8	19.54M	37.56	20.38M	39.24
2	Nepal	26.04K	2.51	27.2K	2.57	27.26K	2.53	28.37K	2.62	28.42K	2.62
3	Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	27K	6.57	25.22K	6.04
4	Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.75K	6.21
5	Laos	2.18K	0.83	697.98	0.26	765.48	0.28	5.35	0	169.35	0.06
6	Nauru	19.33	4.57	14.43	3.4	26.69	6.25	62.91	14.61	28.27	6.52
7	Vanuatu	64.43	0.6	11.55	0.11	22.21	0.2	20.7	0.18	13	0.11
8	Tuvalu	4.78	1.24	4.78	1.26	0.34	0.09	4.01	1.1	3.14	0.88
9	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0.23	0	0.02	0	0.02	0
10	Comoros	-	-	-	-	-	-	830	2.73	0	0
11	Tonga	0.39	0.01	0	0	0	0	0.37	0.01	0	0
12	Samoa	-	-	0.06	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	Kiribati	11.68	0.26	1.86	0.04	0	0	-	-	-	-

Wheat Bran Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

Nearly the entire 2023 wheat bran supply sits with one reporter: China's 20,377,280 tonnes of a 20,437,876-tonne listed total across 11 reporters. Nepal (28,416 tonnes) and Jordan (25,216) follow far behind, and China's 39.24 grams per person per day also tops per person. 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 bran of wheat, 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 13 reporters in total, reporters only: World, regional and China (aggregate) rows are left out entirely, so China here means the China reporter. The 20,437,876-tonne listed total adds the 11 reporters with a 2023 value, in tonnes exactly as FAO reports them, without extra rounding. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, Bran of wheat, food supply quantity (tonnes; g/capita/day), 2019-2023. Compiled by StatsGeo.