Whey Cheese Consumption by Country

Spain had the largest listed food supply of whey cheese in 2023, at 27,489 tonnes, followed by Brazil at 26,109 tonnes. Uruguay ranked first in food supply per person, at 2.62 grams per person per day. FAO's figures measure food available for human consumption, not the amount people actually ate.

Iran ranked third at 10,868 tonnes, followed by Belarus at 8,339 and Greece at 7,892. Mexico placed sixth at 7,712 tonnes, with Malaysia seventh at 4,189. Serbia, Uruguay and Canada completed the top ten between 2,711 and 3,716 tonnes. The top three accounted for 53.3 percent of the listed 2023 total, and the top five for 66.7 percent.

• Brazil added 7,218 tonnes, up 38.2 percent, the largest absolute latest-year gain.
• Iran added 5,392 tonnes, up 98.5 percent.
• Mexico added 4,780 tonnes, up 163.0 percent, the fastest listed rate.
• Malaysia lost 1,740 tonnes, down 29.3 percent.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Spain ES	27.49K	1.57
2	Brazil BR	26.11K	0.34
3	Iran IR	10.87K	0.33
4	Belarus BY	8.34K	2.51
5	Greece GR	7.89K	2.11
6	Mexico MX	7.71K	0.16
7	Malaysia MY	4.19K	0.33
8	Serbia RS	3.72K	1.5
9	Uruguay UY	3.24K	2.62
10	Canada CA	2.71K	0.19
11	Qatar QA	2.44K	2.24
12	Ukraine UA	2.09K	0.15
13	Colombia CO	2K	0.1
14	Lithuania LT	1.6K	1.53
15	Peru PE	1.37K	0.11
16	Austria AT	1.31K	0.39
17	Germany DE	1.3K	0.04
18	Sweden SE	1.17K	0.3
19	Kyrgyzstan KG	1.12K	0.43
20	Paraguay PY	1.11K	0.44
21	Mongolia MN	1.06K	0.84
22	Chile CL	919.67	0.13
23	France FR	701.42	0.03
24	North Macedonia MK	343.33	0.51
25	Mauritius MU	115.94	0.25
26	Angola AO	56.18	0
27	Kenya KE	12.91	0
28	Marshall Islands MH	10.28	0.73
29	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0.15	0
30	Belize BZ	0.13	0
31	Algeria DZ	0.05	0
32	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0.04	0
33	South Korea KR	0.04	0
34	Bangladesh BD	0.03	0
35	Russia RU	0.03	0
36	Sierra Leone SL	0.03	0
37	Cameroon CM	0.01	0
38	Vanuatu VU	0.01	0
39	Vietnam VN	0.01	0
40	Bolivia BO	0	0
41	Botswana BW	0	0
42	Congo CG	0	0
43	Ghana GH	0	0
44	Nepal NP	0	0
45	Sri Lanka LK	0	0
46	Tuvalu TV	0	0

Country Changes in 2023

Malaysia lost 1,740 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, down 29.3 percent to 4,189 tonnes. Qatar lost 776 tonnes, down 24.2 percent. Uruguay shed 654 tonnes, down 16.8 percent. Brazil added 7,218 tonnes, up 38.2 percent. Iran added 5,392 tonnes, up 98.5 percent. Mexico added 4,780 tonnes, up 163.0 percent. The 39 countries with reported values in both years rose from 105,424 tonnes to 119,940 tonnes, up 14,516 tonnes, or 13.8 percent. Seven additional countries reported a combined 1,036 tonnes in 2023, led by Chile.

How Whey Cheese Supply Changed Since 2019

Between 2019 and 2023, the 34 countries with reported values in both years rose from 76,701 tonnes to 119,884 tonnes, up 43,183 tonnes, or 56.3 percent. Spain added 17,489 tonnes, up 174.9 percent. Brazil added 12,002 tonnes, up 85.1 percent. Greece added 6,264 tonnes, up 384.8 percent. Austria lost 1,729 tonnes, down 56.9 percent. Paraguay gave up 1,342 tonnes, down 54.8 percent. Ukraine shed 510 tonnes, down 19.6 percent. Seven countries with 49 tonnes in 2019 were absent from the comparison, while twelve additional countries contributed 1,092 tonnes to the 2023 total.

Whey Cheese Supply per Person

Uruguay ranked first in 2023 at 2.62 grams per person per day, followed by Belarus at 2.51 grams and Qatar at 2.24 grams. Greece placed fourth at 2.11 grams, with Spain fifth at 1.57 grams. Lithuania reported 1.53 grams and Serbia 1.50 grams, followed by Mongolia at 0.84 grams. Spain led by total volume while also ranking among the five highest countries per person.

What the Data Covers

The figures cover whey cheese in FAO Supply Utilization Accounts for 2019-2023. The dataset includes 56 countries and areas that reported a value in at least one year; 46 have a reported value for 2023. Annual totals sum the reporting countries and areas for each year, excluding aggregate rows. Comparisons between years use only countries and areas with values at both endpoints. Ghana, Nepal and Tuvalu each reported zero in 2023 after small 2022 values; reported zeros are retained as supplied and blank cells indicate missing data. The figures describe food available for human consumption, not the quantity people actually ate.

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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	Spain	10K	0.58	18K	1.03	18.14K	1.04	26.84K	1.54	27.49K	1.57
2	Brazil	14.11K	0.19	15.26K	0.2	15.44K	0.2	18.89K	0.25	26.11K	0.34
3	Iran	8.92K	0.28	12.45K	0.39	11.67K	0.36	5.48K	0.17	10.87K	0.33
4	Belarus	8.36K	2.43	8.42K	2.47	7.43K	2.2	7.54K	2.25	8.34K	2.51
5	Greece	1.63K	0.42	7.59K	1.94	8.28K	2.14	7.81K	2.05	7.89K	2.11
6	Mexico	3.89K	0.08	4.94K	0.11	3.41K	0.07	2.93K	0.06	7.71K	0.16
7	Malaysia	3.49K	0.29	5.67K	0.46	5.18K	0.41	5.93K	0.47	4.19K	0.33
8	Serbia	3.42K	1.34	3.3K	1.31	4.1K	1.64	3.94K	1.59	3.72K	1.5
9	Uruguay	3.05K	2.46	3.16K	2.55	3.89K	3.13	3.89K	3.14	3.24K	2.62
10	Canada	0	0	3.56	0	520.01	0.04	1.17K	0.08	2.71K	0.19
11	Qatar	2.17K	2.13	1.34K	1.31	1.65K	1.6	3.21K	3.04	2.44K	2.24
12	Ukraine	2.6K	0.16	3.44K	0.21	2.58K	0.16	2.08K	0.14	2.09K	0.15
13	Colombia	1.2K	0.07	1.2K	0.06	1.84K	0.1	2.35K	0.12	2K	0.1
14	Lithuania	1.34K	1.31	1.37K	1.34	1.76K	1.72	1.9K	1.85	1.6K	1.53
15	Peru	1.72K	0.15	1.45K	0.12	1.49K	0.12	1.74K	0.14	1.37K	0.11
16	Austria	3.04K	0.94	2.34K	0.72	1.4K	0.43	1.4K	0.42	1.31K	0.39
17	Germany	1.13K	0.04	1.23K	0.04	1.31K	0.04	1.27K	0.04	1.3K	0.04
18	Sweden	1.5K	0.4	1.54K	0.41	359.56	0.09	1.45K	0.38	1.17K	0.3
19	Kyrgyzstan	972.87	0.41	1.1K	0.45	1.42K	0.57	1.48K	0.58	1.12K	0.43
20	Paraguay	2.45K	1.03	1.72K	0.71	1.68K	0.69	1.45K	0.59	1.11K	0.44
21	Mongolia	345.17	0.29	507.8	0.42	1.15K	0.94	1.43K	1.15	1.06K	0.84
22	Chile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	919.67	0.13
23	France	866.61	0.04	697.68	0.03	798.48	0.03	784.88	0.03	701.42	0.03
24	North Macedonia	354.5	0.51	506	0.74	240.52	0.36	264.01	0.39	343.33	0.51
25	Mauritius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	115.94	0.25
26	Angola	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	56.18	0
27	Kenya	11.14	0	11.11	0	12.68	0	12.98	0	12.91	0
28	Marshall Islands	7.03	0.44	9.27	0.59	9.14	0.61	10	0.68	10.28	0.73
29	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	42.51	1.12	0.01	0	37.91	1.01	0.31	0.01	0.15	0
30	Belize	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.13	0
31	Algeria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.05	0
32	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.04	0
33	South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.04	0
34	Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	31.99	0	0.03	0
35	Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.03	0
36	Sierra Leone	-	-	0	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.03	0
37	Cameroon	-	-	0.01	0	0	0	0.06	0	0.01	0
38	Vanuatu	-	-	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0
39	Vietnam	-	-	-	-	0	0	125.06	0	0.01	0
40	Bolivia	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	Botswana	0	0	161.85	0.19	108.38	0.12	0	0	0	0
42	Congo	69.64	0.03	44.29	0.02	95.95	0.04	0	0	0	0
43	Ghana	0	0	41.31	0	23.09	0	23.74	0	0	0
44	Nepal	3.63	0	0.93	0	5.21	0	12.21	0	0	0
45	Sri Lanka	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	Tuvalu	0.03	0.01	-	-	-	-	0.06	0.02	0	0
47	Liberia	8.43	0	7.42	0	7.74	0	-	-	-	-
48	Panama	5.44	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
49	Bahamas	1.89	0.01	1.8	0.01	2.33	0.02	-	-	-	-
50	Antigua and Barbuda	-	-	0.67	0.02	-	-	-	-	-	-
51	Montenegro	0.03	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
52	Saint Lucia	-	-	-	-	0.03	0	-	-	-	-
53	Libya	-	-	0.02	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
54	Cuba	0.01	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
55	Kiribati	0.01	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
56	Trinidad and Tobago	33.24	0.06	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-

Methodology

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts report whey cheese food supply in tonnes under element 5141 and in grams per person per day under element 665. This page covers the 2019-2023 period. Annual totals sum the reporting countries and areas with a value for the relevant year; aggregate rows are excluded. Year-to-year comparisons include only countries and areas with values in both comparison years. Percentage changes use the earlier year's value as the base and are not calculated when that value is zero. Reported zeros are retained, while blank cells indicate missing values. These figures describe food available for human consumption and should not be interpreted as direct measurements of the amount people actually ate.