Condensed Whey Consumption by Country

Poland reported the largest food supply of condensed whey in 2023, at 599,470 tonnes, about 44.3 percent of the listed total of 1,354,261 tonnes. Italy ranked second at 479,943 tonnes, followed by the Netherlands at 107,000 tonnes. Poland also ranked first per person, at 42.37 grams per day. These FAO figures measure food available for human consumption, not the amount people actually ate.

Which country has the highest condensed whey food supply? Poland had the largest listed food supply of condensed whey in 2023, at 599,470 tonnes, followed by Italy at 479,943 tonnes and the Netherlands at 107,000 tonnes. Together, these three countries accounted for 87.6 percent of the 1,354,261 tonnes listed across reporting countries. Poland also ranked first in food supply per person, at 42.37 grams per person per day. These FAO figures measure food available for human consumption, not the amount people actually ate.

Denmark placed fourth at 49,279 tonnes, with the United States fifth at 31,140 and Sweden sixth at 25,511. Thailand, Kazakhstan, Slovakia and Hungary closed the top ten between 7,857 and 14,066 tonnes. The top three held 87.6 percent of the annual listed food supply total, and the top five 93.5 percent.

• Italy added 54,306 tonnes, up 12.8 percent, the biggest latest-year gain.
• Poland added 20,770 tonnes, up 3.6 percent.
• Austria lost 15,532 tonnes, down 84.2 percent.
• The United States lost 9,341 tonnes, down 23.1 percent.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Poland PL	599.47K	42.37
2	Italy IT	479.94K	22.1
3	Netherlands NL	107K	16.2
4	Denmark DK	49.28K	22.7
5	United States US	31.14K	0.25
6	Sweden SE	25.51K	6.62
7	Thailand TH	14.07K	0.54
8	Kazakhstan KZ	11.2K	1.51
9	Slovakia SK	9.79K	4.86
10	Hungary HU	7.86K	2.22
11	Tunisia TN	6.83K	1.53
12	Austria AT	2.92K	0.88
13	India IN	2.16K	0
14	Ukraine UA	2.11K	0.15
15	Vietnam VN	2.02K	0.06
16	Madagascar MG	1.32K	0.12
17	Tajikistan TJ	890	0.23
18	Latvia LV	406.99	0.59
19	South Korea KR	125.5	0.01
20	Bulgaria BG	97.6	0.04
21	Ecuador EC	79	0.01
22	Armenia AM	24.72	0.02
23	Nepal NP	6.97	0
24	Guyana GY	4.55	0.02
25	Honduras HN	2.79	0
26	Libya LY	2	0
27	Malta MT	1.47	0.01
28	North Macedonia MK	1	0
29	Grenada GD	0.65	0.02
30	Albania AL	0.14	0
31	Iraq IQ	0.13	0
32	Liberia LR	0.07	0
33	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0.02	0
34	Bangladesh BD	0	0
35	Cambodia KH	0	0
36	Ghana GH	0	0
37	Guinea-Bissau GW	0	0
38	Lesotho LS	0	0
39	Marshall Islands MH	0	0
40	Sri Lanka LK	0	0
41	Timor-Leste TL	0	0

Italy Records the Largest Annual Increase

Italy added 54,306 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, up 12.8 percent. Poland added 20,770 tonnes, up 3.6 percent. Sweden added 6,736 tonnes, up 35.9 percent. Austria lost 15,532 tonnes, down 84.2 percent. The United States shed 9,341 tonnes, down 23.1 percent. Denmark gave up 9,063 tonnes, down 15.5 percent. Slovakia fell 8,615 tonnes, down 46.8 percent. Hungary dropped 2,897 tonnes, down 26.9 percent. The 38 countries with reported values in both years rose from 1,312,117 tonnes to 1,354,131 tonnes, up 42,014 tonnes, or 3.2 percent. Honduras, North Macedonia and South Korea first reported values in 2023, totalling 129 tonnes.

How Condensed Whey Food Supply Changed Since 2019

Between 2019 and 2023, the 26 countries with reported values in both years surged from 973,088 tonnes to 1,339,396 tonnes, up 366,308 tonnes, or 37.6 percent. Italy added 199,943 tonnes, up 71.4 percent, accounting for 54.6 percent of the net gain. Poland added 99,450 tonnes, up 19.9 percent. The Netherlands added 26,810 tonnes, up 33.4 percent. Denmark added 26,793 tonnes, up 119.2 percent. The United States lost 7,171 tonnes, down 18.7 percent. Thailand added 5,877 tonnes, up 71.8 percent. Hungary added 3,680 tonnes, up 88.1 percent. Kazakhstan added 3,300 tonnes, up 41.8 percent. Kuwait and Laos reported values in 2019 but not in 2023, while fifteen additional countries contributed 14,865 tonnes to the 2023 total.

Poland Leads in Food Supply per Person

Poland ranked first in 2023 at 42.37 grams per person per day, almost twice Denmark's 22.70 grams in second. Italy placed third at 22.10 grams, with the Netherlands at 16.20 and Sweden at 6.62. Slovakia, Hungary, Tunisia, Kazakhstan and Austria followed below seven grams. Poland therefore led by total volume as well as per person.

What the FAO Data Measures

Condensed whey for human consumption is recorded in tonnes and daily grams per person for each reporting country over 2019-2023. The dataset includes 44 countries and areas that reported a value in at least one year; 41 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.

The reported value for Austria fell from 18,452 tonnes in 2022 to 2,920 tonnes in 2023. Reported zeros are retained as supplied by FAO, while blank cells indicate missing data. These figures describe food available for human consumption, not the amount people actually ate.

Condensed Whey Consumption by Country

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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	Poland	500.02K	35.84	534.92K	38.39	676.76K	48.74	578.7K	41.3	599.47K	42.37
2	Italy	280K	12.76	320K	14.63	350K	16.05	425.64K	19.56	479.94K	22.1
3	Netherlands	80.19K	12.53	101.59K	15.78	106.62K	16.47	107K	16.37	107K	16.2
4	Denmark	22.49K	10.6	29.05K	13.65	59K	27.6	58.34K	27.08	49.28K	22.7
5	United States	38.31K	0.31	34.67K	0.28	40.1K	0.32	40.48K	0.32	31.14K	0.25
6	Sweden	23.26K	6.2	56.29K	14.89	27.12K	7.13	18.78K	4.9	25.51K	6.62
7	Thailand	8.19K	0.31	2.89K	0.11	20.31K	0.78	14.03K	0.54	14.07K	0.54
8	Kazakhstan	7.9K	1.13	10.4K	1.46	9.9K	1.37	9.9K	1.35	11.2K	1.51
9	Slovakia	-	-	9.46K	4.75	11.03K	5.55	18.4K	9.21	9.79K	4.86
10	Hungary	4.18K	1.17	8.3K	2.33	10.74K	3.03	10.75K	3.04	7.86K	2.22
11	Tunisia	4.15K	0.96	3.48K	0.8	3.44K	0.78	4.79K	1.08	6.83K	1.53
12	Austria	-	-	80K	24.57	42.38K	12.95	18.45K	5.58	2.92K	0.88
13	India	45.19	0	290.18	0	124.35	0	112.4	0	2.16K	0
14	Ukraine	2.35K	0.14	3.47K	0.21	2.67K	0.17	2.08K	0.14	2.11K	0.15
15	Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.99K	0.05	2.02K	0.06
16	Madagascar	947.71	0.09	624.27	0.06	945.85	0.09	471.23	0.04	1.32K	0.12
17	Tajikistan	510.2	0.15	544.29	0.15	646.6	0.18	933.22	0.25	890	0.23
18	Latvia	0	0	422.66	0.61	399.42	0.58	0	0	406.99	0.59
19	South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	125.5	0.01
20	Bulgaria	0.1	0	24.85	0.01	18.8	0.01	143.84	0.06	97.6	0.04
21	Ecuador	269.66	0.04	78.53	0.01	39.17	0.01	12.44	0	79	0.01
22	Armenia	0	0	6.93	0.01	24.8	0.02	1.75	0	24.72	0.02
23	Nepal	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	0	6.97	0
24	Guyana	5.54	0.02	6.03	0.02	3.1	0.01	5.05	0.02	4.55	0.02
25	Honduras	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.79	0
26	Libya	0.4	0	0.4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
27	Malta	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.01
28	North Macedonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
29	Grenada	-	-	-	-	0.06	0	1.07	0.03	0.65	0.02
30	Albania	0.2	0	40.95	0.04	0	0	0.12	0	0.14	0
31	Iraq	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	0	0.13	0
32	Liberia	-	-	0.07	0	0.07	0	0.39	0	0.07	0
33	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.02	0
34	Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	131.73	0	0	0
35	Cambodia	-	-	-	-	-	-	160.63	0.03	0	0
36	Ghana	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	0	0	0
37	Guinea-Bissau	-	-	-	-	0.06	0	0	0	0	0
38	Lesotho	149.09	0.18	390.87	0.48	365.51	0.44	787.56	0.94	0	0
39	Marshall Islands	-	-	-	-	0.01	0	0	0	0	0
40	Sri Lanka	132.95	0.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0.28	0	1.55	0	0	0
42	Algeria	-	-	0	0	41.78	0	-	-	-	-
43	Laos	2.11	0	9.19	0	14.43	0.01	-	-	-	-
44	Kuwait	9.29	0.01	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-

Methodology

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts report condensed whey 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 are calculated relative to the earlier year's value. Percentage changes are not calculated when the earlier value is zero. Reported zeros are retained, while blank cells are treated as missing data. These figures describe food available for human consumption and should not be interpreted as direct measurements of the amount people actually ate.