Whey, Dry Consumption by Country

Vietnam narrowly led Italy in dry whey supply in 2023 with 61,342 tonnes, 1.01 times Italy's 60,556. Canada followed at 29,612 tonnes, while Italy recorded the highest food supply per person. The 2023 figures total 261,327 tonnes across 71 countries, 64 with values, covering food available for human consumption from FAO Supply Utilization Accounts for 2019-2023.

Key Finding

Vietnam had the highest dry whey food supply in 2023 at 61,342 tonnes, narrowly ahead of Italy at 60,556 tonnes. Italy ranked first per person at 2.79 grams per day, while Vietnam ranked fifth at 1.67 grams. The 64 countries with reported 2023 values supplied a combined 261,327 tonnes.

Argentina placed fourth at 24,527 tonnes, with Egypt fifth at 21,248 and Peru sixth at 10,160. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Nigeria and Chile closed the top ten between 4,010 and 8,600 tonnes. The top three held 58.0 percent of the annual listed consumption total, and the top five 75.5 percent.

• Canada gains: up 14,382 tonnes, or 94.4 percent, the biggest latest-year gain.
• Vietnam grows: up 13,836 tonnes, or 29.1 percent, holding first place.
• Italy eases: down 9,690 tonnes, or 13.8 percent, slipping to second.
• Cambodia doubles: up 1,219 tonnes, or 110.7 percent, the fastest percentage move.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Vietnam VN	61.34K	1.67
2	Italy IT	60.56K	2.79
3	Canada CA	29.61K	2.06
4	Argentina AR	24.53K	1.48
5	Egypt EG	21.25K	0.51
6	Peru PE	10.16K	0.82
7	Kazakhstan KZ	8.6K	1.16
8	Uzbekistan UZ	5.73K	0.44
9	Nigeria NG	5.07K	0.06
10	Chile CL	4.01K	0.56
11	Algeria DZ	3.89K	0.23
12	Ghana GH	3.84K	0.31
13	Jordan JO	3.5K	0.84
14	Uruguay UY	2.74K	2.21
15	Cambodia KH	2.32K	0.36
16	Ivory Coast CI	2.15K	0.19
17	Libya LY	1.47K	0.55
18	Ecuador EC	1.46K	0.22
19	Dominican Republic DO	1.39K	0.34
20	Zambia ZM	908.06	0.12
21	Afghanistan AF	762.82	0.05
22	Lebanon LB	640.11	0.3
23	Senegal SN	540.51	0.08
24	Zimbabwe ZW	520.23	0.09
25	Sierra Leone SL	468.4	0.15
26	Bahrain BH	417.57	0.73
27	Qatar QA	357.49	0.33
28	United States US	317.27	0
29	Oman OM	296.66	0.16
30	Burkina Faso BF	261.23	0.03
31	Iraq IQ	245.17	0.02
32	Nepal NP	244.64	0.02
33	Eswatini SZ	243.71	0.54
34	Trinidad and Tobago TT	233.94	0.43
35	Papua New Guinea PG	198.96	0.05
36	Mauritania MR	176.8	0.1
37	Turkmenistan TM	146.64	0.05
38	Cape Verde CV	127.89	0.67
39	DR Congo CD	125.65	0
40	Tanzania TZ	104.82	0
41	Fiji FJ	96.71	0.29
42	Namibia NA	66.62	0.06
43	Kenya KE	56.67	0
44	Lithuania LT	46.59	0.04
45	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	30.47	1.79
46	Maldives MV	20.98	0.11
47	Malawi MW	19.91	0
48	Belize BZ	12.52	0.08
49	Mozambique MZ	11.61	0
50	Gabon GA	5.1	0.01
51	Solomon Islands SB	4.3	0.01
52	Sao Tome and Principe ST	3.12	0.04
53	Timor-Leste TL	0.9	0
54	Bahamas BS	0.7	0
55	Congo CG	0.55	0
56	Guinea GN	0.48	0
57	Marshall Islands MH	0.3	0.02
58	Guinea-Bissau GW	0.17	0
59	Seychelles SC	0.14	0
60	Gambia GM	0.07	0
61	Djibouti DJ	0	0
62	Nauru NR	0	0
63	Tonga TO	0	0
64	Tuvalu TV	0	0

Canada Makes the Biggest One-Year Gain

Canada added 14,382 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, up 94.4 percent to 29,612 tonnes. Vietnam added 13,836 tonnes, up 29.1 percent. Uzbekistan added 1,846 tonnes, up 47.5 percent. Cambodia added 1,219 tonnes, up 110.7 percent. Italy lost 9,690 tonnes, down 13.8 percent. Egypt shed 3,892 tonnes, down 15.5 percent. Nigeria gave up 2,739 tonnes, down 35.1 percent. Ghana fell 2,695 tonnes, down 41.3 percent. The 63 countries present in both years rose from 243,867 tonnes to 259,865 tonnes, up 15,998 tonnes, or 6.6 percent, with one arrival carrying 1,462 tonnes.

Vietnam Drives Five-Year Growth

Between 2019 and 2023, the 56 countries present in both years advanced from 210,909 tonnes to 249,865 tonnes, up 38,955 tonnes, or 18.5 percent. Vietnam added 29,971 tonnes, up 95.5 percent, accounting for 76.9 percent of the net gain. Canada added 15,550 tonnes, up 110.6 percent. Argentina added 6,392 tonnes, up 35.2 percent. Chile added 1,864 tonnes, up 86.9 percent. Cambodia added 1,834 tonnes, up 377.6 percent. Italy lost 19,444 tonnes, down 24.3 percent. Egypt shed 1,763 tonnes, down 7.7 percent. Lithuania fell 1,953 tonnes, down 97.7 percent to 46 tonnes. Five countries left with 840 tonnes, against eight arrivals with 11,463.

Italy Leads Dry Whey Supply per Person

Italy's 2.79 grams a day edged Uruguay's 2.21, with Canada third at 2.06 and Saint Kitts and Nevis at 1.79. Vietnam sat fifth at 1.67 grams, with Argentina at 1.48 and Kazakhstan at 1.16. Jordan, Peru and Bahrain followed below 0.9 grams. Vietnam, first by volume, placed only fifth per person.

How Dry Whey Supply Is Distributed

Dry whey for human consumption is recorded in tonnes and daily grams per person for each reporting country over 2019-2023. Annual totals sum reporting countries only. Fewer than eight hundred tonnes separate the top two on a 261,327-tonne table.

Lithuania's supply fell 97.7 percent from 2,000 tonnes in 2019 to 46.59 tonnes in 2023. Cambodia's 377.6 percent increase was calculated from a low base of 485.77 tonnes, reaching 2,320 tonnes in 2023.

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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	Vietnam	31.37K	0.88	48.02K	1.34	64.06K	1.77	47.51K	1.31	61.34K	1.67
2	Italy	80K	3.65	80K	3.66	72.32K	3.32	70.25K	3.23	60.56K	2.79
3	Canada	14.06K	1.02	8.09K	0.58	14.78K	1.05	15.23K	1.07	29.61K	2.06
4	Argentina	18.14K	1.1	22.49K	1.36	35.39K	2.14	24.99K	1.51	24.53K	1.48
5	Egypt	23.01K	0.59	20.15K	0.5	25.44K	0.63	25.14K	0.61	21.25K	0.51
6	Peru	8.7K	0.73	9.73K	0.81	9.83K	0.81	10.12K	0.83	10.16K	0.82
7	Kazakhstan	9K	1.28	10.2K	1.43	10.8K	1.5	8.6K	1.18	8.6K	1.16
8	Uzbekistan	-	-	3.34K	0.27	3.07K	0.25	3.89K	0.3	5.73K	0.44
9	Nigeria	3.63K	0.05	3.46K	0.04	9.93K	0.12	7.81K	0.1	5.07K	0.06
10	Chile	2.15K	0.31	2.76K	0.39	1.71K	0.24	3.74K	0.52	4.01K	0.56
11	Algeria	3.11K	0.2	5.36K	0.33	4.81K	0.29	3.2K	0.19	3.89K	0.23
12	Ghana	4.67K	0.41	4.72K	0.41	8.15K	0.69	6.53K	0.54	3.84K	0.31
13	Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.36K	0.57	3.5K	0.84
14	Uruguay	1.12K	0.9	1.01K	0.81	1.85K	1.49	2.15K	1.74	2.74K	2.21
15	Cambodia	485.77	0.08	422.18	0.07	951.52	0.15	1.1K	0.18	2.32K	0.36
16	Ivory Coast	2.64K	0.26	1.5K	0.14	1.39K	0.13	2.3K	0.21	2.15K	0.19
17	Libya	751.73	0.3	657.6	0.26	1.01K	0.39	599.04	0.23	1.47K	0.55
18	Ecuador	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.46K	0.22
19	Dominican Republic	1.02K	0.26	1K	0.25	1.27K	0.31	1.7K	0.41	1.39K	0.34
20	Zambia	82.63	0.01	76.99	0.01	214.85	0.03	641.92	0.09	908.06	0.12
21	Afghanistan	-	-	590.51	0.04	170.28	0.01	283.63	0.02	762.82	0.05
22	Lebanon	547	0.26	712.34	0.34	725.36	0.35	749.36	0.36	640.11	0.3
23	Senegal	125.08	0.02	255	0.04	175.74	0.03	387.76	0.06	540.51	0.08
24	Zimbabwe	382.72	0.07	308.78	0.05	890.38	0.15	577.47	0.1	520.23	0.09
25	Sierra Leone	5.13	0	2	0	28.95	0.01	325.55	0.11	468.4	0.15
26	Bahrain	279.36	0.52	226.25	0.42	212.38	0.39	284.1	0.51	417.57	0.73
27	Qatar	306.15	0.3	411.35	0.4	336.76	0.33	421.85	0.4	357.49	0.33
28	United States	177.69	0	548.3	0	0	0	317.24	0	317.27	0
29	Oman	500	0.3	272.53	0.17	152.04	0.09	154.43	0.09	296.66	0.16
30	Burkina Faso	47.66	0.01	122.55	0.02	221.65	0.03	601.55	0.07	261.23	0.03
31	Iraq	696.45	0.05	844.35	0.06	904.25	0.07	138.24	0.01	245.17	0.02
32	Nepal	183	0.02	178.21	0.02	194.61	0.02	204.87	0.02	244.64	0.02
33	Eswatini	232.52	0.54	116.94	0.27	138.71	0.31	82.59	0.19	243.71	0.54
34	Trinidad and Tobago	324.37	0.6	241.74	0.45	302.93	0.56	232.81	0.43	233.94	0.43
35	Papua New Guinea	162	0.05	190.28	0.05	344.96	0.09	287.41	0.08	198.96	0.05
36	Mauritania	195.92	0.12	153.27	0.09	84.55	0.05	43.77	0.02	176.8	0.1
37	Turkmenistan	339.15	0.14	499.46	0.2	322.59	0.12	86.64	0.03	146.64	0.05
38	Cape Verde	8.99	0.05	0	0	30.83	0.16	27.16	0.14	127.89	0.67
39	DR Congo	204.73	0.01	296.18	0.01	545.16	0.02	138.37	0	125.65	0
40	Tanzania	1.71	0	0	0	0	0	49.19	0	104.82	0
41	Fiji	27.29	0.08	15.55	0.05	62.24	0.19	44.98	0.13	96.71	0.29
42	Namibia	3.07	0	5.33	0.01	62.2	0.06	0	0	66.62	0.06
43	Kenya	18.15	0	34.14	0	23.86	0	27.67	0	56.67	0
44	Lithuania	2K	1.96	3K	2.94	1.04K	1.02	323.06	0.31	46.59	0.04
45	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	9.84	0.58	0	0	0.27	0.02	30.47	1.79
46	Maldives	7.6	0.04	1.49	0.01	22.76	0.12	5.05	0.03	20.98	0.11
47	Malawi	1.37	0	27.67	0	24.23	0	4.49	0	19.91	0
48	Belize	0.05	0	0	0	0	0	0.46	0	12.52	0.08
49	Mozambique	1.44	0	232.97	0.02	88.56	0.01	3	0	11.61	0
50	Gabon	1.84	0	0.58	0	7.89	0.01	6.61	0.01	5.1	0.01
51	Solomon Islands	4	0.02	1	0	5.3	0.02	12	0.04	4.3	0.01
52	Sao Tome and Principe	-	-	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	3.12	0.04
53	Timor-Leste	0.03	0	0.03	0	-	-	0	0	0.9	0
54	Bahamas	1.74	0.01	3.16	0.02	2.36	0.02	0.96	0.01	0.7	0
55	Congo	0.02	0	12.2	0.01	17.41	0.01	0	0	0.55	0
56	Guinea	10.51	0	59.95	0.01	0	0	79.86	0.02	0.48	0
57	Marshall Islands	0.07	0	0.05	0	0.05	0	50.19	3.43	0.3	0.02
58	Guinea-Bissau	2.52	0	0	0	16.41	0.02	0	0	0.17	0
59	Seychelles	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	0.14	0	0.14	0
60	Gambia	13.5	0.02	0	0	0	0	22.07	0.02	0.07	0
61	Djibouti	157.18	0.4	0.19	0	7.96	0.02	50.65	0.12	0	0
62	Nauru	-	-	-	-	0.14	0.03	0	0	0	0
63	Tonga	-	-	-	-	0.05	0	0	0	0	0
64	Tuvalu	-	-	-	-	0.03	0.01	0	0	0	0
65	Comoros	401.16	1.4	239.98	0.82	725.99	2.43	-	-	-	-
66	Cuba	435.49	0.11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
67	Liberia	0.82	0	28.02	0.01	16.7	0.01	-	-	-	-
68	New Caledonia	1.88	0.02	2.42	0.02	-	-	-	-	-	-
69	Antigua and Barbuda	-	-	0.61	0.02	-	-	-	-	-	-
70	Kiribati	0.26	0.01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
71	Bhutan	-	-	0.22	0	0.12	0	-	-	-	-

Methodology

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts designate tonnage for human consumption as element 5141 and daily grams per person as element 665, shown for dry whey across 2019-2023. Percentage changes use the earlier year's value as the base; no percentage is calculated when that base is zero. The universe counts 71 countries after aggregates are removed, 64 with 2023 values. Only countries with values at both endpoints enter comparisons. The 2023 listed total is the sum of the countries with a 2023 value. A reported zero is kept, a blank is missing, and under-1,000 values keep two decimals.