Which country has the highest Wheat Consumption?

China has the highest Wheat Consumption in 2022, at 103.3M t, followed by India (94.6M t) and United States (31M t).

Which country has the lowest Wheat Consumption?

Nauru has the lowest Wheat Consumption in 2022, at 1,000 t.

What is the median Wheat Consumption across countries?

The median is 486K t across the 185 countries with data in 2022.

Where does this wheat consumption by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food Balances: Wheat - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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Wheat Consumption by Country

Name: Wheat Consumption by Country
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China has the highest Wheat Consumption in 2022 (103.3M t), followed by India (94.6M t) and United States (31M t). Nauru has the lowest (1,000 t).

Agriculture Culture186 countries · 2 metricsUpdated Jul 4, 2025Original page

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Food Balances: Wheat - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

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Median

486K t

Middle half 100K t – 1.6M t

Average

2.9M t

185 countries

Highest

103.3M t

China

Lowest

1,000 t

Nauru

Over time · 2012–2022

The top 5 in 2022, against the median.

Median of all countries
China
India
United States
Pakistan
Russia

Data

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185 countries · # = rank by Wheat Consumption

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1	China	103.3M t	72.44 kg
2	India	94.6M t	66.72 kg
3	United States	31M t	91.66 kg
4	Pakistan	24.3M t	102.95 kg
5	Russia	20.2M t	139.56 kg
6	Egypt	15.2M t	136.85 kg
7	Iran	13.9M t	157.1 kg
8	Turkey	13.6M t	159.71 kg
9	Brazil	11.5M t	53.5 kg
10	Algeria	8.4M t	186.65 kg
11	United Kingdom	8.2M t	120.94 kg
12	Italy	8.1M t	137.02 kg
13	Indonesia	6.8M t	24.59 kg
14	Morocco	6.7M t	179.01 kg
15	France	6.6M t	102.77 kg
16	Afghanistan	6.5M t	157.12 kg
17	Germany	6.2M t	74.71 kg
18	Argentina	6M t	132.57 kg
19	Nigeria	5.6M t	25.74 kg
20	Japan	5.6M t	45.11 kg
21	Uzbekistan	5.3M t	152.25 kg
22	Ethiopia	5.2M t	42.41 kg
23	Spain	5.1M t	107.58 kg
24	Iraq	5.1M t	133.63 kg
25	Philippines	5.1M t	44.07 kg
26	Mexico	4.8M t	37.45 kg
27	Poland	4.3M t	107.42 kg
28	Ukraine	4.3M t	107.37 kg
29	Yemen	4M t	118.27 kg
30	Saudi Arabia	3.4M t	93.15 kg
31	South Africa	3.4M t	56.03 kg
32	Syria	3.3M t	148.4 kg
33	Canada	3.3M t	84.64 kg
34	South Korea	2.9M t	55.84 kg
35	Romania	2.8M t	141.01 kg
36	Bangladesh	2.6M t	15.37 kg
37	Sudan	2.6M t	56 kg
38	Tunisia	2.4M t	196.1 kg
39	Australia	2.3M t	86.74 kg
40	Chile	2.2M t	114.08 kg
41	Kenya	2.1M t	39.27 kg
42	Peru	2.1M t	60.24 kg
43	Colombia	1.9M t	36.75 kg
44	Azerbaijan	1.9M t	181.41 kg
45	Kazakhstan	1.8M t	95.29 kg
46	Nepal	1.6M t	53.21 kg
47	Vietnam	1.6M t	16.39 kg
48	Tajikistan	1.5M t	154.02 kg
49	Malaysia	1.5M t	44.49 kg
50	Serbia	1.5M t	201.12 kg
51	Netherlands	1.3M t	76.67 kg
52	Taiwan	1.2M t	51.62 kg
53	Hungary	1.2M t	119.07 kg
54	Jordan	1.2M t	103.27 kg
55	Turkmenistan	1.1M t	178.21 kg
56	Venezuela	1.1M t	39.64 kg
57	Switzerland	1.1M t	127.2 kg
58	Portugal	1.1M t	106.3 kg
59	United Arab Emirates	1.1M t	115.18 kg
60	Israel	1.1M t	118.34 kg
61	Sweden	1.1M t	99.72 kg
62	Greece	1M t	101 kg
63	Sri Lanka	1M t	46.64 kg
64	Belgium	1M t	86.87 kg
65	Libya	937K t	137.54 kg
66	Cameroon	896K t	32.11 kg
67	Tanzania	877K t	13.39 kg
68	Ecuador	868K t	48.19 kg
69	Norway	863K t	158.74 kg
70	Thailand	861K t	12.01 kg
71	Czechia	860K t	81.99 kg
72	Austria	799K t	89.35 kg
73	Kyrgyzstan	793K t	119.57 kg
74	Senegal	773K t	44.66 kg
75	Mozambique	739K t	22.42 kg
76	Angola	732K t	20.57 kg
77	Ghana	710K t	21.2 kg
78	Bolivia	709K t	57.99 kg
79	Lebanon	705K t	128.48 kg
80	Belarus	700K t	73.41 kg
81	Ivory Coast	695K t	24.67 kg
82	Bulgaria	692K t	102.1 kg
83	Guatemala	689K t	38.61 kg
84	Georgia	669K t	178.7 kg
85	Slovakia	627K t	111.02 kg
86	DR Congo	592K t	5.98 kg
87	Uganda	585K t	12.37 kg
88	Mauritania	576K t	121.56 kg
89	New Zealand	519K t	100.14 kg
90	Denmark	515K t	87.55 kg
91	Cuba	509K t	45.44 kg
92	Finland	507K t	91.56 kg
93	Kuwait	486K t	113.83 kg
94	Ireland	475K t	94.52 kg
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	459K t	141.95 kg
96	Dominican Republic	456K t	40.6 kg
97	Haiti	446K t	38.48 kg
98	Mali	438K t	19.38 kg
99	Croatia	413K t	102.48 kg
100	Armenia	406K t	146.1 kg
101	Uruguay	402K t	117.42 kg
102	Myanmar	391K t	7.23 kg
103	Hong Kong	377K t	50.31 kg
104	Paraguay	372K t	54.87 kg
105	Zimbabwe	358K t	21.95 kg
106	Albania	350K t	123.25 kg
107	Papua New Guinea	328K t	32.29 kg
108	Moldova	327K t	117.81 kg
109	Mongolia	325K t	95.56 kg
110	Madagascar	322K t	10.89 kg
111	Burkina Faso	295K t	13.01 kg
112	Qatar	287K t	106.48 kg
113	Nicaragua	283K t	40.76 kg
113	Republic of the Congo	283K t	47.48 kg
115	Lithuania	275K t	100.06 kg
116	El Salvador	272K t	42.89 kg
116	Panama	272K t	61.72 kg
118	Slovenia	261K t	123.18 kg
119	Honduras	255K t	24.46 kg
120	Guinea	253K t	18.28 kg
121	Costa Rica	229K t	44.19 kg
122	North Macedonia	217K t	103.86 kg
123	Benin	215K t	16.1 kg
124	Jamaica	205K t	72.66 kg
125	Zambia	186K t	9.28 kg
126	Mauritius	162K t	124.56 kg
127	Gabon	160K t	66.81 kg
128	Togo	158K t	17.9 kg
128	Namibia	158K t	61.45 kg
130	Niger	149K t	5.67 kg
131	Latvia	140K t	75.7 kg
132	Bahrain	136K t	92.22 kg
133	Rwanda	134K t	9.72 kg
133	Cyprus	134K t	107.03 kg
135	Trinidad and Tobago	130K t	85.13 kg
136	Botswana	126K t	47.72 kg
136	Djibouti	126K t	112.57 kg
138	Montenegro	112K t	179.3 kg
139	Sierra Leone	100K t	11.6 kg
139	Gambia	100K t	37.06 kg
141	Chad	94K t	5.28 kg
142	Oman	90K t	19.66 kg
143	Malta	85K t	159.51 kg
144	South Sudan	84K t	7.67 kg
145	Burundi	75K t	5.8 kg
145	Luxembourg	75K t	115.61 kg
147	Laos	73K t	9.72 kg
148	Lesotho	68K t	29.3 kg
149	Estonia	64K t	47.94 kg
150	Fiji	61K t	65.14 kg
151	Guyana	60K t	74.07 kg
152	Iceland	53K t	143.18 kg
153	Eswatini	49K t	40.43 kg
154	Liberia	48K t	9.13 kg
154	Macau	48K t	68.61 kg
156	Maldives	47K t	90.26 kg
157	Suriname	44K t	70.94 kg
158	Timor-Leste	42K t	31.67 kg
159	New Caledonia	38K t	130.8 kg
160	Cambodia	36K t	2.15 kg
161	Malawi	34K t	1.68 kg
162	French Polynesia	31K t	100.48 kg
163	Solomon Islands	30K t	41.14 kg
164	Cape Verde	28K t	46.79 kg
165	Belize	26K t	63.87 kg
166	Bhutan	25K t	32.16 kg
166	Bahamas	25K t	60.11 kg
168	Central African Republic	23K t	4.12 kg
168	Comoros	23K t	27.99 kg
170	Vanuatu	21K t	64.98 kg
170	Barbados	21K t	72.8 kg
172	Samoa	18K t	80.62 kg
173	Saint Lucia	17K t	96.78 kg
174	Seychelles	13K t	117.02 kg
175	Sao Tome and Principe	12K t	53.37 kg
175	Tonga	12K t	114.17 kg
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10K t	95.26 kg
178	Antigua and Barbuda	7,000 t	73.99 kg
179	Grenada	6,000 t	44.91 kg
180	Micronesia	4,000 t	32.33 kg
181	Dominica	3,000 t	42.12 kg
181	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3,000 t	61.03 kg
183	Guinea-Bissau	2,000 t	1.17 kg
184	Kiribati	1,000 t	9 kg
184	Nauru	1,000 t	64.53 kg

What correlates with Wheat Consumption (2022)?

Pearson r against 1,434 other country metrics sharing at least 111 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Wheat Consumption tend to score higher on these

Depression CasesDepression Rates by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 179
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Total SpeakersAverage Number of Languages Spoken by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 185
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Adult PopulationWealth per Adult by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 158
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2010Past and Projected Future Population by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 185
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2005Past and Projected Future Population by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 185
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2015Past and Projected Future Population by Country
r = +0.97 · very strong · n = 185
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Wheat Consumption tend to score lower on these

US Trade BalanceUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = −0.44 · moderate · n = 184
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Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.33 · moderate · n = 140
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Average Men's Shoe Size (US sizes)Shoe Size by Country
r = −0.30 · weak · n = 152
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Chlamydial Infection RateSTD Rates by Country
r = −0.27 · weak · n = 178
Plot
GGGI Health ScoreGlobal Gender Gap by Country
r = −0.27 · weak · n = 146
Plot
Press Freedom Index Score (RSF)Freedom Index by Country
r = −0.25 · weak · n = 167
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Wheat Consumption?: China has the highest Wheat Consumption in 2022, at 103.3M t, followed by India (94.6M t) and United States (31M t).
Which country has the lowest Wheat Consumption?: Nauru has the lowest Wheat Consumption in 2022, at 1,000 t.
What is the median Wheat Consumption across countries?: The median is 486K t across the 185 countries with data in 2022.
Where does this wheat consumption by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food Balances: Wheat - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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