Cereal exports quantity (FAO, tonnes) by country

Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

Countries reporting
51
Highest
1.38 million FAO, tonnes
South Africa
Lowest
0 FAO, tonnes
Sierra Leone
Median
2,059 FAO, tonnes
Years covered
50
1961–2010
Data points
2,818

What the numbers show

Cereal exports quantity (FAO, tonnes) is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 1.38 million FAO, tonnes in South Africa; the lowest is 0 FAO, tonnes in Sierra Leone.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,059 FAO, tonnes, and the mean is 70,992 FAO, tonnes.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Algeria (up 835,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Gabon (down 100.0%).

Cereal exports quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 1.38 million FAO, tonnes 2010 up 68.7% volatile
2 Benin 581,879 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 27,205.4% volatile
3 Egypt 352,671 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 10.8% volatile
4 Tanzania 224,465 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 115.2% volatile
5 Uganda 210,554 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 2,666.8% volatile
6 Zambia 124,700 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 523.8% volatile
7 Morocco 122,490 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 24.4% volatile
8 Cote d'Ivoire 103,993 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 4,002.3% volatile
9 Kenya 83,323 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 339.2% volatile
10 Senegal 72,817 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 14,290.7% volatile
11 Mozambique 62,199 FAO, tonnes 2010 volatile
12 Ethiopia 59,209 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 1,250.3% volatile
13 Mauritius 45,144 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 16.4% volatile
14 Niger 40,922 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 29,130.0% volatile
15 Burkina Faso 34,989 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 40.9% volatile
16 Togo 29,352 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 4.3% volatile
17 Malawi 26,085 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 137.1% volatile
18 Tunisia 12,257 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 94.7% volatile
19 Guinea 10,056 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 8,799.1% volatile
20 Ghana 8,823 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 270.6% volatile
21 Algeria 8,357 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 835,600.0% volatile
22 Cameroon 5,957 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 521.2% volatile
23 Sudan 5,874 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 88.8% volatile
24 Botswana 4,707 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 42.0% volatile
25 Congo 4,620 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 9,943.5% volatile
26 Rwanda 2,059 FAO, tonnes 2010 volatile
27 Madagascar 1,609 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 50.9% volatile
28 Mali 1,513 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 88.2% volatile
29 Burundi 800 FAO, tonnes 2010 volatile
30 Eswatini 669 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 83.7% volatile
31 Democratic Republic of Congo 594 FAO, tonnes 2010 up 525.3% volatile
32 Angola 503 FAO, tonnes 2010 volatile
33 Zimbabwe 347 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 99.8% volatile
34 Nigeria 259 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 99.1% volatile
35 Namibia 174 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 92.4% volatile
36 Lesotho 69 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 95.0% volatile
37 Gambia 66 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 73.2% volatile
38 Liberia 58 FAO, tonnes 2010 volatile
39 Libya 29 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 95.7% volatile
40 Djibouti 26 FAO, tonnes 2010 volatile
41 Seychelles 18 FAO, tonnes 2010 volatile
42 Somalia 15 FAO, tonnes 2010 volatile
43 Sao Tome and Principe 1 FAO, tonnes 2010 volatile
44 Guinea-Bissau 0 FAO, tonnes 2010 volatile
44 Chad 0 FAO, tonnes 2010 volatile
44 Gabon 0 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 100.0% volatile
44 Eritrea 0 FAO, tonnes 2010 volatile
44 Cape Verde 0 FAO, tonnes 2010 down 100.0% volatile
44 Comoros 0 FAO, tonnes 2010 flat
44 Central African Republic 0 FAO, tonnes 2010 volatile
44 Sierra Leone 0 FAO, tonnes 2010 volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Cereal exports quantity (FAO, tonnes)
Unit
FAO, tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
57 places, 2,818 data points, 1961–2010
Last refreshed

Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.