Share of All 15 staple foods in Total Caloric Intake (%)

Click on the buttons below to see data for the different commodities. The term "All 15 staple foods" covers both main and secondary agricultural products below. "Main 3 staple foods " is more narrowly defined, including only wheat, rice, and maize.
All 15 staple foods   Main 3 staple foods   Wheat   Rice   Maize  
Sorghum   Millet   Beans   Groundnuts   Soybeans   Cassava   Yams   Potatoes   Sweet Potatoes   Plantains   Vegetable oil   Sugar  

All 15 Staple Foods: The distribution of staple crops is not uniform across the globe. Low- and middle-income countries tend to rely more heavily on staple crops, emphasizing their importance in these regions. This map shows the combined share of caloric intake coming from all 15 commodities across the world. These products account for at least 30% of the caloric intake of different countries.
Chart: Soonho Kim, Nicholas Minot, Rob Vos, Sediqa Zaki, Pierre Mamboundou, and Daeun KoSource: FAO Food Balance Sheets Get the dataEmbedDownload image