That quantity results from a 2.2% increase from 195.5 million tons five years earlier in 2020 but a -1.1% year-over-year decline from 201 million tons exported during 2023.
The world’s top exporters of wheat as measured by weight are Russia, Canada, United States of America, Australia, Ukraine and France. Collectively, those 6 leading suppliers of wheat on international markets sold 137.4 million tons of wheat during 2024 or over two-thirds (68.8%) of globally exported wheat by weight.
Higher volumes of exported wheat loosely correspond with lower average unit prices for wheat when you factor in economies of scale. For instance, 6 of the 10 biggest wheat exporters sold that commodity on international markets at average unit prices lower than the global average price of US$263 per ton calculated for all wheat-shipping countries in 2024.
Top Wheat Export Countries by Shipment Weight
The top 50 exporters of wheat as measured by shipment tonnage are listed below. Based on weight statistics, these key suppliers of wheat on international markets accounted for 99.97% of the world’s wheat exported in 2024.
| Wheat Exporter | Tons | 2023-4 | 2020-4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 32,569,132 | -13.3% | -12.6% |
| 2 | Canada | 25,598,573 | +0% | -2% |
| 3 | United States | 21,804,307 | +21.5% | -16.9% |
| 4 | Australia | 21,712,522 | -26.1% | +107.1% |
| 5 | Ukraine | 20,664,816 | +27.9% | +14.4% |
| 6 | France | 15,080,394 | +11.8% | -23.8% |
| 7 | Romania | 7,458,226 | -8.7% | +71.7% |
| 8 | Germany | 6,910,537 | +0% | -25.6% |
| 9 | Argentina | 6,681,029 | +169.6% | -34.5% |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 5,906,692 | -18% | +13.6% |
| 11 | Poland | 5,043,110 | -27.7% | +7.5% |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 4,979,214 | -22% | +54.1% |
| 13 | Lithuania | 3,595,658 | -3% | -9.6% |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 3,135,770 | +19.2% | +20.7% |
| 15 | Brazil | 2,832,373 | +20.3% | +405% |
| 16 | Latvia | 2,625,645 | +11.1% | -12.2% |
| 17 | Türkiye | 1,688,577 | -6.9% | +1255% |
| 18 | Uruguay | 1,556,513 | +91.4% | +263.4% |
| 19 | Slovakia | 1,533,969 | -4.2% | +20.7% |
| 20 | Serbia | 1,239,464 | +96.3% | +183.9% |
| 21 | Moldova | 980,183 | -7.5% | +621.4% |
| 22 | Austria | 818,906 | +20.8% | +32.3% |
| 23 | Greece | 777,618 | +47.6% | +170.6% |
| 24 | Paraguay | 545,962 | +121% | +93% |
| 25 | Estonia | 542,575 | +8.4% | -23.6% |
| 26 | Croatia | 499,517 | +1.7% | -11.2% |
| 27 | South Africa | 442,913 | -2.4% | +142.6% |
| 28 | Denmark | 427,384 | 0% | -44.9% |
| 29 | Spain | 399,696 | 0% | 0% |
| 30 | Sweden | 324,536 | +0.1% | -69.3% |
| 31 | Belgium | 237,723 | -19.9% | -62.6% |
| 32 | Netherlands | 172,538 | -2.9% | -30.7% |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 165,511 | -85.3% | -67.3% |
| 34 | Italy | 139,756 | -13.8% | +113.6% |
| 35 | Slovenia | 111,471 | +36.1% | +30.6% |
| 36 | Vietnam | 93,441 | +7.6% | +72.4% |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 80,243 | +16.6% | 0% |
| 38 | India | 72,049 | -54.3% | -92.2% |
| 39 | Finland | 56,385 | -0.2% | -63.1% |
| 40 | Ireland | 46,164 | +45.4% | +54.8% |
| 41 | Malta | 44,703 | +325.7% | 0% |
| 42 | Syria | 43,367 | -11.1% | -64.8% |
| 43 | Nauru | 32,000 | 0% | 0% |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 28,363 | +48.5% | +448.4% |
| 45 | Bosnia/Herzegovina | 23,902 | -24.3% | -34.5% |
| 46 | Luxembourg | 22,363 | -12.7% | -26.3% |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 17,406 | -50.1% | -62.2% |
| 48 | Portugal | 15,391 | -63.3% | +39% |
| 49 | Lebanon | 13,584 | +606% | 0% |
| 50 | Kenya | 13,477 | -30.7% | +1197% |
The fastest growers among the listed exporters of wheat were Lebanon (up 606% from 2023), Malta (up 325.7%), Argentina (up 169.6%), Paraguay (up 121%) and Serbia (up 96.3%).
Posting the greatest percentage declines in tons of exported wheat from year to year were suppliers in the United Kingdom (down -85.3% from 2023), Portugal (down -63.3%), India (down -54.3%), Uzbekistan (down -50.1%) and Kenya (down -30.7%).
Searchable List of Average Unit Price for Exported Wheat
The world’s average unit price charged per ton of exported wheat was US$263 for 2024, deflating by -40.8% from $444 per ton in 2020 and down by -65.8% compared to a unit price of $769 calculated for 2023.
The automated table below enables you to compare the average unit price for exported wheat for 50 of the world’s biggest exporters of wheat by weight. Amounts shown are in US dollars.
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns in the data table below. The right-most columns highlight the change in unit price for each supplier’s globally exported wheat in 2024 compared to 2023 or 5 years earlier in 2020.
A value of 0% in one of those columns means data for that year was unavailable.
| Wheat Exporter | Avg Price | 2023-4 | 2020-4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | $293 | -9.6% | +38.2% |
| 2 | Canada | $295 | -14.7% | +22.4% |
| 3 | United States | $274 | -19.9% | +13.7% |
| 4 | Australia | $260 | -18% | +0.4% |
| 5 | Ukraine | $181 | -0.5% | -9% |
| 6 | France | $246 | -16.6% | +7% |
| 7 | Argentina | $292 | -17% | +46.7% |
| 8 | Romania | $239 | -12.5% | +9.6% |
| 9 | Germany | $244 | -14.7% | +8% |
| 10 | Poland | $243 | -13.5% | +9% |
| 11 | Bulgaria | $233 | -11.4% | +7.9% |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | $190 | -26.1% | -13.2% |
| 13 | Lithuania | $246 | -12.1% | +7.4% |
| 14 | Czech Republic | $225 | -20.2% | +11.9% |
| 15 | Brazil | $215 | -30.2% | +8% |
| 16 | Latvia | $230 | -16.4% | +6% |
| 17 | Türkiye | $335 | -16% | +5.7% |
| 18 | Slovakia | $255 | -11.1% | +14.9% |
| 19 | Uruguay | $232 | -24.9% | +5.9% |
| 20 | Austria | $337 | -15.8% | +9.1% |
| 21 | Serbia | $207 | -15.5% | +1.5% |
| 22 | Greece | $313 | -17.8% | +1% |
| 23 | Moldova | $202 | -4.3% | 0% |
| 24 | South Africa | $370 | -8.2% | +26.7% |
| 25 | Spain | $381 | 0% | 0% |
| 26 | Estonia | $247 | -16.6% | +11.3% |
| 27 | Paraguay | $234 | -13.7% | +8.8% |
| 28 | Croatia | $229 | -7.7% | +13.4% |
| 29 | Denmark | $252 | 0% | +16.7% |
| 30 | Sweden | $245 | -15.2% | +8.4% |
| 31 | Belgium | $334 | -1.8% | +14.8% |
| 32 | Italy | $484 | +3% | +12.8% |
| 33 | Netherlands | $284 | -15.2% | +6.4% |
| 34 | United Kingdom | $271 | -10.6% | +18.9% |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | $388 | -0.3% | 0% |
| 36 | Slovenia | $252 | -25.2% | +14% |
| 37 | Viet Nam | $287 | 0% | +31.1% |
| 38 | India | $315 | +2.9% | +20.2% |
| 39 | Finland | $271 | -14.2% | +23.7% |
| 40 | Syria | $332 | -14.9% | +49.5% |
| 41 | Ireland | $272 | -16% | +11% |
| 42 | Nauru | $297 | 0% | 0% |
| 43 | Malta | $208 | -13.7% | 0% |
| 44 | Iraq | $17,476 | +2552% | +2572% |
| 45 | Luxembourg | $328 | -12.3% | +22.8% |
| 46 | North Macedonia | $207 | -3.3% | -1.4% |
| 47 | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $228 | +6% | 0% |
| 48 | Kenya | $384 | +41.2% | -17.2% |
| 49 | Portugal | $313 | +5.7% | +13.4% |
| 50 | Lebanon | $325 | -14.5% | 0% |
In 2024, the average unit price specific to the 50 biggest exporters of wheat was $620 per ton skewed by the average $17,476 charged by shippers based in Iraq. The top 50 metric is 42.4% more expensive than the overall world average price of $263 charged by all wheat-shipping countries.
The lowest average unit prices per ton among the top 50 wheat exporters belong to the Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Moldova. Other low-cost wheat suppliers to global markets include Serbia and North Macedonia.
The fastest growers in average unit price from 2023 to 2024 were Iraq (up 2,552%) and Kenya (up 41.2%).
Year over year, the severest reductions in average unit price were international suppliers based in Brazil (down -30.3% from 2023), Kazakhstan (down -26.1%), Slovenia (down -25.2%), Uruguay (down -24.9%), Czech Republic (down -20.2%) and the United States of America (down -19.9%).
Average Unit Price for Top 10 Wheat Exporters by Sales
The list below is sorted in descending order by the 10 major exporters of wheat by dollar sales (rather than shipment tonnage). Showcased is each country’s corresponding average unit price per ton of globally exported wheat in US dollars.
These key suppliers sold nearly four-fifths (79.2%) of overall wheat exports by sales in 2024 and are listed in descending rank. The list starts with the biggest exporters of wheat in terms of total dollar sales.
- Russia: US$293 per ton (down -9.6% from 2023)
- Canada: $295 per ton (down -14.7%)
- United States: $274 per ton (down -19.9%)
- Atralia: $260 per ton (down -18%)
- Ukraine: $181 per ton (down -0.5%)
- France: $246 per ton (down -16.6%)
- Argentina: $292 per ton (down -17%)
- Romania: $239 per ton (down -12.5%)
- Germany: $244 per ton (down -14.7%)
- Poland: $243 per ton (down -13.5%)
The above data suggests that economies of scale for the world’s 10 biggest exporters of wheat may apply–at least to some degree. That is because for all top 10 supplier countries, their average unit price is lower than the subtotal benchmark price for the 50 leading wheat exporter countries.
Major Wheat Importing Countries by Quantity
Turning our attention to countries that buy wheat on international markets, the top 10 wheat importers by shipment weight bought almost half (48.1%) of globally imported wheat during 2024.
- Indonesia: 12.1 million tons (7% of globally imported wheat)
- mainland China: 11 million tons (6.4%)
- Italy: 9.4 million tons (5.5%)
- Algeria: 6.9 million tons (4%)
- Philippines: 6.8 million tons (3.9%)
- Brazil: 6.65 million tons (3.9%)
- Morocco: 6.3 million tons (3.7%)
- Germany: 6.1 million tons (3.5%)
- Türkiye: 5.7 million tons (3.3%)
- Japan: 5.2 million tons (3%)
Among the listed wheat importers, 7 increased their purchases of wheat on international markets from 2023 to 2024.
The greatest year-over-year percentage gains in spending were buyers in Brazil (up 59% from 2023), Philippines (up 22%), Germany (up 17.5%) and Indonesia (up 11.7%).
There was one double-digit decliner, specifically wheat importers in Türkiye (down -52.3% from 2023) well ahead of the other declining buyer mainland China (down -7.3%).
See also Wheat Exports by Country (dollar value), Wheat Imports by Country (dollar value), Average Frozen Beef Prices Compared by Top Exporters, Average Rice Prices Compared for Major Rice Export Countries and Average Banana Prices Compared for Major Bananas Export Countries
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