Calories met from wheat: Wheat provides 72% of the caloric energy in the average diet

Per capita wheat consumption is 124kg per year which is highest in the world

Pakistan Internationally

Average daily caloric needs

Calories met from wheat 72% of the caloric energy

Per head annual wheat 124 kg 67-239kg (Kirghizstan)

consumption 2003*
 able 2. World wheat market at a glance

  2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 Change: 2008/07 over

    estim. f'cast 2007/08

  million tonnes %

WORLD BALANCE        
Production 596.7 605.1 658.0 8.7
Trade 113.1 110.0 110.5 0.4
Total utilization 620.6 618.1 634.8 2.7
Food 442.3 445.5 452.8 1.7
Feed 113.0 109.2 117.8 7.8
Other uses 65.3 63.4 64.1 1.1
Ending stocks 159.5 144.5 167.6 16.0
SUPPLY AND DEMAND INDICATORS  
Per caput food consumption:      
World    (kg/year) 67.8 67.5 67.4 0.0
LIFDC    (kg/year) 58.6 58.3 58.1 -0.3
World stock-to-use ratio  % 25.8 22.8 26.4
Major exporters' stock-to-disappearance ratio % 14.8 10.0 16.4

         
Change: 
  2006 2007 2008
Jan-Apr 2008
over 
        Jan-Apr 2007
Wheat Price Index       %
(1998-2000=100) 145 216 371* 126
* Jan-Apr 2008
Derived from IGC Wheat Index