World Grain Production
Source: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization-FAO
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countries(217) Grain production Yield
('000 metric tons) (kg/hectare) kg/per population
1979-81 1995 1979-81 1995 capita (millions)
average average
DENMARK 7346 8968 4041 6126 1710.1 5.24
CANADA 42727 49693 2184 2705 1668.4 29.78
AUSTRALIA 21150 26560 1323 1770 1452.4 18.29
UNITED STATES 301405 276999 4150 4647 1043.5 265.46
FRANCE 46078 53606 4700 6457 918.0 58.39
FINLAND 2993 3333 2514 3408 649.5 5.13
AUSTRIA 4388 4477 4131 5542 552.6 8.10
SWEDEN 5407 4819 3593 4450 544.0 8.86
IRELAND 2009 1811 4731 6657 503.2 3.60
GERMANY 32044 39870 4166 6051 486.9 81.89
GREECE 4951 4690 3093 3694 428.6 10.94
UNITED KINGDOM 18840 21987 4794 6978 374.0 58.78
ITALY 18025 19713 3547 4666 342.8 57.50
NORWAY 1129 1435 3633 3952 327.5 4.38
SPAIN 14709 11487 1990 1730 292.5 39.27
NEW ZEALAND 789 855 4076 5740 236.3 3.62
BELGIUM 2069 2311 4857 6654 226.9 10.19
CYPRUS 87 144 1795 2267 219.2 0.66
SWITZERLAND 843 1281 4884 5971 180.8 7.09
PORTUGAL 1210 1306 1102 1862 131.6 9.93
JAPAN 14318 13437 5256 5737 106.1 126.61
NETHERLANDS 1280 1590 5686 8112 102.0 15.59
MALTA 8 9 3257 3431 24.2 0.37
ANDORRA 0.0 0.06
SAN MARINO 0.0 0.03
ISLE OF MAN 0.0 0.07
JERSEY 0.0 0.09
FAROE ISLANDS 0.0 0.04
LIECHTENSTEIN 0.0 0.03
LUXEMBOURG 0.0 0.42
MONACO 0.0 0.03
GUERNSEY 0.0 0.07
GIBRALTAR 0.0 0.03
GREENLAND 0.0 0.06
ICELAND 0.0 0.27
TOTAL IND. 543805 550381 662.4 830.86
Grain production Yield
('000 metric tons) (kg/hectare) kg/per population
1979-81 1995 1979-81 1995 capita (millions)
average average
HUNGARY 13001 11042 4517 4054 1082.4 10.20
ROMANIA 18109 19885 2856 3210 877.2 22.67
YUGOSLAVIA 8388 3581 800.9 10.47
BULGARIA 8129 5739 3852 3053 686.0 8.37
LITHUANIA 1742 2500 1642 2192 674.4 3.71
SLOVAKIA 3528 4109 656.7 5.37
POLAND 18466 25106 2345 2940 648.2 38.73
CZECH REPUBLIC 6598 4185 639.7 10.32
KAZAKSTAN 26790 10583 1063 564 634.6 16.68
UKRAINE 33181 32429 2208 2522 632.5 51.27
CROATIA 2764 4223 578.8 4.78
BELARUS 4108 5927 1438 2304 567.6 10.44
ESTONIA 796 740 1862 2114 501.7 1.48
RUSSIA 82486 61796 1147 1165 417.3 148.07
MOLDOVA 2565 1698 3221 3185 388.4 4.37
MACEDONIA 726 3002 368.9 1.97
CHINA 286457 416797 3027 4664 342.0 1218.70
VIET NAM 12222 25206 2049 3523 331.0 76.15
SLOVENIA 570 5029 291.0 1.96
LATVIA 859 701 1278 1835 278.5 2.52
TURKMENISTAN 281 1249 2142 2210 273.1 4.57
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 717 2841 224.1 3.20
KOREA, NORTH 5536 5241 3406 3386 219.3 23.90
ALBANIA 916 657 2499 2546 202.2 3.25
CAMBODIA 1334 1867 1074 1374 185.2 10.08
KYRGYZSTAN 1413 782 2452 1432 173.0 4.52
AZERBAIJAN 1105 939 2253 1550 124.0 7.57
UZBEKISTAN 2597 2803 2208 1691 120.8 23.21
MONGOLIA 320 261 572 677 111.8 2.33
GEORGIA 573 554 1942 1530 103.3 5.36
ARMENIA 270 259 1783 1519 68.8 3.77
TAJIKISTAN 285 251 1295 930 42.2 5.95
CUBA 551 181 2458 1392 16.3 11.12
TOTAL F. SOC. 658484 374.8 1757.04
Grain production Yield
('000 metric tons) (kg/hectare) kg/per population
1979-81 1995 1979-81 1995 capita (millions)
average average
GUYANA 267 493 2906 3724 692.4 0.71
ARGENTINA 24457 23456 2204 2878 670.3 35.00
SURINAME 258 220 3971 3661 504.6 0.44
URUGUAY 1012 1492 1644 2643 475.2 3.14
BRAZIL 30805 49653 1495 2504 314.5 157.87
PARAGUAY 459 1133 1511 2164 228.2 4.96
CHILE 1742 2804 2125 4533 195.0 14.38
ECUADOR 686 2032 1639 2009 173.7 11.70
BOLIVIA 663 1110 1186 1583 146.2 7.59
COLOMBIA 3339 3509 2453 2560 98.4 35.65
VENEZUELA 1550 2043 1905 2577 91.6 22.31
PERU 1429 2142 1951 2633 89.4 23.95
TOTAL S. AMERICA 66667 90087 283.6 317.70
Grain production Yield
('000 metric tons) (kg/hectare) kg/per population
1979-81 1995 1979-81 1995 capita (millions)
average average
MEXICO 20692 25344 2167 2463 273.4 92.71
BELIZE 27 38 1934 1824 173.5 0.22
EL SALVADOR 719 893 1702 2026 151.4 5.90
GUATEMALA 1122 1516 1567 1614 138.7 10.93
NICARAGUA 392 592 1473 1871 138.6 4.27
HONDURAS 492 771 1169 1543 136.1 5.67
PANAMA 253 333 1523 1800 124.5 2.67
COSTA RICA 337 160 2471 2424 47.1 3.40
TOTAL C. AMERICA 24034 29647 235.7 125.77
Grain production Yield
('000 metric tons) (kg/hectare) kg/per population
1979-81 1995 1979-81 1995 capita (millions)
average average
FRENCH GUIANA 1 26 1317 3317 174.5 0.15
DOMINICAN REP. 447 589 3003 4109 78.5 7.50
HAITI 419 373 1007 871 55.4 6.73
TRINIDAD AND TOBA 13 15 3204 3659 11.9 1.26
ST. VINCENT AND T 1 1 3292 3910 8.8 0.11
BARBADOS 2 2 2537 2500 7.5 0.27
BAHAMAS, THE 1 1 1142 1793 3.6 0.28
JAMAICA 7 4 1659 1362 1.6 2.51
PUERTO RICO 6 1 8915 8046 0.3 3.77
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS 0.0 0.04
GRENADA 943 1000 0.0 0.10
ARUBA 0.0 0.07
ST. LUCIA 703 714 0.0 0.14
DOMINICA 1427 1308 0.0 0.07
BERMUDA 0.0 0.06
NETHERLANDS ANTILL. 0.0 0.20
MARTINIQUE 0.0 0.39
GUADELOUPE 0.0 0.43
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1848 1607 0.0 0.06
TOTAL CARIBBEAN 897 1012 41.9 24.15
Grain production Yield
('000 metric tons) (kg/hectare) kg/per population
1979-81 1995 1979-81 1995 capita (millions)
average average
MALI 1064 2433 790 812 264.3 9.20
BURKINA FASO 1166 2492 576 795 234.8 10.62
NIGER 1702 2221 440 307 234.7 9.47
MADAGASCAR 2178 2780 1663 1984 203.4 13.67
NIGERIA 7480 20943 1229 1124 201.5 103.91
MALAWI 1341 1778 1161 1293 188.1 9.45
GUINEA-BISSAU 102 201 718 1408 183.4 1.10
SOUTH AFRICA 14036 7440 2112 1244 178.2 41.74
TANZANIA 3010 4617 1062 1419 158.9 29.06
CHAD 508 963 560 650 147.2 6.54
ETHIOPIA 8245 1505 145.4 56.71
SENEGAL 850 1059 699 874 124.1 8.53
SUDAN, THE 2962 3821 672 473 123.0 31.07
KENYA 2281 3394 1348 1884 116.5 29.14
BENIN 366 648 697 956 116.3 5.57
COTE D'IVOIRE 866 1685 858 1104 114.4 14.73
GUINEA 678 773 957 1071 112.0 6.90
TOGO 301 466 723 691 109.2 4.27
UGANDA 1171 2080 1557 1551 108.7 19.14
GHANA 726 1835 805 1354 108.6 16.90
MAURITANIA 48 246 384 838 105.4 2.33
GAMBIA, THE 78 108 1196 1207 94.1 1.15
CAMEROON 866 1260 848 1346 92.6 13.61
ZAMBIA 990 881 1665 1330 90.7 9.72
ZIMBABWE 2273 980 1392 532 85.1 11.52
SWAZILAND 92 79 1317 1271 84.6 0.93
SIERRA LEONE 542 336 1247 1145 72.8 4.62
MOZAMBIQUE 649 1127 603 653 63.0 17.88
BURUNDI 219 269 1081 1287 45.3 5.94
ERITREA 153 517 42.2 3.63
SOMALIA 305 285 477 378 41.9 6.80
ZAIRE 900 1697 807 799 37.5 45.26
COMOROS 18 21 1058 1323 37.4 0.56
NAMIBIA 73 60 626 601 35.1 1.71
CENTRAL AFRICAN R 103 112 530 777 34.2 3.27
SAO TOME AND PRIN 3 4 1505 2105 29.9 0.13
BOTSWANA 35 46 228 372 28.9 1.59
ANGOLA 379 321 533 286 27.0 11.90
CAPE VERDE 6 10 473 302 24.8 0.40
GABON 11 28 1714 1805 23.9 1.17
LIBERIA 254 50 1252 1111 23.7 2.11
RWANDA 271 151 1132 1632 22.0 6.85
LESOTHO 198 41 975 666 20.8 1.97
CONGO 15 27 789 937 10.1 2.67
MAURITIUS 1 2 2543 4339 1.8 1.14
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 0.0 0.41
SEYCHELLES 0.0 0.08
MAYOTTE 0.0 0.12
DJIBOUTI 2500 1625 0.0 0.60
TOTAL S-S AFRICA 51117 78168 133.0 587.81
Grain production Yield
('000 metric tons) (kg/hectare) kg/per population
1979-81 1995 1979-81 1995 capita (millions)
average average
EGYPT 8134 17182 4052 6048 282.2 60.90
ALGERIA 1958 2194 660 877 76.8 28.57
TUNISIA 1146 637 810 627 70.3 9.06
MOROCCO 3583 1823 812 453 68.2 26.74
LIBYA 225 318 419 689 58.4 5.45
WESTERN SAHARA 2 2 682 774 7.4 0.27
TOTAL N. AFRICA 15048 22156 169.2 130.97
Grain production Yield
('000 metric tons) (kg/hectare) kg/per population
1979-81 1995 1979-81 1995 capita (millions)
average average
TURKEY 25232 28163 1869 1977 449.5 62.65
SYRIA 3069 6136 1162 1665 414.7 14.80
IRAN 8855 17312 1098 1767 278.2 62.23
SAUDI ARABIA 303 3420 781 4196 185.6 18.43
AFGHANISTAN 4060 3307 1337 1337 145.9 22.66
IRAQ 1803 2845 835 908 132.8 21.42
YEMEN, REP. 897 825 1037 1091 49.7 16.60
ISRAEL 239 253 1856 2204 46.2 5.48
WEST BANK 53 45 1293 34.2 1.32
JORDAN 88 127 556 774 29.3 4.33
LEBANON 41 77 1204 1933 20.3 3.80
QATAR 1 6 2635 2979 10.2 0.59
UNITED ARAB EMIRA 3 7 6053 7396 2.8 2.50
OMAN 2 5 962 2180 2.2 2.25
GAZA STRIP 5 1 2811 529 1.2 0.82
KUWAIT 2 3109 4841 1.0 2.07
BAHRAIN 0.0 0.60
TOTAL W. ASIA 44651 62531 257.8 242.55
Grain production Yield
('000 metric tons) (kg/hectare) kg/per population
1979-81 1995 1979-81 1995 capita (millions)
average average
MYANMAR 12964 20690 2530 2962 450.0 45.98
NEPAL 3640 5440 1617 1795 260.4 20.89
INDIA 138182 214893 1324 2134 225.5 952.97
BANGLADESH 20983 25931 1939 2424 210.7 123.06
PAKISTAN 17200 24586 1609 2017 184.2 133.50
BHUTAN 159 106 1439 1088 125.9 0.84
REUNION 12 17 5071 6124 25.3 0.67
MALDIVES 783 1000 0.0 0.27
TOTAL S. ASIA 193140 291663 228.2 1278.18
Grain production Yield
('000 metric tons) (kg/hectare) kg/per population
1979-81 1995 1979-81 1995 capita (millions)
average average
THAILAND 20316 25358 1912 2385 422.6 60.00
LAOS 1056 1491 1405 2664 296.8 5.02
INDONESIA 33605 58083 2842 3840 293.1 198.19
TAIWAN 4100 6116 3200 4640 285.0 21.46
PHILIPPINES 10942 15163 1611 2214 211.3 71.75
KOREA, SOUTH 8452 6923 5004 5864 153.1 45.23
SRI LANKA 2130 2722 2464 2903 148.6 18.32
MALAYSIA 2061 2169 2828 3077 106.5 20.36
FIJI 19 18 2002 2388 22.4 0.80
VANUATU 1 1 514 538 5.8 0.17
NEW CALEDONIA 3 1 2122 2744 5.4 0.19
BRUNEI 3 1 1659 2133 3.3 0.30
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4 3 2048 1698 0.7 4.40
KIRIBATI 0.0 0.08
TONGA 0.0 0.10
FRENCH POLYNESIA 0.0 0.23
MACAU 0.0 0.45
WESTERN SAMOA 0.0 0.17
AMERICAN SAMOA 0.0 0.06
MARSHALL ISLANDS 0.0 0.06
MICRONESIA 0.0 0.11
TUVALU 0.0 0.01
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 0.0 0.06
HONG KONG 1681 0.0 6.30
GUAM 3000 2000 0.0 0.15
NAURU 0.0 0.01
SINGAPORE 0.0 3.05
PALAU 0.0 0.02
SOLOMON ISLANDS 13 3520 0.0 0.40
VIRGIN ISLANDS 0.0 0.10
TOTAL E. ASIA 82705 118049 258.0 457.53
TOTAL WORLD 1546153 1902177 330.7 5752.55
Grain production Yield
('000 metric tons) (kg/hectare) kg/per population
1979-81 1995 1979-81 1995 capita (millions)
average average
INDUSTR./SEMI-IND 543805 550381 662.4 830.86
FORMER SOCIALIST 658484 374.8 1757.04
CHINA 286457 416797 3027 4664 342.0 1218.70
SOUTH AMERICA 66667 90087 283.6 317.70
CENTRAL AMERICA 24034 29647 235.7 125.77
THE CARIBBEAN 897 1012 41.9 24.15
SOUTH AFRICA 14036 7440 2112 1244 178.2 41.74
SUB-SAHARAN AFRIC 51117 78168 133.0 587.81
NORTH AFRICA 15048 22156 169.2 130.97
WEST ASIA 44651 62531 257.8 242.55
SOUTH ASIA 193140 291663 228.2 1278.18
EAST ASIA 82705 118049 258.0 457.53
TOTAL WORLD 1546153 1902177 330.7 5752.55
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RRojas Research Unit/1997
NOTE: In spite of the often tragic food shortages in a number of
countries in recent years, worldwide agricultural production
is probably more often underreported than overrreported. Many
countries do not report complete domestic production.
Some countries, for example, report only crops that are sold
commercially, and ignore subsistence crops produced for
family or communal consumption, or barter; others may limit
reporting to production for export only, to holdings above
a certain size, or represent a sampling only.
The FAO's cereals (grain) statistics relate, ideally, to
weight or volume of crops harvested for dry grain ( excluding
cereal crops used for grazing, harvested for hay, or harvested
green for food, feed, or silage.
Millet and sorghum, which in many European and North American
countries are used primarily as livestock or poultry feed,
may be reportable by such countries as animal fodder only,
while elsewhere many nations use the same grains for human
consumption and report them as cereals.
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