Data for 1962

Cereal Yield, 1962

Name: Cereal Yield, 1962
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1962, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1962 covers 146 countries. Japan is highest, at 4,339.6; Libya is lowest, at 221.0. The middle country reads 1,158.9. Against 1961, 138 values changed (93 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1962

HighestJapan

4,339.6

LowestLibya

221.0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

146countries
1measure
1962the year it describes
146distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Cereal Yield, 1962, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cereal Yield, 1962: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,339.6
2	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4,277.4
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	4,000.0
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3,776.9
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3,750.6
6	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,683.5
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,330.8
8	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,259.6
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2,962.2
10	Suriname`SUR`South America	2,897.0
11	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,794.1
12	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,763.6
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	2,689.7
14	United States`USA`Northern America	2,683.1
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2,644.7
16	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,597.5
17	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,594.1
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2,568.4
19	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,511.2
20	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,381.4
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2,225.3
22	Guyana`GUY`South America	2,217.1
23	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2,071.3
24	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,058.1
25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,042.3
26	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,953.3
27	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,869.1
28	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,852.7
29	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,842.3
30	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,833.3
31	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,822.0
32	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,788.6
33	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,780.7
34	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1,765.2
35	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,761.6
36	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,737.2
37	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,720.1
38	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,604.9
39	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,600.1
40	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1,595.4
41	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,560.2
42	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,553.5
43	Peru`PER`South America	1,516.0
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,514.0
45	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,513.9
46	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,481.5
47	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,452.6
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,452.3
49	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,440.0
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,381.5
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,380.0
52	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,373.3
53	Chile`CHL`South America	1,371.7
54	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,368.7
55	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,363.6
56	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,359.1
57	Colombia`COL`South America	1,350.8
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,323.1
59	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1,317.0
60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,309.0
61	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1,278.7
62	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,269.8
63	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,250.0
64	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,217.3
65	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,217.2
66	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,211.3
67	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1,210.7
68	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,206.7
69	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,181.8
70	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,177.6
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,164.0
72	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,163.1
73	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,160.1
74	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,157.6
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,142.1
76	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,136.0
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,124.5
78	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,118.8
79	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,115.4
80	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,083.9
81	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,080.5
82	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,079.0
83	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,077.6
84	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,068.9
85	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,043.0
86	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,042.2
87	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,027.0
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,025.3
89	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,010.6
90	Panama`PAN`Central America	993.9
91	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	987.1
92	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	951.4
93	Bolivia`BOL`South America	946.5
94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	941.8
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	937.7
96	Uruguay`URY`South America	936.9
97	India`IND`Southern Asia	929.7
98	Ecuador`ECU`South America	925.0
99	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	917.8
100	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	905.9
101	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	903.7
102	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	883.6
103	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	880.6
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	877.1
105	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	875.0
106	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	873.0
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	871.5
108	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	861.6
109	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	858.2
110	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	858.0
111	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	833.3
112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	831.3
113	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	830.3
114	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	814.7
115	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	814.0
116	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	811.2
117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	809.6
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	801.4
119	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	787.1
120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	785.7
121	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	782.8
122	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	780.7
123	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	757.5
124	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	729.5
125	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	729.4
126	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	711.3
127	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	702.3
128	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	700.8
129	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	650.0
130	Belize`BLZ`Central America	598.8
131	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	571.4
132	Niger`NER`Western Africa	547.8
133	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	544.3
134	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	544.1
135	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	540.9
136	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	500.0
137	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	489.9
138	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	486.1
139	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	485.4
140	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	477.9
141	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	477.4
142	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	419.3
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	381.7
144	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	378.8
145	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	339.6
146	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	221.0

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Japan4,339.6
2Netherlands4,277.4
3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines4,000.0
4Switzerland3,776.9
5Denmark3,750.6

Lowest

146Libya221.0
145Botswana339.6
144Mauritania378.8
143Jordan381.7
142Namibia419.3

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,158.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
138values changed, of 146 in both
93 · 45rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Switzerland2,872.6 → 3,776.9+904.3
Morocco407.6 → 1,068.9+661.3
Barbados1,884.2 → 2,511.2+627.0
Canada985.0 → 1,595.4+610.4
Netherlands3,691.4 → 4,277.4+586.0

Fell most

Norway2,791.8 → 2,071.3−720.5
Finland1,883.4 → 1,363.6−519.8
South Korea3,197.2 → 2,794.1−403.1
New Zealand3,125.3 → 2,763.6−361.7
Hong Kong2,016.8 → 1,720.1−296.7

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1962.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 146 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1962). Cereal Yield, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1962

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