Data for 1963

Cereal Yield, 1963

Name: Cereal Yield, 1963
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1963, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1963 covers 146 countries. Japan is highest, at 4,224.0; Libya is lowest, at 255.3. The middle country reads 1,155.0. Against 1962, 139 values changed (71 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1963

HighestJapan

4,224.0

LowestLibya

255.3

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

146countries
1measure
1963the 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, 1963, 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, 1963: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,224.0
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	4,000.0
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3,986.9
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3,505.7
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,484.3
6	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,312.8
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,125.6
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2,936.1
9	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,928.0
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2,925.2
11	United States`USA`Northern America	2,800.6
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	2,769.4
13	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,746.3
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,732.6
15	Suriname`SUR`South America	2,705.3
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2,578.1
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2,550.0
18	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,538.7
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2,509.9
20	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,411.0
21	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,143.8
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2,115.2
23	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,070.9
24	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,041.6
25	Guyana`GUY`South America	2,017.9
26	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,920.0
27	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,891.8
28	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1,883.0
29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,858.6
30	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,848.4
31	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,843.9
32	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,842.8
33	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,840.8
34	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1,838.9
35	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1,811.7
36	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,799.2
37	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,758.2
38	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,749.4
39	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,717.3
40	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,598.1
41	Chile`CHL`South America	1,574.7
42	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,566.5
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,555.6
44	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,533.3
45	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,521.2
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,511.2
47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,501.9
48	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,490.7
49	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,481.5
50	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,438.8
51	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,437.5
52	Peru`PER`South America	1,399.4
53	Colombia`COL`South America	1,386.1
54	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,371.1
55	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1,370.6
56	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1,357.0
57	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,343.4
58	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,322.4
59	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1,303.1
60	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,297.3
61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,291.0
62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,289.5
63	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,285.2
64	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,273.0
65	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,256.7
66	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,250.0
67	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,249.7
68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,242.2
69	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,220.9
70	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,217.4
71	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,194.7
72	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,194.5
73	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,161.9
74	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,148.0
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,130.1
76	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,128.0
77	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,121.3
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,119.1
79	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,111.1
80	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,105.7
81	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,102.4
82	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,083.7
83	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,056.5
84	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,055.2
85	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,039.0
86	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,031.7
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,030.2
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	986.5
89	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	985.8
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	982.3
91	India`IND`Southern Asia	965.8
92	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	958.6
93	Panama`PAN`Central America	947.3
94	Bolivia`BOL`South America	945.5
95	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	926.6
96	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	919.6
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	916.7
98	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	911.1
99	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	897.3
100	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	891.3
101	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	877.7
102	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	877.6
103	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	877.0
104	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	876.7
105	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	873.0
106	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	857.4
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	856.3
108	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	833.3
109	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	828.6
110	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	822.5
111	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	820.3
112	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	817.8
113	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	813.3
114	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	803.8
115	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	798.4
116	Uruguay`URY`South America	794.6
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	792.1
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	788.2
119	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	787.8
120	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	775.4
121	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	771.8
122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	763.7
123	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	758.6
124	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	751.9
125	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	749.6
126	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	706.9
127	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	704.0
128	Belize`BLZ`Central America	694.8
129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	692.0
130	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	650.0
131	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	644.8
132	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	573.3
133	Niger`NER`Western Africa	560.1
134	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	543.9
135	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	541.1
136	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	523.0
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	513.3
138	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	503.5
139	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	500.0
140	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	473.1
141	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	467.3
142	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	420.7
143	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	382.8
144	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	374.5
145	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	353.5
146	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	255.3

02In 1963

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Japan4,224.0
2Saint Vincent and the Grenadines4,000.0
3Netherlands3,986.9
4Denmark3,505.7
5United Kingdom3,484.3

Lowest

146Libya255.3
145Jordan353.5
144Mauritania374.5
143Botswana382.8
142Namibia420.7

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,155.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

What changed between 1962 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
139values changed, of 146 in both
71 · 68rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Norway2,071.3 → 2,578.1+506.8
Finland1,363.6 → 1,799.2+435.6
Cambodia917.8 → 1,194.7+276.9
Canada1,595.4 → 1,838.9+243.5
Bangladesh1,514.0 → 1,749.4+235.4

Fell most

Switzerland3,776.9 → 2,936.1−840.8
Barbados2,511.2 → 1,883.0−628.2
Mauritius1,780.7 → 1,289.5−491.2
Brunei1,852.7 → 1,371.1−481.6
Netherlands4,277.4 → 3,986.9−290.5

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 1963.
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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1963). Cereal Yield, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1963

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