Data for 1965

Cereal Yield, 1965

Name: Cereal Yield, 1965
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1965, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1965 covers 146 countries. Japan is highest, at 4,398.2; Botswana is lowest, at 329.8. The middle country reads 1,150.0. Against 1964, 141 values changed (83 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1965

HighestJapan

4,398.2

LowestBotswana

329.8

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

146countries
1measure
1965the year it describes
144distinct 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, 1965, 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, 1965: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,398.2
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	4,000.0
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3,890.6
4	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,775.6
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,750.1
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3,673.4
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,275.7
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3,212.2
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3,156.2
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,111.2
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,106.5
12	United States`USA`Northern America	3,040.8
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3,036.7
14	Suriname`SUR`South America	2,994.4
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2,852.2
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2,553.6
17	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,539.0
18	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,475.1
19	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,436.2
20	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,411.1
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2,399.3
22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2,330.1
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,320.6
24	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,297.1
25	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,144.2
26	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,074.1
27	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,057.7
28	Guyana`GUY`South America	2,052.9
29	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2,007.9
30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,900.1
31	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,898.4
32	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,867.3
33	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1,866.7
34	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,862.3
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,852.8
36	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,786.3
37	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1,783.0
38	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,746.5
39	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,744.9
40	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1,730.4
41	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,725.0
42	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,694.2
43	Chile`CHL`South America	1,691.9
44	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,681.6
45	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,670.0
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,652.6
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,644.4
48	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,602.6
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,598.9
50	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,597.5
51	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,575.6
52	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,559.8
53	Peru`PER`South America	1,551.1
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,530.5
55	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,481.5
56	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,454.2
57	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,437.5
58	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,428.3
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,403.2
60	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1,373.4
61	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,347.8
62	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,335.6
63	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,304.0
64	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,303.7
65	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,271.5
66	Colombia`COL`South America	1,259.1
67	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1,250.7
=68	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,250.0
=68	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,250.0
70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,244.8
71	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,197.1
72	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,173.7
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,156.9
74	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,143.0
75	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,138.6
76	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,107.1
77	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,098.9
78	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,094.9
79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1,082.6
80	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,082.2
81	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,071.7
82	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,064.0
83	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,063.9
84	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,051.6
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,045.5
86	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1,037.3
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,024.6
88	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,020.4
89	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,003.7
90	Panama`PAN`Central America	988.9
91	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	983.6
92	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	983.5
93	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	960.5
94	Ecuador`ECU`South America	958.8
95	Uruguay`URY`South America	951.4
96	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	935.7
97	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	932.0
98	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	930.8
99	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	923.9
100	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	911.4
101	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	910.5
102	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	909.1
103	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	893.9
104	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	886.6
105	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	882.1
106	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	881.3
107	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	873.0
108	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	856.5
109	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	855.7
110	India`IND`Southern Asia	854.4
111	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	829.8
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	823.5
113	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	819.5
114	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	811.9
115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	809.2
116	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	808.9
117	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	801.4
118	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	790.2
119	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	785.5
120	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	773.6
121	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	772.8
122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	768.6
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	760.0
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	756.2
125	Belize`BLZ`Central America	742.0
126	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	738.8
127	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	732.3
128	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	698.8
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	687.1
130	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	646.0
131	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	606.3
132	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	588.7
133	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	551.5
134	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	546.6
135	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	525.3
136	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	500.0
=137	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	485.7
=137	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	485.7
139	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	482.9
140	Niger`NER`Western Africa	467.5
141	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	463.5
142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	452.5
143	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	383.6
144	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	341.9
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	340.5
146	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	329.8

02In 1965

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Japan4,398.2
2Saint Vincent and the Grenadines4,000.0
3Denmark3,890.6
4Egypt3,775.6
5United Kingdom3,750.1

Lowest

146Botswana329.8
145Mauritania340.5
144Libya341.9
143Namibia383.6
142Togo452.5

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,150.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031964 → 1965

Since 1964

What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
141values changed, of 146 in both
83 · 58rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Hong Kong1,396.2 → 2,436.2+1,040.0
Cyprus802.9 → 1,598.9+796.0
Mauritius1,000.0 → 1,644.4+644.4
Egypt3,330.1 → 3,775.6+445.5
Finland1,581.3 → 2,007.9+426.6

Fell most

Netherlands4,395.8 → 3,673.4−722.4
Switzerland3,627.4 → 3,212.2−415.2
Australia1,323.7 → 983.5−340.2
North Korea2,847.9 → 2,539.0−308.9
Argentina1,695.4 → 1,403.2−292.2

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

Read before you use

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 1965.
144 distinct values among 146
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 2 countries share 1,250.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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) (1965). Cereal Yield, 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1965

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