Data for 1966

Cereal Yield, 1966

Name: Cereal Yield, 1966
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1966, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1966 covers 147 countries. Japan is highest, at 4,509.3; Libya is lowest, at 319.9. The middle country reads 1,178.6. Against 1965, 145 values changed (75 up, 70 down), 1 country joined.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1966

HighestJapan

4,509.3

LowestLibya

319.9

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

147countries
1measure
1966the year it describes
147distinct 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, 1966, 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, 1966: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,509.3
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3,714.4
3	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,565.5
4	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,544.7
5	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3,537.0
6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,521.3
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3,513.6
8	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3,500.0
9	Suriname`SUR`South America	3,330.9
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3,305.7
11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,270.0
12	United States`USA`Northern America	3,016.7
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2,940.6
14	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,930.6
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	2,908.1
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2,878.0
17	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,744.8
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2,543.8
19	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,524.9
20	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2,500.0
21	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,424.2
22	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,401.7
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2,399.8
24	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,210.1
25	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,196.3
26	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2,169.2
27	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,129.0
28	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,103.6
29	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,075.0
30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,037.9
31	Guyana`GUY`South America	2,030.8
32	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,973.3
33	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1,972.7
34	Chile`CHL`South America	1,897.4
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,884.7
36	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,879.1
37	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,842.8
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,823.8
39	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,780.6
40	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,762.0
41	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,756.3
42	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,742.0
43	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,732.9
44	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1,726.3
45	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,585.5
46	Peru`PER`South America	1,574.9
47	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,570.8
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,557.0
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,514.3
50	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,512.8
51	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,500.0
52	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,476.1
53	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,448.3
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,442.5
55	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,441.6
56	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,438.5
57	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,437.7
58	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,392.6
59	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,392.2
60	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,380.2
61	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1,362.6
62	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1,327.6
63	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,321.3
64	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,319.9
65	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1,318.6
66	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,308.3
67	Colombia`COL`South America	1,301.4
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,290.0
69	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,286.8
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,272.7
71	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,250.0
72	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,240.7
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,211.6
74	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1,178.6
75	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,139.9
76	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,133.3
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,130.9
78	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,106.1
79	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,088.7
80	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,086.7
81	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,075.8
82	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,070.0
83	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,067.2
84	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,065.8
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,062.8
86	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,060.2
87	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,052.7
88	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,050.3
89	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,013.1
90	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,012.3
91	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,011.1
92	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,010.4
93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,007.2
94	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,000.0
95	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	975.8
96	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	937.8
97	Panama`PAN`Central America	935.7
98	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	923.5
99	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	916.1
100	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	914.9
101	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	908.9
102	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	905.2
103	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	901.6
104	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	883.6
105	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	878.0
106	Uruguay`URY`South America	872.5
107	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	871.0
108	India`IND`Southern Asia	864.2
109	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	840.7
110	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	840.0
111	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	824.3
112	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	821.0
113	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	820.8
114	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	806.6
115	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	804.4
116	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	799.3
117	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	787.3
118	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	780.2
119	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	778.9
120	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	777.0
121	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	760.2
122	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	752.4
123	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	741.0
124	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	695.1
125	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	693.1
126	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	662.5
127	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	658.7
128	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	618.4
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	607.8
130	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	605.3
131	Belize`BLZ`Central America	550.9
132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	531.8
133	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	530.8
134	Niger`NER`Western Africa	496.2
135	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	495.4
136	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	487.2
137	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	471.4
138	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	468.5
139	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	468.1
140	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	467.7
141	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	453.4
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	446.3
143	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	439.9
144	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	403.9
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	369.3
146	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	366.8
147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	319.9

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Japan4,509.3
2Denmark3,714.4
3Egypt3,565.5
4United Kingdom3,544.7
5South Korea3,537.0

Lowest

147Libya319.9
146Namibia366.8
145Mauritania369.3
144Algeria403.9
143Botswana439.9

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,178.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 146 in both
75 · 70rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Mauritius1,644.4 → 2,524.9+880.5
Bulgaria2,297.1 → 2,930.6+633.5
Austria2,330.1 → 2,940.6+610.5
Liberia525.3 → 1,060.2+534.9
South Korea3,036.7 → 3,537.0+500.3

Fell most

Cyprus1,598.9 → 752.4−846.5
Israel1,852.8 → 1,052.7−800.1
Hong Kong2,436.2 → 1,756.3−679.9
Sweden3,156.2 → 2,543.8−612.4
Jordan1,024.6 → 446.3−578.3

+ Antigua and Barbuda

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 1966.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 147 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1966). Cereal Yield, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1966

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