Data for 1969

Cereal Yield, 1969

Name: Cereal Yield, 1969
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1969, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1969 covers 148 countries. Japan is highest, at 5,072.2; Botswana is lowest, at 309.6. The middle country reads 1,302.9. Against 1968, 147 values changed (95 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1969

HighestJapan

5,072.2

LowestBotswana

309.6

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

148countries
1measure
1969the year it describes
148distinct 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, 1969, 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, 1969: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5,072.2
2	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3,981.2
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3,975.6
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,920.2
5	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3,764.8
6	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,716.6
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,681.8
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,670.8
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3,651.4
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3,555.7
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,532.1
12	Suriname`SUR`South America	3,479.6
13	United States`USA`Northern America	3,464.3
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3,447.5
15	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3,185.2
16	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,986.0
17	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,903.4
18	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,858.7
19	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,822.4
20	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,707.4
21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2,678.2
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2,676.1
23	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2,625.0
24	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,426.8
25	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,402.7
26	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,365.4
27	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,318.1
28	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2,286.3
29	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2,250.0
30	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,162.6
31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,142.5
32	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,128.0
33	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1,959.2
34	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,953.8
35	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,944.1
36	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,905.2
37	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,900.4
38	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,858.1
39	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,842.4
40	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1,841.6
41	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,770.3
42	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,756.8
43	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,750.9
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,724.7
45	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,717.0
46	Guyana`GUY`South America	1,688.9
47	Chile`CHL`South America	1,671.6
48	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,668.6
49	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,666.7
50	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1,639.8
51	Peru`PER`South America	1,629.1
52	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,616.1
53	Colombia`COL`South America	1,607.8
54	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,600.4
55	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,573.4
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1,558.1
57	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,554.7
58	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,508.2
59	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,502.3
60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,492.7
61	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,435.2
62	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,412.4
63	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1,399.5
64	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,389.5
65	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,388.7
66	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,357.6
67	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,355.9
68	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,348.4
69	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,345.5
70	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,334.9
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,330.7
72	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1,327.5
73	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,310.4
74	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,303.0
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,302.8
76	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,291.7
77	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,280.7
78	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1,272.7
79	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,236.4
80	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,235.6
81	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,230.8
82	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,209.1
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,200.8
84	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,193.5
85	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,192.0
86	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,185.5
87	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,145.3
88	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,142.8
89	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,114.9
90	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,112.5
91	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,108.8
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,107.6
93	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,097.6
94	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,082.1
95	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,074.0
96	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,066.6
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,063.5
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,053.7
99	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,046.9
100	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,041.1
101	Uruguay`URY`South America	1,038.8
102	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,016.4
103	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	995.1
104	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	980.0
105	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	967.3
106	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	953.4
107	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	952.4
108	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	910.4
109	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	898.9
110	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	892.9
111	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	887.2
112	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	884.2
113	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	883.3
114	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	880.9
115	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	872.9
116	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	861.9
117	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	845.1
118	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	838.6
119	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	824.8
120	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	810.2
121	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	802.6
122	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	801.0
123	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	783.3
124	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	783.0
125	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	774.0
126	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	758.7
127	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	727.3
128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	726.7
129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	710.8
130	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	699.0
131	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	688.4
132	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	680.4
133	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	662.6
134	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	638.5
135	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	619.5
136	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	614.9
137	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	611.0
138	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	556.8
139	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	500.0
140	Niger`NER`Western Africa	493.7
141	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	484.5
142	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	475.9
143	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	437.5
144	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	399.1
145	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	352.7
146	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	326.0
147	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	317.9
148	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	309.6

02In 1969

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Japan5,072.2
2Netherlands3,981.2
3Denmark3,975.6
4Ireland3,920.2
5South Korea3,764.8

Lowest

148Botswana309.6
147Mongolia317.9
146Libya326.0
145Namibia352.7
144Mauritania399.1

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,302.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

What changed between 1968 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 148 in both
95 · 52rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Hong Kong1,778.7 → 2,365.4+586.7
South Korea3,190.6 → 3,764.8+574.2
Jordan395.9 → 910.4+514.5
Cyprus824.8 → 1,334.9+510.1
Mauritius2,409.8 → 2,858.7+448.9

Fell most

Solomon Islands2,341.0 → 1,388.7−952.3
Norway3,524.9 → 2,625.0−899.9
Sweden3,394.9 → 2,678.2−716.7
Morocco1,348.1 → 880.9−467.2
Republic of the Congo1,347.8 → 952.4−395.4

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 1969.
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FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 148 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1969). Cereal Yield, 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1969

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