Data for 1970

Cereal Yield, 1970

Name: Cereal Yield, 1970
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1970, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1970 covers 148 countries. Japan is highest, at 5,125.4; Botswana is lowest, at 63.2. The middle country reads 1,291.7. Against 1969, 144 values changed (88 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1970

HighestJapan

5,125.4

LowestBotswana

63.2

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

148countries
1measure
1970the 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, 1970, 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, 1970: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5,125.4
2	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,911.8
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3,768.4
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3,720.0
5	Suriname`SUR`South America	3,708.3
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3,692.5
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,633.8
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3,583.8
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,568.9
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,374.4
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3,240.7
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,206.9
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3,192.3
14	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3,185.2
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3,179.6
16	United States`USA`Northern America	3,154.9
17	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,124.1
18	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,974.8
19	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,901.6
20	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,890.4
21	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,775.6
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2,754.7
23	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,726.0
24	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,637.6
25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,538.2
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,424.2
27	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2,400.0
28	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2,396.6
29	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,383.0
30	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,378.5
31	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,366.9
32	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	2,348.6
33	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,154.7
34	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,127.7
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2,113.1
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2,110.8
37	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,103.7
38	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,075.8
39	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,008.8
40	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,000.8
41	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,000.0
42	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,962.1
43	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,948.4
44	Chile`CHL`South America	1,902.3
45	Guyana`GUY`South America	1,887.2
46	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1,865.3
47	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,857.8
48	Colombia`COL`South America	1,807.4
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,801.7
50	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,782.5
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,775.3
52	Peru`PER`South America	1,750.7
53	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,666.2
54	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1,646.1
55	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1,628.7
56	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,621.2
57	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,611.2
58	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,589.8
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,540.8
60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1,525.6
61	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,516.1
62	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,465.5
63	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,436.7
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,436.2
65	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,408.8
66	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,407.9
67	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1,380.3
68	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,374.8
69	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,368.0
70	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,365.7
71	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,362.6
72	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,357.5
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,350.3
74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,305.1
75	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,278.2
76	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1,277.3
77	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,276.8
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,266.2
79	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,233.8
80	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,230.8
81	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,229.7
82	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,218.8
83	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,217.6
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,215.0
85	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,209.2
86	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,187.0
87	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,186.8
88	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,186.3
89	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,175.5
90	Uruguay`URY`South America	1,157.0
91	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,134.8
92	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,122.1
93	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,109.8
94	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,109.1
95	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,105.1
96	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,097.6
97	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,097.3
98	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,093.0
99	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,092.3
100	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,056.4
101	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,038.3
102	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,012.2
103	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,000.0
104	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	980.8
105	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	942.3
106	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	942.0
107	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	932.8
108	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	911.3
109	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	892.2
110	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	888.9
111	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	888.4
112	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	884.7
113	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	883.3
114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	858.2
115	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	840.0
116	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	829.6
117	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	828.6
118	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	812.5
119	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	798.8
120	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	797.1
121	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	780.8
122	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	770.5
123	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	727.1
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	722.9
125	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	721.2
126	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	712.4
127	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	705.7
128	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	681.2
129	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	657.3
130	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	648.2
131	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	637.5
132	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	624.4
133	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	605.5
134	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	577.1
135	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	573.8
136	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	553.5
137	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	529.4
138	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	516.6
139	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	491.0
140	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	475.6
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	390.2
142	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	354.1
143	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	346.5
144	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	343.0
145	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	308.0
146	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	226.5
147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	219.6
148	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	63.2

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Japan5,125.4
2Egypt3,911.8
3Netherlands3,768.4
4South Korea3,720.0
5Suriname3,708.3

Lowest

148Botswana63.2
147Libya219.6
146Jordan226.5
145Cabo Verde308.0
144Mauritania343.0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,291.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
144values changed, of 148 in both
88 · 56rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Solomon Islands1,388.7 → 2,726.0+1,337.3
Norway2,625.0 → 3,206.9+581.9
Sweden2,678.2 → 3,240.7+562.5
Puerto Rico2,128.0 → 2,637.6+509.6
New Caledonia1,842.4 → 2,348.6+506.2

Fell most

New Zealand3,681.8 → 2,974.8−707.0
Jordan910.4 → 226.5−683.9
Cyprus1,334.9 → 657.3−677.6
Syria861.9 → 346.5−515.4
Hungary2,986.0 → 2,538.2−447.8

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 1970.
The position is ours
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) (1970). Cereal Yield, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1970

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