Data for 1972

Cereal Yield, 1972

Name: Cereal Yield, 1972
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1972, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1972 covers 149 countries. Japan is highest, at 5,507.2; Cabo Verde is lowest, at 191.7. The middle country reads 1,356.7. Against 1971, 147 values changed (76 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1972

HighestJapan

5,507.2

LowestCabo Verde

191.7

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

149countries
1measure
1972the year it describes
149distinct 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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5,507.2
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4,360.0
3	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,168.7
4	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4,083.1
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4,079.6
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3,982.5
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3,977.2
8	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,951.3
9	United States`USA`Northern America	3,908.2
10	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3,885.0
11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,846.7
12	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,786.8
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3,770.2
14	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,702.2
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3,402.6
16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3,368.0
17	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3,344.3
18	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,339.8
19	Suriname`SUR`South America	3,284.2
20	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3,169.0
21	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,155.9
22	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,042.2
23	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,002.1
24	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2,981.7
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2,926.8
26	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,892.6
27	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,829.6
28	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,727.6
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,711.0
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,642.5
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2,460.5
32	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,404.6
33	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,396.1
34	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	2,354.2
35	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2,300.0
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2,189.9
37	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,152.4
38	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,150.6
39	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,143.9
40	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,106.5
41	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,056.8
42	Colombia`COL`South America	2,012.2
43	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,000.0
44	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1,987.7
45	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,983.8
46	Guyana`GUY`South America	1,971.2
47	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,966.8
48	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1,938.1
49	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,870.8
50	Chile`CHL`South America	1,860.4
51	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,797.6
52	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,781.4
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1,768.7
54	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,753.5
55	Peru`PER`South America	1,698.3
56	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,637.0
57	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,630.1
58	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,617.5
59	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1,611.1
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,609.5
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,593.9
62	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,554.5
63	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,543.3
64	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,538.5
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,513.6
66	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,511.1
67	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,443.1
68	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,442.1
69	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,441.0
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,435.1
71	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,421.4
72	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1,414.9
73	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,378.9
74	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1,374.0
75	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,356.7
76	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,299.7
77	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,286.5
78	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,284.1
79	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,264.3
80	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,259.3
81	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,256.6
82	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,240.6
83	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,235.3
84	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,227.6
85	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,222.1
86	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,210.9
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,210.0
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,207.3
89	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,197.0
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,163.9
91	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,149.8
92	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,148.7
93	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,148.5
94	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,120.8
95	Uruguay`URY`South America	1,117.8
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,117.2
97	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,107.8
98	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,106.2
99	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,087.9
100	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,068.3
101	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,066.9
102	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,042.3
103	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,024.8
104	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,008.0
105	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,007.1
106	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,006.9
107	Panama`PAN`Central America	992.2
108	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	991.0
109	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	979.3
110	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	974.3
111	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	948.5
112	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	933.1
113	Ecuador`ECU`South America	922.1
114	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	917.9
115	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	905.4
116	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	894.3
117	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	891.3
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	867.1
119	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	865.4
120	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	864.2
121	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	823.8
122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	820.2
123	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	803.5
124	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	787.1
125	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	781.3
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	780.3
127	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	750.0
128	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	746.5
129	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	726.6
130	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	714.2
131	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	696.2
132	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	687.9
133	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	671.7
134	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	668.0
135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	654.9
136	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	604.7
137	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	581.1
138	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	555.8
139	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	526.3
140	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	497.2
141	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	494.2
142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	482.6
143	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	461.2
144	Niger`NER`Western Africa	417.6
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	375.1
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	370.9
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	346.7
148	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	209.9
149	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	191.7

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Japan5,507.2
2Qatar4,360.0
3France4,168.7
4United Kingdom4,083.1
5Switzerland4,079.6

Lowest

149Cabo Verde191.7
148Mauritania209.9
147Namibia346.7
146Senegal370.9
145Lesotho375.1

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,356.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 149 in both
76 · 71rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Qatar3,220.0 → 4,360.0+1,140.0
Israel1,791.6 → 2,642.5+850.9
Solomon Islands2,626.6 → 3,344.3+717.7
Syria588.7 → 1,256.6+667.9
Japan4,917.0 → 5,507.2+590.2

Fell most

El Salvador1,677.2 → 1,207.3−469.9
Mauritius3,592.8 → 3,155.9−436.9
Mongolia899.0 → 497.2−401.8
Netherlands4,320.5 → 3,982.5−338.0
Australia1,269.6 → 933.1−336.5

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 1972.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 149 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1972). Cereal Yield, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1972

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