Data for 1974

Cereal Yield, 1974

Name: Cereal Yield, 1974
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1974, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1974 covers 149 countries. Japan is highest, at 5,630.0; Cabo Verde is lowest, at 314.3. The middle country reads 1,421.8. Against 1973, 144 values changed (90 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1974

HighestJapan

5,630.0

LowestCabo Verde

314.3

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

149countries
1measure
1974the 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, 1974, 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, 1974: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5,630.0
2	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	5,042.4
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4,766.9
4	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4,369.1
5	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	4,283.1
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4,191.4
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,190.1
8	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,179.3
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4,178.8
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,140.7
11	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4,077.1
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4,070.9
13	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,840.4
14	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,825.8
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,777.8
16	Suriname`SUR`South America	3,656.4
17	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3,630.8
18	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,259.8
19	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,208.7
20	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,184.2
21	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,183.4
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,157.0
23	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3,142.9
24	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3,096.4
25	United States`USA`Northern America	2,997.5
26	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,960.0
27	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2,904.0
28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,840.9
29	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,826.6
30	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,757.3
31	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,614.4
32	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	2,611.9
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2,440.2
34	Guyana`GUY`South America	2,421.4
35	Colombia`COL`South America	2,389.8
36	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,389.2
37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,353.8
38	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,295.4
39	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,280.3
40	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,258.0
41	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,250.0
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2,183.3
43	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,114.6
44	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2,055.6
45	Argentina`ARG`South America	2,046.2
46	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1,935.5
47	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1,934.5
48	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,885.8
49	Chile`CHL`South America	1,881.0
50	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,878.8
51	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,875.8
52	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,809.5
53	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1,804.7
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,767.6
55	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1,765.6
56	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,758.7
57	Peru`PER`South America	1,743.1
58	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1,726.7
59	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,708.4
60	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,671.0
61	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,615.9
62	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,613.8
63	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,583.3
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,575.0
65	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,554.3
66	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,552.6
67	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,514.3
68	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,494.3
69	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,485.5
70	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,474.1
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,455.8
72	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,451.6
73	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,442.6
74	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,436.0
75	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,421.8
76	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,416.5
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,414.5
78	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,393.6
79	Uruguay`URY`South America	1,385.2
80	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,381.1
81	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,352.2
82	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,327.9
83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,313.9
84	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1,313.2
85	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,301.9
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,294.2
87	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,290.8
88	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,285.7
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,283.2
90	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,282.1
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,266.4
92	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,233.8
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,224.7
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,215.3
95	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,175.4
96	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,146.3
97	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,133.1
98	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,130.4
99	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,129.8
100	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,081.4
101	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,079.8
102	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,074.5
103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,051.9
104	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,043.0
105	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,001.9
106	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,000.0
107	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	996.1
108	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	986.8
109	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	973.3
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	967.7
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	965.5
112	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	957.1
113	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	936.0
114	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	919.6
115	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	915.4
116	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	909.5
117	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	908.0
118	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	893.0
119	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	885.1
120	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	881.9
121	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	813.8
122	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	812.1
123	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	799.8
124	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	796.2
125	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	777.7
126	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	769.0
127	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	764.6
128	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	752.8
129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	744.0
130	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	740.5
131	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	730.2
132	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	712.6
133	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	707.9
134	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	706.2
135	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	700.0
136	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	691.0
137	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	672.1
138	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	645.6
139	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	618.3
140	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	502.6
141	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	500.0
142	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	497.9
143	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	488.2
144	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	468.5
145	Niger`NER`Western Africa	406.0
146	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	398.0
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	350.9
148	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	330.2
149	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	314.3

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Japan5,630.0
2Netherlands5,042.4
3Switzerland4,766.9
4United Kingdom4,369.1
5Puerto Rico4,283.1

Lowest

149Cabo Verde314.3
148Mauritania330.2
147Namibia350.9
146Libya398.0
145Niger406.0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,421.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
144values changed, of 149 in both
90 · 54rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Cyprus107.2 → 1,290.8+1,183.6
Sweden3,084.0 → 4,191.4+1,107.4
South Africa1,007.5 → 1,875.8+868.3
Syria293.8 → 1,001.9+708.1
Guyana1,821.1 → 2,421.4+600.3

Fell most

United States3,683.2 → 2,997.5−685.7
New Zealand3,935.3 → 3,259.8−675.5
Hong Kong2,226.5 → 1,615.9−610.6
Belize1,860.7 → 1,313.2−547.5
Mauritius3,200.5 → 2,757.3−443.2

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

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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 1974.
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) (1974). Cereal Yield, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1974

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