Data for 1976

Cereal Yield, 1976

Name: Cereal Yield, 1976
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1976, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1976 covers 149 countries. Puerto Rico is highest, at 5,464.1; Namibia is lowest, at 354.3. The middle country reads 1,438.9. Against 1975, 145 values changed (73 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1976

HighestPuerto Rico

5,464.1

LowestNamibia

354.3

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

149countries
1measure
1976the 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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	5,464.1
2	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5,276.2
3	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4,859.6
4	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4,779.9
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4,530.2
6	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4,173.9
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,003.3
8	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,941.1
9	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,741.8
10	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,686.2
11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,599.2
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,581.5
13	Suriname`SUR`South America	3,559.9
14	United States`USA`Northern America	3,533.0
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3,495.7
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,440.8
17	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3,430.8
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3,427.3
19	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,393.4
20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3,302.4
21	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3,214.3
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,206.0
23	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,116.4
24	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,957.9
25	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,952.2
26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2,951.8
27	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2,840.7
28	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,784.0
29	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,697.0
30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,685.6
31	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,614.4
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2,608.1
33	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,603.0
34	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,522.3
35	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,472.6
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,470.9
37	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,445.1
38	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,302.0
39	Colombia`COL`South America	2,276.8
40	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2,275.8
41	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,275.4
42	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	2,197.0
43	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,167.9
44	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,133.3
45	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,964.7
46	Peru`PER`South America	1,924.7
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,907.2
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,899.5
49	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,886.3
50	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,847.4
51	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,844.4
52	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1,821.4
53	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,812.1
54	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,805.5
55	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,799.4
56	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,790.8
57	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,769.0
58	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1,766.2
59	Guyana`GUY`South America	1,760.5
60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,729.8
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,713.1
62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,709.5
63	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,606.1
64	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,582.8
65	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,549.3
66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,515.2
67	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,486.7
68	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,469.2
69	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,462.9
70	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,460.7
71	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,454.7
72	Chile`CHL`South America	1,451.0
73	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1,450.4
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,444.6
75	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,438.9
76	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,433.4
77	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,427.1
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,410.9
79	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,400.0
80	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,394.1
81	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,391.5
82	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,375.7
83	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,362.4
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,353.8
85	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,352.7
86	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,345.5
87	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,333.3
88	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,330.3
89	Uruguay`URY`South America	1,296.2
90	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,250.0
91	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,248.6
92	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,238.9
93	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,225.0
94	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,223.1
95	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,220.4
96	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,217.2
97	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,198.7
98	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,187.3
99	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,157.1
100	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,113.7
101	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,110.2
102	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,104.8
103	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,097.4
104	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,082.4
105	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,063.7
106	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,030.2
107	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,027.7
108	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,021.2
109	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,014.1
110	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,007.6
111	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,000.7
112	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	974.3
113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	967.0
114	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	911.1
115	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	865.9
116	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	841.8
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	830.9
118	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	829.5
119	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	823.2
120	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	816.7
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	813.3
122	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	795.8
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	785.7
124	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	776.8
125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	775.5
126	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	749.3
127	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	745.8
128	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	734.0
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	725.2
130	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	724.6
131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	706.8
132	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	700.0
133	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	690.5
134	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	679.1
135	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	659.1
136	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	648.2
137	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	643.2
138	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	640.1
139	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	558.8
140	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	526.0
141	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	510.8
142	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	500.0
143	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	499.4
144	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	463.0
145	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	454.5
146	Niger`NER`Western Africa	423.4
147	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	422.9
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	408.8
149	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	354.3

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Puerto Rico5,464.1
2Japan5,276.2
3South Korea4,859.6
4Netherlands4,779.9
5Switzerland4,530.2

Lowest

149Namibia354.3
148Somalia408.8
147Jordan422.9
146Niger423.4
145Cabo Verde454.5

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,438.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 149 in both
73 · 72rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Puerto Rico4,529.3 → 5,464.1+934.8
Solomon Islands2,065.1 → 2,952.2+887.1
New Zealand3,307.7 → 4,003.3+695.6
Romania2,446.5 → 3,116.4+669.9
Mauritius2,212.0 → 2,784.0+572.0

Fell most

Brunei2,717.8 → 1,964.7−753.1
Japan5,933.3 → 5,276.2−657.1
New Caledonia2,752.6 → 2,197.0−555.6
Ireland4,070.2 → 3,581.5−488.7
Guyana2,173.2 → 1,760.5−412.7

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 1976.
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) (1976). Cereal Yield, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1976

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