Data for 1977

Cereal Yield, 1977

Name: Cereal Yield, 1977
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1977, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1977 covers 150 countries. Puerto Rico is highest, at 6,116.3; Libya is lowest, at 286.8. The middle country reads 1,449.9. Against 1976, 143 values changed (72 up, 71 down), 1 country joined.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1977

HighestPuerto Rico

6,116.3

LowestLibya

286.8

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

150countries
1measure
1977the 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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	6,116.3
2	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5,931.6
3	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5,239.7
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,920.8
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4,768.5
6	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4,513.3
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,163.0
8	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4,106.5
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4,096.2
10	Suriname`SUR`South America	4,077.4
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,051.4
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,050.9
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4,004.4
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,923.8
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3,885.2
16	United States`USA`Northern America	3,683.2
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,566.5
18	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,546.7
19	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,381.4
20	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3,375.7
21	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3,231.4
22	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3,214.3
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,198.7
24	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,139.7
25	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,950.8
26	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,948.7
27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,773.4
28	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,614.4
29	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,611.7
30	Guyana`GUY`South America	2,577.5
31	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,568.0
32	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,550.1
33	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	2,548.8
34	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,486.9
35	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2,431.4
36	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,424.5
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,424.3
38	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,412.5
39	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2,265.9
40	Colombia`COL`South America	2,249.6
41	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,163.7
42	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,156.8
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	2,134.9
44	Chile`CHL`South America	2,130.0
45	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,076.9
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2,061.6
47	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2,058.0
48	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,022.8
49	Peru`PER`South America	1,952.6
50	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1,930.1
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1,925.2
52	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,923.7
53	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,911.2
54	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,892.6
55	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,882.7
56	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,873.6
57	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,845.3
58	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,791.7
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,779.4
60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,752.0
61	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,695.8
62	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1,666.7
63	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,604.3
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1,592.2
65	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,592.0
66	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,550.8
67	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,515.2
68	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,511.7
69	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,507.7
70	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,504.7
71	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,503.4
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,488.1
73	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,475.9
74	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,470.3
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,452.5
76	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,447.2
77	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,444.4
78	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,441.6
79	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,437.4
80	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,418.9
81	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,414.6
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,379.4
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,368.5
84	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,333.3
85	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,331.1
86	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,323.3
87	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,322.5
88	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,315.0
89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,298.8
90	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,268.8
91	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,242.7
92	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,242.3
93	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,224.0
94	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,205.5
95	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,205.4
96	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,166.7
97	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,143.4
98	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,123.1
=99	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,110.1
=99	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,110.1
101	Uruguay`URY`South America	1,079.5
102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,072.0
103	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,038.3
104	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,035.5
105	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,030.6
106	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,016.9
107	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,005.9
108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,000.0
109	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	987.5
110	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	962.3
111	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	942.9
112	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	932.6
113	Honduras`HND`Central America	924.8
114	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	918.8
115	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	906.3
116	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	883.3
117	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	862.7
118	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	855.3
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	844.0
120	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	832.0
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	805.8
122	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	798.1
123	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	772.8
124	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	754.0
125	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	753.7
126	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	751.8
127	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	739.2
128	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	712.7
129	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	701.5
130	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	700.0
131	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	658.7
132	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	648.9
133	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	622.7
134	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	615.7
135	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	603.1
136	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	581.9
137	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	528.8
138	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	523.3
139	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	522.5
140	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	508.1
141	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	500.0
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	432.6
143	Niger`NER`Western Africa	431.3
144	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	428.7
145	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	415.1
146	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	414.3
147	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	410.9
148	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	375.0
149	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	361.6
150	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	286.8

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Puerto Rico6,116.3
2Japan5,931.6
3South Korea5,239.7
4Ireland4,920.8
5Netherlands4,768.5

Lowest

150Libya286.8
149Namibia361.6
148Cabo Verde375.0
147Algeria410.9
146Mauritania414.3

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,449.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
143values changed, of 149 in both
72 · 71rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Ireland3,581.5 → 4,920.8+1,339.3
United Kingdom3,599.2 → 4,513.3+914.1
Lesotho640.1 → 1,507.7+867.6
Guyana1,760.5 → 2,577.5+817.0
Denmark3,302.4 → 4,050.9+748.5

Fell most

Qatar3,430.8 → 2,163.7−1,267.1
Morocco1,187.3 → 581.9−605.4
Greece2,608.1 → 2,061.6−546.5
Switzerland4,530.2 → 4,004.4−525.8
Finland2,951.8 → 2,431.4−520.4

+ United Arab Emirates

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 1977.
149 distinct values among 150
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 2 countries share 1,110.1. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 150 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1977). Cereal Yield, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1977

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