Data for 1979

Cereal Yield, 1979

Name: Cereal Yield, 1979
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1979, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1979 covers 150 countries. Puerto Rico is highest, at 6,824; Botswana is lowest, at 132. The middle country reads 1,510. Against 1978, 147 values changed (75 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1979

HighestPuerto Rico

6,824

LowestBotswana

132

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

150countries
1measure
1979the 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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	6,824
2	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5,728
3	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5,706
4	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	5,403
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,078
6	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,779
7	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,516
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4,497
9	United States`USA`Northern America	4,426
10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,156
11	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4,132
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4,108
13	Suriname`SUR`South America	4,000
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,964
15	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,900
16	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,792
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3,729
18	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,674
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,558
20	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3,436
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,435
22	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3,411
23	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3,333
24	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,260
25	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3,125
26	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,033
27	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,941
28	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,923
29	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,823
30	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,810
31	Guyana`GUY`South America	2,652
32	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2,637
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2,636
34	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,635
35	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,622
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,614
37	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,545
38	Colombia`COL`South America	2,463
39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,409
40	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,338
41	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,322
42	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2,294
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	2,252
44	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2,243
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,203
46	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,197
47	Chile`CHL`South America	2,192
48	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2,176
49	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,100
50	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2,033
51	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,018
52	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2,009
53	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,003
54	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,950
55	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1,920
56	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,913
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1,908
58	Peru`PER`South America	1,883
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,880
60	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,871
61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,838
62	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,760
63	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1,711
64	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,709
65	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,688
66	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,665
67	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,614
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,610
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,581
70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,560
71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,554
72	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,540
73	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,529
74	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,515
75	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,510
76	Uruguay`URY`South America	1,509
77	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,500
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,496
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,492
80	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,457
81	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,435
82	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,434
83	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,419
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,409
85	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,380
86	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,324
87	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,301
88	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,283
89	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,281
90	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,252
91	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,250
92	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,239
93	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,238
94	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,235
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,222
96	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,197
97	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,175
98	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,166
99	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,144
100	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,143
101	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,140
102	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,132
103	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,124
104	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,100
105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,086
106	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,059
107	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,053
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,000
109	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	997
110	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	983
111	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	977
112	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	967
113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	965
114	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	928
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	914
116	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	908
117	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	848
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	844
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	823
120	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	818
121	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	800
=122	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	799
=122	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	799
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	768
125	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	763
126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	721
127	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	716
128	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	700
129	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	690
130	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	673
131	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	638
132	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	623
133	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	617
134	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	597
135	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	580
136	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	566
137	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	562
138	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	544
139	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	509
140	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	500
141	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	497
142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	492
143	Niger`NER`Western Africa	447
144	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	429
145	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	423
146	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	371
147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	352
148	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	308
149	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	151
150	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	132

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Puerto Rico6,824
2South Korea5,728
3Japan5,706
4Netherlands5,403
5Switzerland5,078

Lowest

150Botswana132
149Jordan151
148Mauritania308
147Libya352
146Namibia371

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,510. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 150 in both
75 · 72rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates1,467 → 2,243+776
Puerto Rico6,170 → 6,824+654
Brunei1,592 → 2,176+584
Papua New Guinea1,535 → 2,100+565
Solomon Islands2,876 → 3,411+536

Fell most

Eswatini1,803 → 967−836
Austria4,394 → 3,729−665
Poland2,743 → 2,203−540
New Caledonia2,355 → 1,950−405
Netherlands5,798 → 5,403−395

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

Read before you use

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 1979.
149 distinct values among 150
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 2 countries share 799. 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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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1979). Cereal Yield, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1979

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