Data for 1980

Cereal Yield, 1980

Name: Cereal Yield, 1980
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1980, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1980 covers 149 countries. Puerto Rico is highest, at 7,391.3; Botswana is lowest, at 237.2. The middle country reads 1,575.7. Against 1979, 148 values changed (94 up, 54 down), 1 left.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1980

HighestPuerto Rico

7,391.3

LowestBotswana

237.2

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

149countries
1measure
1980the 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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	7,391.3
2	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	5,689.2
3	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4,944.2
4	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,854.2
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,843.2
6	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4,806.1
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,650.5
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4,623.7
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4,515.6
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4,227.6
11	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	4,094.5
12	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4,055.9
13	Suriname`SUR`South America	3,959.5
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,941.4
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3,892.5
16	United States`USA`Northern America	3,771.9
17	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,705.0
18	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3,684.7
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,644.8
20	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,570.7
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,521.1
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3,520.8
23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,321.9
24	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3,312.5
25	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,201.6
26	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,196.2
27	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3,188.4
28	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,005.1
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,993.9
30	Guyana`GUY`South America	2,953.3
31	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,937.3
32	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2,924.5
33	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,865.7
34	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,835.9
35	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2,823.4
36	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,623.0
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,600.2
38	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,546.8
39	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,501.1
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,500.0
41	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,479.9
42	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,454.5
43	Colombia`COL`South America	2,414.5
44	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2,409.6
45	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,364.4
46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,364.0
47	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,336.8
48	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,316.6
49	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2,191.1
50	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2,141.2
51	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,121.2
52	Chile`CHL`South America	2,059.3
53	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,017.3
54	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,016.1
55	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,005.8
56	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1,988.6
57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,939.4
58	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,930.0
59	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1,925.6
60	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,914.1
61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,911.1
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	1,874.1
63	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,855.1
64	Peru`PER`South America	1,818.2
65	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,785.2
66	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,706.0
67	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1,705.9
68	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,687.1
69	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,681.8
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,639.6
71	Uruguay`URY`South America	1,618.3
72	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,613.1
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,606.4
74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,582.2
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,575.7
76	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,572.3
77	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,567.5
78	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,538.9
79	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,525.4
80	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,500.0
81	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,491.0
82	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,448.8
83	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,437.5
84	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,432.5
85	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,425.0
86	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,422.3
87	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,420.4
88	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,381.4
89	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,379.7
90	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,350.0
91	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,349.0
92	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,325.1
93	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,274.8
94	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,269.8
95	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,260.7
96	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,251.1
97	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,241.7
98	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,233.5
99	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,211.9
100	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,187.4
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,184.8
102	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,179.8
103	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,168.9
104	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,141.3
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,131.7
106	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,116.6
107	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,087.0
108	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,066.9
109	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,063.5
110	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,058.1
111	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,052.3
112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,020.2
113	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,019.5
114	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,016.5
115	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,016.2
116	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	959.8
117	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	932.7
118	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	927.4
119	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	915.5
120	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	904.7
121	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	894.0
122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	864.3
123	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	850.0
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	845.4
125	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	825.9
126	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	798.7
127	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	760.4
128	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	726.1
129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	718.3
130	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	717.8
131	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	699.2
132	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	635.7
133	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	629.5
134	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	617.9
135	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	595.7
136	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	587.6
137	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	569.8
138	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	547.4
139	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	546.6
140	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	531.3
141	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	521.0
142	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	520.0
143	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	517.0
144	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	462.6
145	Niger`NER`Western Africa	457.4
146	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	422.3
147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	386.9
148	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	376.8
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	237.2

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Puerto Rico7,391.3
2Netherlands5,689.2
3United Kingdom4,944.2
4France4,854.2
5Japan4,843.2

Lowest

149Botswana237.2
148Namibia376.8
147Libya386.9
146Mauritania422.3
145Niger457.4

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,575.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
148values changed, of 149 in both
94 · 54rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Israel1,249.7 → 2,316.6+1,066.9
Austria3,729.2 → 4,515.6+786.4
Jordan151.3 → 932.7+781.4
Syria673.2 → 1,420.4+747.2
Greece2,635.8 → 3,321.9+686.1

Fell most

South Korea5,727.9 → 4,055.9−1,672.0
Japan5,705.6 → 4,843.2−862.4
Brunei2,175.9 → 1,379.7−796.2
United States4,426.2 → 3,771.9−654.3
Australia1,510.2 → 1,052.3−457.9

− Saint Lucia

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 1980.
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) (1980). Cereal Yield, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1980

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