Data for 1986

Cereal Yield, 1986

Name: Cereal Yield, 1986
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1986, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1986 covers 150 countries. Netherlands is highest, at 7,419.9; Botswana is lowest, at 198.5. The middle country reads 1,722.8. Against 1985, 148 values changed (82 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1986

HighestNetherlands

7,419.9

LowestBotswana

198.5

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

150countries
1measure
1986the year it describes
150distinct 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, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7,419.9
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6,083.1
3	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5,898.9
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5,876.2
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5,672.1
6	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5,363.0
7	France`FRA`Western Europe	5,301.6
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,090.7
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5,084.8
10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,049.0
11	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4,960.8
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4,824.9
13	United States`USA`Northern America	4,698.9
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	4,696.2
15	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,451.8
16	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4,407.5
17	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4,047.0
18	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,992.3
19	Suriname`SUR`South America	3,985.5
20	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3,907.7
21	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,889.9
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,855.4
23	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3,840.3
24	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,754.8
25	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,656.8
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,602.8
27	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3,476.2
28	Chile`CHL`South America	3,355.3
29	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3,262.4
30	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,251.6
31	Guyana`GUY`South America	3,247.1
32	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,181.1
33	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,125.1
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,039.1
35	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3,000.0
36	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,990.5
37	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,990.3
38	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2,941.4
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,863.7
40	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,760.1
41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,715.1
42	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,681.5
43	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,619.4
44	Argentina`ARG`South America	2,582.2
45	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2,570.4
46	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,561.0
47	Colombia`COL`South America	2,495.1
48	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,460.0
49	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,408.6
50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2,332.4
51	Peru`PER`South America	2,300.0
52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2,253.5
53	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,221.2
54	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,200.0
55	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,181.8
56	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,146.6
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,143.1
58	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2,135.9
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,135.5
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,089.0
61	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	2,069.1
62	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,010.1
63	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,947.0
64	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,930.6
65	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,923.4
66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,914.7
67	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,905.7
68	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1,904.8
69	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,886.2
70	Uruguay`URY`South America	1,870.6
71	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,833.3
72	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,782.2
73	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,779.4
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,771.5
75	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1,753.0
76	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,692.6
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,678.9
78	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,666.7
79	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,664.7
80	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,634.8
81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,620.1
82	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,589.4
83	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,585.4
84	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,524.7
85	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,521.9
86	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,517.2
87	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,509.7
88	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,501.5
89	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,500.0
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,487.0
91	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,477.5
92	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,473.8
93	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,381.5
94	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,380.6
95	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,379.6
96	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,375.2
97	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,371.9
98	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,371.7
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,363.0
100	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,359.0
101	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,357.0
102	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,344.3
103	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,335.0
104	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,314.0
105	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,301.1
106	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,287.9
107	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,276.2
108	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,243.8
109	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,235.5
110	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,213.5
111	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,200.0
112	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,189.3
113	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,185.7
114	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,181.3
115	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,167.0
116	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,156.7
117	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,126.6
118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,117.8
119	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,089.8
120	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,076.1
121	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1,000.0
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	991.2
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	984.8
124	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	980.0
125	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	965.6
126	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	920.2
127	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	854.6
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	851.5
129	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	837.2
130	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	836.2
131	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	821.2
132	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	804.0
133	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	789.9
134	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	787.9
135	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	761.7
136	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	758.5
137	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	699.5
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	699.1
139	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	679.4
140	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	672.1
141	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	617.7
142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	584.0
143	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	565.4
144	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	544.0
145	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	534.3
146	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	515.4
147	Niger`NER`Western Africa	418.9
148	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	401.6
149	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	379.8
150	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	198.5

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Netherlands7,419.9
2United Kingdom6,083.1
3Japan5,898.9
4South Korea5,876.2
5Kuwait5,672.1

Lowest

150Botswana198.5
149Angola379.8
148Namibia401.6
147Niger418.9
146Vanuatu515.4

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,722.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 150 in both
82 · 66rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Netherlands6,174.1 → 7,419.9+1,245.8
Bulgaria2,915.0 → 4,047.0+1,132.0
Brunei1,239.4 → 2,135.9+896.5
Oman1,037.7 → 1,923.4+885.7
Greece3,015.6 → 3,602.8+587.2

Fell most

Cyprus2,097.7 → 1,301.1−796.6
Norway3,885.9 → 3,251.6−634.3
Switzerland5,720.6 → 5,090.7−629.9
Spain2,762.2 → 2,143.1−619.1
Eswatini2,045.5 → 1,487.0−558.5

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 1986.
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) (1986). Cereal Yield, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1986

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