Data for 1987

Cereal Yield, 1987

Name: Cereal Yield, 1987
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1987, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1987 covers 149 countries. Ireland is highest, at 6,286.3; Botswana is lowest, at 190.7. The middle country reads 1,610.3. Against 1986, 148 values changed (67 up, 81 down), 1 left.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1987

HighestIreland

6,286.3

LowestBotswana

190.7

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

149countries
1measure
1987the year it describes
147distinct 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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6,286.3
2	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6,268.0
3	France`FRA`Western Europe	5,706.2
4	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5,683.5
5	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5,585.0
6	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5,552.8
7	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5,506.1
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,043.2
9	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4,980.3
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4,962.9
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4,898.4
12	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	4,891.6
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,792.6
14	United States`USA`Northern America	4,735.4
15	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,453.3
16	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4,106.0
17	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,973.1
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,920.1
19	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,821.2
20	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3,820.8
21	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,814.0
22	Suriname`SUR`South America	3,812.7
23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,714.5
24	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,705.8
25	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,694.7
26	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3,604.7
27	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,574.1
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,566.7
29	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,543.6
30	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3,333.3
31	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3,254.3
32	Chile`CHL`South America	3,222.6
33	Guyana`GUY`South America	3,189.2
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,108.8
35	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,997.4
36	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,965.6
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,885.9
38	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,821.0
39	Colombia`COL`South America	2,724.1
40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,626.8
41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,606.8
42	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,562.4
43	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,561.0
44	Peru`PER`South America	2,552.8
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,450.9
46	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,430.4
47	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2,396.6
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	2,382.6
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2,331.3
50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2,321.8
51	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2,256.0
52	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,202.1
53	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,192.9
54	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,137.4
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,100.1
56	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,051.5
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,006.3
58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,998.0
59	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,994.1
60	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1,922.8
=61	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1,920.0
=61	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,920.0
63	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,912.8
64	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,884.6
65	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,882.1
66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,847.3
67	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,824.6
68	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,804.6
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,775.7
70	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1,706.6
71	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,684.1
72	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,665.4
73	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,628.7
74	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,628.2
75	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,610.3
76	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,608.8
77	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,600.0
78	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,583.7
79	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,580.0
80	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,568.5
81	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,563.2
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,555.1
83	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,530.0
84	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,528.6
85	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,519.8
86	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,502.1
87	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,500.0
88	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,436.0
89	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,427.5
90	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,420.4
91	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,384.6
92	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,363.6
93	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,359.8
94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,355.8
95	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,333.3
96	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,332.9
97	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,314.2
98	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,302.7
99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,288.9
100	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,283.8
101	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,282.9
102	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,274.3
103	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,262.3
=104	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,250.0
=104	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1,250.0
106	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,228.2
107	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,228.0
108	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,203.0
109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,181.9
110	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,155.5
111	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,154.9
112	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,152.9
113	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,117.7
114	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,106.6
115	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,106.3
116	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,063.0
117	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,033.4
118	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,010.8
119	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,001.8
120	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,000.0
121	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	969.7
122	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	958.4
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	938.6
124	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	918.6
125	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	891.7
126	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	853.7
127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	853.0
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	847.6
129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	841.4
130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	840.2
131	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	821.8
132	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	814.7
133	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	770.3
134	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	759.9
135	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	725.1
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	721.3
137	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	693.7
138	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	641.7
139	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	620.8
140	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	607.2
141	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	601.8
142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	554.3
143	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	507.7
144	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	398.2
145	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	381.2
146	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	364.8
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	355.4
148	Niger`NER`Western Africa	326.5
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	190.7

02In 1987

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Ireland6,286.3
2Netherlands6,268.0
3France5,706.2
4Japan5,683.5
5South Korea5,585.0

Lowest

149Botswana190.7
148Niger326.5
147Namibia355.4
146Sudan364.8
145Angola381.2

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,610.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
148values changed, of 149 in both
67 · 81rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Israel2,460.0 → 3,566.7+1,106.7
Cyprus1,301.1 → 2,331.3+1,030.2
Ireland5,363.0 → 6,286.3+923.3
Norway3,251.6 → 3,814.0+562.4
Spain2,143.1 → 2,626.8+483.7

Fell most

Netherlands7,419.9 → 6,268.0−1,151.9
Puerto Rico3,125.1 → 2,051.5−1,073.6
Brunei2,135.9 → 1,063.0−1,072.9
Finland2,941.4 → 1,920.0−1,021.4
Hong Kong2,200.0 → 1,250.0−950.0

− Solomon Islands

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 1987.
147 distinct values among 149
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 2 countries share 1,920.0. 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 149 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1987). Cereal Yield, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1987

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