Data for 1988

Cereal Yield, 1988

Name: Cereal Yield, 1988
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1988, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1988 covers 149 countries. Ireland is highest, at 6,411; Angola is lowest, at 332. The middle country reads 1,776. Against 1987, 149 values changed (93 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1988

HighestIreland

6,411

LowestAngola

332

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

149countries
1measure
1988the 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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6,411
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,329
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6,194
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6,142
5	France`FRA`Western Europe	6,081
6	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5,546
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5,469
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5,399
9	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5,275
10	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	5,225
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5,174
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,084
13	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	5,029
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,611
15	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4,127
16	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,931
17	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,871
18	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,863
19	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,846
20	Suriname`SUR`South America	3,811
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,807
22	United States`USA`Northern America	3,707
23	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,706
24	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3,682
25	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3,568
26	Chile`CHL`South America	3,532
27	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,499
28	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,304
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,266
30	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3,227
31	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,105
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,018
33	Guyana`GUY`South America	3,007
34	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3,000
35	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2,998
36	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,917
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,904
38	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,875
39	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,850
40	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,847
41	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,755
42	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,722
43	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2,680
44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,619
45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,549
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,539
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	2,528
48	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2,518
49	Colombia`COL`South America	2,514
50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,506
51	Peru`PER`South America	2,481
52	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,457
53	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,378
54	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,358
55	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2,327
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,250
57	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,236
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,204
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2,181
60	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2,169
61	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2,124
62	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	2,039
63	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2,036
64	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,952
65	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,931
66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,927
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,885
68	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,877
69	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,874
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,859
71	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,839
72	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,824
73	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,823
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,780
75	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,776
76	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,769
77	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,765
78	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,764
79	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1,754
80	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,746
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,739
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,708
83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,702
84	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1,687
85	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,672
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,661
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,642
88	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,629
89	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,615
90	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,603
91	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,590
92	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,539
93	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,537
94	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,524
95	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,495
96	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,438
97	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,400
98	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,355
99	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,333
100	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,321
101	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,314
102	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,306
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,289
104	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,287
105	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,286
106	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,277
107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,269
108	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,223
109	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,220
110	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,216
111	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,214
112	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,197
113	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,194
114	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,166
115	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,157
116	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,156
117	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,112
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,096
119	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,052
120	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,020
121	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,011
122	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,008
123	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1,000
124	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	971
125	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	962
126	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	958
127	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	936
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	885
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	863
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	844
131	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	835
132	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	831
133	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	808
134	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	802
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	798
136	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	734
137	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	727
138	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	712
139	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	699
140	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	660
141	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	628
142	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	574
143	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	500
144	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	482
145	Niger`NER`Western Africa	475
146	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	395
147	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	393
148	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	376
149	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	332

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Ireland6,411
2Switzerland6,329
3Netherlands6,194
4South Korea6,142
5France6,081

Lowest

149Angola332
148Botswana376
147Mozambique393
146Namibia395
145Niger475

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,776. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
149values changed, of 149 in both
93 · 56rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Hong Kong1,250 → 3,000+1,750
Switzerland5,043 → 6,329+1,286
Brunei1,063 → 2,169+1,106
Zambia1,610 → 2,457+847
Syria815 → 1,661+846

Fell most

United States4,735 → 3,707−1,028
Israel3,567 → 2,847−720
Norway3,814 → 3,105−709
Canada2,397 → 1,754−642
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3,333 → 2,998−335

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 1988.
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) (1988). Cereal Yield, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1988

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How it has moved, charted by country

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