Data for 1991

Cereal Yield, 1991

Name: Cereal Yield, 1991
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1991, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1991 covers 150 countries. Netherlands is highest, at 7,063.4; Cabo Verde is lowest, at 252.9. The middle country reads 1,807.9. Against 1990, 148 values changed (74 up, 74 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1991

HighestNetherlands

7,063.4

LowestCabo Verde

252.9

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

150countries
1measure
1991the 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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7,063.4
2	France`FRA`Western Europe	6,536.2
3	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6,521.0
4	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6,466.0
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,103.6
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5,986.1
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,911.6
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5,639.0
9	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	5,613.0
10	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	5,607.9
11	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	5,486.2
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5,456.5
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5,415.6
14	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5,251.5
15	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5,144.1
16	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4,823.7
17	United States`USA`Northern America	4,507.6
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4,492.6
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,366.3
20	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4,231.4
21	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4,200.7
22	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4,124.0
23	Chile`CHL`South America	4,050.9
24	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,015.5
25	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,990.8
26	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,979.6
27	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3,862.1
28	Suriname`SUR`South America	3,813.4
29	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,723.8
30	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3,494.1
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3,347.7
32	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3,333.3
33	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,299.0
34	Guyana`GUY`South America	3,285.6
35	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,191.7
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,190.8
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,136.4
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,094.4
39	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,006.4
40	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,930.3
41	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,925.8
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,817.8
43	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2,781.2
44	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,699.5
45	Argentina`ARG`South America	2,672.0
46	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,644.1
47	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,625.0
48	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2,580.5
49	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2,558.7
50	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,555.8
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,488.9
52	Belize`BLZ`Central America	2,485.1
53	Colombia`COL`South America	2,450.7
54	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2,426.9
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,419.4
56	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,389.3
57	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	2,331.1
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,316.8
59	Peru`PER`South America	2,296.0
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,295.4
61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,240.5
62	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,186.6
63	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,175.9
64	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2,162.1
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,117.6
66	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,071.9
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,042.3
68	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,024.9
69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,986.1
70	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,927.5
71	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,913.9
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,850.7
73	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1,833.3
74	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,817.3
75	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,810.0
76	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,805.8
77	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,737.5
78	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,721.0
79	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,712.4
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,704.2
81	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,701.5
82	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,666.7
83	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,649.7
84	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,643.3
85	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,640.6
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,633.5
87	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,614.5
88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,611.5
89	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,590.9
90	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,575.9
91	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,546.3
92	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,434.1
93	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,421.9
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,417.1
95	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,390.6
96	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,368.9
97	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,358.1
98	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,340.2
99	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,336.0
100	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,335.9
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,316.9
102	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,307.5
103	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,285.1
104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,237.2
105	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,234.1
106	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,233.7
107	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,220.8
108	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1,200.4
109	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,179.3
110	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,160.4
111	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,149.4
112	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,141.0
113	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,114.6
114	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,113.2
115	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,112.7
116	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,094.1
117	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,055.3
118	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,052.8
119	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,050.4
120	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,027.5
121	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1,000.0
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	987.7
123	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	970.3
124	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	937.7
125	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	922.4
126	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	909.1
127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	893.4
128	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	878.6
129	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	876.6
130	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	822.6
131	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	812.5
132	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	802.4
133	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	799.6
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	778.3
135	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	762.7
136	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	701.0
137	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	699.7
138	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	681.2
139	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	673.7
140	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	635.2
141	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	618.6
142	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	560.9
143	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	547.0
144	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	463.8
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	460.3
146	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	417.5
147	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	381.3
148	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	344.2
149	Niger`NER`Western Africa	333.2
150	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	252.9

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Netherlands7,063.4
2France6,536.2
3Ireland6,521.0
4United Kingdom6,466.0
5Switzerland6,103.6

Lowest

150Cabo Verde252.9
149Niger333.2
148Mozambique344.2
147Botswana381.3
146Angola417.5

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,807.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
148values changed, of 149 in both
74 · 74rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Oman2,159.7 → 5,251.5+3,091.8
North Korea3,923.4 → 5,607.9+1,684.5
Greece3,035.8 → 4,124.0+1,088.2
Hungary4,520.8 → 5,486.2+965.4
Germany5,411.1 → 5,986.1+575.0

Fell most

United Arab Emirates4,361.2 → 3,494.1−867.1
Israel3,486.0 → 2,644.1−841.9
Brunei1,550.0 → 812.5−737.5
Albania2,794.4 → 2,071.9−722.5
Kuwait3,652.7 → 2,930.3−722.4

+ Micronesia

− Hong Kong

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 1991.
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) (1991). Cereal Yield, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1991

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