Data for 1993

Cereal Yield, 1993

Name: Cereal Yield, 1993
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1993, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1993 covers 172 countries. Netherlands is highest, at 7,998.4; Eritrea is lowest, at 256.6. The middle country reads 2,010.6. Against 1992, 168 values changed (96 up, 72 down), 3 countries joined.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1993

HighestNetherlands

7,998.4

LowestEritrea

256.6

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

172countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
171distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Cereal Yield, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7,998.4
2	France`FRA`Western Europe	6,512.6
3	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6,428.6
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,209.0
5	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	6,126.8
6	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	5,995.1
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5,728.1
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5,711.7
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,677.6
10	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5,322.1
11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5,277.9
12	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5,254.9
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5,088.8
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,850.9
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4,758.9
16	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4,633.1
17	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4,602.3
18	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4,562.1
19	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4,462.4
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,429.4
21	United States`USA`Northern America	4,298.8
22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,255.7
23	Chile`CHL`South America	4,246.0
24	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4,243.0
25	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4,164.7
26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4,019.5
27	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,015.2
28	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,923.4
29	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3,916.3
30	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,832.4
31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3,775.8
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3,765.1
33	Suriname`SUR`South America	3,694.0
34	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3,606.5
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,553.2
36	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,504.0
37	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3,465.7
38	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,419.3
39	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,361.6
40	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3,289.3
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,262.2
42	Guyana`GUY`South America	3,258.4
43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,085.3
44	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3,048.3
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3,034.8
46	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,024.2
47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,014.9
48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2,964.4
49	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2,939.6
50	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,882.8
51	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	2,869.2
52	Argentina`ARG`South America	2,850.2
53	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,791.1
54	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,753.0
55	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,717.4
56	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,703.7
57	Peru`PER`South America	2,696.2
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,685.0
59	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,680.0
60	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,666.7
61	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,653.1
62	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2,647.0
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2,639.4
64	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,512.7
65	Colombia`COL`South America	2,505.5
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,478.6
67	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,471.6
68	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,422.7
69	Brazil`BRA`South America	2,354.6
70	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2,333.6
71	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,302.9
72	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,275.5
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,255.9
74	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,242.8
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,212.5
76	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,193.5
77	Belize`BLZ`Central America	2,185.3
78	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2,161.3
79	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,160.1
80	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,154.6
81	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,119.9
82	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,102.0
83	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,060.8
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2,049.0
85	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,031.7
86	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,011.5
87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,009.7
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1,986.9
89	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,982.3
90	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,959.5
91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1,951.6
92	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,924.4
93	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,898.9
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,813.6
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,787.1
96	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,785.3
97	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1,774.4
98	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,773.4
99	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1,768.0
100	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,732.8
101	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,714.3
102	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1,690.1
103	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1,688.9
104	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,651.9
105	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1,635.8
106	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,617.9
107	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,600.0
108	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,588.5
109	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,572.8
110	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,541.0
111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,537.0
112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,502.0
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,489.3
114	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,488.8
115	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,461.2
116	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,446.1
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,431.6
118	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,405.3
119	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,394.1
120	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,381.2
121	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,370.4
122	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,340.2
123	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,333.3
124	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,328.6
125	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1,324.4
126	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,312.2
127	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,301.2
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,235.4
129	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,227.4
130	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,210.3
131	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1,206.1
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,189.2
133	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,187.8
134	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,164.2
135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,153.1
136	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,132.9
137	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,109.3
138	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,083.3
139	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1,000.0
=140	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	989.7
=140	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	989.7
142	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	988.5
143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	972.6
144	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	963.8
145	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	959.3
146	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	949.2
147	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	936.2
148	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	919.2
149	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	877.6
150	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	858.4
151	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	849.0
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	836.5
153	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	807.4
154	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	800.0
155	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	790.6
156	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	762.8
157	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	741.7
158	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	706.1
159	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	696.5
160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	646.5
161	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	564.7
162	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	560.4
163	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	503.2
164	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	501.0
165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	475.1
166	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	452.5
167	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	424.3
168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	359.1
169	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	356.1
170	Niger`NER`Western Africa	326.2
171	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	268.0
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	256.6

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Netherlands7,998.4
2France6,512.6
3United Kingdom6,428.6
4Switzerland6,209.0
5North Korea6,126.8

Lowest

172Eritrea256.6
171Angola268.0
170Niger326.2
169Namibia356.1
168Cabo Verde359.1

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,010.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
168values changed, of 169 in both
96 · 72rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Zambia763.1 → 2,302.9+1,539.8
Sweden3,359.4 → 4,758.9+1,399.5
Denmark4,314.2 → 5,677.6+1,363.4
South Africa944.7 → 2,160.1+1,215.4
Norway2,810.5 → 3,923.4+1,112.9

Fell most

Dominican Republic6,090.2 → 4,015.2−2,075.0
Japan5,876.7 → 4,429.4−1,447.3
Kuwait5,939.1 → 4,602.3−1,336.8
United States5,357.8 → 4,298.8−1,059.0
Ireland6,741.2 → 5,728.1−1,013.1

+ Czechia

+ Eritrea

+ Slovakia

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 1993.
171 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 2 countries share 989.7. 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 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1993). Cereal Yield, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1993

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