Data for 1996

Cereal Yield, 1996

Name: Cereal Yield, 1996
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1996, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1996 covers 173 countries. Netherlands is highest, at 8,292.9; Eritrea is lowest, at 264.9. The middle country reads 2,046.3. Against 1995, 171 values changed (118 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1996

HighestNetherlands

8,292.9

LowestEritrea

264.9

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

173countries
1measure
1996the year it describes
172distinct 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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8,292.9
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7,322.0
3	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7,299.9
4	France`FRA`Western Europe	7,082.4
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,706.8
6	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6,502.1
7	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6,499.1
8	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	6,496.2
9	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6,403.1
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,282.0
11	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6,154.5
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6,052.6
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5,774.3
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5,391.0
15	United States`USA`Northern America	5,175.3
16	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5,148.1
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,948.3
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4,893.6
19	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4,891.6
20	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4,866.7
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4,857.9
22	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4,533.7
23	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,507.8
24	Chile`CHL`South America	4,264.3
25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4,192.7
26	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,026.3
27	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4,014.1
28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,999.6
29	Guyana`GUY`South America	3,958.1
30	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3,944.9
31	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,835.6
32	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	3,754.5
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,710.3
34	Suriname`SUR`South America	3,700.7
35	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,666.3
36	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,536.8
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,500.0
38	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,483.3
39	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3,438.0
40	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3,429.5
41	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,429.3
42	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,424.4
43	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3,377.8
44	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3,333.3
45	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,303.0
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,290.1
47	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3,251.0
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3,034.3
49	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,008.5
50	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,901.1
51	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,898.1
52	Peru`PER`South America	2,858.3
53	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2,844.2
54	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,797.0
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	2,759.4
56	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,687.1
57	Colombia`COL`South America	2,683.9
58	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,666.7
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2,552.9
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,525.7
61	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,523.3
62	Belize`BLZ`Central America	2,504.9
63	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2,492.9
64	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,490.2
65	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2,462.4
66	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,454.7
67	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,450.9
68	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,449.7
69	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,430.3
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	2,422.2
71	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,417.2
72	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2,395.5
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,307.5
74	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2,288.5
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,250.0
76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,227.5
77	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,191.0
78	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2,178.5
79	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,158.2
80	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,153.3
81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,119.3
82	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,112.3
83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,105.0
84	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2,086.3
85	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,046.9
86	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,046.6
87	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,046.3
88	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,029.9
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,029.3
90	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2,010.2
91	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2,009.1
92	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2,007.9
93	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,007.3
94	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,939.4
95	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,911.7
96	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,908.6
97	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1,877.2
98	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,858.7
99	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,853.2
100	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,849.2
101	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,800.9
102	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,793.1
103	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,785.7
104	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,756.6
105	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,720.5
106	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,689.3
107	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,687.2
108	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,683.3
109	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1,639.0
110	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,622.6
111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,613.6
112	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,608.4
113	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,591.0
114	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,588.1
115	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,579.0
116	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,467.5
117	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,458.9
118	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,447.1
119	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1,427.3
120	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,402.6
121	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,390.6
122	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,389.2
123	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,389.0
124	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,386.3
125	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,374.5
126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,366.5
127	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,347.3
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,344.0
129	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,337.8
130	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,325.3
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,263.0
132	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,258.7
133	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,253.3
134	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,249.3
135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,220.4
136	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1,217.9
137	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,213.1
138	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,204.9
139	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,204.4
140	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,183.6
141	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,104.3
142	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,100.6
143	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,038.8
144	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,009.6
=145	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,000.0
=145	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1,000.0
147	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	974.0
148	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	937.1
149	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	916.5
150	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	899.7
151	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	882.7
152	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	849.6
153	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	849.2
154	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	824.2
155	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	821.8
156	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	811.4
157	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	780.9
158	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	777.8
159	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	758.5
160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	746.3
161	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	722.5
162	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	678.0
163	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	660.5
164	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	653.1
165	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	607.0
166	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	601.3
167	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	504.5
168	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	492.1
169	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	323.4
170	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	317.2
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	291.0
172	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	274.0
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	264.9

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Netherlands8,292.9
2Ireland7,322.0
3United Kingdom7,299.9
4France7,082.4
5Switzerland6,706.8

Lowest

173Eritrea264.9
172Namibia274.0
171Niger291.0
170Cabo Verde317.2
169Botswana323.4

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,046.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
171values changed, of 173 in both
118 · 53rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Spain1,729.7 → 3,303.0+1,573.3
Morocco446.5 → 1,687.2+1,240.7
South Africa1,419.2 → 2,490.2+1,071.0
Mauritius3,853.3 → 4,866.7+1,013.4
Malta2,508.5 → 3,500.0+991.5

Fell most

Bulgaria3,069.5 → 1,908.6−1,160.9
Turkmenistan1,700.7 → 824.2−876.5
Moldova2,989.5 → 2,288.5−701.0
Romania3,085.1 → 2,430.3−654.8
North Korea2,511.2 → 1,858.7−652.5

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

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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 1996.
172 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 2 countries share 1,000.0. 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 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1996). Cereal Yield, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1996

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