Data for 1999

Cereal Yield, 1999

Name: Cereal Yield, 1999
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1999, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 1999 covers 174 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 17,165.8; Namibia is lowest, at 214.4. The middle country reads 2,089.9. Against 1998, 173 values changed (100 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 1999

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

17,165.8

LowestNamibia

214.4

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

174countries
1measure
1999the year it describes
174distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Cereal Yield, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	17,165.8
2	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7,469.8
3	France`FRA`Western Europe	7,260.4
4	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,166.6
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7,043.3
6	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6,985.7
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,699.9
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6,314.1
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6,168.7
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5,998.9
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5,926.9
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,862.1
13	United States`USA`Northern America	5,736.5
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,643.1
15	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5,186.4
16	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5,181.5
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,047.4
18	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4,944.9
19	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4,902.4
20	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4,706.2
21	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,604.2
22	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4,500.0
23	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4,470.0
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4,346.6
25	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4,276.3
26	Chile`CHL`South America	4,061.1
27	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,983.1
28	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,981.5
29	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,971.2
30	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,896.2
31	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3,895.7
32	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	3,877.5
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,869.7
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3,857.4
35	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3,797.9
36	Guyana`GUY`South America	3,791.2
37	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,756.4
38	Suriname`SUR`South America	3,718.6
39	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,709.5
40	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,676.8
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,648.8
42	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3,575.5
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	3,377.4
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3,322.1
45	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,192.0
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,188.1
47	Colombia`COL`South America	3,151.7
48	Peru`PER`South America	3,109.9
49	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3,104.9
50	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3,087.8
51	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	3,000.0
52	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,963.2
53	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,959.4
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,946.8
55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,941.5
56	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,940.6
57	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,899.8
58	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,856.6
59	Belize`BLZ`Central America	2,805.4
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,798.1
61	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2,795.0
62	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,750.8
63	Brazil`BRA`South America	2,732.0
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2,708.1
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,706.3
66	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,705.2
67	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2,630.8
68	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,600.0
69	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2,541.2
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,537.4
71	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,483.6
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,464.8
73	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2,443.9
74	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,355.5
75	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,336.8
76	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2,270.7
77	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,250.0
78	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,217.8
79	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,191.4
80	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,165.7
81	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2,156.4
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,123.1
83	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,113.5
84	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2,110.2
85	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2,104.5
86	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,100.0
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,099.8
88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2,080.0
89	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,049.7
90	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,020.8
91	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2,002.9
92	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,962.3
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,951.2
94	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,933.5
95	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,929.2
96	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,925.5
97	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,893.3
98	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1,885.0
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,841.8
100	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1,776.5
101	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,769.4
102	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,766.4
103	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,745.4
104	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,741.2
105	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,738.3
106	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,712.4
107	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,668.4
108	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,645.7
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,634.0
110	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,633.9
111	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,633.7
112	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1,631.7
113	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,599.1
114	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,555.8
115	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1,506.7
116	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1,501.5
117	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,473.7
118	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1,450.8
119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,427.7
120	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,366.5
121	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,357.2
122	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1,350.5
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,323.6
124	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,309.5
125	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1,303.8
126	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,303.7
127	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,297.0
128	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,285.7
129	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,277.2
130	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,251.3
131	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,239.3
132	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,235.5
133	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,229.0
134	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1,227.3
135	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,220.5
136	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,174.1
137	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,170.2
138	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,162.6
139	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,162.0
140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,123.9
141	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,118.9
142	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,111.2
143	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,072.4
144	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,069.9
145	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,069.0
146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,060.8
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,038.2
148	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,006.8
149	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,004.3
150	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	985.4
151	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	969.4
152	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	943.3
153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	912.9
154	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	890.1
155	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	870.4
156	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	864.2
157	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	824.8
158	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	789.5
159	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	787.3
160	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	746.6
161	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	743.5
162	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	736.4
163	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	672.8
164	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	652.1
165	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	649.2
166	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	620.4
167	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	606.2
168	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	590.0
169	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	581.7
170	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	509.1
171	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	429.5
172	Niger`NER`Western Africa	380.1
173	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	228.5
174	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	214.4

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Arab Emirates17,165.8
2Netherlands7,469.8
3France7,260.4
4Egypt7,166.6
5United Kingdom7,043.3

Lowest

174Namibia214.4
173Botswana228.5
172Niger380.1
171Sudan429.5
170Vanuatu509.1

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,089.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
173values changed, of 174 in both
100 · 73rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Fiji754.4 → 2,706.3+1,951.9
Cyprus1,113.9 → 2,156.4+1,042.5
Cabo Verde141.5 → 1,162.0+1,020.5
Cuba1,874.7 → 2,750.8+876.1
Jordan1,038.3 → 1,841.8+803.5

Fell most

Switzerland6,641.0 → 5,643.1−997.9
Chile5,052.0 → 4,061.1−990.9
Palestine1,555.7 → 649.2−906.5
Israel2,470.1 → 1,668.4−801.7
Trinidad and Tobago2,463.2 → 1,712.4−750.8

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 1999.
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FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1999). Cereal Yield, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/1999

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