Data for 2009

Cereal Yield, 2009

Name: Cereal Yield, 2009
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2009, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 2009 covers 178 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 24,716.6; Cabo Verde is lowest, at 230.8. The middle country reads 2,652.7. Against 2008, 177 values changed (97 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 2009

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

24,716.6

LowestCabo Verde

230.8

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

178countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
178distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: 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	24,716.6
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	16,750.0
3	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	12,179.6
4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,710.0
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9,032.9
6	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8,000.0
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7,977.4
8	France`FRA`Western Europe	7,412.4
9	United States`USA`Northern America	7,226.2
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,201.4
11	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,158.3
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7,029.6
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6,909.9
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6,887.1
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6,779.0
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6,745.3
17	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,578.3
18	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6,323.6
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6,202.1
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,149.5
21	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6,109.8
22	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	6,000.0
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5,919.5
24	Chile`CHL`South America	5,462.3
25	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5,449.6
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5,268.3
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,086.9
28	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,080.3
29	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5,078.9
30	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5,073.9
31	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4,874.4
32	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4,808.7
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4,789.2
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4,715.2
35	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4,601.1
36	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,553.1
37	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,503.1
38	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,405.5
39	Guyana`GUY`South America	4,345.5
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4,331.5
41	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4,315.3
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4,266.2
43	Suriname`SUR`South America	4,208.9
44	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,187.7
45	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4,170.1
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4,126.4
47	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,954.3
48	Peru`PER`South America	3,919.0
49	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,884.9
50	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3,839.0
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	3,817.1
52	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	3,805.7
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,790.7
54	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,790.6
55	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3,760.4
56	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3,720.5
57	Colombia`COL`South America	3,611.3
58	Brazil`BRA`South America	3,532.1
59	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,475.1
60	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,449.6
61	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,446.3
62	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,433.7
63	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,413.0
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3,385.9
65	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,367.9
66	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,364.4
67	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,347.9
68	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3,299.5
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,289.9
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,228.9
71	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,183.4
72	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,174.1
73	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3,171.6
74	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3,119.4
75	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3,075.3
76	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,034.2
77	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3,003.8
78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,995.9
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,965.5
80	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,944.8
81	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,938.6
82	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,827.1
83	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,824.8
84	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,819.0
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,807.8
86	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,789.7
87	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2,760.5
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,726.9
89	Belize`BLZ`Central America	2,686.5
90	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,618.9
91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2,606.7
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,596.4
93	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,566.3
94	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,563.4
95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2,372.7
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,357.4
97	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,346.0
98	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,315.5
99	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2,280.6
100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,272.8
101	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,272.7
102	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,250.3
103	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	2,160.4
104	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2,141.7
105	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,124.3
106	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,076.7
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,072.2
108	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,068.8
109	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,040.7
110	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,038.6
111	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,000.4
112	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,997.2
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,983.3
114	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,919.4
115	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1,907.8
116	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,877.6
117	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,823.8
118	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,816.7
119	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,800.4
120	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,774.5
121	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,734.1
122	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,727.2
123	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,722.9
124	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,711.5
125	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,707.7
126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,704.6
127	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,686.5
128	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,659.8
129	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,657.5
130	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,653.9
131	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,650.2
132	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,645.9
133	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,632.2
134	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,600.0
135	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1,590.2
136	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,589.1
137	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,551.8
138	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,538.5
139	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,531.1
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,484.3
141	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,436.8
142	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,423.5
143	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1,421.4
144	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,315.7
145	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,296.9
146	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,289.5
147	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1,253.1
148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,242.9
149	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,242.8
150	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,214.2
151	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,183.5
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,134.6
153	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,110.4
154	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,057.7
155	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,007.1
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,002.0
157	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	995.2
158	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	994.6
159	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	948.4
160	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	858.9
161	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	837.6
162	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	791.4
163	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	773.7
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	771.6
165	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	713.3
166	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	634.1
167	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	598.3
168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	587.3
169	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	571.4
170	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	558.1
171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	500.1
172	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	452.4
173	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	416.4
174	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	402.2
175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	386.0
176	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	364.8
177	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	363.6
178	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	230.8

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Arab Emirates24,716.6
2Saint Vincent and the Grenadines16,750.0
3Oman12,179.6
4Belgium9,710.0
5Netherlands9,032.9

Lowest

178Cabo Verde230.8
177Botswana363.6
176Namibia364.8
175Niger386.0
174Lesotho402.2

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,652.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
177values changed, of 178 in both
97 · 80rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Oman4,774.8 → 12,179.6+7,404.8
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12,727.3 → 16,750.0+4,022.7
United Arab Emirates22,265.9 → 24,716.6+2,450.7
Cyprus176.3 → 1,823.8+1,647.5
Qatar4,921.9 → 6,323.6+1,401.7

Fell most

Kuwait9,235.8 → 7,977.4−1,258.4
Hungary5,800.2 → 4,715.2−1,085.0
Norway4,488.1 → 3,446.3−1,041.8
Moldova3,221.6 → 2,372.7−848.9
Slovakia5,175.3 → 4,331.5−843.8

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

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Every one of the 178 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2009). Cereal Yield, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/2009

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