Data for 2016

Cereal Yield, 2016

Name: Cereal Yield, 2016
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2016, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 2016 covers 180 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 33,396.5; Cabo Verde is lowest, at 178.0. The middle country reads 3,042.6. Against 2015, 180 values changed (84 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 2016

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

33,396.5

LowestCabo Verde

178.0

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

180countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
179distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: 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	33,396.5
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	24,742.9
3	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	12,928.2
4	United States`USA`Northern America	8,614.2
5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8,383.8
6	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	8,222.8
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7,776.9
8	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	7,709.5
9	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,251.5
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,246.4
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,182.1
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7,022.6
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6,984.8
14	Chile`CHL`South America	6,858.2
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6,792.7
16	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6,665.5
17	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6,486.6
18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6,464.6
19	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6,430.4
20	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6,317.0
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6,253.4
22	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6,222.0
23	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,165.9
24	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6,018.6
25	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	5,713.9
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	5,690.9
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,599.0
28	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,441.0
29	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5,440.9
30	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5,438.2
31	Guyana`GUY`South America	5,395.5
32	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5,220.5
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5,191.7
34	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5,158.7
35	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,154.6
36	Argentina`ARG`South America	5,105.0
37	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4,999.6
38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4,834.9
39	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,827.0
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4,820.4
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4,817.8
42	Uruguay`URY`South America	4,766.7
43	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,728.1
44	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4,716.4
45	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4,692.7
=46	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,651.6
=46	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4,651.6
48	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,642.9
49	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4,626.7
50	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4,624.0
51	Suriname`SUR`South America	4,433.0
52	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4,425.5
53	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,422.4
54	Peru`PER`South America	4,370.1
55	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4,239.1
56	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4,223.5
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	4,181.7
58	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	4,079.7
59	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4,033.5
60	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,026.1
61	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3,977.5
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,971.3
63	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,877.8
64	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,859.8
65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3,859.2
66	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,845.2
67	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3,828.4
68	Colombia`COL`South America	3,792.5
69	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,748.8
70	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3,659.7
71	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3,623.1
72	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3,573.3
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,529.0
74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3,458.2
75	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,455.0
76	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3,373.4
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3,362.1
78	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3,348.7
79	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,266.5
80	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,261.7
81	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3,212.6
82	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,207.3
83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,197.3
84	Belize`BLZ`Central America	3,164.6
85	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3,155.5
86	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,138.9
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,105.4
88	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,104.2
89	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,076.1
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,064.5
91	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,020.7
92	India`IND`Southern Asia	3,012.9
93	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3,005.1
94	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3,000.9
95	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,992.5
96	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,939.3
97	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,929.0
98	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2,852.1
99	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,755.8
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,745.5
101	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,730.5
102	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2,670.4
103	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2,658.4
104	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,653.3
105	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2,650.8
106	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,567.9
107	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2,514.5
108	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2,467.8
109	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,449.1
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,432.2
111	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,326.6
112	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,219.8
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2,152.3
114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,111.3
115	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,095.7
116	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,043.3
117	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,012.5
118	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,998.2
119	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,936.2
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,933.7
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,890.9
122	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,880.5
123	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,880.2
124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,843.6
125	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1,843.2
126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,842.4
127	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,714.3
128	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,711.1
129	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1,697.3
130	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,607.5
131	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,597.7
132	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,596.9
133	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,590.2
134	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,578.1
135	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,541.2
136	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,482.5
137	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,455.9
138	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,446.7
139	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,444.3
140	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,414.4
141	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,383.1
142	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,350.6
143	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1,347.8
144	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,347.4
145	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,279.6
146	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,274.9
147	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,232.4
148	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,224.9
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,155.5
150	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,136.8
151	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,130.8
152	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,108.9
153	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,092.3
154	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,090.1
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,073.2
156	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,020.4
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,012.3
158	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	998.3
159	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	936.0
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	879.1
161	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	875.1
162	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	852.3
163	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	845.6
164	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	844.7
165	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	785.5
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	739.5
167	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	687.0
168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	686.0
169	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	669.9
170	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	662.6
171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	639.7
172	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	601.8
173	Niger`NER`Western Africa	536.5
174	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	507.3
175	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	471.4
176	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	436.3
177	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	435.1
178	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	361.5
179	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	261.5
180	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	178.0

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Arab Emirates33,396.5
2Saint Vincent and the Grenadines24,742.9
3Oman12,928.2
4United States8,614.2
5New Zealand8,383.8

Lowest

180Cabo Verde178.0
179Namibia261.5
178Botswana361.5
177Zimbabwe435.1
176Cyprus436.3

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,042.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
180values changed, of 180 in both
84 · 96rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bosnia and Herzegovina3,812.1 → 5,191.7+1,379.6
Serbia4,787.3 → 6,165.9+1,378.6
Slovakia5,079.6 → 6,430.4+1,350.8
Hungary5,243.4 → 6,486.6+1,243.2
United States7,430.1 → 8,614.2+1,184.1

Fell most

Belgium9,842.2 → 6,984.8−2,857.4
Cyprus2,683.0 → 436.3−2,246.7
France7,590.5 → 5,690.9−1,899.6
United Arab Emirates35,291.3 → 33,396.5−1,894.8
Estonia4,381.6 → 2,658.4−1,723.2

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 2016.
179 distinct values among 180
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 2 countries share 4,651.6. 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 180 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2016). Cereal Yield, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/2016

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