Data for 2017

Cereal Yield, 2017

Name: Cereal Yield, 2017
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2017, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 2017 covers 180 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 30,801.8; Cabo Verde is lowest, at 0.1. The middle country reads 2,984.0. Against 2016, 179 values changed (105 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 2017

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

30,801.8

LowestCabo Verde

0.1

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

180countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
180distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: 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	30,801.8
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	28,225.0
3	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	11,339.2
4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,050.7
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8,794.5
6	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	8,783.6
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8,464.4
8	United States`USA`Northern America	8,281.3
9	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	7,820.7
10	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,400.6
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	7,306.7
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,269.9
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7,229.0
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6,916.5
15	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	6,853.6
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,800.2
17	Chile`CHL`South America	6,779.4
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6,678.5
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6,284.5
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,260.6
21	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6,110.8
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5,992.3
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	5,835.5
24	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5,704.8
25	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5,656.2
26	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5,630.9
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5,540.0
28	Guyana`GUY`South America	5,523.4
29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5,497.5
30	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5,479.7
31	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,434.4
32	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5,339.5
33	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5,331.8
34	Argentina`ARG`South America	5,317.1
35	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5,234.8
36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,227.7
37	Brazil`BRA`South America	5,209.6
38	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,174.8
39	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5,138.4
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	5,056.6
41	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4,996.4
42	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4,879.9
43	Suriname`SUR`South America	4,879.0
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4,856.0
45	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,853.0
46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4,813.0
47	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,759.7
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,730.4
49	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4,684.5
50	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,561.4
51	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4,497.7
52	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4,446.5
53	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4,317.2
54	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4,314.6
55	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,298.2
56	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	4,250.2
57	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,230.2
58	Belize`BLZ`Central America	4,229.1
59	Peru`PER`South America	4,216.5
60	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4,199.6
61	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4,104.8
62	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	4,015.9
63	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3,967.9
64	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	3,967.3
65	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3,957.9
66	Colombia`COL`South America	3,856.0
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,799.7
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3,771.3
69	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3,749.6
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,732.1
71	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,731.0
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,692.3
73	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3,671.5
74	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,651.9
75	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3,523.8
76	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3,459.5
77	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,438.6
78	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3,411.5
79	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,358.7
80	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,288.0
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,257.4
82	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,196.9
83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,180.4
84	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,172.3
85	India`IND`Southern Asia	3,127.6
86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3,122.7
87	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,093.4
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,046.0
89	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,015.6
90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3,000.9
91	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2,967.1
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,955.7
93	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2,942.2
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,909.7
95	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,898.5
96	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,854.3
97	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,840.7
98	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,833.8
99	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,815.6
100	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,807.5
101	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,770.2
102	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2,750.2
103	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,531.0
104	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,518.7
105	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,489.9
106	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2,391.6
107	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,383.3
108	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,247.4
109	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,187.1
110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2,153.3
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,104.1
112	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,101.1
113	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,091.4
114	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2,043.5
115	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2,030.7
116	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,002.3
117	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,998.7
118	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1,976.2
119	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1,975.1
120	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,930.7
121	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,910.5
122	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,903.1
123	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,873.3
124	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,865.7
125	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,845.6
126	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,843.8
127	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,826.6
128	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,802.7
129	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,769.2
130	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,757.4
131	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1,722.4
132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,711.2
133	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,704.0
134	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,692.0
135	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,627.5
136	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,601.9
137	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,601.7
138	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,587.6
139	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,506.1
140	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,476.2
141	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,426.0
142	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,405.4
143	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,387.1
144	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,385.9
145	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1,355.0
146	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,309.6
147	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,304.0
148	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,240.4
149	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,233.4
150	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,203.3
151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,165.4
152	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,162.5
153	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,141.7
154	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,137.2
155	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,125.4
156	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,059.5
157	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,009.0
158	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	997.2
159	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	990.3
160	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	990.2
161	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	894.6
162	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	885.2
163	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	871.5
164	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	860.4
165	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	843.7
166	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	825.2
167	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	809.2
168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	794.1
169	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	699.0
170	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	678.7
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	676.0
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	642.2
173	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	606.8
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	600.9
175	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	575.3
176	Niger`NER`Western Africa	541.9
177	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	506.6
178	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	426.3
179	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	316.6
180	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.1

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Arab Emirates30,801.8
2Saint Vincent and the Grenadines28,225.0
3Oman11,339.2
4Belgium9,050.7
5Netherlands8,794.5

Lowest

180Cabo Verde0.1
179Botswana316.6
178Namibia426.3
177Somalia506.6
176Niger541.9

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,984.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
179values changed, of 180 in both
105 · 74rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines24,742.9 → 28,225.0+3,482.1
Belgium6,984.8 → 9,050.7+2,065.9
Mauritius3,455.0 → 5,234.8+1,779.8
South Africa3,623.1 → 5,331.8+1,708.7
Switzerland5,154.6 → 6,800.2+1,645.6

Fell most

United Arab Emirates33,396.5 → 30,801.8−2,594.7
Serbia6,165.9 → 3,967.9−2,198.0
Israel4,834.9 → 3,196.9−1,638.0
Oman12,928.2 → 11,339.2−1,589.0
Slovakia6,430.4 → 4,856.0−1,574.4

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 year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2017.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 180 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2017). Cereal Yield, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/2017

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