Data for 2018

Cereal Yield, 2018

Name: Cereal Yield, 2018
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2018, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 2018 covers 179 countries. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is highest, at 27,837.8; Cabo Verde is lowest, at 22.7. The middle country reads 2,883.3. Against 2017, 178 values changed (103 up, 75 down), 1 left.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 2018

HighestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines

27,837.8

LowestCabo Verde

22.7

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

179countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	27,837.8
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	20,853.3
3	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	12,344.6
4	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	10,483.2
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	8,709.4
6	United States`USA`Northern America	8,196.0
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8,064.3
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7,983.1
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7,927.3
10	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	7,862.8
11	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	7,574.8
12	Chile`CHL`South America	7,144.3
13	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7,055.6
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6,839.5
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	6,829.1
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6,788.7
17	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6,776.0
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6,607.2
19	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,332.3
20	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6,286.2
21	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,178.9
22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,145.8
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6,132.3
24	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,132.1
25	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6,122.0
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6,071.9
27	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,997.2
28	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5,993.5
29	Guyana`GUY`South America	5,696.2
30	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,685.4
31	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5,605.5
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5,561.7
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5,487.9
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,409.7
35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,350.8
36	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5,272.7
37	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5,227.8
38	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5,206.9
39	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,888.8
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	4,868.4
41	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4,850.3
42	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4,840.5
43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,809.0
44	Brazil`BRA`South America	4,806.5
45	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,805.4
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4,778.5
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	4,662.9
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,651.9
49	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,607.1
50	Peru`PER`South America	4,530.8
51	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4,504.2
52	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4,225.7
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,210.1
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4,205.5
55	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,103.9
56	Belize`BLZ`Central America	4,043.7
57	Colombia`COL`South America	4,014.2
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,941.1
59	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3,914.7
60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,826.3
61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,799.6
62	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3,770.4
63	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,761.5
64	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3,761.3
65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3,714.6
66	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,683.2
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,670.5
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3,552.6
69	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3,535.5
70	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,507.8
71	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,504.3
72	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3,416.5
73	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3,404.4
74	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,366.7
75	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,311.8
76	India`IND`Southern Asia	3,301.1
77	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,227.5
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,163.9
79	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,162.2
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,151.7
81	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,149.0
82	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,099.5
83	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,094.1
84	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3,052.7
85	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,045.9
86	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3,026.3
87	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3,013.7
88	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3,002.2
89	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,970.1
90	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2,883.3
91	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,876.5
92	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,835.6
93	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,723.9
94	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,682.6
95	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,657.3
96	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2,656.2
97	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2,645.1
98	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2,624.9
99	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,623.6
100	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2,615.6
101	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2,600.0
102	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2,531.2
103	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,521.6
104	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,503.6
105	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2,469.0
106	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,461.7
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,379.7
108	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,333.7
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,281.8
110	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,279.4
111	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,263.2
112	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,254.4
113	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,253.2
114	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2,233.9
115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,172.6
116	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,168.1
117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2,153.3
118	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,109.0
119	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,002.4
120	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2,000.0
121	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,998.2
122	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,952.0
123	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,938.5
124	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,905.0
125	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,847.0
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,826.3
127	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,818.2
128	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,800.2
129	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1,741.9
130	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,728.9
131	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,709.2
132	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,688.1
133	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,644.3
134	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,609.0
135	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,587.0
136	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,549.3
137	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,531.2
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,506.4
139	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,496.8
140	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,441.4
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,428.5
142	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,397.3
143	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,379.6
144	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1,359.6
145	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,338.0
146	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,322.8
147	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,271.9
148	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,254.2
149	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,223.4
150	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,221.7
151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,186.7
152	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,152.3
153	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,148.5
154	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,145.2
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,083.6
156	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,052.9
157	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	996.5
158	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	948.3
159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	893.0
160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	870.8
161	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	863.8
162	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	843.7
163	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	813.0
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	812.4
165	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	798.9
166	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	750.0
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	731.8
168	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	715.9
169	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	710.2
170	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	709.9
171	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	682.8
172	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	680.5
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	638.9
174	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	613.1
175	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	593.5
176	Niger`NER`Western Africa	554.8
177	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	502.5
178	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	396.2
179	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22.7

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Saint Vincent and the Grenadines27,837.8
2United Arab Emirates20,853.3
3Oman12,344.6
4Kuwait10,483.2
5Qatar8,709.4

Lowest

179Cabo Verde22.7
178Botswana396.2
177Namibia502.5
176Niger554.8
175Gambia593.5

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,883.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
178values changed, of 179 in both
103 · 75rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait5,656.2 → 10,483.2+4,827.0
Qatar4,996.4 → 8,709.4+3,713.0
Serbia3,967.9 → 6,132.1+2,164.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina3,732.1 → 5,487.9+1,755.8
Spain2,770.2 → 4,205.5+1,435.3

Fell most

United Arab Emirates30,801.8 → 20,853.3−9,948.5
Sweden5,992.3 → 3,535.5−2,456.8
Denmark6,916.5 → 4,888.8−2,027.7
Ireland8,783.6 → 6,839.5−1,944.1
Norway4,561.4 → 2,656.2−1,905.2

− Malta

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 2018.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 179 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2018). Cereal Yield, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/2018

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