Data for 2020

Cereal Yield, 2020

Name: Cereal Yield, 2020
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 2020 covers 179 countries. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is highest, at 29,241.4; Cabo Verde is lowest, at 15.7. The middle country reads 3,260.0. Against 2019, 179 values changed (98 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 2020

HighestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines

29,241.4

LowestCabo Verde

15.7

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

179countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: 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	29,241.4
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	18,982.7
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	15,627.2
4	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	15,341.0
5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9,039.3
6	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8,942.5
7	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	8,444.4
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8,430.6
9	United States`USA`Northern America	8,144.8
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7,944.3
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,386.4
12	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7,385.5
13	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	7,206.6
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,167.4
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,133.3
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7,124.8
17	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	7,124.6
18	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6,992.4
19	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,978.0
20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6,926.3
21	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6,659.1
22	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,569.7
23	France`FRA`Western Europe	6,394.9
24	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6,296.1
25	Chile`CHL`South America	6,245.8
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6,241.0
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6,230.1
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6,211.6
29	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6,129.8
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6,050.7
31	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6,042.7
32	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5,994.4
33	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,797.3
34	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5,736.8
35	Guyana`GUY`South America	5,634.1
36	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,626.5
37	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5,461.8
38	Brazil`BRA`South America	5,255.3
39	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5,209.2
40	Argentina`ARG`South America	5,139.8
41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5,121.0
42	Uruguay`URY`South America	4,963.6
43	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4,885.9
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,881.3
45	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	4,858.0
46	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4,819.4
47	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,769.1
48	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,734.2
49	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4,733.4
50	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4,706.5
51	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4,691.7
52	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,683.8
53	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	4,662.8
54	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,653.7
55	Peru`PER`South America	4,556.9
56	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,510.8
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4,501.5
58	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	4,411.5
59	Colombia`COL`South America	4,398.6
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4,373.4
61	Suriname`SUR`South America	4,319.1
62	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4,295.6
63	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4,197.1
64	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4,091.9
65	Venezuela`VEN`South America	4,034.8
66	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3,993.0
67	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,834.1
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,806.5
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,769.4
70	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3,712.4
71	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3,666.2
72	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3,664.2
73	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3,653.8
74	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3,589.3
75	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,539.9
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3,531.5
77	Belize`BLZ`Central America	3,526.3
78	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3,525.6
79	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,491.7
80	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,441.3
81	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3,434.7
82	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,398.6
83	India`IND`Southern Asia	3,391.0
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,378.5
85	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,357.1
86	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,353.4
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,341.5
88	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,309.1
89	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,260.4
90	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,260.0
91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3,227.3
92	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,203.3
93	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3,100.0
94	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,014.1
95	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3,000.0
96	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2,904.8
97	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,832.2
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,732.0
99	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,712.8
100	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,658.5
101	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2,647.0
102	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,639.3
103	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,618.8
104	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,572.1
105	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2,515.9
106	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,481.6
107	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2,467.7
108	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,410.8
109	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2,407.5
110	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2,381.4
111	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,248.7
112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,223.7
113	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,222.9
114	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2,191.4
115	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,115.8
116	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,055.8
117	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,050.8
118	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2,047.4
119	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,024.0
120	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,007.1
121	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,004.4
122	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,003.5
123	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,897.6
124	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1,893.6
125	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,886.3
126	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1,881.1
127	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,869.5
128	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,858.1
129	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,842.6
130	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,832.3
131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,821.6
132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,781.7
133	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1,706.8
134	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,686.0
135	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,670.7
136	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,644.0
137	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,636.0
138	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,619.9
139	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,616.9
140	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,588.2
141	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,520.4
142	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,515.4
143	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,473.6
144	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,432.8
145	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,423.4
146	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,342.9
147	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,324.4
148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,323.7
149	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,322.0
150	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,287.0
151	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1,282.5
152	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,261.7
153	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,218.6
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,160.9
155	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,150.3
156	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,149.4
157	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,148.1
158	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,114.3
159	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	998.7
160	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	984.8
161	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	927.7
162	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	885.5
163	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	876.7
164	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	871.5
165	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	867.1
166	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	802.3
167	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	747.4
168	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	713.0
169	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	685.2
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	672.4
171	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	659.8
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	638.6
173	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	624.5
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	595.2
175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	551.8
176	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	549.3
177	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	503.5
178	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	436.7
179	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	15.7

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Saint Vincent and the Grenadines29,241.4
2United Arab Emirates18,982.7
3Kuwait15,627.2
4Oman15,341.0
5New Zealand9,039.3

Lowest

179Cabo Verde15.7
178Lesotho436.7
177Somalia503.5
176Namibia549.3
175Niger551.8

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,260.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
179values changed, of 179 in both
98 · 81rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Oman12,375.7 → 15,341.0+2,965.3
Mauritius6,880.0 → 8,942.5+2,062.5
Iceland3,590.9 → 4,858.0+1,267.1
Egypt6,043.8 → 7,167.4+1,123.6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines28,125.0 → 29,241.4+1,116.4

Fell most

United Arab Emirates23,842.3 → 18,982.7−4,859.6
Romania5,457.5 → 3,398.6−2,058.9
Kuwait17,625.4 → 15,627.2−1,998.2
Moldova3,859.0 → 1,893.6−1,965.4
United Kingdom7,946.0 → 6,241.0−1,705.0

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 2020.
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FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 179 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2020). Cereal Yield, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/2020

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