Data for 2021

Cereal Yield, 2021

Name: Cereal Yield, 2021
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2021, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 2021 covers 179 countries. Oman is highest, at 25,977.8; Cabo Verde is lowest, at 16.3. The middle country reads 3,002.8. Against 2020, 179 values changed (98 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 2021

HighestOman

25,977.8

LowestCabo Verde

16.3

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

179countries
1measure
2021the 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	25,977.8
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	19,809.2
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	14,702.4
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	14,472.7
5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8,809.4
6	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8,640.6
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	8,606.5
8	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	8,431.1
9	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	8,255.7
10	United States`USA`Northern America	8,246.5
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7,906.2
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7,850.7
13	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	7,840.0
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,340.5
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	7,171.3
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,112.4
17	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7,012.9
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,998.1
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6,966.8
20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6,864.8
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6,826.1
22	Chile`CHL`South America	6,491.2
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6,417.0
24	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6,355.0
25	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6,317.5
26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6,113.0
27	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,976.8
28	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5,949.6
29	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,947.1
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	5,920.0
31	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	5,770.0
32	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5,695.7
33	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5,593.3
34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,562.8
35	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,515.8
36	Uruguay`URY`South America	5,496.8
37	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5,493.8
38	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5,454.6
39	Guyana`GUY`South America	5,443.6
40	Argentina`ARG`South America	5,410.4
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5,379.7
42	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,187.8
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5,157.7
44	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5,144.7
45	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5,064.7
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4,964.4
47	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,817.3
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,784.8
49	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,774.4
50	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4,727.5
51	Peru`PER`South America	4,703.6
52	Suriname`SUR`South America	4,638.3
53	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4,562.5
54	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4,541.1
55	Brazil`BRA`South America	4,479.0
56	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,422.1
57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,311.2
58	Belize`BLZ`Central America	4,289.5
59	Colombia`COL`South America	4,278.9
60	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4,227.4
61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4,194.7
62	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,183.7
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4,016.0
64	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3,993.8
65	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3,942.0
66	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,937.2
67	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3,900.2
68	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3,887.4
69	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3,885.1
70	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,878.9
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,832.9
72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3,823.1
73	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3,768.1
74	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3,740.7
75	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,565.6
76	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,537.9
77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3,537.8
78	India`IND`Southern Asia	3,527.9
79	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,515.9
80	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	3,502.4
81	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,489.4
82	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,410.5
83	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3,344.7
84	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3,297.4
85	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,193.4
86	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3,120.8
87	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3,119.8
88	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,063.2
89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,062.0
90	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,002.8
91	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,950.3
92	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,922.9
93	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,918.5
94	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2,817.0
95	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,816.0
96	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,793.3
97	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2,777.3
98	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2,776.5
99	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2,750.4
100	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2,733.3
101	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2,705.4
102	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,660.6
103	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,525.0
104	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,523.0
105	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2,442.8
106	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,408.7
107	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,403.1
108	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,360.5
109	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,334.9
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,328.7
111	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,319.1
112	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,301.5
113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,255.1
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,177.9
115	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,147.5
116	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2,121.4
117	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,099.1
118	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2,063.5
119	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,039.9
120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,035.6
121	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,021.1
122	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,003.8
123	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2,000.9
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,990.2
125	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,967.5
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,908.1
127	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,896.1
128	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,885.7
129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,854.7
130	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,782.3
131	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,770.3
132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,726.7
133	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1,721.5
134	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,659.1
135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,621.9
136	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,594.1
137	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,587.1
138	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,545.5
139	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,532.0
140	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,524.8
141	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,522.4
142	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,519.0
143	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,451.5
144	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,441.2
145	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,438.5
146	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,433.7
147	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,420.0
148	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,408.6
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,356.5
150	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,352.6
151	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1,287.2
152	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,201.9
153	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,189.0
154	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,149.5
155	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,118.0
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,095.7
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,070.6
158	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,054.1
159	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,051.9
160	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1,038.3
161	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,002.6
162	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	999.3
163	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	997.3
164	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	996.1
165	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	972.5
166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	897.4
167	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	894.4
168	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	844.6
169	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	820.4
170	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	814.3
171	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	807.2
172	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	673.4
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	637.7
174	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	627.1
175	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	515.0
176	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	471.2
177	Niger`NER`Western Africa	360.5
178	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	314.0
179	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.3

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Oman25,977.8
2United Arab Emirates19,809.2
3Kuwait14,702.4
4Saint Vincent and the Grenadines14,472.7
5New Zealand8,809.4

Lowest

179Cabo Verde16.3
178Somalia314.0
177Niger360.5
176Namibia471.2
175Sudan515.0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,002.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 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

Oman15,341.0 → 25,977.8+10,636.8
Moldova1,893.6 → 5,157.7+3,264.1
Romania3,398.6 → 5,187.8+1,789.2
Morocco747.4 → 2,328.7+1,581.3
Bulgaria4,373.4 → 5,949.6+1,576.2

Fell most

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines29,241.4 → 14,472.7−14,768.7
Iceland4,858.0 → 3,120.8−1,737.2
Israel3,834.1 → 2,147.5−1,686.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina6,050.7 → 4,422.1−1,628.6
Switzerland6,978.0 → 5,515.8−1,462.2

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 2021.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 179 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2021). Cereal Yield, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/2021

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