Data for 2023

Cereal Yield, 2023

Name: Cereal Yield, 2023
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2023, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 2023 covers 179 countries. Oman is highest, at 29,147.0; Cabo Verde is lowest, at 23.0. The middle country reads 3,071.7. Against 2022, 177 values changed (95 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 2023

HighestOman

29,147.0

LowestCabo Verde

23.0

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

179countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
179distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Cereal Yield, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	29,147.0
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	23,306.5
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	18,274.6
4	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	14,956.8
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	14,066.7
6	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	11,643.4
7	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	9,789.8
8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8,488.8
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8,485.7
10	United States`USA`Northern America	8,330.0
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8,079.5
12	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	7,598.0
13	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,402.2
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	7,274.0
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7,137.9
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7,062.8
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,051.0
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,007.3
19	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6,615.2
20	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6,418.1
21	Chile`CHL`South America	6,382.3
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6,287.3
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6,252.0
24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6,245.1
25	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6,201.1
26	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,105.8
27	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6,070.1
28	Guyana`GUY`South America	6,028.1
29	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,995.3
30	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5,913.8
31	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5,828.8
32	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,706.0
33	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5,703.0
34	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,671.7
35	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5,578.1
36	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5,539.5
37	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5,529.7
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5,520.7
39	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	5,343.6
40	Brazil`BRA`South America	5,336.5
41	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5,320.9
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5,223.8
43	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5,169.9
44	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5,121.7
45	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,059.4
46	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4,894.7
47	Peru`PER`South America	4,797.0
48	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,787.4
49	Uruguay`URY`South America	4,593.6
50	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4,482.5
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	4,476.8
52	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4,456.5
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,448.2
54	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,375.8
55	Colombia`COL`South America	4,301.2
56	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,262.2
57	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,187.3
58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4,139.9
59	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4,109.1
60	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4,101.5
61	Venezuela`VEN`South America	4,079.9
62	Suriname`SUR`South America	4,078.9
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4,024.9
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4,020.8
65	Argentina`ARG`South America	3,992.9
66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,869.2
67	Belize`BLZ`Central America	3,857.4
68	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,804.3
69	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3,795.9
70	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3,732.8
71	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,722.1
72	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3,694.7
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,659.1
74	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,634.0
75	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,612.4
76	India`IND`Southern Asia	3,602.0
77	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3,557.5
78	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,538.8
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3,523.7
80	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3,461.5
81	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,437.1
82	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,434.0
83	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	3,409.5
84	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3,408.0
85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3,368.2
86	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,344.3
87	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,314.8
88	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3,310.5
89	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3,166.6
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,071.7
91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,798.6
92	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,796.8
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,776.8
94	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2,767.9
95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,748.9
96	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2,690.9
97	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,687.6
98	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,656.3
99	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2,568.5
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,550.9
101	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,515.3
102	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2,466.7
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,464.7
104	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2,432.4
105	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2,430.1
106	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2,425.6
107	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,420.4
108	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,415.3
109	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,397.8
110	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,369.2
111	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,343.8
112	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,303.0
113	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,192.1
114	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,190.9
115	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,129.4
116	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,070.0
117	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,059.0
118	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,034.2
119	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2,029.7
120	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,003.9
121	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,980.0
122	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,961.1
123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,958.2
124	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1,940.5
125	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,900.5
126	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,887.4
127	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,856.9
128	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,834.2
129	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,821.7
130	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,817.0
131	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,814.6
132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,770.4
133	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,757.5
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,734.4
135	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,733.3
136	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1,713.2
137	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,682.4
138	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,605.1
139	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,600.3
140	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,587.6
141	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,587.5
142	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,548.6
143	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,482.1
144	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,469.7
145	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,406.9
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,369.5
147	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,351.5
148	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,300.5
149	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,295.5
150	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,227.8
151	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,221.1
152	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,173.1
153	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,167.5
154	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,140.4
155	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,126.7
156	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,067.5
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,062.6
158	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,061.8
159	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1,028.4
160	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	998.8
161	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	983.6
162	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	878.1
163	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	877.7
164	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	870.2
165	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	863.2
166	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	819.3
167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	804.1
168	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	801.1
169	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	800.7
170	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	743.9
171	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	737.7
172	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	672.2
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	638.2
174	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	632.4
175	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	503.5
176	Niger`NER`Western Africa	488.8
177	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	454.9
178	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	451.2
179	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	23.0

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Oman29,147.0
2United Arab Emirates23,306.5
3Qatar18,274.6
4Kuwait14,956.8
5Saint Vincent and the Grenadines14,066.7

Lowest

179Cabo Verde23.0
178Namibia451.2
177Sudan454.9
176Niger488.8
175Somalia503.5

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,071.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
177values changed, of 179 in both
95 · 82rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Qatar11,242.0 → 18,274.6+7,032.6
United Arab Emirates20,369.8 → 23,306.5+2,936.7
Mauritius9,247.2 → 11,643.4+2,396.2
Hungary4,032.1 → 6,252.0+2,219.9
Serbia4,637.8 → 6,105.8+1,468.0

Fell most

Oman35,157.2 → 29,147.0−6,010.2
Norway4,728.0 → 2,767.9−1,960.1
Sweden6,107.4 → 4,456.5−1,650.9
Ireland8,701.5 → 7,062.8−1,638.7
Denmark7,241.4 → 5,671.7−1,569.7

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 2023.
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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) (2023). Cereal Yield, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/2023

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