Data for 1961

Crop Production Index, 1961

Name: Crop Production Index, 1961
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1961, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crop Production Index, 1961 covers 163 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 955.93; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.73. The middle country reads 35.51.

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Crop Production Index · Data for 1961

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

955.93

LowestKuwait

0.73

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

163countries
1measure
1961the year it describes
162distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Crop Production Index, 1961, 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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Crop Production Index, 1961: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	955.93
2	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	572.08
3	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	506.74
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	369.26
5	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	310.27
6	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	305.46
7	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	294.66
8	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	273.24
9	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	181.62
10	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	164.06
11	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	155.71
12	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	138.40
13	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	130.72
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	129.53
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	124.60
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	118.66
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	115.94
18	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	112.15
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	109.68
20	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	108.86
21	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	105.54
22	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	104.81
23	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	101.86
24	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	100.88
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.94
26	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.06
27	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	96.23
28	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	94.42
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	93.68
30	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	93.53
31	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	92.82
32	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	90.72
33	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	88.74
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	88.15
35	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	86.67
36	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	82.54
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	82.20
38	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	74.63
39	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	72.24
40	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	71.69
41	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	69.03
42	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	68.62
43	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	68.59
44	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	66.44
45	France`FRA`Western Europe	65.75
46	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.97
47	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	63.17
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	63.03
49	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.58
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	60.46
51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	59.77
52	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	58.22
53	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	54.25
54	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	53.94
55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	51.35
56	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	50.22
57	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	49.44
58	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	49.34
59	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	48.96
60	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	48.34
61	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	46.28
62	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	45.40
63	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	44.85
64	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	44.43
65	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	44.17
66	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	43.88
67	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	43.50
68	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	43.36
69	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	43.24
70	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	42.28
71	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	41.83
72	Guyana`GUY`South America	41.50
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	41.43
74	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	40.17
75	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	39.75
76	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	39.41
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.84
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	37.00
79	United States`USA`Northern America	36.93
80	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	36.72
81	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	36.32
82	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	35.51
83	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	34.99
84	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	34.36
85	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	33.86
86	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	33.67
87	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.05
88	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	32.24
89	Colombia`COL`South America	30.30
90	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	28.93
91	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	28.83
92	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	28.35
93	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	27.97
94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.81
95	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	27.63
96	Chile`CHL`South America	27.16
97	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	27.03
98	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	26.59
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	26.42
100	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	26.33
101	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	25.98
102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	25.70
103	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	25.60
104	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	25.59
105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	25.48
106	Suriname`SUR`South America	25.39
107	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	25.38
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	25.15
109	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.73
110	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	24.60
111	Peru`PER`South America	23.28
112	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.22
113	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22.90
114	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	22.71
115	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	22.58
116	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	22.31
117	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20.94
118	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	20.49
119	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	20.25
120	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	20.08
121	Argentina`ARG`South America	19.65
122	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	19.51
123	Uruguay`URY`South America	19.49
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	19.31
125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19.13
126	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	19.09
127	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.93
128	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	18.41
129	Canada`CAN`Northern America	18.13
130	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	18.04
131	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	18.00
132	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17.81
133	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	17.38
134	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	17.21
135	Brazil`BRA`South America	16.98
=136	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16.93
=136	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	16.93
138	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	16.83
139	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	16.54
140	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	15.36
141	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.96
142	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14.60
143	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	14.54
144	Bolivia`BOL`South America	14.35
145	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	14.24
146	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	13.99
147	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	13.84
148	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.67
149	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13.45
150	Niger`NER`Western Africa	13.31
151	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	12.62
152	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	12.28
153	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.23
154	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	10.96
155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.53
156	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9.48
157	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	8.98
158	Paraguay`PRY`South America	8.30
159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.03
160	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.01
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2.11
162	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.64
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.73

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait0.73
162United Arab Emirates1.64
161Djibouti2.11
160Qatar5.01
159Laos7.03

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 35.51. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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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 1961.
162 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 16.93. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 163 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1961). Crop Production Index, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crop-production-index/1961

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