Data for 1972

Crop Production Index, 1972

Name: Crop Production Index, 1972
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1972, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crop Production Index, 1972 covers 163 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 589.75; Kuwait is lowest, at 2.58. The middle country reads 44.37. Against 1971, 162 values changed (79 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crop Production Index · Data for 1972

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

589.75

LowestKuwait

2.58

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

163countries
1measure
1972the 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, 1972, 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, 1972: 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	589.75
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	468.39
3	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	407.73
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	391.79
5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	360.81
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	344.26
7	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	322.91
8	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	312.29
9	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	261.94
10	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	164.08
11	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	139.25
12	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	133.59
13	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	132.33
14	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	131.26
15	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	130.50
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	124.76
17	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	123.01
18	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	120.77
19	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	118.09
20	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	116.14
21	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	111.67
22	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	103.50
23	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	103.07
24	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	102.63
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	98.69
26	Panama`PAN`Central America	95.15
27	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	94.44
28	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	94.33
29	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	92.27
30	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	92.22
31	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	91.64
32	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	90.95
33	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	90.28
34	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	87.05
35	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	86.76
36	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	86.23
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	85.75
38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	85.00
39	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	83.38
40	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	82.29
41	France`FRA`Western Europe	79.52
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	79.29
43	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	77.79
44	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	77.58
45	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	76.22
46	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	75.93
47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	73.79
48	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	72.57
49	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	72.05
50	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	71.25
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	69.68
52	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	68.57
53	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	64.84
54	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	64.22
55	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	60.73
56	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	60.58
57	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	60.52
58	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	60.43
59	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	59.16
60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	58.97
61	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	58.01
62	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	57.70
63	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	57.68
64	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	56.99
65	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	56.03
66	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	55.58
67	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.00
68	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	53.64
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	50.99
70	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	50.81
71	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	50.30
72	Venezuela`VEN`South America	50.18
73	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	49.21
74	Suriname`SUR`South America	49.19
75	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	48.03
76	United States`USA`Northern America	47.97
77	Honduras`HND`Central America	47.06
78	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	46.89
79	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	45.89
80	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	45.85
81	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	44.54
82	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	44.37
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	42.50
84	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	41.23
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41.16
86	Colombia`COL`South America	41.02
87	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.18
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	39.80
89	Guyana`GUY`South America	39.52
90	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	39.34
91	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	38.56
92	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	37.87
93	Mexico`MEX`Central America	37.86
94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	37.28
95	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.42
96	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.39
97	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.63
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	34.86
99	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	34.58
100	Canada`CAN`Northern America	33.66
101	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	33.51
102	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	32.66
103	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32.29
104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	32.17
105	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	31.95
106	Chile`CHL`South America	31.41
=107	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	31.18
=107	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	31.18
109	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	30.82
110	Peru`PER`South America	30.59
111	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30.43
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	29.76
113	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	29.74
114	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	29.50
115	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	29.24
116	Belize`BLZ`Central America	29.03
117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	29.00
118	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28.92
119	India`IND`Southern Asia	28.87
120	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	28.78
121	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	28.58
122	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	28.51
123	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	27.97
124	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27.69
125	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.57
126	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	25.51
127	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	24.81
128	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	24.76
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24.62
130	Brazil`BRA`South America	24.31
131	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	24.18
132	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23.98
133	Argentina`ARG`South America	23.94
134	Bolivia`BOL`South America	23.84
135	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.70
136	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.71
137	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	21.93
138	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	21.84
139	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	21.68
140	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	21.59
141	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	21.51
142	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.36
143	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	20.55
144	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.46
145	Uruguay`URY`South America	20.32
146	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.41
147	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	19.24
148	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	19.15
149	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	19.07
150	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	17.82
151	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.97
152	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	16.89
153	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.66
154	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.15
155	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	15.36
156	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.76
157	Paraguay`PRY`South America	13.67
158	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.16
159	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.86
160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10.66
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4.01
162	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.00
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.58

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait2.58
162United Arab Emirates4.00
161Djibouti4.01
160Laos10.66
159Mali10.86

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 44.37. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 163 in both
79 · 83rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Seychelles278.53 → 344.26+65.73
Trinidad and Tobago363.79 → 391.79+28.00
Mauritius113.83 → 133.59+19.76
Poland110.18 → 124.76+14.58
Syria36.50 → 50.81+14.31

Fell most

Antigua and Barbuda161.25 → 72.57−88.68
Saint Kitts and Nevis646.77 → 589.75−57.02
Barbados463.88 → 407.73−56.15
Tuvalu98.91 → 49.21−49.70
Lesotho90.84 → 56.03−34.81

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 1972.
162 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 31.18. 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.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1972). Crop Production Index, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crop-production-index/1972

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