Data for 1973

Crop Production Index, 1973

Name: Crop Production Index, 1973
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1973, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crop Production Index, 1973 covers 163 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 520.98; Qatar is lowest, at 0.11. The middle country reads 43.66. Against 1972, 163 values changed (111 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crop Production Index · Data for 1973

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

520.98

LowestQatar

0.11

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

163countries
1measure
1973the year it describes
163distinct 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, 1973, 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, 1973: 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	520.98
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	392.53
3	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	388.42
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	347.84
5	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	326.84
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	306.07
7	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	297.50
8	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	278.36
9	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	187.64
10	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	154.23
11	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	140.71
12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	137.90
13	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	137.89
14	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	134.16
15	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	132.08
16	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	131.15
17	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	122.40
18	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	119.20
19	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	118.75
20	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	114.71
21	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	111.98
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	109.78
23	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	107.62
24	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	106.65
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	100.10
26	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.92
27	Panama`PAN`Central America	97.68
28	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	96.80
29	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	93.59
30	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	93.18
31	France`FRA`Western Europe	93.17
32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	92.20
33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	91.68
34	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	89.91
35	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	88.77
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	87.44
37	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	86.11
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	84.64
39	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	82.99
40	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	80.01
41	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	76.16
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	74.37
43	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	74.04
44	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	73.21
45	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	72.06
46	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	71.54
47	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	71.20
48	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	70.71
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	70.67
50	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	70.27
51	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	68.31
52	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	66.39
53	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	65.68
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	64.23
55	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	63.99
56	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	63.44
57	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	63.36
58	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	62.55
59	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.51
60	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	62.18
61	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	61.58
62	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	61.32
63	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	60.96
64	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	60.52
65	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	60.47
66	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	59.84
67	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.51
68	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	57.95
69	Suriname`SUR`South America	56.78
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.74
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	51.79
72	United States`USA`Northern America	51.46
73	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	50.86
74	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	49.17
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	45.69
76	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	45.55
77	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	45.11
78	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.85
79	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	44.13
80	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.91
81	Colombia`COL`South America	43.82
82	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	43.66
83	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	43.38
84	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.78
85	Ecuador`ECU`South America	42.58
86	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	42.47
87	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.94
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	41.75
89	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	41.71
90	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	41.65
91	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	41.64
92	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.60
93	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	40.57
94	Mexico`MEX`Central America	39.43
95	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	39.32
96	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	39.18
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	38.00
98	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	37.49
99	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	36.78
100	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	36.53
101	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	36.26
102	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	35.89
103	Canada`CAN`Northern America	35.23
104	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	35.01
105	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	34.09
106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33.14
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	33.10
108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	32.12
109	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	32.07
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	31.81
111	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31.66
112	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	31.63
113	India`IND`Southern Asia	31.40
114	Belize`BLZ`Central America	30.86
115	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	30.69
116	Peru`PER`South America	30.61
117	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	30.34
118	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	30.30
119	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	29.91
120	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	28.85
121	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	28.74
122	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	28.43
123	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	28.16
124	Chile`CHL`South America	27.60
125	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27.09
126	Argentina`ARG`South America	27.04
127	Bolivia`BOL`South America	26.78
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	26.02
129	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25.35
130	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	25.14
131	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25.12
132	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	25.09
133	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	24.77
134	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	24.61
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24.41
136	Uruguay`URY`South America	23.95
137	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	23.85
138	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	23.34
139	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	23.21
140	Brazil`BRA`South America	22.97
141	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	22.64
142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	22.10
143	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.77
144	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.15
145	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.01
146	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	20.66
147	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	20.49
148	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.41
149	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	17.30
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.55
151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	16.17
152	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	14.36
153	Paraguay`PRY`South America	14.22
154	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	11.46
155	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.28
156	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.96
157	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10.78
158	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	10.66
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10.51
160	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.72
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4.26
162	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3.59
163	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.11

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Qatar0.11
162Kuwait3.59
161Djibouti4.26
160United Arab Emirates4.72
159Niger10.51

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 43.66. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
111 · 52rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mongolia27.97 → 62.18+34.21
Lesotho56.03 → 76.16+20.13
Switzerland103.07 → 122.40+19.33
Gambia94.44 → 111.98+17.54
Brunei56.99 → 71.54+14.55

Fell most

Singapore468.39 → 392.53−75.86
Cyprus261.94 → 187.64−74.30
Saint Kitts and Nevis589.75 → 520.98−68.77
Trinidad and Tobago391.79 → 326.84−64.95
Seychelles344.26 → 306.07−38.19

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 1973.
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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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1973). Crop Production Index, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crop-production-index/1973

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