Data for 1978

Crop Production Index, 1978

Name: Crop Production Index, 1978
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1978, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crop Production Index, 1978 covers 163 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 840.85; Kuwait is lowest, at 5.42. The middle country reads 51.21. Against 1977, 161 values changed (107 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crop Production Index · Data for 1978

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

840.85

LowestKuwait

5.42

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

163countries
1measure
1978the year it describes
161distinct 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, 1978, 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, 1978: 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	840.85
2	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	349.19
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	325.93
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	323.85
5	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	273.81
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	260.53
7	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	245.07
8	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	201.57
9	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	196.48
10	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	182.71
11	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	153.62
12	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	141.85
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	138.43
14	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	135.84
15	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	133.22
16	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	132.48
17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	129.23
18	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	127.78
19	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	127.69
20	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	122.90
21	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	121.63
22	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	119.89
23	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	119.84
24	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	115.42
25	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	115.20
26	Panama`PAN`Central America	114.60
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	109.26
28	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	106.74
29	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	104.27
30	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	102.45
31	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	102.27
32	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	100.63
33	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.10
34	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.38
35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	98.78
36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.41
37	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	96.77
38	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	94.85
39	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	90.29
40	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	88.10
41	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	85.95
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	85.36
43	France`FRA`Western Europe	84.58
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	84.12
45	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	83.94
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	83.13
47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	82.38
48	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	80.87
49	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	80.25
50	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.42
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	79.31
52	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	78.89
53	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	76.76
54	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	76.22
55	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	75.86
56	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	71.90
57	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	71.79
58	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	71.43
59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	70.99
60	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	68.62
61	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	68.57
62	Suriname`SUR`South America	68.31
63	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	68.22
64	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	67.29
65	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	67.23
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	66.39
67	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	66.06
68	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	65.66
69	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	64.74
70	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	64.09
71	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	63.01
72	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	61.85
73	Venezuela`VEN`South America	61.48
74	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	60.77
75	Colombia`COL`South America	59.00
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.91
77	United States`USA`Northern America	58.57
78	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	57.46
79	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	54.41
80	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	53.93
81	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	52.41
82	Guyana`GUY`South America	51.21
83	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.99
84	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	50.91
85	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	50.80
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	50.47
87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	50.43
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.61
89	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	48.95
90	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	48.83
91	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	48.78
92	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	48.08
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	47.97
94	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	47.61
=95	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	47.20
=95	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.20
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.88
98	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	46.73
99	Ecuador`ECU`South America	45.35
100	Canada`CAN`Northern America	44.44
101	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	44.42
102	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	42.25
103	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.03
104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	40.52
105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.03
106	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	39.57
107	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	38.08
108	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	37.70
109	India`IND`Southern Asia	37.16
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	36.88
111	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	36.73
112	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	36.60
113	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	35.96
114	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	35.62
115	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35.14
=116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	35.00
=116	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	35.00
118	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	34.05
119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	33.98
120	Chile`CHL`South America	33.58
121	Argentina`ARG`South America	33.19
122	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	33.07
123	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	32.65
124	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	32.04
125	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31.44
126	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.27
127	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	31.06
128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	30.93
129	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	30.58
130	Peru`PER`South America	29.69
131	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	27.96
132	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	27.92
133	Brazil`BRA`South America	27.48
134	Bolivia`BOL`South America	27.23
135	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	26.78
136	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	26.64
137	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.50
138	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	26.37
139	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	26.36
140	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25.66
141	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	25.40
142	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	24.54
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	24.32
144	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	23.14
145	Uruguay`URY`South America	21.93
146	Paraguay`PRY`South America	21.82
147	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	21.08
148	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	20.77
149	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	19.40
150	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18.97
151	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	18.90
152	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	18.79
153	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	18.72
154	Niger`NER`Western Africa	18.48
155	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	17.85
156	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	15.92
157	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	15.10
158	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	14.99
159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.66
160	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10.38
161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	9.57
162	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.31
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5.42

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait5.42
162Djibouti6.31
161Laos9.57
160Cambodia10.38
159Burkina Faso14.66

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 51.21. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
161values changed, of 163 in both
107 · 54rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Tuvalu62.42 → 119.84+57.42
Saint Lucia291.92 → 325.93+34.01
Senegal35.84 → 64.09+28.25
Iceland44.66 → 71.90+27.24
Gambia73.64 → 96.77+23.13

Fell most

Trinidad and Tobago317.22 → 273.81−43.41
Barbados391.76 → 349.19−42.57
Hong Kong358.52 → 323.85−34.67
Seychelles224.76 → 196.48−28.28
Tonga164.40 → 141.85−22.55

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 1978.
161 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 47.20. 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) (1978). Crop Production Index, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crop-production-index/1978

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