Data for 1979

Crop Production Index, 1979

Name: Crop Production Index, 1979
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1979, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crop Production Index, 1979 covers 163 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 884.88; Kuwait is lowest, at 5.73. The middle country reads 51.82. Against 1978, 161 values changed (101 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crop Production Index · Data for 1979

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

884.88

LowestKuwait

5.73

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

163countries
1measure
1979the 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, 1979, 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, 1979: 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	884.88
2	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	396.42
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	345.58
4	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	317.47
5	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	282.88
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	235.50
7	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	227.49
8	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	214.75
9	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	213.62
10	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	182.80
11	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	162.37
12	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	150.63
13	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	144.09
14	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	141.28
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	138.92
16	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	137.74
17	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	133.52
18	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	132.63
19	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	132.42
20	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	130.94
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	126.80
22	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	125.99
23	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	119.29
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	118.22
25	Panama`PAN`Central America	115.30
26	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	112.85
27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	108.95
28	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	108.07
29	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	104.85
30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	104.07
31	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	101.82
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	101.24
33	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.18
34	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.02
35	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	96.43
36	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	96.20
37	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	94.02
38	France`FRA`Western Europe	93.22
39	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	89.08
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	87.80
41	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	87.11
42	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	83.94
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	83.54
44	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	81.90
45	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	80.94
46	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	80.89
47	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	80.41
48	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	79.21
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	78.19
50	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	77.60
51	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	76.04
52	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	75.28
53	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	74.17
54	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	71.69
55	Suriname`SUR`South America	71.64
56	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	70.92
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	70.64
58	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	68.83
59	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	68.64
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	68.46
61	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	67.88
62	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	67.82
63	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	67.56
64	United States`USA`Northern America	65.02
65	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	64.46
66	Venezuela`VEN`South America	62.82
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	62.37
68	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62.27
69	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	61.34
70	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	61.24
71	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	60.11
72	Colombia`COL`South America	60.10
73	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	59.75
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	57.49
75	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	57.17
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	56.34
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	55.13
78	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	55.05
79	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	54.65
80	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	52.32
81	Honduras`HND`Central America	52.07
82	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	51.82
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	51.80
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	51.65
85	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	50.91
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	50.41
87	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	48.81
88	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	48.56
89	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	48.26
90	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.42
91	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	46.72
92	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	45.98
93	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	45.93
94	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	45.64
95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	44.83
96	Mexico`MEX`Central America	44.75
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	44.65
98	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	44.63
99	Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.62
100	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	43.56
101	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	42.28
102	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.84
103	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	40.75
104	Canada`CAN`Northern America	40.56
105	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	40.33
106	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	40.30
107	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	40.12
108	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	40.02
109	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	39.70
110	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.67
111	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	38.94
112	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.79
113	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.55
114	Chile`CHL`South America	37.15
115	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	36.66
116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.52
117	Belize`BLZ`Central America	36.03
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	35.24
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	34.99
120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	34.72
121	Argentina`ARG`South America	34.57
122	India`IND`Southern Asia	34.56
123	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	33.28
124	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	33.05
125	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	32.55
126	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	32.27
127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	32.24
128	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31.50
129	Peru`PER`South America	30.39
130	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.16
131	Brazil`BRA`South America	29.02
132	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	28.13
133	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	27.92
134	Bolivia`BOL`South America	26.81
135	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	26.80
136	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	26.25
137	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	26.17
138	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	26.11
139	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	25.06
140	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	25.04
141	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	24.49
142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	24.46
143	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.19
144	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.94
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	23.33
146	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22.38
147	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	21.01
148	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	20.97
149	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	20.94
150	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.87
151	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.16
152	Niger`NER`Western Africa	19.91
153	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	19.80
154	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	18.97
155	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18.85
156	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.50
157	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15.37
158	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	14.67
159	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13.53
160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	12.36
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	9.02
162	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7.22
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5.73

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait5.73
162Cambodia7.22
161Djibouti9.02
160Laos12.36
159Angola13.53

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 51.82. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
161values changed, of 163 in both
101 · 60rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Barbados349.19 → 396.42+47.23
Saint Kitts and Nevis840.85 → 884.88+44.03
Fiji127.78 → 162.37+34.59
Portugal84.12 → 108.95+24.83
Hong Kong323.85 → 345.58+21.73

Fell most

Gambia96.77 → 57.49−39.28
Iceland71.90 → 38.94−32.96
Uganda85.95 → 60.11−25.84
Dominica100.63 → 75.28−25.35
Singapore260.53 → 235.50−25.03

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 1979.
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) (1979). Crop Production Index, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crop-production-index/1979

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