Data for 1980

Crop Production Index, 1980

Name: Crop Production Index, 1980
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1980, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crop Production Index, 1980 covers 163 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 818.69; Kuwait is lowest, at 6.47. The middle country reads 55.06. Against 1979, 162 values changed (99 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crop Production Index · Data for 1980

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

818.69

LowestKuwait

6.47

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

163countries
1measure
1980the 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, 1980, 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, 1980: 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	818.69
2	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	452.44
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	362.45
4	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	281.67
5	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	272.72
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	229.33
7	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	228.34
8	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	221.02
9	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	217.86
10	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	184.88
11	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	165.69
12	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	153.04
13	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	143.28
14	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	140.87
15	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	132.02
16	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	126.71
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	126.46
18	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	125.57
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	124.45
20	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	121.23
21	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	121.04
22	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	120.80
23	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	115.79
24	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	113.22
25	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	111.88
26	Panama`PAN`Central America	106.21
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	106.19
28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	104.52
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	100.39
30	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.26
31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	97.13
32	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.07
33	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	94.89
34	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	94.14
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	93.02
36	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	92.77
37	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	92.55
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	91.79
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	91.33
40	France`FRA`Western Europe	91.14
41	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	89.00
42	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	83.94
43	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	83.85
44	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	83.63
45	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	83.36
46	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	83.31
47	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	82.42
48	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	82.31
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	81.40
50	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	81.32
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	80.47
52	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	80.23
53	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	80.03
54	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	78.48
55	Suriname`SUR`South America	77.72
56	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	76.18
57	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	72.13
58	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	72.05
59	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	69.39
60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	68.17
61	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.82
62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	66.78
63	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	66.45
64	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	64.66
65	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	64.38
66	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	64.34
67	Venezuela`VEN`South America	62.74
68	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	62.51
69	Colombia`COL`South America	61.25
70	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	60.93
71	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	60.38
72	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	59.88
73	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	59.31
74	United States`USA`Northern America	58.63
75	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.50
76	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	57.79
77	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	57.02
78	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	55.73
=79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	55.54
=79	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	55.54
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	55.22
82	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	55.06
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	53.29
84	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	53.14
85	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	53.03
86	Honduras`HND`Central America	52.12
87	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	51.79
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51.60
89	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	50.36
90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	49.55
91	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	49.39
92	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.98
93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	48.31
94	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	48.15
95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	47.72
96	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.66
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	46.45
98	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	45.48
99	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	43.97
100	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	43.47
101	Belize`BLZ`Central America	43.15
102	Canada`CAN`Northern America	42.55
103	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	42.18
104	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	42.17
105	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	42.08
106	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	41.79
107	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	41.27
108	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	41.06
109	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	40.59
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	40.50
111	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	39.02
112	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.90
113	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	37.85
114	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.61
115	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	37.12
116	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.05
117	Chile`CHL`South America	36.59
118	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	36.17
119	India`IND`Southern Asia	35.62
120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	35.24
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	34.41
122	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	34.21
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	33.87
124	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	33.33
125	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	33.08
126	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	32.55
127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	32.34
128	Brazil`BRA`South America	31.92
129	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.73
130	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31.53
131	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	31.41
132	Argentina`ARG`South America	30.67
133	Bolivia`BOL`South America	28.16
134	Peru`PER`South America	27.91
135	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	27.86
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	26.74
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	26.67
138	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	26.52
139	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.34
140	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	26.32
141	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.21
142	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	25.49
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	25.39
144	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	25.36
145	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	24.88
146	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	23.51
147	Uruguay`URY`South America	23.39
148	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	22.93
149	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	22.40
150	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22.26
151	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	22.21
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	22.08
153	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	21.58
154	Niger`NER`Western Africa	20.95
155	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	19.99
156	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18.44
157	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	18.08
158	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.15
159	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	14.04
160	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13.91
161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.50
162	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	13.24
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	6.47

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait6.47
162Mali13.24
161Laos13.50
160Cambodia13.91
159Angola14.04

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 55.06. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 163 in both
99 · 63rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Barbados396.42 → 452.44+56.02
Iceland38.94 → 83.36+44.42
Syria57.17 → 82.42+25.25
French Polynesia101.82 → 125.57+23.75
Djibouti9.02 → 31.73+22.71

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis884.88 → 818.69−66.19
Poland126.80 → 89.00−37.80
Saint Lucia317.47 → 281.67−35.80
Mauritius133.52 → 99.26−34.26
Nicaragua62.27 → 41.27−21.00

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 1980.
162 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 55.54. 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) (1980). Crop Production Index, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crop-production-index/1980

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