Data for 1988

Crop Production Index, 1988

Name: Crop Production Index, 1988
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1988, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crop Production Index, 1988 covers 163 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 651.89; Angola is lowest, at 13.41. The middle country reads 61.40. Against 1987, 161 values changed (106 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crop Production Index · Data for 1988

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

651.89

LowestAngola

13.41

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

163countries
1measure
1988the 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, 1988, 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, 1988: 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	651.89
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	521.56
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	277.37
4	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	274.52
5	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	231.48
6	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	206.16
7	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	202.93
8	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	193.44
9	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	142.01
10	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	140.50
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	138.14
12	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	134.74
13	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	134.55
14	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	134.50
15	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	127.08
16	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	124.52
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	124.19
18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	122.25
19	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	122.17
20	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	122.07
21	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	121.30
22	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	121.29
23	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	119.99
24	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	119.62
25	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	113.91
26	Panama`PAN`Central America	113.71
27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	111.65
28	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	110.86
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	109.66
30	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	109.48
31	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	103.93
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	102.95
33	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	102.45
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	100.89
35	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	100.69
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.76
37	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	99.22
38	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.65
39	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.99
40	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	97.53
41	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	97.45
42	France`FRA`Western Europe	96.74
43	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	96.13
44	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	94.92
45	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	91.57
46	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	91.37
47	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	91.31
48	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	90.93
49	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	90.39
50	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	88.30
51	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	87.40
52	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	86.28
53	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	86.20
54	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	85.92
55	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	84.70
56	Suriname`SUR`South America	84.24
57	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	83.42
58	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	80.65
59	Venezuela`VEN`South America	80.53
60	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	80.51
61	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	80.39
62	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.49
63	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	78.84
64	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	77.14
65	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	76.57
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	74.66
67	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	73.33
68	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	72.24
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	71.77
70	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	71.60
71	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	71.53
72	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	68.36
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	65.89
74	Colombia`COL`South America	65.78
75	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	65.68
76	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	65.22
77	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	65.12
78	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	65.11
79	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	64.31
80	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	63.80
81	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	63.27
82	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	61.40
83	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	60.98
84	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	60.56
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	59.25
86	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	58.48
87	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	57.74
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	57.48
89	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	56.85
90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	56.25
91	Honduras`HND`Central America	55.11
92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	54.89
93	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	54.23
94	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	54.02
=95	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	53.22
=95	United States`USA`Northern America	53.22
97	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	52.74
=98	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	52.67
=98	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	52.67
100	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	52.14
101	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	52.10
102	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	51.01
103	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	50.41
104	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	49.34
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.17
106	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	47.90
107	India`IND`Southern Asia	47.62
108	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	46.28
109	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	45.92
110	Belize`BLZ`Central America	45.89
111	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	45.72
112	Chile`CHL`South America	45.48
113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	45.27
114	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	45.01
115	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	44.66
116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	44.30
117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.26
118	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	44.17
119	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	43.54
120	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	43.50
121	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.68
122	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.64
123	Brazil`BRA`South America	42.41
124	Canada`CAN`Northern America	42.16
125	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.14
126	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	41.86
127	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	41.41
128	Argentina`ARG`South America	41.00
129	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	40.84
130	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.42
131	Guyana`GUY`South America	39.16
132	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.08
133	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	39.03
134	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	38.98
135	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.80
136	Paraguay`PRY`South America	38.30
137	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	38.00
138	Peru`PER`South America	37.91
139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	37.69
140	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.98
141	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	36.55
142	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.64
143	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	35.61
144	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	34.04
145	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	33.20
146	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	32.81
147	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	31.97
148	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	31.09
149	Uruguay`URY`South America	30.24
150	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	29.80
151	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	29.41
152	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	29.31
153	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	27.88
154	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	26.36
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	26.30
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	26.03
157	Niger`NER`Western Africa	24.19
158	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	24.04
159	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.85
160	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	21.31
161	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	21.01
162	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	14.36
163	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13.41

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Saint Kitts and Nevis651.89
2Saint Lucia521.56
3Hong Kong277.37
4Barbados274.52
5Cyprus231.48

Lowest

163Angola13.41
162Laos14.36
161Cambodia21.01
160Malawi21.31
159Algeria23.85

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.40. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
161values changed, of 163 in both
106 · 55rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia408.87 → 521.56+112.69
Zimbabwe98.73 → 134.74+36.01
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines85.68 → 121.29+35.61
Lesotho88.14 → 122.07+33.93
Switzerland104.43 → 138.14+33.71

Fell most

Iceland98.11 → 60.98−37.13
Singapore101.25 → 65.68−35.57
Portugal106.68 → 71.77−34.91
Seychelles148.39 → 124.52−23.87
Grenada142.54 → 121.30−21.24

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

Read before you use

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 1988.
161 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 53.22. 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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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1988). Crop Production Index, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crop-production-index/1988

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