Data for 1998

Crop Production Index, 1998

Name: Crop Production Index, 1998
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1998, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crop Production Index, 1998 covers 189 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 596.15; Angola is lowest, at 21.99. The middle country reads 71.60. Against 1997, 189 values changed (101 up, 88 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crop Production Index · Data for 1998

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

596.15

LowestAngola

21.99

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

189countries
1measure
1998the year it describes
188distinct 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, 1998, 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, 1998: 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	596.15
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	334.72
3	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	217.17
4	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	183.71
5	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	183.07
6	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	163.52
7	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	150.85
8	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	146.88
9	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	140.65
10	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	138.60
11	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	137.52
12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	136.33
13	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	134.85
14	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	130.85
15	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	130.60
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	127.40
17	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	122.25
18	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	119.53
19	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	118.93
20	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	115.20
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	114.89
22	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	114.38
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	113.63
24	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	113.60
25	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	113.45
=26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	111.93
=26	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	111.93
28	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	111.38
29	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	110.97
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	109.02
31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	105.64
32	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	105.26
33	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	104.26
34	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	103.71
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	103.30
36	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	103.12
37	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	101.96
38	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	100.77
39	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	98.80
40	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	98.52
41	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	97.92
42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	97.46
43	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	97.39
44	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	96.96
45	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	96.89
46	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	96.88
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	96.66
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	95.05
49	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	94.47
50	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	94.36
51	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	93.36
52	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	92.38
53	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	92.35
54	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	92.24
55	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	91.33
56	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	90.30
57	Panama`PAN`Central America	89.82
58	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	88.65
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	87.37
60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	86.53
61	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	86.12
62	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	86.06
63	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	83.38
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	82.59
65	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	81.64
66	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	81.29
67	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	81.01
68	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	80.98
69	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	80.91
70	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	80.87
71	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	79.86
72	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	79.57
73	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	79.05
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	78.72
75	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	78.51
76	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	78.17
77	United States`USA`Northern America	77.55
78	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	77.36
79	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	77.31
80	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	77.06
81	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	76.31
82	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	75.99
83	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	75.92
84	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	75.29
85	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	75.04
86	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	74.05
87	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	73.99
88	Colombia`COL`South America	73.93
89	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	73.75
90	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	73.65
91	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	73.63
92	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	73.12
93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	72.26
94	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	71.87
95	Mexico`MEX`Central America	71.60
96	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	71.10
97	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	70.98
98	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70.21
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	69.94
100	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	69.78
101	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	69.51
102	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	69.23
103	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	69.22
104	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	68.87
105	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	68.78
106	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	68.77
107	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	68.51
108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	68.48
109	Honduras`HND`Central America	68.38
110	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	68.01
111	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	67.58
112	Canada`CAN`Northern America	67.36
113	Chile`CHL`South America	67.26
114	Suriname`SUR`South America	65.81
115	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	65.56
116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	65.44
117	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	65.43
118	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.32
119	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	65.02
120	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	64.93
121	India`IND`Southern Asia	64.47
122	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	63.96
123	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	63.40
124	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	63.39
125	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	63.05
126	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	62.91
127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	62.78
128	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	61.81
129	Argentina`ARG`South America	61.75
130	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	61.58
131	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	61.10
132	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	60.03
133	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.46
134	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	59.29
135	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	59.14
136	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	58.93
137	Guyana`GUY`South America	58.84
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	58.72
139	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	58.50
140	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	57.53
141	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	57.43
142	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	56.89
143	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	56.71
144	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	56.45
145	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	54.90
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	54.71
147	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	54.28
148	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	53.84
149	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	53.74
150	Bolivia`BOL`South America	53.43
151	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	52.39
152	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	52.36
153	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	52.10
154	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	51.37
155	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	51.24
156	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	51.19
157	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.89
158	Peru`PER`South America	50.43
159	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	49.99
160	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.92
161	Brazil`BRA`South America	49.63
162	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	49.49
163	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	49.34
164	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	48.63
165	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	48.50
166	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	44.73
167	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	44.30
168	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	44.21
169	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	43.74
170	Uruguay`URY`South America	42.47
171	Paraguay`PRY`South America	41.62
172	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	41.34
173	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.11
174	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	40.40
175	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.22
176	Niger`NER`Western Africa	39.01
177	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	38.12
178	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	37.27
179	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	36.63
180	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.53
181	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	36.34
182	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	36.23
183	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	36.22
184	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.46
185	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	30.84
186	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	30.35
187	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	27.77
188	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.00
189	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	21.99

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

189Angola21.99
188Laos23.00
187Cambodia27.77
186Kazakhstan30.35
185Kuwait30.84

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 71.60. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
189values changed, of 189 in both
101 · 88rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Eritrea76.28 → 138.60+62.32
Syria104.43 → 137.52+33.09
Cyprus159.47 → 183.71+24.24
Tunisia55.32 → 73.12+17.80
Iceland64.56 → 81.29+16.73

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis727.30 → 596.15−131.15
Saint Lucia393.83 → 334.72−59.11
Marshall Islands137.50 → 97.92−39.58
Fiji157.33 → 119.53−37.80
Trinidad and Tobago220.66 → 183.07−37.59

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 1998.
188 distinct values among 189
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 111.93. 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 189 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1998). Crop Production Index, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crop-production-index/1998

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