Data for 1962

Food Production Index, 1962

Name: Food Production Index, 1962
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1962, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1962 covers 163 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 684.60; Kuwait is lowest, at 4.49. The middle country reads 33.22. Against 1961, 163 values changed (130 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1962

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

684.60

LowestKuwait

4.49

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

163countries
1measure
1962the year it describes
161distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Food Production Index, 1962, 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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Food Production Index, 1962: 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	684.60
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	275.06
3	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	239.02
4	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	238.57
5	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	163.55
6	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	159.20
7	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	157.57
8	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	150.11
9	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	123.56
10	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	115.65
11	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	113.67
12	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	103.13
13	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	102.06
14	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	101.38
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	94.63
16	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	94.12
17	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	92.49
18	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	91.10
19	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	90.39
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	86.90
21	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	86.45
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	85.13
23	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	82.94
24	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	82.62
25	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	79.19
26	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.13
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	78.78
28	France`FRA`Western Europe	78.65
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	78.51
30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	76.95
31	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	75.22
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	73.64
33	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	73.47
34	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	72.60
35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	71.16
36	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	71.11
37	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	70.01
38	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	69.69
39	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	69.10
40	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.76
41	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	67.44
42	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	66.68
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	64.17
44	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	62.93
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	59.66
46	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	57.66
47	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	56.89
48	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	50.52
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	49.65
50	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	48.89
51	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	47.83
52	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	46.20
53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	45.57
54	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	45.37
55	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	44.21
56	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	44.10
57	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	43.06
58	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.81
59	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	42.40
60	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	42.02
61	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	41.72
62	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	41.34
63	United States`USA`Northern America	41.26
64	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.85
65	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	40.71
66	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	40.55
67	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	39.55
68	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	38.08
69	Uruguay`URY`South America	37.87
=70	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	36.97
=70	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.97
=72	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	36.70
=72	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	36.70
74	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	36.15
75	Canada`CAN`Northern America	36.00
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	35.60
77	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	34.87
78	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	34.78
79	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34.26
80	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	34.24
81	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	34.19
82	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	33.22
83	Argentina`ARG`South America	32.96
84	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	32.81
85	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	32.66
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	32.59
87	Suriname`SUR`South America	31.92
88	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	30.93
89	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	30.89
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	30.21
91	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	29.62
92	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.69
93	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	28.58
94	Colombia`COL`South America	28.41
95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	28.27
96	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28.15
97	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.12
98	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	27.46
99	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	26.99
100	Venezuela`VEN`South America	26.83
101	Chile`CHL`South America	26.38
102	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	25.18
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	23.90
104	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.83
105	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	23.67
106	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.35
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.24
108	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	23.02
109	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	23.00
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	22.79
111	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.57
112	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.14
113	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.13
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	21.97
115	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	21.83
116	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	21.78
117	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	21.37
118	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	21.29
119	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	21.28
120	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	21.11
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.64
122	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	20.56
123	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19.76
124	Peru`PER`South America	19.61
125	Mexico`MEX`Central America	19.50
126	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	19.31
127	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	18.91
128	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	18.80
129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	18.68
130	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.53
131	Niger`NER`Western Africa	18.50
132	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	18.09
133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17.70
134	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.77
135	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	16.51
136	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	15.91
137	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	15.78
138	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	15.44
139	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	15.34
140	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	15.00
141	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	14.89
142	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	14.66
143	Brazil`BRA`South America	14.48
144	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	14.44
145	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14.43
146	Bolivia`BOL`South America	14.33
147	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	14.18
148	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	14.02
149	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	14.01
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13.92
151	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.21
152	Paraguay`PRY`South America	12.36
153	Belize`BLZ`Central America	11.93
154	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	11.50
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.07
156	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	10.79
157	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	9.78
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9.25
159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.24
160	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	7.23
161	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	6.64
162	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.66
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.49

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait4.49
162United Arab Emirates4.66
161Faroe Islands6.64
160Qatar7.23
159Laos7.24

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 33.22. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
130 · 33rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Hong Kong129.37 → 159.20+29.83
Saint Lucia221.99 → 238.57+16.58
Fiji77.92 → 92.49+14.57
French Polynesia101.84 → 115.65+13.81
Equatorial Guinea88.38 → 102.06+13.68

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis720.16 → 684.60−35.56
Cuba86.01 → 70.01−16.00
Tonga133.86 → 123.56−10.30
Poland90.87 → 82.62−8.25
Greece57.80 → 49.65−8.15

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 1962.
161 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 36.97. 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) (1962). Food Production Index, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1962

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