Data for 1963

Food Production Index, 1963

Name: Food Production Index, 1963
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1963, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1963 covers 163 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 627.52; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 4.81. The middle country reads 34.37. Against 1962, 162 values changed (118 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1963

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

627.52

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

4.81

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

163countries
1measure
1963the 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, 1963, 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, 1963: 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	627.52
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	282.62
3	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	250.93
4	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	242.67
5	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	194.12
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	170.13
7	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	153.75
8	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	145.52
9	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	130.98
10	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	120.72
11	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	111.68
12	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	106.85
13	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	105.22
14	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	104.14
15	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	101.77
16	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	99.72
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	94.94
18	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	93.66
19	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	92.75
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	90.04
21	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	88.19
22	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	86.99
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	86.37
24	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	83.44
25	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	82.72
26	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	82.61
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	81.50
28	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	81.17
29	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	77.93
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	77.43
31	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	76.55
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	75.74
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	74.34
34	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	73.81
35	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	72.15
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	71.93
37	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	69.58
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	68.19
39	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	67.95
40	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	67.56
41	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	66.16
42	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	65.72
43	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	65.11
44	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	63.56
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	60.43
46	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	57.14
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	54.83
48	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	53.11
49	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	50.53
50	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	49.53
51	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	47.88
52	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	47.65
53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	47.12
54	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	46.96
55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	46.24
56	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	45.67
57	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	45.38
58	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	44.37
59	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	44.34
60	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	44.09
61	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	43.54
62	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	43.52
63	United States`USA`Northern America	42.92
64	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	42.71
65	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	42.40
66	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	42.29
67	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	41.16
68	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	40.27
69	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	39.45
70	Canada`CAN`Northern America	39.16
71	Uruguay`URY`South America	38.91
72	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	38.64
73	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	38.43
74	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	37.65
75	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.25
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	36.84
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	36.35
78	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	36.25
79	Argentina`ARG`South America	35.90
80	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	35.89
81	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	35.75
82	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	34.37
83	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	33.76
84	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	32.76
85	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	31.92
86	Suriname`SUR`South America	31.81
87	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	31.75
88	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	31.70
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	30.50
=90	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	30.36
=90	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	30.36
92	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	29.81
93	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	29.48
94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.99
95	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	28.49
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28.45
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28.37
98	Colombia`COL`South America	27.92
99	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.82
100	Chile`CHL`South America	26.61
101	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	26.31
102	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.04
103	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25.52
104	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25.44
105	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.74
106	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	24.68
107	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	24.24
108	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	24.04
109	Honduras`HND`Central America	23.94
110	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.33
111	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	23.00
112	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.62
113	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	22.32
114	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	22.29
115	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	21.86
116	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	21.85
117	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	21.70
=118	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	21.68
=118	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	21.68
120	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	21.41
121	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.97
122	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	20.91
123	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	20.56
124	Mexico`MEX`Central America	20.42
125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.34
126	Niger`NER`Western Africa	19.76
127	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	19.74
128	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	19.70
129	Peru`PER`South America	19.53
130	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19.51
131	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	19.08
132	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	19.06
133	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	18.69
134	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	18.62
135	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18.19
136	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.41
137	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.92
138	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	15.79
139	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.65
140	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	15.48
141	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	15.45
142	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	15.27
143	Bolivia`BOL`South America	15.17
144	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14.97
145	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	14.93
146	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	14.56
147	Brazil`BRA`South America	14.48
148	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13.93
149	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.61
150	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13.51
151	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.11
152	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	12.98
153	Paraguay`PRY`South America	12.34
154	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.04
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.32
156	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	10.77
157	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	9.88
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9.06
159	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	7.75
160	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	7.47
161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.38
162	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5.06
163	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.81

02In 1963

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163United Arab Emirates4.81
162Kuwait5.06
161Laos7.38
160Faroe Islands7.47
159Qatar7.75

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 34.37. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

What changed between 1962 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 163 in both
118 · 44rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Antigua and Barbuda157.57 → 194.12+36.55
Barbados150.11 → 170.13+20.02
Mauritius71.11 → 86.99+15.88
Fiji92.49 → 105.22+12.73
Puerto Rico239.02 → 250.93+11.91

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis684.60 → 627.52−57.08
Hong Kong159.20 → 145.52−13.68
São Tomé and Príncipe91.10 → 77.93−13.17
Seychelles163.55 → 153.75−9.80
Rwanda30.89 → 21.85−9.04

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 1963.
161 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 30.36. 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) (1963). Food Production Index, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1963

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