Data for 1964

Food Production Index, 1964

Name: Food Production Index, 1964
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1964, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1964 covers 163 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 665.80; Kuwait is lowest, at 4.23. The middle country reads 33.50. Against 1963, 163 values changed (119 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1964

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

665.80

LowestKuwait

4.23

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

163countries
1measure
1964the year it describes
159distinct 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 Food Production Index, 1964, 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, 1964: 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	665.80
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	281.94
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	254.50
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	250.30
5	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	200.06
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	182.88
7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	153.61
8	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	129.17
9	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	119.08
10	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	114.22
11	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	110.36
12	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	110.25
13	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	109.28
14	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	108.92
15	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	106.33
16	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	96.85
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	96.71
18	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	95.55
19	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	94.51
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	93.44
21	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	92.53
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	92.10
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	90.28
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.52
25	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	81.67
26	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	81.06
27	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	79.21
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	78.76
29	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.60
30	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	77.45
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	76.49
32	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	75.91
33	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	74.45
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	74.13
35	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	71.36
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	71.08
37	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	70.77
38	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	70.01
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	68.36
40	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	67.98
41	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	67.94
42	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	67.24
43	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	66.88
44	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	65.48
45	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	63.82
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	60.98
47	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	54.97
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	54.87
49	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	54.13
50	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	52.60
51	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	51.84
52	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	49.00
53	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	48.99
54	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	48.89
55	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	47.00
56	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	46.15
57	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	45.96
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	45.67
=59	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	45.54
=59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.54
61	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	45.01
62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	44.80
63	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	44.60
64	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	44.10
65	United States`USA`Northern America	43.51
66	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	43.41
67	Guyana`GUY`South America	41.84
68	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	41.44
69	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	41.22
70	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	40.80
71	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	40.15
72	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	39.73
73	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	39.23
74	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	38.85
75	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	38.58
76	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	38.21
77	Panama`PAN`Central America	37.91
78	Canada`CAN`Northern America	37.86
79	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.19
80	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.93
81	Ecuador`ECU`South America	35.74
82	Argentina`ARG`South America	33.50
83	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	33.44
84	Suriname`SUR`South America	33.23
85	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	33.20
86	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.16
87	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	33.13
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	33.11
89	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	33.04
90	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.75
91	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	32.65
92	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	31.60
93	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	31.22
94	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	30.53
95	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30.46
96	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.10
97	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	29.79
98	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29.62
99	Colombia`COL`South America	29.43
100	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.12
101	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	28.20
102	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	27.27
103	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.60
104	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	26.51
105	Chile`CHL`South America	26.28
106	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.06
107	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	25.94
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	25.53
109	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.17
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	24.09
111	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	24.00
112	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.43
113	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.20
114	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.16
115	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	23.08
116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	22.80
=117	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.45
=117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.45
=117	Mexico`MEX`Central America	22.45
120	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	22.28
121	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22.03
122	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	21.77
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21.63
124	Peru`PER`South America	21.45
125	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	21.28
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	21.15
127	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.01
128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	20.82
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	20.28
130	Niger`NER`Western Africa	19.78
131	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	19.72
132	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	19.57
133	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.93
134	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18.73
135	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	18.52
136	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	17.14
137	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	16.60
138	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	16.05
139	Belize`BLZ`Central America	15.87
140	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.86
=141	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	15.44
=141	Bolivia`BOL`South America	15.44
143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	15.40
144	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.37
145	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.26
146	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	15.14
147	Brazil`BRA`South America	14.47
148	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	14.28
149	Paraguay`PRY`South America	14.21
150	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14.09
151	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	13.90
152	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13.82
153	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.74
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	12.51
155	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	11.13
156	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	11.01
157	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	10.00
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9.66
159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	9.56
160	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	8.23
161	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	6.15
162	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.00
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.23

02In 1964

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait4.23
162United Arab Emirates5.00
161Faroe Islands6.15
160Qatar8.23
159Laos9.56

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 33.50. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031963 → 1964

Since 1963

What changed between 1963 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
119 · 44rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Saint Kitts and Nevis627.52 → 665.80+38.28
Seychelles153.75 → 182.88+29.13
São Tomé and Príncipe77.93 → 94.51+16.58
Saint Lucia242.67 → 254.50+11.83
Jordan23.00 → 33.04+10.04

Fell most

Hong Kong145.52 → 114.22−31.30
Mauritius86.99 → 67.98−19.01
Barbados170.13 → 153.61−16.52
Lesotho72.15 → 65.48−6.67
Portugal82.72 → 77.45−5.27

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 1964.
159 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 22.45. 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) (1964). Food Production Index, 1964 [data set], describing 1964. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1964

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