Data for 1965

Food Production Index, 1965

Name: Food Production Index, 1965
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1965, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1965 covers 163 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 612.93; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 5.11. The middle country reads 38.00. Against 1964, 163 values changed (108 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1965

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

612.93

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

5.11

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

163countries
1measure
1965the year it describes
160distinct 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, 1965, 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, 1965: 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	612.93
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	298.45
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	291.75
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	244.18
5	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	172.70
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	165.96
7	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	136.88
8	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	133.07
9	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	131.26
10	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	119.13
11	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	116.81
12	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	109.55
13	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	106.66
14	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	99.41
15	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	98.76
16	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	97.54
17	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	96.61
18	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	95.95
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	95.78
20	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	93.21
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	92.75
22	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	92.21
23	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	90.47
24	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	90.00
25	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	87.17
26	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	85.14
27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	84.80
28	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	81.41
29	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	80.62
30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	80.39
31	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	79.33
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	78.54
33	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.30
34	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	77.39
35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	76.85
36	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	76.37
37	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	74.57
38	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	73.02
39	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	72.99
40	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	72.33
41	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	70.58
42	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	68.66
43	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	67.67
44	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	67.10
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	65.55
46	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	63.72
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	59.50
48	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	57.11
49	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	56.88
50	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	52.39
51	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	51.12
52	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	50.18
53	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	50.06
54	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	49.38
55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	49.36
56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.00
57	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	47.48
58	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.70
59	United States`USA`Northern America	45.32
60	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	44.96
61	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	44.82
62	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	44.54
63	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	44.53
64	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	44.49
65	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	43.49
66	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	42.25
67	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	42.21
68	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	42.10
69	Guyana`GUY`South America	41.72
70	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	41.52
71	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	41.41
72	Canada`CAN`Northern America	40.76
73	Uruguay`URY`South America	40.63
74	Suriname`SUR`South America	40.16
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	39.82
76	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	39.41
77	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	39.25
78	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	38.66
79	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.65
80	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	38.54
81	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	38.19
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.00
83	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	35.73
84	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	34.82
85	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.63
86	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	33.62
87	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.45
88	Venezuela`VEN`South America	32.32
89	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	31.98
90	Argentina`ARG`South America	31.92
91	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	31.91
92	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	31.47
93	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	30.85
94	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.81
95	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.60
96	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	30.55
97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	30.26
98	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	30.07
99	Colombia`COL`South America	29.99
100	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.82
101	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	28.08
102	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	27.09
103	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	26.68
104	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	26.30
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	25.82
106	Chile`CHL`South America	25.67
107	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.66
108	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	25.15
109	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	24.97
110	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	24.57
111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	24.40
112	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	24.34
113	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	24.17
114	Mexico`MEX`Central America	24.15
115	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.88
116	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.45
117	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23.18
118	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22.65
119	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	22.51
120	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.12
121	India`IND`Southern Asia	22.11
122	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	22.07
123	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.04
124	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	21.86
125	Peru`PER`South America	21.57
=126	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	21.44
=126	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	21.44
128	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	21.42
=129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	21.16
=129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	21.16
131	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	20.04
132	Niger`NER`Western Africa	19.96
133	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.66
134	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	19.59
135	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	19.21
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	17.38
137	Brazil`BRA`South America	17.08
138	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	16.84
=139	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	16.80
=139	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	16.80
141	Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.75
142	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.74
143	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16.08
144	Bolivia`BOL`South America	15.98
145	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	15.95
146	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	15.75
147	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.20
148	Paraguay`PRY`South America	15.16
149	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	15.07
150	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	15.01
151	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	14.86
152	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14.37
153	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	13.86
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	12.48
155	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	11.38
156	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	10.38
157	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	10.09
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9.95
159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	9.74
160	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	8.69
161	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	5.75
162	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5.36
163	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.11

02In 1965

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163United Arab Emirates5.11
162Kuwait5.36
161Faroe Islands5.75
160Qatar8.69
159Laos9.74

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 38.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031964 → 1965

Since 1964

What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
108 · 55rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia254.50 → 291.75+37.25
Grenada95.55 → 119.13+23.58
Cyprus68.36 → 90.47+22.11
Mauritius67.98 → 90.00+22.02
Barbados153.61 → 172.70+19.09

Fell most

Antigua and Barbuda200.06 → 136.88−63.18
Saint Kitts and Nevis665.80 → 612.93−52.87
Seychelles182.88 → 165.96−16.92
Samoa108.92 → 95.95−12.97
Austria84.52 → 73.02−11.50

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 1965.
160 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 21.44. 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) (1965). Food Production Index, 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1965

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