Data for 1968

Food Production Index, 1968

Name: Food Production Index, 1968
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1968, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1968 covers 163 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 582.90; Kuwait is lowest, at 4.56. The middle country reads 38.91. Against 1967, 163 values changed (107 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1968

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

582.90

LowestKuwait

4.56

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

163countries
1measure
1968the year it describes
161distinct 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, 1968, 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, 1968: 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	582.90
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	357.74
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	284.36
4	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	251.72
5	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	215.75
6	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	158.99
7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	147.09
8	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	141.50
9	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	138.44
10	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	134.27
11	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	131.54
12	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	114.65
13	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	113.33
14	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	113.03
15	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	111.67
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	104.74
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	96.75
18	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.19
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	96.15
20	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	92.85
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	91.33
22	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	90.34
23	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	89.08
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	88.93
=25	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	88.71
=25	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	88.71
27	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	88.49
28	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	86.65
29	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	85.74
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	83.22
31	France`FRA`Western Europe	82.76
32	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	81.57
33	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	80.08
34	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	78.35
35	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	78.06
36	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	77.14
37	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	77.02
38	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	75.68
39	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	74.32
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	73.45
41	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	72.41
42	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	70.39
43	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	69.54
44	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	69.19
45	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	67.34
46	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	67.33
47	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	65.14
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	63.77
49	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	62.57
50	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.14
51	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	57.57
52	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	56.47
53	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	55.39
54	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	53.04
55	Panama`PAN`Central America	52.82
56	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	52.46
57	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	52.41
58	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	51.11
59	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	50.41
60	Suriname`SUR`South America	50.33
61	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	50.10
62	United States`USA`Northern America	49.07
63	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	49.00
64	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	47.73
65	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	47.06
66	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	47.05
67	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	45.84
68	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	45.19
69	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	45.18
70	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	44.63
71	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	43.94
72	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	43.93
73	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	42.67
74	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	42.65
75	Canada`CAN`Northern America	42.64
76	Uruguay`URY`South America	42.43
77	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.63
78	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.11
79	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	40.79
80	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	40.16
81	Guyana`GUY`South America	39.59
82	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	38.91
83	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	38.55
84	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	38.29
85	Honduras`HND`Central America	36.76
=86	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	36.67
=86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	36.67
88	Argentina`ARG`South America	36.64
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	36.49
90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.23
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	35.97
92	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	35.01
93	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.25
94	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	33.46
95	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.36
96	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	33.00
97	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	32.98
98	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	32.12
99	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	31.99
100	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.97
101	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	31.87
102	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	31.48
103	Colombia`COL`South America	31.33
104	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	31.13
105	Chile`CHL`South America	30.76
106	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.67
107	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	28.94
108	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	28.23
109	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27.99
110	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	27.81
111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	27.72
112	Mexico`MEX`Central America	27.18
113	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	27.12
114	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	26.84
115	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	26.81
116	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	26.33
117	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	25.54
118	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	25.11
119	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	25.09
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.78
121	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	24.23
122	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	24.18
123	Belize`BLZ`Central America	23.84
124	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	23.34
125	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.11
126	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.08
127	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	22.78
128	Peru`PER`South America	22.67
129	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	22.30
130	Niger`NER`Western Africa	22.26
131	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	22.04
132	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.02
133	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	21.82
134	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	21.42
135	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	21.29
136	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	21.08
137	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21.06
138	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20.48
139	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19.25
140	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	18.72
141	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	18.58
142	Bolivia`BOL`South America	18.17
143	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17.36
144	Brazil`BRA`South America	17.26
145	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	17.22
146	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	17.13
147	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.82
148	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	16.28
149	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	15.58
150	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.52
151	Paraguay`PRY`South America	15.44
152	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	14.97
153	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.62
154	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	14.29
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.78
156	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	13.31
157	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11.54
158	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	11.40
159	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	11.08
160	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	10.47
161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10.42
162	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.63
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.56

02In 1968

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait4.56
162United Arab Emirates5.63
161Laos10.42
160Oman10.47
159Qatar11.08

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 38.91. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

What changed between 1967 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
107 · 56rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Singapore330.92 → 357.74+26.82
Seychelles231.07 → 251.72+20.65
Fiji94.80 → 113.33+18.53
Hong Kong143.41 → 158.99+15.58
Trinidad and Tobago126.93 → 138.44+11.51

Fell most

Barbados181.99 → 147.09−34.90
Puerto Rico239.10 → 215.75−23.35
Antigua and Barbuda94.46 → 77.14−17.32
Jordan27.91 → 14.62−13.29
Kiribati46.52 → 35.01−11.51

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 1968.
161 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 88.71. 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) (1968). Food Production Index, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1968

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