Data for 1969

Food Production Index, 1969

Name: Food Production Index, 1969
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1969, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1969 covers 163 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 467.73; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 5.96. The middle country reads 40.69. Against 1968, 163 values changed (106 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1969

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

467.73

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

5.96

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

163countries
1measure
1969the 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, 1969, 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, 1969: 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	467.73
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	444.22
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	279.59
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	205.40
5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	171.62
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	169.62
7	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	142.94
8	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	140.46
9	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	135.79
10	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	135.72
11	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	135.13
12	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	123.00
13	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	116.11
14	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	114.49
15	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	108.14
16	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	104.96
17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.94
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.24
19	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	96.25
20	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	95.58
21	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	94.73
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	90.71
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	90.16
24	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	89.04
25	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	88.20
26	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	87.22
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	86.84
28	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	85.78
29	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	85.53
30	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	84.87
31	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	83.05
32	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	82.52
33	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	81.33
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	78.01
35	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	77.38
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	76.94
37	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	76.45
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	75.99
39	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	75.55
40	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	75.25
41	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	74.31
42	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	72.90
43	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	71.68
44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	69.20
45	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	66.20
46	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	66.06
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	65.09
48	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	63.83
49	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	61.35
50	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.44
51	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	58.88
52	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	56.11
53	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	56.07
54	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	56.03
55	Panama`PAN`Central America	55.80
56	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	53.71
57	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	53.64
58	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	53.52
59	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	53.23
60	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	51.48
61	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	51.13
62	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	50.27
63	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	50.26
64	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	50.17
65	United States`USA`Northern America	49.70
66	Suriname`SUR`South America	49.59
67	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	48.97
68	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	47.10
69	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	45.61
70	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	44.92
71	Guyana`GUY`South America	44.85
72	Uruguay`URY`South America	44.18
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	43.89
74	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	43.71
75	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	43.55
76	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	43.50
77	Canada`CAN`Northern America	43.42
78	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	42.95
79	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	42.64
80	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.53
81	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	41.23
82	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	40.69
83	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.05
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	39.73
85	Argentina`ARG`South America	39.45
86	Honduras`HND`Central America	38.56
87	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	38.19
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	36.66
89	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.37
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	36.08
91	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	35.70
92	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	35.67
93	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	34.20
94	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	34.08
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	34.05
96	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34.02
97	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	33.99
98	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	33.50
99	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	33.18
100	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	32.98
101	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.93
102	Colombia`COL`South America	31.71
103	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	31.24
104	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.12
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	30.90
106	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	28.84
107	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	28.79
108	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	28.56
109	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	28.45
=110	Chile`CHL`South America	28.34
=110	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	28.34
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28.14
113	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	27.42
114	Mexico`MEX`Central America	27.34
115	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	26.93
116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26.09
117	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	25.93
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.56
119	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	25.32
120	Peru`PER`South America	25.00
121	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	24.74
122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.49
123	Niger`NER`Western Africa	24.37
124	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.87
125	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	23.78
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23.72
127	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23.62
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23.58
129	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	23.13
130	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	22.75
=131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	22.72
=131	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.72
133	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	22.45
134	Belize`BLZ`Central America	21.96
135	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.47
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.84
137	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	20.19
138	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19.66
139	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	19.42
140	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	19.24
141	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	19.12
142	Bolivia`BOL`South America	18.29
143	Brazil`BRA`South America	17.93
144	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17.85
145	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	17.66
146	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	17.15
147	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17.11
148	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.62
149	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	16.09
150	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	15.47
151	Paraguay`PRY`South America	15.39
152	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15.24
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	14.97
154	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	14.91
155	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	14.69
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.93
157	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	12.29
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11.90
159	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	11.86
160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.51
161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	11.46
162	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	6.90
163	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.96

02In 1969

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163United Arab Emirates5.96
162Kuwait6.90
161Oman11.46
160Laos11.51
159Qatar11.86

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 40.69. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

What changed between 1968 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
106 · 57rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Singapore357.74 → 444.22+86.48
French Polynesia90.34 → 116.11+25.77
Antigua and Barbuda77.14 → 94.73+17.59
Hong Kong158.99 → 171.62+12.63
Cyprus111.67 → 123.00+11.33

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis582.90 → 467.73−115.17
Seychelles251.72 → 169.62−82.10
Equatorial Guinea114.65 → 95.58−19.07
Puerto Rico215.75 → 205.40−10.35
Sweden96.15 → 87.22−8.93

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 1969.
161 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 28.34. 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) (1969). Food Production Index, 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1969

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