Data for 1973

Food Production Index, 1973

Name: Food Production Index, 1973
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1973, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1973 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 571.90; Qatar is lowest, at 6.16. The middle country reads 42.53. Against 1972, 163 values changed (111 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1973

HighestSingapore

571.90

LowestQatar

6.16

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

163countries
1measure
1973the 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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	571.90
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	422.90
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	218.87
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	186.66
5	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	169.30
6	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	167.48
7	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	141.68
8	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	136.44
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	130.73
10	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	127.66
11	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	125.14
12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	114.90
13	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	109.83
14	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	105.25
15	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	102.91
16	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	100.97
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	100.66
18	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.51
19	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	95.14
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	93.64
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	92.56
22	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	91.16
23	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	91.13
=24	France`FRA`Western Europe	90.06
=24	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	90.06
26	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	89.72
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	89.10
28	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	88.70
29	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	88.68
30	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	88.45
31	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	85.67
32	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	84.84
33	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	83.93
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	83.41
35	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	82.01
36	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	81.76
37	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	81.20
38	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	81.15
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	79.92
40	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	77.54
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	76.09
42	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	70.93
43	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	68.23
44	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	68.09
45	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	67.65
46	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	67.45
47	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	65.09
48	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	63.21
49	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	63.13
50	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	62.95
51	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	61.64
52	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	61.27
53	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	61.25
54	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	60.92
55	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	60.78
56	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	60.35
57	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	59.50
58	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.47
59	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.92
60	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	56.65
61	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	56.35
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.30
63	Suriname`SUR`South America	56.26
64	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	55.23
65	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	54.35
66	United States`USA`Northern America	53.58
67	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	53.49
68	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	52.50
69	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	52.02
70	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	51.29
71	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	49.52
72	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	48.75
73	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	47.17
74	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	45.98
75	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	45.83
76	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	45.03
77	Canada`CAN`Northern America	44.76
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	44.00
79	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	43.65
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.58
81	Honduras`HND`Central America	42.88
82	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	42.53
83	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	42.06
84	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	41.61
85	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	41.43
86	Uruguay`URY`South America	40.46
87	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.40
88	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.92
89	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	39.67
90	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	39.57
91	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.31
92	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	37.85
93	Argentina`ARG`South America	37.46
94	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	37.29
95	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	37.23
96	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	37.13
97	Colombia`COL`South America	36.15
98	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	35.83
99	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	35.11
100	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	34.76
101	Ecuador`ECU`South America	34.54
102	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	34.38
103	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	34.31
104	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	34.30
105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.54
106	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	33.41
=107	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	33.04
=107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	33.04
109	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	32.63
110	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	32.11
111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.96
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.80
113	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	29.63
114	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	29.33
115	Belize`BLZ`Central America	28.94
116	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	28.65
117	India`IND`Southern Asia	28.15
118	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	28.07
119	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	27.77
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	27.09
121	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27.08
122	Peru`PER`South America	26.55
123	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	26.28
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	26.10
125	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.01
126	Chile`CHL`South America	25.97
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25.65
128	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	24.95
129	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	24.86
130	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	24.21
131	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	23.77
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	23.01
133	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	22.93
134	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	22.84
135	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22.64
136	Bolivia`BOL`South America	22.50
137	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	22.17
138	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	21.21
139	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.01
140	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	20.28
141	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.04
142	Brazil`BRA`South America	19.86
143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	19.70
144	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	18.67
145	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	18.46
146	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	17.72
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	17.50
148	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	17.27
149	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.20
150	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.11
151	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	16.20
152	Paraguay`PRY`South America	16.01
153	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	15.23
154	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	14.86
155	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13.68
156	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.33
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	12.49
158	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.08
159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.46
160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.08
161	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	8.18
162	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7.37
163	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6.16

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Qatar6.16
162United Arab Emirates7.37
161Kuwait8.18
160Laos11.08
159Burkina Faso11.46

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 42.53. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
111 · 52rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Gambia76.52 → 88.45+11.93
Lesotho67.97 → 77.54+9.57
Kiribati32.96 → 42.53+9.57
Italy91.57 → 100.66+9.09
France82.05 → 90.06+8.01

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis472.85 → 422.90−49.95
Hong Kong200.72 → 167.48−33.24
Cyprus130.18 → 105.25−24.93
Singapore591.41 → 571.90−19.51
Trinidad and Tobago143.89 → 125.14−18.75

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 1973.
161 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 90.06. 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) (1973). Food Production Index, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1973

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