Data for 1974

Food Production Index, 1974

Name: Food Production Index, 1974
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1974, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1974 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 545.47; Kuwait is lowest, at 6.47. The middle country reads 45.33. Against 1973, 162 values changed (116 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1974

HighestSingapore

545.47

LowestKuwait

6.47

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

163countries
1measure
1974the 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, 1974, 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, 1974: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	545.47
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	433.26
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	239.20
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	183.82
5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	164.49
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	164.32
7	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	146.22
8	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	135.71
9	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	129.47
10	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	125.60
11	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	125.31
12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	115.44
13	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	110.38
14	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	108.80
15	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	107.77
16	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	103.41
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	102.90
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	102.40
19	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	95.62
20	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	95.35
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	95.05
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	94.71
23	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	93.31
24	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	92.39
25	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	92.26
26	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	91.03
27	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	90.15
28	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	90.13
29	France`FRA`Western Europe	89.90
30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	87.18
31	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	86.74
32	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	86.61
33	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	85.66
34	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	84.82
35	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	84.70
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	84.09
37	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	82.34
38	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	81.10
39	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	81.06
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	78.64
41	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	76.52
42	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	72.53
43	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	72.45
44	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	71.83
45	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	71.31
46	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	70.62
47	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	68.21
48	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	66.43
49	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	66.28
50	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	66.15
51	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.01
52	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	64.92
53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	64.10
54	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	63.88
55	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	63.45
56	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61.71
57	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	59.85
58	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	59.42
59	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	58.92
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	58.81
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	58.09
62	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	57.56
63	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	57.51
64	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	56.89
65	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	56.85
66	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	56.62
67	Suriname`SUR`South America	55.33
68	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	55.28
69	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	54.73
70	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	53.64
71	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	52.96
72	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	52.86
73	United States`USA`Northern America	52.56
74	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	51.30
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	49.61
76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.19
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	48.41
78	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	48.36
79	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	47.43
80	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	47.10
81	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	45.44
82	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	45.33
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	45.12
84	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	44.50
85	Uruguay`URY`South America	44.30
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.19
87	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	43.14
88	Canada`CAN`Northern America	42.41
89	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	40.56
90	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	40.31
91	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	40.03
92	Argentina`ARG`South America	39.59
93	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	39.28
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	39.21
95	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	39.15
96	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	39.12
97	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	38.33
98	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	38.29
99	Ecuador`ECU`South America	37.94
100	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.12
101	Colombia`COL`South America	36.97
102	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	36.56
103	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	35.38
104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	35.17
105	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.55
106	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	34.44
107	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	33.88
108	Mexico`MEX`Central America	33.59
109	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	33.57
110	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.07
111	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	31.41
112	Belize`BLZ`Central America	31.37
113	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	31.35
114	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	31.27
115	Chile`CHL`South America	30.70
116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	30.49
117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	30.44
118	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.00
119	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	28.42
120	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	28.33
121	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	28.32
122	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	28.10
123	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	28.07
124	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	28.03
125	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27.62
126	Peru`PER`South America	27.55
127	India`IND`Southern Asia	27.15
128	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.05
129	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.32
130	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	25.04
131	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	24.80
132	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.72
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.49
134	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	24.16
135	Bolivia`BOL`South America	23.43
136	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.23
137	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22.89
138	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	22.27
139	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.06
140	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	22.00
141	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.54
=142	Brazil`BRA`South America	21.48
=142	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	21.48
144	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	20.79
145	Niger`NER`Western Africa	20.46
146	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20.29
147	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	19.92
148	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	18.92
149	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18.73
=150	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	18.43
=150	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	18.43
152	Paraguay`PRY`South America	17.14
153	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.06
154	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.84
155	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	14.90
156	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.48
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	13.22
158	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.14
159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.29
160	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10.93
161	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8.44
162	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6.84
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	6.47

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait6.47
162Qatar6.84
161United Arab Emirates8.44
160Cambodia10.93
159Laos11.29

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 45.33. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 163 in both
116 · 46rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Tuvalu35.83 → 86.74+50.91
Saint Lucia218.87 → 239.20+20.33
Lesotho77.54 → 95.35+17.81
Syria22.64 → 39.15+16.51
Sweden89.72 → 102.90+13.18

Fell most

Singapore571.90 → 545.47−26.43
New Caledonia88.68 → 71.31−17.37
Fiji100.97 → 93.31−7.66
Gambia88.45 → 81.06−7.39
Bulgaria141.68 → 135.71−5.97

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 1974.
161 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 21.48. 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) (1974). Food Production Index, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1974

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