Data for 1975

Food Production Index, 1975

Name: Food Production Index, 1975
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1975, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1975 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 636.78; Kuwait is lowest, at 5.60. The middle country reads 45.58. Against 1974, 163 values changed (103 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1975

HighestSingapore

636.78

LowestKuwait

5.60

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

163countries
1measure
1975the year it describes
159distinct 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, 1975, 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, 1975: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	636.78
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	435.12
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	207.49
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	184.58
5	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	156.41
6	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	150.65
7	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	150.05
8	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	144.71
9	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	138.68
10	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	128.80
11	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	118.31
12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	112.97
13	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	108.63
14	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	108.00
15	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	107.53
16	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	104.56
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	101.73
18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.40
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	97.43
20	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	95.43
21	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	93.66
22	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	93.26
23	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	92.37
24	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	91.13
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	89.32
26	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	88.63
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	88.31
28	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	87.77
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	87.25
30	France`FRA`Western Europe	84.74
31	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	84.11
32	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	83.33
33	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	83.13
34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	80.22
35	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	80.19
36	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	79.66
37	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	78.98
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	78.34
39	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	77.36
40	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	77.28
41	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	73.93
42	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	71.67
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	71.31
44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	70.83
45	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	70.38
=46	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	69.82
=46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	69.82
48	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	69.21
49	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	67.70
50	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	66.71
51	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	66.60
52	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	65.09
53	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.48
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	63.41
55	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	61.30
56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	61.16
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	61.07
58	Suriname`SUR`South America	61.06
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.90
60	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	60.89
61	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	58.92
62	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.51
63	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	57.75
64	United States`USA`Northern America	56.77
65	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	56.03
66	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	55.94
67	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	55.82
68	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	55.78
69	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	54.76
70	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	53.28
71	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	52.98
72	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52.06
73	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	51.27
74	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	50.65
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	48.44
76	Venezuela`VEN`South America	48.28
77	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	47.30
78	Guyana`GUY`South America	47.29
79	Canada`CAN`Northern America	46.97
80	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	46.69
81	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	45.98
82	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	45.58
83	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	45.44
84	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	44.99
85	Uruguay`URY`South America	44.45
86	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	44.21
87	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	43.51
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	42.27
89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	42.07
90	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	40.99
=91	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	40.92
=91	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	40.92
93	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	40.66
94	Argentina`ARG`South America	40.54
95	Colombia`COL`South America	40.49
96	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	40.47
97	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	39.90
98	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.47
99	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	39.41
=100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.80
=100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	38.80
102	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	38.54
103	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.65
104	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	36.58
105	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.40
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.01
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	34.34
108	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	34.17
109	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.94
110	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	33.78
111	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	33.04
112	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	32.96
113	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	32.20
114	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	31.91
115	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	31.78
116	Chile`CHL`South America	31.72
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	31.60
118	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31.09
119	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	30.86
120	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	30.57
121	India`IND`Southern Asia	30.28
122	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	29.40
123	Belize`BLZ`Central America	29.08
124	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	28.49
125	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	28.40
126	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.20
127	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	27.93
=128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	27.48
=128	Peru`PER`South America	27.48
130	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.82
131	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	26.23
132	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	26.18
133	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	26.11
134	Bolivia`BOL`South America	25.24
135	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	23.79
136	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.56
137	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.52
138	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	23.19
139	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.16
140	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23.14
141	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.08
142	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	22.94
143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	22.80
144	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	22.56
145	Brazil`BRA`South America	22.25
146	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.21
147	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	20.14
148	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19.77
149	Niger`NER`Western Africa	19.25
150	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	18.90
151	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.98
152	Paraguay`PRY`South America	16.70
153	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.15
154	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	14.58
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.51
156	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	14.36
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	13.50
158	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.42
159	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	12.80
160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.06
161	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8.28
162	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6.51
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5.60

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore636.78
2Saint Kitts and Nevis435.12
3Saint Lucia207.49
4Puerto Rico184.58
5Tonga156.41

Lowest

163Kuwait5.60
162Qatar6.51
161United Arab Emirates8.28
160Laos11.06
159Cambodia12.80

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 45.58. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
103 · 60rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Singapore545.47 → 636.78+91.31
French Polynesia76.52 → 108.63+32.11
Maldives129.47 → 144.71+15.24
Senegal49.19 → 61.16+11.97
Tonga146.22 → 156.41+10.19

Fell most

Tuvalu86.74 → 43.51−43.23
Saint Lucia239.20 → 207.49−31.71
Cyprus110.38 → 87.25−23.13
Mauritius92.39 → 69.82−22.57
Kiribati51.30 → 32.20−19.10

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 1975.
159 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 69.82. 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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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1975). Food Production Index, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1975

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