Data for 1976

Food Production Index, 1976

Name: Food Production Index, 1976
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1976, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1976 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 725.05; Kuwait is lowest, at 6.14. The middle country reads 47.15. Against 1975, 163 values changed (105 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1976

HighestSingapore

725.05

LowestKuwait

6.14

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

163countries
1measure
1976the year it describes
160distinct 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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	725.05
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	594.67
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	226.58
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	192.53
5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	161.49
6	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	154.65
7	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	151.96
8	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	150.81
9	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	139.65
10	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	139.08
11	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	125.82
12	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	125.31
13	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	117.93
14	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	110.13
15	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	107.47
16	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	107.10
17	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	101.24
18	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	100.58
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.62
20	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	98.80
=21	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.75
=21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	97.75
23	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	96.52
24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	95.12
25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	94.56
26	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	94.07
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	89.62
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	86.70
29	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	86.53
30	France`FRA`Western Europe	84.97
31	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	84.76
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	83.94
33	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	83.45
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	83.07
35	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	82.61
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	79.64
37	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	79.22
38	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	77.31
39	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	75.83
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	75.03
41	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	73.88
42	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	73.17
43	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	72.88
44	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	71.52
45	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	70.98
46	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	70.65
47	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	69.61
48	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	68.63
49	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	68.43
50	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	68.19
51	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	67.89
52	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.50
53	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	64.13
54	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	63.13
55	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	62.25
56	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	62.11
57	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.96
=58	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	60.96
=58	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	60.96
60	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	59.14
61	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	58.97
62	Suriname`SUR`South America	58.75
63	United States`USA`Northern America	58.09
64	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	57.35
65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	57.10
66	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	56.58
67	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	56.04
68	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	55.84
69	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	55.64
70	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	54.86
71	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	54.79
72	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	52.79
73	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	52.09
74	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	51.93
=75	Canada`CAN`Northern America	50.20
=75	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	50.20
77	Uruguay`URY`South America	49.54
78	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	49.42
79	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48.60
80	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	48.50
81	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	48.18
82	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	47.15
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	46.67
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	46.37
85	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	46.24
86	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	46.14
87	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	45.43
88	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	45.33
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	44.76
90	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	44.49
91	Guyana`GUY`South America	43.81
92	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	42.87
93	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	42.84
94	Colombia`COL`South America	42.76
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.31
96	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.22
97	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	41.48
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	41.29
99	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	40.36
100	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	40.16
101	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	40.07
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	39.30
103	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.85
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	37.81
105	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.68
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.17
107	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	36.16
108	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	35.12
109	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	35.06
110	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34.88
111	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.74
112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	34.73
113	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	34.43
114	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	33.54
115	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	33.29
116	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	32.40
117	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	32.14
118	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	31.74
119	Chile`CHL`South America	31.09
120	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	30.82
121	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	30.65
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	30.63
123	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	30.62
124	India`IND`Southern Asia	30.01
125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	29.13
126	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	28.14
127	Peru`PER`South America	27.96
128	Belize`BLZ`Central America	27.90
129	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.80
130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	27.68
131	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	26.88
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	26.77
133	Bolivia`BOL`South America	26.40
134	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	26.32
135	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	25.42
136	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	25.05
137	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.78
138	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	23.76
139	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	23.47
140	Brazil`BRA`South America	23.30
141	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	23.18
142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23.01
143	Niger`NER`Western Africa	22.90
144	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	22.13
145	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	22.03
146	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20.10
147	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	19.78
148	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	19.44
149	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	19.32
150	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	18.81
151	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	18.72
152	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	18.41
153	Paraguay`PRY`South America	17.89
154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	16.14
155	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	15.56
156	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	15.51
157	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.50
158	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.66
159	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	12.56
160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	9.33
161	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7.44
162	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6.18
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	6.14

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait6.14
162Qatar6.18
161United Arab Emirates7.44
160Laos9.33
159Cambodia12.56

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 47.15. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
105 · 58rose · fell
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Rose most

Saint Kitts and Nevis435.12 → 594.67+159.55
Singapore636.78 → 725.05+88.27
Mauritius69.82 → 98.80+28.98
Saint Lucia207.49 → 226.58+19.09
Romania91.13 → 110.13+19.00

Fell most

Nauru66.71 → 46.24−20.47
Lesotho84.11 → 72.88−11.23
French Polynesia108.63 → 100.58−8.05
New Caledonia77.36 → 69.61−7.75
Equatorial Guinea52.06 → 44.49−7.57

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 1976.
160 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 97.75. 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) (1976). Food Production Index, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1976

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