Data for 1977

Food Production Index, 1977

Name: Food Production Index, 1977
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1977, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1977 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 752.29; Kuwait is lowest, at 7.29. The middle country reads 47.92. Against 1976, 162 values changed (106 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1977

HighestSingapore

752.29

LowestKuwait

7.29

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

163countries
1measure
1977the 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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	752.29
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	636.81
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	218.78
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	190.54
5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	181.27
6	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	148.03
7	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	147.26
8	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	142.00
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	140.15
10	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	137.81
11	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	132.35
12	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	123.88
13	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	112.59
14	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	112.48
15	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	109.47
16	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	109.11
17	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	109.09
18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	109.04
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	102.37
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	101.51
21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	100.59
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	97.40
23	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	96.62
24	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	94.31
25	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	92.62
26	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	91.49
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	90.93
28	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	90.06
29	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	89.23
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	87.65
31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	87.27
32	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	86.82
33	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	86.33
34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	86.07
35	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	83.54
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	83.37
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	83.19
38	France`FRA`Western Europe	82.57
39	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	78.01
40	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	76.44
41	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	74.96
42	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	74.40
43	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	73.19
44	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	72.53
45	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	71.99
46	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	69.33
47	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	69.30
48	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	68.86
49	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	67.92
50	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	67.10
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.84
52	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.53
53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	64.64
54	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	64.42
55	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	63.39
56	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	63.36
57	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	63.07
58	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	62.11
59	Suriname`SUR`South America	61.76
60	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	61.60
61	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	61.00
62	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	60.37
63	United States`USA`Northern America	60.16
64	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	58.64
65	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	58.53
66	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	56.67
67	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	56.46
68	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	54.69
69	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	54.09
70	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	53.86
71	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	53.50
72	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	52.95
73	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	52.90
74	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	51.17
75	Venezuela`VEN`South America	51.01
76	Canada`CAN`Northern America	50.81
77	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	50.29
78	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	50.05
79	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	49.39
80	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	49.01
81	Guyana`GUY`South America	48.95
82	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	47.92
83	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.34
=84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	46.64
=84	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	46.64
86	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	45.80
87	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	45.01
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	44.81
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	44.69
90	Colombia`COL`South America	44.37
91	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	44.31
92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	43.67
93	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	43.01
94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	42.86
95	Uruguay`URY`South America	42.48
=96	Honduras`HND`Central America	42.42
=96	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.42
98	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	42.02
99	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	41.17
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	40.80
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	40.46
102	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	40.42
103	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	40.32
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	39.50
105	Mexico`MEX`Central America	39.12
106	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.60
=107	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	38.27
=107	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.27
109	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	35.93
110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	35.61
111	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.09
112	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	33.77
113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	33.69
114	Chile`CHL`South America	33.48
115	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	33.38
116	Belize`BLZ`Central America	33.06
117	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	32.95
118	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	32.63
119	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	32.42
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	32.30
121	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	32.21
122	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	32.16
123	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	32.12
124	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	30.64
125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	30.26
126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	28.37
127	Peru`PER`South America	28.36
128	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.19
129	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	28.18
130	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.59
131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	27.02
132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	27.00
133	Niger`NER`Western Africa	26.74
134	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	26.25
135	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26.15
136	Bolivia`BOL`South America	25.86
137	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	25.36
138	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	25.00
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.79
140	Brazil`BRA`South America	24.64
141	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	23.76
142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23.61
143	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	23.11
144	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	21.60
145	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20.62
146	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.40
147	Paraguay`PRY`South America	20.08
148	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	19.53
149	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	19.17
150	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	18.72
151	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	18.51
152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	18.40
153	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.95
154	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	17.13
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	17.02
156	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	16.69
157	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.34
158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	14.16
159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.91
160	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	11.69
161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	9.80
162	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	9.09
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.29

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait7.29
162United Arab Emirates9.09
161Laos9.80
160Cambodia11.69
159Burkina Faso13.91

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 47.92. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 163 in both
106 · 56rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Saint Kitts and Nevis594.67 → 636.81+42.14
Singapore725.05 → 752.29+27.24
Hong Kong161.49 → 181.27+19.78
Lesotho72.88 → 91.49+18.61
Barbados125.31 → 140.15+14.84

Fell most

Senegal54.86 → 33.77−21.09
Gambia77.31 → 61.00−16.31
Seychelles150.81 → 137.81−13.00
French Polynesia100.58 → 89.23−11.35
Libya49.42 → 38.27−11.15

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 1977.
160 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 46.64. 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) (1977). Food Production Index, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1977

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