Data for 1978

Food Production Index, 1978

Name: Food Production Index, 1978
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1978, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1978 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 740.90; Kuwait is lowest, at 7.12. The middle country reads 49.13. Against 1977, 163 values changed (118 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1978

HighestSingapore

740.90

LowestKuwait

7.12

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

163countries
1measure
1978the year it describes
162distinct 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, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	740.90
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	652.61
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	242.32
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	198.62
5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	183.68
6	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	148.67
7	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	142.28
8	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	135.75
9	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	130.68
10	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	128.04
11	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	125.70
12	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	120.56
13	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	119.17
14	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	117.97
15	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	113.59
16	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	112.01
17	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	109.95
18	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	105.94
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	103.37
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	103.34
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	102.92
22	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	100.79
23	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	100.56
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.61
25	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	96.24
26	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	95.79
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	94.62
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	93.24
29	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	92.32
30	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	91.76
31	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	91.17
32	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	91.00
33	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	90.41
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	89.26
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	88.96
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	88.47
37	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	86.97
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	85.76
39	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	84.02
40	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	79.72
41	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	78.41
42	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	77.18
43	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	77.16
44	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.15
45	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	76.13
46	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	75.40
47	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	73.04
48	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	72.59
49	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	72.22
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	71.27
51	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	71.21
52	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	70.94
53	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	70.16
54	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	69.21
55	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	67.97
56	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	67.38
57	Suriname`SUR`South America	67.27
58	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.63
59	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	64.13
60	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	63.21
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	62.32
62	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	61.90
63	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	61.87
64	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.66
65	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	61.29
66	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	60.99
67	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	60.93
68	United States`USA`Northern America	60.52
69	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	60.27
70	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	60.24
71	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	59.59
72	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	58.08
73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	55.29
74	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	54.55
75	Venezuela`VEN`South America	53.90
76	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.67
77	Canada`CAN`Northern America	52.27
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	52.17
79	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	51.63
80	Guyana`GUY`South America	51.55
81	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	49.67
82	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	49.13
83	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.97
84	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	48.81
85	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	48.42
86	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.03
87	Argentina`ARG`South America	47.93
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	47.74
89	Colombia`COL`South America	47.73
90	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	47.21
91	Honduras`HND`Central America	46.99
92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	46.79
93	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	46.61
94	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	46.45
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	46.06
96	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	46.04
97	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.11
98	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	44.60
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	43.90
100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42.70
101	Mexico`MEX`Central America	42.46
102	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	42.09
=103	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.23
=103	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.23
105	Uruguay`URY`South America	40.62
106	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	39.73
107	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	39.24
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.94
109	Belize`BLZ`Central America	37.12
110	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	35.86
111	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	35.59
112	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	35.47
113	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	34.90
114	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	34.34
115	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	34.04
116	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	33.78
117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	33.74
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	33.46
119	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	33.21
120	Chile`CHL`South America	32.97
121	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	32.32
122	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	31.94
123	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	31.30
124	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	30.81
125	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	30.75
126	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	29.92
127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.49
128	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.46
129	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	28.21
130	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	28.15
131	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	27.94
132	Niger`NER`Western Africa	27.91
133	Peru`PER`South America	27.24
134	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	27.08
135	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	26.89
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	26.64
137	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.01
138	Bolivia`BOL`South America	25.82
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.17
140	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	24.51
141	Brazil`BRA`South America	24.42
142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23.35
143	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	22.47
144	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	21.91
145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	21.76
146	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	21.39
147	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	21.05
148	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.41
149	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.11
150	Paraguay`PRY`South America	20.06
151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	18.77
152	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	18.67
153	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	18.05
154	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	17.69
155	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	17.60
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	17.54
157	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	16.95
158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	16.47
159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.71
160	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	11.84
161	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10.89
162	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10.14
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.12

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait7.12
162Laos10.14
161Cambodia10.89
160United Arab Emirates11.84
159Burkina Faso14.71

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 49.13. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
118 · 45rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tuvalu50.29 → 90.41+40.12
Saint Lucia218.78 → 242.32+23.54
Senegal33.77 → 54.55+20.78
Gambia61.00 → 77.18+16.18
Saint Kitts and Nevis636.81 → 652.61+15.80

Fell most

Tonga148.03 → 130.68−17.35
Faroe Islands47.92 → 35.59−12.33
Trinidad and Tobago132.35 → 120.56−11.79
Botswana66.84 → 55.29−11.55
Singapore752.29 → 740.90−11.39

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 1978.
162 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 41.23. 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) (1978). Food Production Index, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1978

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