Data for 1979

Food Production Index, 1979

Name: Food Production Index, 1979
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1979, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1979 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 754.30; Cambodia is lowest, at 7.91. The middle country reads 49.21. Against 1978, 163 values changed (105 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1979

HighestSingapore

754.30

LowestCambodia

7.91

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

163countries
1measure
1979the 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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	754.30
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	685.92
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	236.30
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	203.52
5	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	198.22
6	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	153.62
7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	148.75
8	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	140.35
9	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	139.70
10	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	136.92
11	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	131.26
12	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	130.45
13	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	126.36
14	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	120.19
15	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	118.05
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	117.43
17	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	117.12
18	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	111.48
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	110.42
20	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	109.94
21	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	106.07
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	105.45
23	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	102.60
24	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	102.56
25	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	101.63
26	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	98.25
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	96.43
28	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	96.34
29	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	95.02
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	93.89
31	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	90.66
32	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	90.06
33	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	89.47
34	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	89.35
35	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	88.93
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	86.01
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	85.21
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	84.42
39	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	81.93
40	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	81.87
41	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	80.51
42	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.96
43	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.93
44	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	77.16
45	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	75.15
46	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	74.40
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	74.30
48	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	72.73
49	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	71.83
50	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	71.82
51	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	71.74
52	Suriname`SUR`South America	70.97
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	70.62
54	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	70.48
55	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	69.96
56	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	68.54
57	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	67.34
58	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	67.11
59	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.97
60	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	65.72
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.41
62	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	64.38
63	United States`USA`Northern America	63.33
=64	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	61.69
=64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	61.69
66	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	61.64
67	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.21
68	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	60.68
69	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	60.20
70	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	59.78
71	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	59.22
72	Venezuela`VEN`South America	55.95
73	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	53.77
74	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.16
75	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	52.73
76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.23
77	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	50.81
78	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	50.35
79	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	49.81
80	Colombia`COL`South America	49.33
81	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	49.32
82	Canada`CAN`Northern America	49.21
83	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	48.80
84	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.54
85	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	48.44
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	48.31
87	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.29
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	47.55
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	47.09
90	Honduras`HND`Central America	46.47
91	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	46.25
92	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	46.05
93	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	45.96
94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.67
95	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	45.39
96	Guyana`GUY`South America	44.86
97	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	44.63
98	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	43.83
99	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	43.69
100	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	43.58
101	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.51
102	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	42.02
103	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.96
104	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	41.41
105	Mexico`MEX`Central America	41.29
106	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	40.17
107	Ecuador`ECU`South America	39.06
108	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	38.53
109	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	38.33
110	Uruguay`URY`South America	38.20
111	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.98
112	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	36.29
113	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	36.25
114	Chile`CHL`South America	35.85
115	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	35.64
116	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	34.98
117	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.75
118	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	34.24
119	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	34.05
120	Belize`BLZ`Central America	33.94
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	33.56
122	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.82
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	32.35
124	India`IND`Southern Asia	31.81
125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31.29
126	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	30.83
127	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30.38
128	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	29.87
129	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.33
130	Niger`NER`Western Africa	28.44
131	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	28.36
132	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.51
133	Peru`PER`South America	27.32
134	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	27.16
135	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	26.97
136	Bolivia`BOL`South America	26.29
137	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	26.17
138	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	26.03
139	Brazil`BRA`South America	25.84
140	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	24.65
141	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	24.64
142	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	23.61
143	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	22.74
144	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	22.59
145	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	21.97
146	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.84
147	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	21.75
148	Paraguay`PRY`South America	21.07
149	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.99
150	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.88
151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	20.79
152	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20.12
153	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	18.81
154	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	18.41
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	17.80
156	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	16.66
157	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16.64
158	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	15.60
159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15.25
160	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	13.49
161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.90
162	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	9.12
163	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7.91

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Cambodia7.91
162Kuwait9.12
161Laos11.90
160United Arab Emirates13.49
159Burkina Faso15.25

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 49.21. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 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
0unchanged

Rose most

Saint Kitts and Nevis652.61 → 685.92+33.31
Fiji112.01 → 136.92+24.91
Hong Kong183.68 → 203.52+19.84
Botswana55.29 → 70.62+15.33
Samoa105.94 → 120.19+14.25

Fell most

Gambia77.18 → 50.35−26.83
Dominica91.76 → 70.48−21.28
Uganda72.59 → 53.77−18.82
Senegal54.55 → 40.17−14.38
Guyana51.55 → 44.86−6.69

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 1979.
162 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 61.69. 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) (1979). Food Production Index, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1979

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