Data for 1980

Food Production Index, 1980

Name: Food Production Index, 1980
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1980, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1980 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 754.48; Kuwait is lowest, at 10.63. The middle country reads 51.49. Against 1979, 162 values changed (103 up, 59 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1980

HighestSingapore

754.48

LowestKuwait

10.63

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

163countries
1measure
1980the 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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	754.48
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	639.47
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	212.73
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	185.20
5	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	165.15
6	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	152.72
7	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	150.14
8	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	147.89
9	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	140.81
10	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	137.00
11	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	126.16
12	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	124.49
13	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	122.60
14	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	121.37
15	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	121.05
16	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	116.01
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	115.44
18	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	114.28
19	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	108.98
20	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	108.81
21	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	106.95
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	105.02
23	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	103.21
24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.82
25	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.80
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	97.51
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	96.42
28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	95.94
29	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	95.32
30	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	94.89
31	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	94.32
32	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	92.65
33	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	91.84
34	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	91.81
35	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	88.03
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	87.46
37	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	84.59
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	83.39
39	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	81.40
40	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	78.94
41	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	78.72
42	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.36
43	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	77.51
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	77.18
45	Suriname`SUR`South America	76.73
46	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	76.48
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	75.17
48	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	74.38
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	73.25
50	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	72.26
51	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	70.34
52	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	69.52
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	69.37
54	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	68.70
55	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	67.50
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	67.11
57	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	66.61
58	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	66.46
59	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	66.25
60	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	66.18
61	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	65.06
62	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	63.62
63	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.33
64	Panama`PAN`Central America	63.21
65	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	62.68
66	United States`USA`Northern America	60.81
67	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	60.54
68	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	60.08
69	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	59.22
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	59.13
71	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	58.55
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.14
73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	54.28
74	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	53.91
75	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	53.67
76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	53.55
77	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	52.66
78	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	52.60
79	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.17
80	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	52.03
81	Canada`CAN`Northern America	51.52
82	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	51.49
83	Honduras`HND`Central America	51.11
84	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	50.55
85	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	50.46
86	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	50.35
87	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	50.18
88	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	50.00
89	Colombia`COL`South America	49.93
90	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	48.19
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	47.82
92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	47.29
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.16
94	Guyana`GUY`South America	46.54
95	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.53
96	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	45.96
=97	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	45.10
=97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	45.10
99	Argentina`ARG`South America	44.54
100	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.42
101	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	44.05
102	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	43.61
103	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	43.06
104	Uruguay`URY`South America	42.89
105	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	41.60
106	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.13
=107	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	40.98
=107	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	40.98
109	Ecuador`ECU`South America	40.72
110	Belize`BLZ`Central America	39.94
111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.55
112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	38.23
113	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	37.27
114	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	37.15
115	Chile`CHL`South America	36.23
116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	36.16
117	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	35.94
118	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.51
119	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	34.49
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	34.46
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	34.11
122	India`IND`Southern Asia	32.92
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	32.82
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	32.67
125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.52
126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.54
127	Niger`NER`Western Africa	31.25
128	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.06
129	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	30.00
130	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.60
131	Bolivia`BOL`South America	29.50
132	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	28.85
133	Brazil`BRA`South America	28.65
134	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.54
135	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	27.51
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	27.47
137	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	26.57
138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	26.47
139	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	25.75
140	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	25.74
141	Peru`PER`South America	25.67
142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	24.00
143	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	23.45
144	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	23.30
145	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.23
146	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	23.00
147	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	22.77
148	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	22.05
149	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	21.46
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	21.40
=151	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	21.33
=151	Paraguay`PRY`South America	21.33
153	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	21.20
154	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.96
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	18.54
156	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	17.72
157	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	17.15
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	16.55
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	15.81
160	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.55
161	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	14.41
162	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	14.11
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	10.63

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait10.63
162Laos14.11
161Cambodia14.41
160Burkina Faso14.55
159United Arab Emirates15.81

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 51.49. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 163 in both
103 · 59rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Syria48.31 → 66.18+17.87
French Polynesia89.47 → 106.95+17.48
Barbados148.75 → 165.15+16.40
Djibouti50.81 → 66.61+15.80
Maldives139.70 → 152.72+13.02

Fell most

Hong Kong203.52 → 137.00−66.52
Saint Kitts and Nevis685.92 → 639.47−46.45
Mauritius98.25 → 74.38−23.87
Saint Lucia236.30 → 212.73−23.57
Poland117.43 → 95.94−21.49

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 1980.
160 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 45.10. 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) (1980). Food Production Index, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1980

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