Data for 1981

Food Production Index, 1981

Name: Food Production Index, 1981
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1981, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1981 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 732.13; Kuwait is lowest, at 9.97. The middle country reads 54.34. Against 1980, 163 values changed (110 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1981

HighestSingapore

732.13

LowestKuwait

9.97

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

163countries
1measure
1981the year it describes
163distinct 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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	732.13
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	619.82
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	221.96
4	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	215.08
5	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	182.52
6	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	160.83
7	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	155.77
8	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	148.33
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	147.34
10	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	138.67
11	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	137.21
12	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	132.87
13	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	124.98
14	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	121.54
15	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	119.16
16	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	117.37
17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	112.19
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	111.37
19	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	109.74
20	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	106.59
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	105.63
22	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	104.88
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	101.42
24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	100.90
25	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	98.34
26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	97.84
27	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	95.99
28	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	95.26
29	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	94.72
30	France`FRA`Western Europe	92.94
31	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	91.56
32	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	91.32
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	89.99
34	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	89.95
35	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	88.34
36	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	87.56
37	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	86.49
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	85.48
39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	84.90
40	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	84.48
41	Suriname`SUR`South America	82.87
42	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	79.59
43	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	79.45
44	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	77.69
45	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	77.63
46	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	75.52
47	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	73.61
48	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	72.88
49	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	72.83
50	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	72.11
51	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	71.87
52	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	71.08
53	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	70.22
54	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	70.16
55	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.52
56	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	69.47
57	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	69.35
58	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	68.13
59	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	67.77
60	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	67.50
61	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	67.38
62	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	66.17
63	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	66.07
64	United States`USA`Northern America	65.91
65	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.77
66	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.29
67	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	64.27
68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	61.62
69	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.21
70	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	60.76
71	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	60.41
72	Venezuela`VEN`South America	60.17
73	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	59.98
74	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	57.43
75	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	57.27
76	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	56.41
77	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	56.08
78	Canada`CAN`Northern America	56.05
79	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	55.24
80	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	55.12
81	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	54.69
82	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	54.34
83	Honduras`HND`Central America	53.25
84	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	52.66
85	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	52.47
86	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.98
87	Colombia`COL`South America	51.86
88	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	50.97
89	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.77
90	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	50.72
91	Uruguay`URY`South America	49.96
92	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	49.82
93	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	49.00
94	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48.73
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	48.44
96	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	48.19
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	48.12
98	Argentina`ARG`South America	47.96
99	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	47.69
100	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	47.44
101	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	47.37
102	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	46.00
103	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	45.87
104	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	43.85
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42.77
106	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	41.65
107	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	41.47
108	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.44
109	Ecuador`ECU`South America	40.70
110	Belize`BLZ`Central America	39.98
111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.66
112	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	38.87
113	Chile`CHL`South America	38.85
114	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	38.15
115	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	37.47
116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	36.54
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	35.93
118	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	35.51
119	India`IND`Southern Asia	35.37
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	34.15
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	33.87
122	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	33.67
123	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	32.65
124	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	31.57
125	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.50
126	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	31.45
127	Niger`NER`Western Africa	31.28
128	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.25
129	Brazil`BRA`South America	30.11
130	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	30.08
131	Bolivia`BOL`South America	29.97
132	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.68
133	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	29.00
134	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.65
135	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	28.61
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	28.23
137	Peru`PER`South America	28.18
138	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	28.01
139	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	27.14
140	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	26.20
141	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.05
142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.77
143	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	25.46
144	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	24.00
145	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.31
146	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	23.24
147	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.21
148	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	22.86
149	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	22.83
150	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22.68
151	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	22.52
152	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	21.17
153	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.72
154	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.64
155	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	20.23
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	18.15
157	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17.50
158	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	17.41
159	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16.64
160	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.42
161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	15.29
162	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13.84
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	9.97

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait9.97
162Cambodia13.84
161Laos15.29
160Burkina Faso16.42
159Angola16.64

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 54.34. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
110 · 53rose · fell
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Rose most

Hong Kong137.00 → 221.96+84.96
Gambia52.17 → 72.83+20.66
Senegal35.94 → 52.47+16.53
Dominica63.33 → 77.69+14.36
Botswana54.28 → 68.13+13.85

Fell most

Singapore754.48 → 732.13−22.35
Bahrain45.10 → 23.24−21.86
Namibia81.40 → 61.62−19.78
Saint Kitts and Nevis639.47 → 619.82−19.65
Barbados165.15 → 147.34−17.81

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 1981.
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) (1981). Food Production Index, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1981

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