Data for 1982

Food Production Index, 1982

Name: Food Production Index, 1982
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1982, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1982 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 703.35; Kuwait is lowest, at 8.61. The middle country reads 53.58. Against 1981, 163 values changed (107 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1982

HighestSingapore

703.35

LowestKuwait

8.61

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

163countries
1measure
1982the 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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	703.35
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	637.33
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	221.86
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	214.45
5	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	173.34
6	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	171.02
7	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	162.02
8	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	146.49
9	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	142.29
10	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	137.40
11	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	133.99
12	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	129.27
13	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	126.23
14	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	121.70
15	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	121.63
16	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	115.58
17	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	112.77
18	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	112.41
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	109.63
20	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	109.61
21	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	108.42
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	107.01
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	105.25
24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	104.83
25	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	103.69
26	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	103.30
27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	102.63
28	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	101.56
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	100.91
30	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.68
31	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.55
32	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.33
33	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	97.10
34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	95.04
35	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	90.43
36	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	89.16
37	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	88.36
38	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	87.82
39	Suriname`SUR`South America	86.18
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	85.42
41	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	83.10
42	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	82.35
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	82.27
44	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	80.94
45	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	78.57
46	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	77.89
47	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	76.09
48	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	74.13
49	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	71.84
50	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	71.74
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	71.35
52	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	70.51
53	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.39
54	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	70.16
55	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	69.77
56	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	69.71
57	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	69.50
58	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	68.69
59	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	68.45
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	68.02
61	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	67.32
62	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	67.20
63	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	67.17
64	United States`USA`Northern America	66.60
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	64.95
66	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	63.76
67	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	63.65
68	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	62.53
69	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	62.45
70	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	61.77
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	61.32
72	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	59.82
73	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	59.46
74	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	59.38
75	Canada`CAN`Northern America	58.74
76	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	58.66
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	57.59
78	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	55.78
79	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.41
80	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	54.66
81	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	53.83
82	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	53.58
83	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	53.27
84	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	52.99
85	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52.02
86	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	51.92
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	51.20
88	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	50.83
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	50.73
90	Colombia`COL`South America	50.66
91	Uruguay`URY`South America	50.23
92	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	50.19
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	49.65
94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.21
95	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.88
96	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	48.85
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48.42
98	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	48.27
99	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	47.72
100	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	47.62
101	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.60
102	Guyana`GUY`South America	47.15
103	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	45.75
104	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.92
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	44.14
106	Belize`BLZ`Central America	42.41
107	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.99
108	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	40.89
109	Ecuador`ECU`South America	40.73
110	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	39.73
111	Chile`CHL`South America	38.79
112	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	38.17
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.95
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	37.94
115	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.34
116	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	37.27
117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	36.77
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.45
119	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	35.58
120	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	35.11
121	India`IND`Southern Asia	35.09
122	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	34.70
123	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	34.36
124	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.77
125	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	33.19
126	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	32.93
127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	31.93
128	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.69
129	Niger`NER`Western Africa	31.18
130	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	30.98
131	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30.83
132	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30.80
133	Bolivia`BOL`South America	30.52
134	Brazil`BRA`South America	30.17
135	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	30.06
136	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.92
137	Peru`PER`South America	29.53
=138	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29.27
=138	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.27
140	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	29.26
141	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	28.34
142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	27.03
143	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	25.95
144	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	25.25
145	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	24.75
146	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	24.68
147	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	24.55
148	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.13
149	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.07
150	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	22.57
151	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	21.86
152	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	21.51
153	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.40
154	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	21.34
155	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	20.88
156	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	19.33
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	18.62
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18.49
159	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17.30
160	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16.78
161	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.73
162	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	14.96
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	8.61

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait8.61
162Laos14.96
161Burkina Faso16.73
160Angola16.78
159Cambodia17.30

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 53.58. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
107 · 56rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mauritius84.90 → 102.63+17.73
Saint Kitts and Nevis619.82 → 637.33+17.51
Gambia72.83 → 88.36+15.53
Samoa119.16 → 133.99+14.83
Portugal71.87 → 85.42+13.55

Fell most

Singapore732.13 → 703.35−28.78
Tonga137.21 → 109.61−27.60
Tuvalu91.32 → 63.76−27.56
Grenada132.87 → 115.58−17.29
Barbados147.34 → 137.40−9.94

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 1982.
162 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 29.27. 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) (1982). Food Production Index, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1982

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