Data for 1983

Food Production Index, 1983

Name: Food Production Index, 1983
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1983, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1983 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 701.23; Kuwait is lowest, at 12.97. The middle country reads 55.47. Against 1982, 163 values changed (83 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1983

HighestSingapore

701.23

LowestKuwait

12.97

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

163countries
1measure
1983the year it describes
161distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Food Production Index, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	701.23
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	530.28
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	237.64
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	213.59
5	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	172.61
6	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	172.48
7	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	166.25
8	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	155.71
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	126.17
10	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	125.00
11	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	124.44
12	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	123.82
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	120.09
14	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	119.35
15	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	116.79
16	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	116.42
17	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	111.82
18	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	110.18
19	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	107.92
20	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	107.55
21	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	107.23
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	105.14
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	104.85
24	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	100.77
25	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	100.36
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	97.83
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	97.57
28	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	96.16
29	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	95.69
30	France`FRA`Western Europe	95.58
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	95.02
32	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	91.44
33	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	90.08
34	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	89.97
35	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	89.64
36	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	86.27
37	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	86.03
38	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	82.02
39	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	81.90
40	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	80.98
41	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	80.66
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	79.53
43	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	78.71
44	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	77.36
45	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	76.94
46	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	76.25
47	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	75.61
48	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	73.21
49	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	72.82
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	72.63
51	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	72.22
52	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	71.75
53	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	71.66
54	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	70.63
55	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	70.53
56	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	69.26
57	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	69.21
58	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	68.70
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	67.96
60	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	67.78
61	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	67.61
62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.32
63	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	66.11
64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	65.75
65	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	64.93
66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	64.82
67	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	64.21
68	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	63.49
69	Venezuela`VEN`South America	63.48
70	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	63.15
71	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	62.21
72	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	61.29
73	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.10
74	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	60.01
75	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.27
76	United States`USA`Northern America	57.68
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	57.24
78	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.55
79	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	56.54
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	55.82
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	55.56
82	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	55.47
83	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	53.72
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.90
85	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52.84
86	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	52.79
87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	51.57
88	Uruguay`URY`South America	51.49
89	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	50.97
90	Colombia`COL`South America	50.73
91	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.46
92	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	49.20
93	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	48.62
94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.39
95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.08
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	48.07
97	Argentina`ARG`South America	47.68
98	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	46.89
99	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	46.41
100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	46.23
101	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.12
102	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	44.11
103	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	43.82
104	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43.49
105	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	41.32
106	Guyana`GUY`South America	41.09
107	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.61
108	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	40.02
109	India`IND`Southern Asia	39.36
110	Belize`BLZ`Central America	38.66
111	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	38.02
112	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	37.11
113	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	36.60
114	Chile`CHL`South America	36.54
115	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.53
116	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	35.98
117	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	35.92
118	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	35.75
119	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	35.65
120	Ecuador`ECU`South America	35.24
121	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	35.16
122	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	34.84
123	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.83
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	34.30
125	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	32.82
126	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	32.60
127	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	32.28
=128	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.83
=128	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	31.83
130	Niger`NER`Western Africa	31.78
131	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	31.75
=132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	30.81
=132	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	30.81
134	Brazil`BRA`South America	30.74
135	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	30.37
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	30.20
137	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	29.60
138	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	28.70
139	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	28.57
140	Peru`PER`South America	28.17
141	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	26.47
142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	26.43
143	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.35
144	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	25.90
145	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	25.75
146	Bolivia`BOL`South America	25.65
147	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.39
148	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	25.05
149	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.73
150	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.58
151	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	24.14
152	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	22.35
153	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	21.74
154	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	21.45
155	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	21.38
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	19.70
157	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	19.42
158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18.42
159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	17.08
160	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	16.96
161	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16.90
162	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	15.21
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	12.97

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Kuwait12.97
162Laos15.21
161Angola16.90
160Malawi16.96
159Burkina Faso17.08

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 55.47. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
83 · 80rose · fell
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Rose most

Seychelles146.49 → 166.25+19.76
Saint Lucia221.86 → 237.64+15.78
Italy107.01 → 120.09+13.08
Tunisia32.93 → 43.82+10.89
Maldives162.02 → 172.48+10.46

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis637.33 → 530.28−107.05
Fiji142.29 → 107.23−35.06
French Polynesia103.69 → 76.94−26.75
Gambia88.36 → 70.53−17.83
Mauritius102.63 → 86.27−16.36

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 1983.
161 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 31.83. 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) (1983). Food Production Index, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1983

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