Data for 1984

Food Production Index, 1984

Name: Food Production Index, 1984
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1984, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1984 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 722.40; Cambodia is lowest, at 14.22. The middle country reads 55.45. Against 1983, 163 values changed (118 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1984

HighestSingapore

722.40

LowestCambodia

14.22

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

163countries
1measure
1984the 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, 1984, 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, 1984: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	722.40
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	562.20
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	260.74
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	199.26
5	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	176.83
6	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	169.04
7	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	168.27
8	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	154.26
9	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	135.29
10	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	133.87
11	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	131.64
12	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	130.99
13	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	129.54
14	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	121.84
15	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	121.69
16	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	119.92
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	116.99
18	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	116.80
19	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	111.35
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	111.26
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	109.66
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	109.54
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	108.08
24	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	106.62
25	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	102.68
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	102.47
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	102.04
28	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	101.04
29	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	100.51
30	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.46
31	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	96.03
32	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	94.87
33	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	93.12
34	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	91.66
35	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	91.41
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	91.12
37	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	89.83
38	Suriname`SUR`South America	89.09
39	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	87.62
40	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	86.91
41	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	86.48
42	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	86.11
43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	84.58
44	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	83.74
45	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	80.20
46	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	78.94
47	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	78.93
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	77.58
49	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	75.93
50	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	75.83
51	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	75.07
52	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	74.69
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	73.97
54	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	73.69
55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	73.43
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	72.08
57	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	71.01
58	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	69.57
59	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	69.54
60	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	69.50
61	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	69.17
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	68.91
63	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	67.60
64	United States`USA`Northern America	65.36
65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	64.72
66	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	64.03
67	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	63.30
68	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	63.02
69	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	62.71
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	62.47
71	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	62.02
72	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	61.78
73	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	60.59
74	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	59.90
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	57.40
76	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	57.00
77	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	56.98
78	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	56.90
79	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	55.89
80	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	55.85
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	55.81
82	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	55.45
83	Canada`CAN`Northern America	54.88
=84	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	53.85
=84	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	53.85
86	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	53.19
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.15
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.92
89	Colombia`COL`South America	52.33
90	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	52.32
91	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51.65
92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.77
93	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	49.92
94	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.95
95	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	48.79
96	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	48.34
97	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	47.81
98	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.20
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	46.94
100	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	46.43
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	45.98
102	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	45.63
103	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	44.62
104	Uruguay`URY`South America	42.72
105	Guyana`GUY`South America	42.49
106	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	42.15
107	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	41.60
108	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.47
109	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	40.75
110	India`IND`Southern Asia	40.00
111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.61
112	Belize`BLZ`Central America	39.53
113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.36
114	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.54
=115	Chile`CHL`South America	37.95
=115	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.95
117	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	37.83
118	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	37.31
119	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	37.07
120	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	36.99
121	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.55
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	36.27
123	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	35.94
124	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.86
125	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.32
126	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	34.30
127	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	33.43
128	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	33.05
129	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	32.41
130	Brazil`BRA`South America	32.39
131	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	32.18
132	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32.13
133	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	31.49
134	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.04
135	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	30.87
136	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	30.50
137	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	30.31
138	Peru`PER`South America	30.06
139	Bolivia`BOL`South America	29.77
140	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	29.57
141	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	28.22
142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	26.95
143	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	26.84
=144	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	26.37
=144	Paraguay`PRY`South America	26.37
146	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	25.99
147	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	25.88
148	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	25.65
149	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	24.95
150	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	24.68
151	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	24.02
152	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	23.73
153	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	23.63
154	Niger`NER`Western Africa	23.60
155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	23.19
156	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	22.92
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	19.37
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17.45
159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	17.40
160	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	17.20
161	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	17.15
162	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	15.70
163	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	14.22

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore722.40
2Saint Kitts and Nevis562.20
3Saint Lucia260.74
4Hong Kong199.26
5Maldives176.83

Lowest

163Cambodia14.22
162Kuwait15.70
161Burkina Faso17.15
160Angola17.20
159Laos17.40

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 55.45. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
118 · 45rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Fiji107.23 → 154.26+47.03
Saint Kitts and Nevis530.28 → 562.20+31.92
Saint Lucia237.64 → 260.74+23.10
Singapore701.23 → 722.40+21.17
Kiribati40.02 → 57.00+16.98

Fell most

Seychelles166.25 → 135.29−30.96
Hong Kong213.59 → 199.26−14.33
Italy120.09 → 109.66−10.43
Uruguay51.49 → 42.72−8.77
Niger31.78 → 23.60−8.18

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 1984.
160 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 53.85. 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) (1984). Food Production Index, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1984

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