Data for 1987

Food Production Index, 1987

Name: Food Production Index, 1987
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1987, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1987 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 519.37; Laos is lowest, at 16.88. The middle country reads 60.88. Against 1986, 161 values changed (87 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1987

HighestSingapore

519.37

LowestLaos

16.88

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

163countries
1measure
1987the year it describes
161distinct 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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	519.37
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	503.56
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	302.34
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	193.93
5	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	190.19
6	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	177.03
7	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	154.45
8	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	138.55
9	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	132.98
10	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	130.42
11	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	129.44
12	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	128.69
13	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	128.37
14	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	125.68
15	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	122.88
16	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	121.96
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	114.78
18	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	113.12
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	111.83
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	111.38
21	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	105.88
22	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	105.20
23	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	103.99
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	102.65
25	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	102.39
26	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	102.35
27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	101.65
28	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.77
29	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.25
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	97.92
31	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	96.97
32	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	96.89
33	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	96.50
34	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	96.32
35	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	95.93
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	94.81
37	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	94.11
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	93.95
39	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	92.17
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	90.56
41	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	87.71
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	87.63
43	Suriname`SUR`South America	85.99
44	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	85.53
45	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	85.00
46	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	84.50
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	83.25
48	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	81.68
49	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	77.62
50	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	77.01
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	76.74
52	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	76.61
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	76.58
54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	76.54
55	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	76.11
56	Panama`PAN`Central America	74.26
57	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	73.44
58	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	73.31
59	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	72.89
60	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	72.74
61	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	71.89
62	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	71.41
63	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	69.51
64	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	69.01
65	Venezuela`VEN`South America	68.46
66	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	67.80
67	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	67.60
68	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	67.25
=69	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	67.06
=69	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	67.06
71	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	65.56
72	United States`USA`Northern America	65.36
73	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	65.33
74	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	65.31
75	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	63.22
76	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	63.10
77	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	62.96
78	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	62.77
79	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	61.41
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.22
81	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	60.89
82	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	60.88
83	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	58.30
84	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	58.16
85	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	57.66
86	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	57.58
87	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	57.53
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	57.42
89	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	56.94
90	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	55.84
91	Mexico`MEX`Central America	54.58
92	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	54.44
93	Colombia`COL`South America	53.86
94	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.09
95	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	52.89
96	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	52.47
97	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	52.18
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	51.71
99	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	50.52
100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	50.31
101	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	49.89
102	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	49.59
103	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	49.54
104	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	49.45
105	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48.54
106	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.48
107	Belize`BLZ`Central America	47.38
108	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	45.64
109	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.24
110	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.01
111	Ecuador`ECU`South America	43.63
112	Uruguay`URY`South America	43.39
113	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	43.37
114	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	43.14
115	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.85
116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	41.86
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	41.62
118	Chile`CHL`South America	41.24
119	India`IND`Southern Asia	41.12
120	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	41.04
121	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.00
122	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	39.61
123	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.48
124	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	38.00
125	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.93
126	Brazil`BRA`South America	37.67
127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	37.04
128	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.88
129	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	36.38
130	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.27
131	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.12
132	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35.54
133	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	34.92
134	Bolivia`BOL`South America	34.14
135	Peru`PER`South America	34.13
136	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	32.67
137	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	32.50
138	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	32.20
139	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	31.57
140	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	31.45
141	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	31.08
142	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	30.51
143	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30.02
144	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.97
145	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.85
146	Paraguay`PRY`South America	29.70
147	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	29.64
148	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	29.63
149	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	28.46
150	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	27.75
151	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	27.27
152	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	26.85
153	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	26.17
154	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	25.95
155	Niger`NER`Western Africa	25.60
156	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	25.09
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	22.62
158	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	22.19
159	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	20.91
160	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18.91
=161	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	18.12
=161	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18.12
163	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	16.88

02In 1987

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Laos16.88
161Malawishared18.12
161Angolashared18.12
160Cambodia18.91
159Brunei20.91

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 60.88. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
161values changed, of 163 in both
87 · 74rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Cabo Verde49.85 → 71.89+22.04
Puerto Rico175.43 → 190.19+14.76
Grenada116.61 → 130.42+13.81
Dominica102.69 → 113.12+10.43
Lebanon62.84 → 71.41+8.57

Fell most

Singapore586.72 → 519.37−67.35
Saint Lucia341.62 → 302.34−39.28
Seychelles170.83 → 132.98−37.85
Fiji156.59 → 128.37−28.22
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines106.51 → 87.63−18.88

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 1987.
161 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 67.06. 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) (1987). Food Production Index, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1987

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