Data for 1989

Food Production Index, 1989

Name: Food Production Index, 1989
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1989, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1989 covers 163 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 487.23; Angola is lowest, at 18.08. The middle country reads 59.29. Against 1988, 163 values changed (107 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1989

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

487.23

LowestAngola

18.08

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

163countries
1measure
1989the year it describes
160distinct 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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	487.23
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	387.53
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	345.52
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	187.87
5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	178.19
6	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	173.08
7	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	165.35
8	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	155.41
9	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	141.06
10	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	140.45
11	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	131.96
12	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	129.00
13	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	128.36
14	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	119.48
15	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	116.51
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	114.48
17	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	114.14
18	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	112.32
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	110.24
20	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	110.16
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	109.79
22	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	109.15
23	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	108.97
24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	106.75
25	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	105.81
26	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	105.77
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	105.60
28	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	105.56
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	104.77
30	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	101.85
31	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	100.18
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.47
33	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	97.46
34	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.40
35	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	96.98
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	96.38
37	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	95.71
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	94.78
39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	92.61
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	90.38
41	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	89.65
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	89.32
43	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	86.35
44	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	86.18
45	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	81.18
46	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	80.31
47	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	80.23
48	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	79.33
49	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	77.99
50	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	76.84
51	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	75.65
52	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	75.36
53	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	75.17
54	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	74.70
55	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	74.67
56	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	74.59
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	74.29
58	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	74.28
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	73.60
60	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	72.69
61	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	72.58
62	Venezuela`VEN`South America	71.71
63	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	71.03
64	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	70.95
65	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	70.78
66	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	70.29
67	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	70.26
68	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	69.94
=69	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	69.60
=69	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	69.60
71	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	69.47
72	United States`USA`Northern America	66.34
73	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	66.25
74	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	65.58
75	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	64.17
76	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	64.08
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	62.52
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	61.76
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	61.01
80	Colombia`COL`South America	60.76
81	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	60.54
82	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	59.29
83	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	59.15
84	Canada`CAN`Northern America	58.65
85	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	58.56
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	57.98
=87	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	57.83
=87	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	57.83
89	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	57.52
90	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	57.21
91	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	56.92
92	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	56.25
93	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	56.10
94	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	56.03
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	55.94
96	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	55.79
97	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	55.17
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	54.92
99	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	53.50
100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	53.22
101	Uruguay`URY`South America	51.73
102	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51.40
103	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	51.30
104	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	49.40
105	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	49.23
106	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	49.00
107	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48.79
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	48.72
109	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	48.64
110	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	48.34
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	47.71
112	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	47.68
113	Chile`CHL`South America	47.63
114	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	47.00
115	Belize`BLZ`Central America	46.57
116	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	46.03
117	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.97
118	Argentina`ARG`South America	45.86
119	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	44.84
120	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.56
121	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	43.78
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	43.10
123	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	42.37
124	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	42.28
125	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.15
126	Brazil`BRA`South America	40.27
127	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	40.20
128	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	39.90
129	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.96
130	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.57
131	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	37.59
132	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	37.43
133	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	37.24
=134	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.40
=134	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	36.40
136	Bolivia`BOL`South America	36.35
137	Guyana`GUY`South America	36.28
138	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	36.16
139	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	35.89
140	Paraguay`PRY`South America	35.63
141	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	34.70
142	Peru`PER`South America	34.53
143	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	33.54
144	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.51
145	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	33.29
146	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	32.43
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	32.38
148	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	32.34
149	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.80
150	Niger`NER`Western Africa	30.92
151	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	30.61
152	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	30.59
153	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	30.29
154	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	29.40
155	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	27.51
156	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	27.15
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	25.75
158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	24.91
159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	24.71
160	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	20.94
161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	18.96
162	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18.43
163	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	18.08

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163Angola18.08
162Malawi18.43
161Laos18.96
160Brunei20.94
159Burkina Faso24.71

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 59.29. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 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

Fiji132.46 → 155.41+22.95
Portugal72.08 → 90.38+18.30
Seychelles120.46 → 131.96+11.50
Gambia70.20 → 81.18+10.98
Bulgaria155.98 → 165.35+9.37

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis523.30 → 487.23−36.07
Saint Lucia378.84 → 345.52−33.32
Syria84.52 → 59.29−25.23
Antigua and Barbuda142.06 → 119.48−22.58
Kiribati69.51 → 49.40−20.11

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 1989.
160 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 69.60. 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) (1989). Food Production Index, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1989

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