Data for 1990

Food Production Index, 1990

Name: Food Production Index, 1990
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1990, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1990 covers 164 countries. Singapore is highest, at 378.92; Palestine is lowest, at 3.24. The middle country reads 60.94. Against 1989, 163 values changed (97 up, 66 down), 1 country joined.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1990

HighestSingapore

378.92

LowestPalestine

3.24

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

164countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
164distinct 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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	378.92
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	370.49
3	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	359.09
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	177.80
5	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	160.77
6	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	154.62
7	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	152.85
8	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	140.84
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	132.51
10	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	131.82
11	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	130.43
12	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	127.94
13	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	126.63
14	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	122.70
15	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	122.62
16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	118.03
17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	116.13
18	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	113.31
19	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	111.71
20	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	110.10
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	108.84
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	108.26
23	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	104.67
24	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	103.99
25	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	103.94
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	102.46
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	101.62
28	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	100.94
29	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	100.86
30	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.91
31	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.54
32	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	99.47
33	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.11
34	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.01
35	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	97.83
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	96.61
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	95.95
38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	95.91
39	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	95.06
40	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	94.06
41	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	94.00
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	92.38
43	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	88.72
44	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	87.37
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	85.76
46	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	85.51
47	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	82.93
48	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	82.54
49	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	81.18
50	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	80.99
51	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	80.68
52	Suriname`SUR`South America	80.35
53	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.39
54	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	78.40
55	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	77.89
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	77.71
57	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	77.68
58	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	75.50
59	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.35
60	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	75.15
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	75.11
62	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	74.83
63	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	74.03
64	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	73.91
65	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	73.43
66	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	72.10
67	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	71.85
68	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	71.51
69	Venezuela`VEN`South America	70.90
70	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	70.31
71	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	70.08
72	United States`USA`Northern America	68.39
73	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	67.81
74	Colombia`COL`South America	65.25
75	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	64.35
76	Canada`CAN`Northern America	63.60
77	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	63.22
78	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	63.16
79	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	63.08
80	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	61.86
81	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	61.80
82	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	61.55
83	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60.32
84	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	60.31
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	59.82
86	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	59.72
87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	59.66
88	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	59.09
89	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	58.99
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58.00
91	Honduras`HND`Central America	57.99
92	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	57.38
93	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	57.28
94	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	57.00
95	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	56.56
96	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	55.00
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	54.41
98	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	54.36
99	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	53.99
100	Belize`BLZ`Central America	53.39
101	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	53.35
102	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	53.34
103	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	52.36
104	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	52.07
105	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	51.86
106	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	51.63
107	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.59
108	Argentina`ARG`South America	50.98
109	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	50.82
110	Chile`CHL`South America	50.50
111	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.36
112	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	49.03
113	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	48.85
114	Uruguay`URY`South America	48.50
115	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	48.47
116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	48.29
117	India`IND`Southern Asia	48.17
118	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.13
119	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48.03
120	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.10
121	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.47
122	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	43.29
123	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	42.71
124	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	42.68
125	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	41.40
126	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	41.17
127	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	40.19
128	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	40.03
129	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.77
130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.73
131	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	39.54
132	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	39.15
133	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.92
134	Brazil`BRA`South America	38.46
135	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	38.44
136	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	38.12
137	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	37.99
138	Bolivia`BOL`South America	37.24
139	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	36.51
140	Paraguay`PRY`South America	36.04
141	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.99
142	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	35.95
143	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	35.78
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	35.35
145	Niger`NER`Western Africa	34.13
146	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	33.48
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	33.16
148	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	33.12
149	Guyana`GUY`South America	32.93
150	Peru`PER`South America	31.64
151	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	31.31
152	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.08
153	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	29.06
154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	25.90
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	25.11
156	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	24.93
157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	23.99
158	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	21.71
159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	20.33
160	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	19.70
161	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18.23
162	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	18.00
163	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	17.81
164	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	3.24

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore378.92
2Saint Lucia370.49
3Saint Kitts and Nevis359.09
4Puerto Rico177.80
5Fiji160.77

Lowest

164Palestine3.24
163Brunei17.81
162Angola18.00
161Malawi18.23
160Bahrain19.70

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 60.94. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
97 · 66rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia345.52 → 370.49+24.97
Vanuatu60.54 → 78.40+17.86
Equatorial Guinea57.83 → 74.83+17.00
Jamaica70.95 → 85.76+14.81
Iraq116.51 → 127.94+11.43

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis487.23 → 359.09−128.14
Maldives173.08 → 122.62−50.46
Hong Kong178.19 → 154.62−23.57
Gambia81.18 → 59.72−21.46
Greece106.75 → 92.38−14.37

+ Palestine

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 1990.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1990). Food Production Index, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1990

0662 held

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