Data for 1992

Food Production Index, 1992

Name: Food Production Index, 1992
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1992, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1992 covers 184 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 532.09; Kuwait is lowest, at 6.54. The middle country reads 66.82. Against 1991, 165 values changed (102 up, 63 down), 19 countries joined.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1992

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

532.09

LowestKuwait

6.54

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

184countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
183distinct 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, 1992, 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, 1992: 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	532.09
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	367.04
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	263.38
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	176.98
5	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	135.61
6	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	133.33
7	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	130.53
8	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	130.46
9	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	130.43
10	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	128.96
11	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	128.14
12	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	128.12
13	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	127.74
14	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	117.55
15	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	117.06
16	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	115.24
17	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	115.03
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	114.82
19	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	114.28
20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	114.08
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	112.22
22	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	109.34
23	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	108.94
24	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	108.93
25	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	107.77
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	106.21
27	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	105.31
28	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	103.08
29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	102.78
30	France`FRA`Western Europe	102.42
31	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	102.36
32	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	102.07
33	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	101.03
34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	100.87
35	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	97.96
36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	97.70
37	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	96.32
38	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	96.00
39	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	95.32
40	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	94.83
41	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	94.03
42	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	93.40
43	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	93.36
44	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	92.70
45	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	92.43
46	Suriname`SUR`South America	92.38
47	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	92.36
48	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	91.74
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	91.64
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	90.64
51	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	90.16
52	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	90.09
53	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	89.10
54	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	89.05
55	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	87.29
56	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	86.80
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	86.72
58	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	86.37
59	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	85.31
60	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	85.23
61	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	84.42
62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	84.22
63	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	83.07
64	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.44
65	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	81.53
66	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	81.50
67	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	80.47
68	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	80.42
69	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	79.83
70	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	79.61
71	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	78.82
72	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	77.04
73	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	76.01
74	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	75.99
75	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.32
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	74.87
77	Venezuela`VEN`South America	74.30
78	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	73.42
79	United States`USA`Northern America	73.34
80	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	72.54
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	72.09
82	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	71.71
83	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	71.40
84	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	71.33
85	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	71.25
86	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	69.82
87	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	69.65
88	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	69.23
89	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	67.63
90	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	67.48
91	Colombia`COL`South America	66.87
92	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	66.86
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	66.78
94	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	66.26
95	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.60
96	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	65.46
97	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	63.08
98	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	63.05
99	Belize`BLZ`Central America	62.51
100	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	62.40
101	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	61.93
102	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	61.60
103	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	61.57
104	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	61.10
105	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	61.05
106	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.67
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	60.30
108	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	60.16
109	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58.93
110	Honduras`HND`Central America	58.44
111	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	58.33
112	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.24
113	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	57.89
114	Mexico`MEX`Central America	57.01
115	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	56.87
=116	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.72
=116	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	56.72
118	Ecuador`ECU`South America	56.48
119	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	55.48
120	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	54.95
121	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	54.09
122	Chile`CHL`South America	54.06
123	Argentina`ARG`South America	53.03
124	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	52.90
125	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	52.51
126	Uruguay`URY`South America	51.60
127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	51.49
128	India`IND`Southern Asia	51.15
129	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	51.03
130	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	50.95
131	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	50.73
132	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	50.08
133	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	49.71
134	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	49.56
135	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	48.91
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	48.82
137	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	48.30
138	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.19
139	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	48.01
140	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	47.68
141	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	47.06
142	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.76
143	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.58
144	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.33
145	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	44.24
146	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	43.97
147	Guyana`GUY`South America	43.46
148	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	43.24
149	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	43.05
150	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	42.96
151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	42.59
152	Brazil`BRA`South America	42.55
153	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	42.45
154	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	41.59
155	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	39.58
156	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	39.02
157	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.34
158	Bolivia`BOL`South America	37.79
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	37.49
160	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	37.46
161	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	36.78
162	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36.63
163	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	36.44
164	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	36.14
165	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	35.94
166	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	35.47
167	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.34
168	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	35.05
169	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	34.74
170	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	34.04
171	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	33.88
172	Paraguay`PRY`South America	33.74
173	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	32.38
174	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	31.38
175	Peru`PER`South America	31.33
176	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	31.00
177	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	26.98
178	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	25.87
179	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	23.92
180	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	20.88
181	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.24
182	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	16.12
183	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	15.47
184	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	6.54

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

184Kuwait6.54
183Malawi15.47
182Micronesia16.12
181Angola20.24
180Laos20.88

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 66.82. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+19 / −0countries joined / left
165values changed, of 165 in both
102 · 63rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Saint Kitts and Nevis414.03 → 532.09+118.06
Saint Lucia322.02 → 367.04+45.02
Marshall Islands95.83 → 133.33+37.50
Cyprus113.01 → 130.53+17.52
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines100.49 → 117.55+17.06

Fell most

Singapore321.57 → 263.38−58.19
Hong Kong134.52 → 95.32−39.20
Hungary123.37 → 97.70−25.67
Cuba131.42 → 115.24−16.18
Poland108.31 → 93.40−14.91

+ Armenia

+ Azerbaijan

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ Belarus

+ Estonia

+ Georgia

+ Croatia

+ Kazakhstan

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Lithuania

+ Latvia

+ Moldova

+ North Macedonia

+ Russia

+ Slovenia

+ Tajikistan

+ Turkmenistan

+ Ukraine

+ Uzbekistan

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 1992.
183 distinct values among 184
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 56.72. 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 184 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1992). Food Production Index, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1992

0662 held

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