Data for 1993

Food Production Index, 1993

Name: Food Production Index, 1993
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1993, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1993 covers 188 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 441.49; Kuwait is lowest, at 14.38. The middle country reads 66.00. Against 1992, 184 values changed (112 up, 72 down), 4 countries joined.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1993

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

441.49

LowestKuwait

14.38

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

188countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
187distinct 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, 1993, 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, 1993: 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	441.49
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	371.49
3	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	173.53
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	172.59
5	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	152.72
6	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	139.87
7	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	138.71
8	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	138.03
9	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	134.92
10	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	132.46
11	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	132.04
12	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	125.48
13	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	120.68
14	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	118.80
15	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	117.07
16	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	114.59
17	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	112.78
18	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	112.41
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	111.84
20	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	110.24
21	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	109.79
22	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	108.78
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	105.84
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	105.20
25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	105.03
26	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	105.00
27	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	104.45
28	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	104.17
29	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	103.79
30	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	103.34
31	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	103.05
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	102.37
33	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	100.98
34	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	100.78
35	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	100.10
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.44
37	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	97.93
38	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	97.53
39	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	97.38
40	France`FRA`Western Europe	96.96
41	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	96.86
42	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	96.36
43	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	96.06
44	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	95.80
45	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	95.72
46	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	95.44
47	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	94.89
48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	94.27
49	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	94.01
50	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	93.27
51	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	92.08
52	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	90.55
53	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	89.13
54	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	88.40
55	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	88.33
56	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	87.62
57	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	86.84
58	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	86.23
59	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	84.89
60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	84.44
61	Suriname`SUR`South America	83.31
62	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	82.95
63	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	82.80
64	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	81.76
65	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	80.90
66	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	80.86
67	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	80.74
68	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	80.33
69	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	79.21
70	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	78.06
71	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	78.00
72	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	77.67
73	Venezuela`VEN`South America	77.65
74	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	77.00
75	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	76.54
76	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	75.90
77	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	75.56
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	75.29
79	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	73.19
80	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	72.74
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	72.65
82	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	72.46
83	Panama`PAN`Central America	72.35
84	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	72.30
85	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	71.15
86	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	70.93
87	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	68.95
88	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	68.46
89	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	67.47
90	United States`USA`Northern America	67.26
91	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	67.25
92	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	67.19
93	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.20
94	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	66.13
95	Colombia`COL`South America	65.87
96	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	64.79
97	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	64.62
98	Belize`BLZ`Central America	64.27
99	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	63.90
100	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	63.89
101	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	63.79
102	Canada`CAN`Northern America	63.62
103	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	62.81
104	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	62.71
105	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	62.34
106	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.09
107	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62.03
108	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	61.48
109	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	61.13
110	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	61.06
111	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	60.40
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	60.24
113	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.84
114	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	59.78
115	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	59.72
116	Ecuador`ECU`South America	59.53
117	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	59.44
118	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.23
119	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	58.86
120	Mexico`MEX`Central America	58.45
121	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	58.23
122	Chile`CHL`South America	57.21
123	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	57.16
124	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.57
125	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	54.37
126	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	53.68
127	Argentina`ARG`South America	53.09
128	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	52.99
129	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	52.46
130	India`IND`Southern Asia	52.45
131	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	52.20
132	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	51.13
133	Uruguay`URY`South America	50.98
134	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	50.82
135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	50.64
136	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	50.29
=137	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	50.17
=137	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	50.17
139	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	50.09
140	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	49.25
141	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	48.21
142	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	47.22
143	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	47.12
144	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	46.73
145	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.41
146	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	46.40
147	Guyana`GUY`South America	46.39
148	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.98
149	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	45.52
150	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	45.50
151	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	45.46
152	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	45.25
153	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	43.92
154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	43.42
155	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	43.25
156	Brazil`BRA`South America	42.98
157	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	42.51
158	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	42.24
159	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	41.50
160	Bolivia`BOL`South America	40.59
161	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	38.84
162	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.63
163	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	38.39
164	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.20
165	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	38.09
166	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	38.08
167	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	37.42
168	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	37.34
169	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	37.31
170	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	36.97
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.78
172	Paraguay`PRY`South America	36.76
173	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	35.96
174	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	35.67
175	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	35.12
176	Peru`PER`South America	33.81
177	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	33.41
178	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	31.59
179	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	30.54
180	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	29.17
181	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	28.50
182	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	27.61
183	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	24.85
184	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	20.64
185	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.32
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	19.46
187	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	16.11
188	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	14.38

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

188Kuwait14.38
187Micronesia16.11
186Laos19.46
185Angola20.32
184Malawi20.64

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 66.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
184values changed, of 184 in both
112 · 72rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Maldives108.93 → 134.92+25.99
Tonga96.32 → 118.80+22.48
Moldova130.43 → 152.72+22.29
Iraq96.00 → 112.78+16.78
Slovenia90.16 → 105.20+15.04

Fell most

Singapore263.38 → 172.59−90.79
Saint Kitts and Nevis532.09 → 441.49−90.60
Cuba115.24 → 84.44−30.80
Marshall Islands133.33 → 104.17−29.16
Bulgaria128.12 → 102.37−25.75

+ Czechia

+ Eritrea

+ Ethiopia

+ Slovakia

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 1993.
187 distinct values among 188
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 50.17. 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 188 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1993). Food Production Index, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1993

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