Data for 1998

Food Production Index, 1998

Name: Food Production Index, 1998
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1998, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1998 covers 189 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 484.81; Tajikistan is lowest, at 23.90. The middle country reads 72.80. Against 1997, 189 values changed (121 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1998

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

484.81

LowestTajikistan

23.90

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

189countries
1measure
1998the 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, 1998, 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, 1998: 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	484.81
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	253.20
3	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	168.03
4	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	149.88
5	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	141.14
6	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	136.38
7	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	136.03
8	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	134.62
9	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	128.08
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	127.62
11	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	123.12
12	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	123.07
13	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	119.95
14	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	118.96
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	111.31
16	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	111.21
17	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	111.17
18	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	111.08
19	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	108.25
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	107.26
21	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	106.12
22	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	105.34
23	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	103.83
24	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	102.33
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	102.30
26	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	102.21
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	101.65
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	101.28
29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	101.25
=30	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	101.08
=30	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	101.08
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	98.55
33	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.19
34	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	97.92
35	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	97.82
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	97.66
37	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	97.41
38	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.14
39	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	97.10
40	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	95.72
41	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	95.37
42	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	95.26
43	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	95.06
44	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	94.56
45	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	94.43
46	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	94.23
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	93.17
48	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	92.92
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	91.41
50	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	90.76
51	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	90.68
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	90.63
53	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	90.18
54	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	89.95
55	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	89.88
56	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	89.25
57	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	88.99
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	88.95
59	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	88.51
60	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	87.90
61	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	87.87
62	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	87.03
63	Venezuela`VEN`South America	85.83
64	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	85.66
65	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	85.35
66	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	85.07
67	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	84.58
68	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	84.24
69	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	84.07
70	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	83.95
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	83.08
72	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	81.69
73	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	80.71
74	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	80.61
75	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	80.23
76	United States`USA`Northern America	80.09
77	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	79.58
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	79.36
79	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	79.10
80	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	78.05
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	77.12
82	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	76.07
83	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	75.73
84	Belize`BLZ`Central America	75.30
85	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	75.01
86	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	74.77
87	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	74.42
88	Canada`CAN`Northern America	74.27
89	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	73.80
90	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	73.53
91	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	73.43
92	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	73.33
93	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	73.31
94	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	73.03
95	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	72.80
96	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	72.39
=97	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	72.11
=97	Colombia`COL`South America	72.11
99	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	71.85
100	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	71.38
101	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	71.34
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	71.26
103	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	70.97
104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	70.68
105	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	70.30
106	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	70.13
107	Chile`CHL`South America	69.52
108	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	69.42
109	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	69.11
110	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	69.03
111	Mexico`MEX`Central America	68.95
112	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	68.57
113	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	68.16
114	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	68.12
115	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	67.67
116	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	67.08
117	Argentina`ARG`South America	66.67
118	Uruguay`URY`South America	66.63
119	Suriname`SUR`South America	66.55
120	Ecuador`ECU`South America	66.21
121	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	66.06
122	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	64.90
123	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	64.84
124	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	63.84
125	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	62.64
126	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	62.42
127	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	62.34
128	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	62.09
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	62.02
130	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.92
131	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.60
132	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	61.35
133	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	61.06
134	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	60.91
135	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.80
136	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	60.66
137	India`IND`Southern Asia	60.23
138	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	60.15
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	59.76
140	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	58.49
141	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	58.24
142	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	58.13
143	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	57.94
144	Guyana`GUY`South America	57.91
145	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	56.26
146	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	55.69
147	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	53.06
148	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	53.03
149	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	52.81
150	Niger`NER`Western Africa	52.59
151	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	51.96
152	Bolivia`BOL`South America	51.75
153	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	51.66
154	Brazil`BRA`South America	51.64
155	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	51.21
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	51.09
157	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	50.94
158	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	49.78
159	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.41
160	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	49.23
161	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	49.20
162	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	48.71
163	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	48.68
164	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	48.30
165	Peru`PER`South America	47.87
166	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	47.04
167	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	45.33
168	Paraguay`PRY`South America	45.26
169	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	44.93
170	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	44.38
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	44.26
172	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	43.15
173	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	42.98
174	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	42.81
175	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	41.78
176	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	40.32
177	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	40.28
178	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	40.03
179	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	38.70
180	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	37.69
181	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.29
182	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.09
183	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	35.47
184	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	34.00
185	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	32.44
186	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	31.61
187	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	28.38
188	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	25.62
189	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	23.90

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

189Tajikistan23.90
188Laos25.62
187Angola28.38
186Malawi31.61
185Cambodia32.44

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 72.80. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
189values changed, of 189 in both
121 · 68rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Eritrea70.03 → 97.10+27.07
Syria83.62 → 108.25+24.63
Bahamas64.67 → 79.58+14.91
Tunisia56.44 → 70.68+14.24
North Korea71.81 → 85.35+13.54

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis578.71 → 484.81−93.90
Saint Lucia293.07 → 253.20−39.87
Marshall Islands137.50 → 97.92−39.58
Fiji137.08 → 111.08−26.00
Moldova106.93 → 84.58−22.35

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 1998.
187 distinct values among 189
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 101.08. 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 189 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1998). Food Production Index, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1998

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