Data for 1999

Food Production Index, 1999

Name: Food Production Index, 1999
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1999, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1999 covers 189 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 411.63; Tajikistan is lowest, at 25.48. The middle country reads 74.55. Against 1998, 189 values changed (127 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

Download CSV Cite this year

Share this page

Food Production Index · Data for 1999

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

411.63

LowestTajikistan

25.48

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

189countries
1measure
1999the year it describes
189distinct 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, 1999, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Search this table

Showing 25 of 189 countries · select a heading to sort

Food Production Index, 1999: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	411.63
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	197.82
3	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	165.34
4	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	159.29
5	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	144.81
6	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	142.51
7	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	139.88
8	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	138.54
9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	131.61
10	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	130.63
11	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	125.83
12	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	124.26
13	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	122.81
14	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	121.54
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	119.00
16	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	113.23
17	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	112.66
18	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	112.53
19	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	110.43
20	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	107.81
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	107.74
22	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	106.61
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	106.36
24	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	104.89
25	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	102.88
26	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	102.63
27	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	102.58
28	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	102.48
29	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	101.29
30	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	100.59
31	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	100.08
32	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	99.32
33	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.08
34	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	99.06
35	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.05
36	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.10
37	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	97.87
38	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	97.83
39	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	97.57
40	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	96.68
41	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	96.61
42	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	95.89
43	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	95.74
44	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	95.71
45	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	95.45
46	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	95.33
47	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	94.94
48	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	94.91
49	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	94.80
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	94.76
51	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	94.48
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	94.17
53	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	94.11
54	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	93.47
55	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	92.66
56	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	92.14
57	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	90.75
58	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	90.61
59	Venezuela`VEN`South America	89.03
60	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	88.92
61	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	88.59
62	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	88.16
63	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	87.50
64	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	86.88
65	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	86.78
66	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	86.10
67	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	85.82
68	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	85.30
69	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	85.20
70	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	84.69
71	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	84.21
72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	83.90
73	Belize`BLZ`Central America	82.40
74	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	81.60
75	United States`USA`Northern America	81.01
76	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	80.80
77	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	80.65
78	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	79.90
79	Canada`CAN`Northern America	79.72
80	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	79.69
81	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	79.28
82	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	78.48
83	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	78.44
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	78.43
85	Panama`PAN`Central America	78.35
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	78.16
87	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	77.33
88	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	77.08
89	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	76.80
90	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	76.71
91	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	76.57
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	76.48
93	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	75.40
94	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	75.04
95	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	74.55
96	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	74.00
97	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	73.63
98	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	73.04
99	Colombia`COL`South America	72.76
100	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	72.56
101	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	71.75
102	Mexico`MEX`Central America	71.35
103	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	71.33
104	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	71.00
105	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	70.96
106	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	70.86
107	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	70.72
108	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	70.26
109	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	70.05
110	Uruguay`URY`South America	69.99
111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	69.72
112	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	69.62
113	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	69.03
114	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	68.97
115	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	68.92
116	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	68.67
117	Suriname`SUR`South America	68.34
118	Argentina`ARG`South America	68.32
119	Chile`CHL`South America	67.95
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	67.82
121	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	67.70
122	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	67.15
123	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	66.45
124	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	66.41
125	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	65.59
126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	65.19
127	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	65.15
128	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	65.02
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	64.06
130	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	64.01
131	India`IND`Southern Asia	63.12
132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	63.10
133	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	62.98
134	Guyana`GUY`South America	62.71
135	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	62.35
136	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	62.02
137	Honduras`HND`Central America	61.36
138	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	61.16
139	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	60.65
140	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	60.30
141	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.80
142	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	59.72
143	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	59.31
144	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	59.01
145	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	58.66
146	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	58.34
147	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	57.77
148	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.71
149	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	56.70
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56.47
151	Brazil`BRA`South America	55.27
152	Peru`PER`South America	53.70
153	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	53.31
154	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	53.30
155	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	53.20
156	Niger`NER`Western Africa	52.80
157	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	52.72
158	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	52.67
159	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.60
160	Bolivia`BOL`South America	52.40
161	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	51.59
162	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	51.57
163	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	50.92
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	50.57
165	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	49.81
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	48.69
167	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	48.19
168	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	48.07
169	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	48.02
170	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	46.53
171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.42
172	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	46.12
173	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	45.09
174	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45.02
175	Paraguay`PRY`South America	44.73
176	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	44.10
177	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	43.85
178	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.84
179	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	41.95
180	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	39.70
181	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	36.37
182	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	36.26
183	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	36.24
184	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	35.24
185	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	34.82
186	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.95
187	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	30.69
188	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	27.58
189	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	25.48

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

189Tajikistan25.48
188Angola27.58
187Laos30.69
186Sierra Leone31.95
185Uzbekistan34.82

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 74.55. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
189values changed, of 189 in both
127 · 62rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates95.72 → 144.81+49.09
Fiji111.08 → 138.54+27.46
Gambia73.33 → 99.32+25.99
Senegal49.41 → 70.05+20.64
Georgia141.14 → 159.29+18.15

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis484.81 → 411.63−73.18
Saint Lucia253.20 → 197.82−55.38
Mauritius106.12 → 83.90−22.22
Marshall Islands97.92 → 77.08−20.84
Syria108.25 → 88.92−19.33

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 1999.
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

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

.csv
For a spreadsheet or code
189 rows · 5.3 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download food-production-index-1999-nations-inquiry.csv
↗
The publisher’s original
FAO’s own file, on its own site.
AG.PRD.FOOD.XD

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1999). Food Production Index, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1999

0662 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Food Production Index, 1998
189 countries
The year after ›
Food Production Index, 2000
191 countries
All of them
Food Production Index: every year
62 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions