Data for 2000

Food Production Index, 2000

Name: Food Production Index, 2000
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2000, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 2000 covers 191 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 393.88; Marshall Islands is lowest, at 19.33. The middle country reads 73.66. Against 1999, 189 values changed (118 up, 71 down), 2 countries joined.

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Food Production Index · Data for 2000

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

393.88

LowestMarshall Islands

19.33

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

191countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
190distinct 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, 2000, 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, 2000: 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	393.88
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	185.23
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	172.00
4	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	154.48
5	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	146.15
6	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	141.60
7	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	140.71
8	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	138.70
9	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	138.09
10	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	133.68
11	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	133.26
12	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	121.06
13	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	120.19
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	115.20
15	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	113.84
16	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	113.22
17	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	113.09
18	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	110.91
19	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	109.40
20	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	108.99
21	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	108.26
22	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	108.19
23	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	108.14
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	106.97
25	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	106.96
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	104.42
27	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	104.41
28	France`FRA`Western Europe	103.54
29	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	103.52
30	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	102.75
31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	102.45
32	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	102.19
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	101.97
34	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	101.80
35	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	101.19
36	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	100.22
37	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.55
38	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	98.39
39	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	97.88
40	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	97.35
41	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	97.17
42	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	96.46
43	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	95.79
44	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	95.77
45	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	95.63
46	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	95.57
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	94.75
48	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	94.48
49	Belize`BLZ`Central America	94.43
50	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	94.42
51	Venezuela`VEN`South America	94.30
52	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	94.27
53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	94.00
54	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	93.96
55	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	93.85
56	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	93.72
57	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	93.44
58	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	93.24
=59	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	92.92
=59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	92.92
61	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	92.64
62	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	91.79
63	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	91.73
64	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	90.98
65	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	87.76
66	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	87.70
67	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	87.34
68	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	87.03
69	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	86.49
70	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	86.28
71	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	85.48
72	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	85.34
73	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	84.32
74	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	83.96
75	United States`USA`Northern America	83.01
76	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	82.36
77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	81.92
78	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	80.78
79	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	80.05
80	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.84
81	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	78.21
82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	77.92
83	Canada`CAN`Northern America	77.79
84	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	77.71
85	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	77.62
86	Panama`PAN`Central America	77.24
87	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	77.05
88	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	76.37
89	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	76.12
90	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	75.89
91	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	75.73
92	Colombia`COL`South America	74.83
93	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	74.72
94	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	74.16
95	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	74.13
96	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	73.66
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	73.44
98	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	73.27
99	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	72.93
100	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	72.53
101	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	72.50
102	Mexico`MEX`Central America	72.43
103	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	72.36
104	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	72.12
105	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	72.03
106	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	71.75
107	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	71.57
108	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	71.25
109	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	70.99
110	Chile`CHL`South America	70.68
111	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	70.26
112	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	70.23
113	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	70.04
114	Ecuador`ECU`South America	69.77
115	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	69.30
116	Argentina`ARG`South America	69.14
117	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	69.11
118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	69.08
119	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	69.01
120	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	68.88
121	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	68.85
122	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	67.78
123	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	67.11
124	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	67.04
125	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	66.27
126	Honduras`HND`Central America	65.78
127	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.75
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	65.58
129	Uruguay`URY`South America	65.27
130	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	65.16
131	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	64.50
132	Suriname`SUR`South America	64.09
133	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	63.68
134	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	63.53
135	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	63.37
136	India`IND`Southern Asia	62.70
137	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	62.21
138	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	61.98
139	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	61.66
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	60.33
141	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	59.91
142	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.71
143	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	59.13
144	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	58.55
145	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	58.19
146	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	58.17
147	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	58.11
148	Guyana`GUY`South America	57.89
149	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	57.36
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	57.18
151	Brazil`BRA`South America	56.86
152	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	56.66
153	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	56.45
154	Peru`PER`South America	56.13
155	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	55.84
156	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	55.49
157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	55.41
158	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	55.24
159	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	55.18
160	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	54.73
161	Bolivia`BOL`South America	54.71
162	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	54.04
163	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	53.49
164	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	52.49
165	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	52.11
166	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	51.26
167	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.76
168	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	50.70
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	49.66
170	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	49.41
171	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	46.29
172	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45.54
173	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	45.47
174	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	44.11
175	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	43.16
176	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	42.74
177	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	42.33
178	Paraguay`PRY`South America	41.39
179	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	41.01
180	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	40.55
181	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	39.69
182	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	39.42
183	Niger`NER`Western Africa	37.45
184	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	37.35
185	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	36.97
186	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	36.88
187	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	34.37
188	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	32.16
189	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	29.55
190	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	29.20
191	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	19.33

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

191Marshall Islands19.33
190Sierra Leone29.20
189Tajikistan29.55
188Angola32.16
187Laos34.37

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 73.66. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
189values changed, of 189 in both
118 · 71rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates144.81 → 185.23+40.42
Palestine113.23 → 141.60+28.37
Namibia86.78 → 106.96+20.18
Mauritius83.90 → 101.80+17.90
Puerto Rico130.63 → 146.15+15.52

Fell most

Singapore131.61 → 57.18−74.43
Marshall Islands77.08 → 19.33−57.75
Georgia159.29 → 133.26−26.03
Saint Lucia197.82 → 172.00−25.82
Croatia86.88 → 67.04−19.84

+ Belgium

+ Luxembourg

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 2000.
190 distinct values among 191
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 92.92. 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 191 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2000). Food Production Index, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/2000

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