Data for 2001

Food Production Index, 2001

Name: Food Production Index, 2001
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2001, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 2001 covers 191 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 402.09; Marshall Islands is lowest, at 17.00. The middle country reads 74.97. Against 2000, 191 values changed (119 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 2001

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

402.09

LowestMarshall Islands

17.00

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

191countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
189distinct 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, 2001, 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, 2001: 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	402.09
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	143.96
3	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	143.80
4	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	138.41
5	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	138.09
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	137.72
7	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	137.46
8	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	126.72
9	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	126.34
10	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	124.14
11	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	122.77
12	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	122.10
13	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	121.06
14	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	119.82
15	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	117.03
16	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	115.94
17	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	114.95
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	112.89
19	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	112.31
20	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	112.10
21	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	111.69
22	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	111.64
23	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	110.62
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	109.71
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	109.48
26	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	108.54
27	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	105.95
28	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	105.58
=29	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	104.26
=29	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	104.26
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	103.42
32	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	102.04
33	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	102.03
34	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	100.96
35	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	100.13
36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.95
37	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.36
38	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	99.04
39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	98.74
40	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	98.59
41	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.53
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	98.15
43	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	97.93
44	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	97.58
45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	97.54
46	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	96.32
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	96.29
48	Belize`BLZ`Central America	95.97
49	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	95.88
50	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	94.77
51	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	94.63
52	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	94.24
=53	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	94.16
=53	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	94.16
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	94.14
56	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	93.57
57	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	93.19
58	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	92.28
59	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	92.03
60	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	91.75
61	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	91.32
62	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	90.02
63	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	89.43
64	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	88.34
65	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	87.96
66	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	87.70
67	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	87.45
68	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	87.19
69	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	86.95
70	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	86.84
71	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	86.49
72	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	85.97
73	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	85.54
74	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	85.47
75	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	84.56
76	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	83.84
77	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	82.76
78	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	82.57
79	United States`USA`Northern America	81.64
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	80.79
81	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	80.39
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	80.15
83	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	77.56
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	77.51
85	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	77.09
86	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	76.93
87	Mexico`MEX`Central America	76.48
88	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	76.34
89	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	76.15
90	Chile`CHL`South America	75.80
91	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	75.72
92	Colombia`COL`South America	75.51
93	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	75.36
94	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	75.25
95	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	75.05
96	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	74.97
97	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	74.63
98	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	73.68
99	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	73.64
100	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	73.55
101	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	73.43
102	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	73.33
103	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	73.25
104	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	73.06
105	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	72.74
106	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	71.85
107	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	70.51
108	Canada`CAN`Northern America	70.31
109	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	70.27
110	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	70.21
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	70.13
112	Suriname`SUR`South America	70.00
113	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	69.44
114	Argentina`ARG`South America	69.29
115	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	69.28
116	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	69.16
117	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	68.80
118	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	68.74
119	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	68.54
120	Honduras`HND`Central America	68.40
121	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	68.23
122	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	68.02
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	67.89
124	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	66.88
125	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	66.58
126	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	66.32
127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	66.11
128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	65.73
129	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	65.39
130	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	65.23
131	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	65.19
132	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	65.12
133	India`IND`Southern Asia	64.69
134	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	64.45
135	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	64.44
136	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	64.33
137	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	62.70
138	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	62.65
139	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	61.95
140	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	61.64
141	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	61.59
142	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	61.43
143	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.20
144	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.72
145	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	59.77
146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	59.53
147	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.51
148	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	59.21
149	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	59.03
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58.81
151	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	58.15
152	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	58.11
153	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	57.95
154	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	57.92
155	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	57.73
156	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	57.18
157	Uruguay`URY`South America	56.53
158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	56.01
159	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	55.96
160	Peru`PER`South America	55.83
161	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	55.69
162	Bolivia`BOL`South America	55.36
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	55.11
164	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	54.25
165	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	53.98
166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	53.74
167	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	52.81
168	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	51.36
169	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.82
170	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	50.22
171	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	49.66
172	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	48.55
173	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	48.42
174	Paraguay`PRY`South America	47.34
175	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	46.30
176	Niger`NER`Western Africa	45.71
177	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	45.46
178	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	45.18
179	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	44.28
180	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	44.17
181	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	43.02
182	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	42.57
183	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	37.89
184	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	37.49
185	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.90
186	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	36.00
187	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	35.71
188	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	34.82
189	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	33.02
190	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	30.85
191	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	17.00

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

191Marshall Islands17.00
190Tajikistan30.85
189Sierra Leone33.02
188Bahrain34.82
187Laos35.71

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 74.97. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
191values changed, of 191 in both
119 · 72rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lesotho104.41 → 121.06+16.65
Iraq110.91 → 126.72+15.81
Mauritius101.80 → 115.94+14.14
Romania80.05 → 94.14+14.09
Hungary90.98 → 103.42+12.44

Fell most

United Arab Emirates185.23 → 122.10−63.13
Saint Lucia172.00 → 143.96−28.04
Qatar74.16 → 56.01−18.15
Palestine141.60 → 124.14−17.46
Seychelles154.48 → 137.72−16.76

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 2001.
189 distinct values among 191
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 104.26. 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) (2001). Food Production Index, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/2001

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