Data for 2002

Food Production Index, 2002

Name: Food Production Index, 2002
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2002, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 2002 covers 191 countries. Saint Kitts and Nevis is highest, at 399.23; Bahrain is lowest, at 33.26. The middle country reads 75.65. Against 2001, 191 values changed (124 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 2002

HighestSaint Kitts and Nevis

399.23

LowestBahrain

33.26

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

191countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
188distinct 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, 2002, 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, 2002: 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	399.23
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	171.64
3	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	152.04
4	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	144.38
5	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	143.22
6	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	141.99
7	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	138.07
8	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	136.71
9	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	136.18
10	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	135.59
11	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	132.80
12	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	131.44
13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	122.20
14	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	120.97
15	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	119.93
16	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	118.38
17	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	118.18
18	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	117.43
19	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	115.72
20	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	114.29
21	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	113.68
22	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	112.81
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	109.62
24	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	108.24
25	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	107.71
26	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	107.05
27	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	106.71
28	France`FRA`Western Europe	104.46
29	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	102.57
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	101.94
31	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	101.28
32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.92
33	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.78
34	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.15
35	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	98.97
36	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.92
37	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	98.01
38	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	97.87
39	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	97.49
40	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.47
41	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	96.98
42	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	96.82
43	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	95.83
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	95.71
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	95.66
46	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	94.89
47	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	94.34
48	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	94.03
49	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	93.96
50	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	93.92
51	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	93.27
52	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	93.10
53	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	92.88
54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	92.77
55	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	92.76
56	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	92.41
57	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	92.27
=58	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	92.14
=58	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	92.14
60	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	91.67
61	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	91.16
62	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	90.89
63	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	90.73
64	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	90.26
65	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	89.99
66	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	89.98
67	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	89.75
68	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	88.94
69	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	88.75
70	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	87.94
71	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	87.81
72	Belize`BLZ`Central America	87.52
73	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	87.31
74	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	87.21
75	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	86.97
76	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	84.15
77	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	83.70
78	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	82.78
79	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	82.02
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	81.65
81	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	81.51
82	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	81.17
83	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	80.62
84	United States`USA`Northern America	80.45
85	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	80.00
86	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	79.77
87	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	79.18
88	Panama`PAN`Central America	78.57
89	Colombia`COL`South America	77.55
90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	77.26
91	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	76.92
92	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	76.67
93	Mexico`MEX`Central America	76.49
94	Chile`CHL`South America	76.16
95	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	75.80
96	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	75.65
97	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	75.58
98	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	75.54
99	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	75.53
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	75.49
101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	74.97
102	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	74.72
103	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	74.43
=104	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	74.14
=104	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	74.14
106	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	74.07
107	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	73.70
108	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	73.68
109	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	73.41
110	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	72.76
111	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	72.71
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	72.47
113	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	72.44
114	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	71.25
115	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	69.45
116	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	69.30
117	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	69.17
118	Argentina`ARG`South America	68.91
119	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	68.16
120	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	67.90
121	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.86
122	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	67.79
123	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	67.76
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	67.65
125	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	67.22
126	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	67.12
127	Canada`CAN`Northern America	66.56
128	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	66.47
129	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	65.88
130	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	65.67
131	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.54
132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	65.18
133	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	64.97
134	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	64.81
135	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	64.63
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	64.46
137	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	64.36
138	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	64.12
139	Brazil`BRA`South America	63.61
140	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	63.60
141	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	63.46
142	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	63.39
143	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	63.12
144	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	62.82
145	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	62.35
=146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	62.10
=146	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	62.10
148	Uruguay`URY`South America	60.60
149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	60.55
150	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	60.47
151	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.41
152	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	60.25
153	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	60.17
154	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	60.07
155	India`IND`Southern Asia	59.89
156	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	59.72
157	Peru`PER`South America	59.35
158	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	59.33
159	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	59.11
160	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	58.63
161	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	58.20
162	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	58.16
163	Bolivia`BOL`South America	57.97
164	Suriname`SUR`South America	57.47
165	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	57.06
166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	55.70
167	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	53.57
168	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	53.28
169	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	53.01
170	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	51.40
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	50.91
172	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	49.72
173	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	49.02
174	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	48.80
175	Paraguay`PRY`South America	48.68
176	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	47.96
177	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	47.58
178	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	46.89
179	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	46.14
180	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	45.61
181	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	44.04
182	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	44.00
183	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	41.72
184	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	40.19
185	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	39.82
186	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	39.59
187	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	38.92
188	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	36.21
189	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	35.75
190	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	35.04
191	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	33.26

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

191Bahrain33.26
190Tajikistan35.04
189Malawi35.75
188Cambodia36.21
187Kuwait38.92

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 75.65. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
191values changed, of 191 in both
124 · 67rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Marshall Islands17.00 → 59.33+42.33
Macau104.26 → 138.07+33.81
Palestine124.14 → 152.04+27.90
Saint Lucia143.96 → 171.64+27.68
Trinidad and Tobago112.31 → 136.18+23.87

Fell most

Gambia117.03 → 79.77−37.26
Senegal65.23 → 44.04−21.19
Lesotho121.06 → 100.78−20.28
Zimbabwe108.54 → 93.27−15.27
Eritrea82.76 → 69.30−13.46

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 2002.
188 distinct values among 191
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 92.14. 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) (2002). Food Production Index, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/2002

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