Data for 2006

Food Production Index, 2006

Name: Food Production Index, 2006
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2006, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 2006 covers 193 countries. Montenegro is highest, at 156.80; Bahrain is lowest, at 34.93. The middle country reads 84.46. Against 2005, 191 values changed (127 up, 64 down), 2 countries joined.

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Food Production Index · Data for 2006

HighestMontenegro

156.80

LowestBahrain

34.93

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

193countries
1measure
2006the year it describes
192distinct 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	156.80
2	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	150.75
3	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	147.09
4	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	144.97
5	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	141.18
6	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	140.67
7	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	128.04
8	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	125.96
9	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	120.83
10	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	120.52
11	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	119.35
12	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	118.35
13	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	115.33
14	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	114.60
15	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	113.02
16	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	111.89
17	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	111.88
18	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	111.20
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	110.56
20	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	110.25
21	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	110.05
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	108.54
23	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	108.34
24	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	107.65
25	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	105.78
26	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	105.44
27	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	105.15
28	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	105.13
29	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	102.92
30	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	102.33
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	101.82
32	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	101.69
33	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	101.40
34	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	101.22
35	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	101.18
36	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	100.93
37	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	100.44
38	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	100.37
39	Belize`BLZ`Central America	99.81
40	Venezuela`VEN`South America	99.77
41	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	99.62
42	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	99.18
43	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	99.13
44	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	98.12
45	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	97.69
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	97.38
47	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	97.00
48	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	96.96
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	96.63
50	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	96.62
51	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	96.02
52	France`FRA`Western Europe	96.00
53	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	95.49
54	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	95.42
55	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	95.29
56	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	94.94
57	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	94.92
58	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	94.72
59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	94.55
60	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	94.41
61	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	94.32
62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	94.23
63	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	93.94
64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	93.82
65	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	93.28
66	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	92.63
67	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	92.57
68	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	91.64
69	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	91.24
70	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	91.05
71	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	90.96
72	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	90.72
73	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	90.61
74	Chile`CHL`South America	90.30
75	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	90.14
76	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	90.06
77	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	89.79
78	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	89.35
79	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	89.20
80	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	89.09
81	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	88.93
82	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	88.62
83	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	88.46
84	Honduras`HND`Central America	88.26
85	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	88.14
86	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	87.94
87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	87.91
88	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	87.64
89	Colombia`COL`South America	86.91
90	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	86.25
91	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	86.02
92	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	85.90
93	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	85.23
94	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	85.12
95	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	84.63
96	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	84.52
97	United States`USA`Northern America	84.46
98	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	84.43
99	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	84.33
100	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	84.10
101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	84.09
102	Ecuador`ECU`South America	84.07
=103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	84.05
=103	Uruguay`URY`South America	84.05
105	Panama`PAN`Central America	84.04
106	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	83.53
107	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	83.29
108	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	83.28
109	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	83.19
110	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	82.96
111	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	82.95
112	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	82.89
113	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	82.58
114	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	82.30
115	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	82.27
116	Argentina`ARG`South America	82.05
117	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	81.61
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	81.60
119	Canada`CAN`Northern America	81.38
120	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	81.11
121	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	80.92
122	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	78.99
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	78.52
124	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	78.44
125	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	78.17
126	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	78.16
127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	78.03
128	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	77.88
129	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	77.60
130	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	77.31
131	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	76.90
132	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	76.72
133	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	76.67
134	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	76.53
135	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	76.14
136	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	75.76
137	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	75.60
138	Brazil`BRA`South America	75.18
139	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	75.15
140	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	74.64
141	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	74.47
142	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	73.85
143	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	73.69
144	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	73.15
145	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	72.96
146	Suriname`SUR`South America	72.51
147	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	72.46
148	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	72.37
149	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	71.92
150	India`IND`Southern Asia	71.67
151	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	70.64
152	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	70.24
153	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	70.21
154	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	70.15
155	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	70.13
156	Peru`PER`South America	69.73
157	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	69.64
158	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	69.53
159	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	69.45
160	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	69.42
161	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.88
162	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	68.82
163	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	68.35
164	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.26
165	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	66.55
166	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	66.29
167	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	64.85
168	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	64.74
169	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	64.30
170	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	63.27
171	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	62.81
172	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	61.48
173	Niger`NER`Western Africa	61.24
174	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	60.74
175	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	60.04
176	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	59.60
177	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	59.03
178	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	58.90
179	Paraguay`PRY`South America	58.48
180	Guyana`GUY`South America	58.46
181	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	57.88
182	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	56.84
183	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	55.64
184	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	54.30
185	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	53.64
186	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	50.89
187	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	49.99
188	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	49.93
189	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	49.78
190	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	49.27
191	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	48.54
192	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	44.43
193	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	34.93

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Montenegro156.80
2Maldives150.75
3Palestine147.09
4Fiji144.97
5Syria141.18

Lowest

193Bahrain34.93
192Laos44.43
191DR Congo48.54
190Malawi49.27
189Kuwait49.78

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 84.46. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
191values changed, of 191 in both
127 · 64rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Brunei48.59 → 78.17+29.58
Marshall Islands97.92 → 120.83+22.91
Comoros73.08 → 88.93+15.85
Maldives135.51 → 150.75+15.24
Sierra Leone63.91 → 78.03+14.12

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis260.57 → 96.62−163.95
Georgia159.70 → 101.22−58.48
Djibouti110.31 → 88.46−21.85
Cuba96.47 → 82.96−13.51
Lesotho101.84 → 89.20−12.64

+ Montenegro

+ Serbia

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 2006.
192 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 84.05. 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 193 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2006). Food Production Index, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/2006

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