Data for 2008

Food Production Index, 2008

Name: Food Production Index, 2008
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2008, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 2008 covers 193 countries. Antigua and Barbuda is highest, at 145.98; Bahrain is lowest, at 35.31. The middle country reads 89.09. Against 2007, 193 values changed (139 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 2008

HighestAntigua and Barbuda

145.98

LowestBahrain

35.31

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

193countries
1measure
2008the 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	145.98
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	141.10
3	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	141.08
4	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	137.74
5	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	130.96
6	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	130.67
7	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	128.74
8	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	125.21
9	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	123.57
10	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	120.88
11	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	118.00
12	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	116.87
13	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	115.92
14	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	115.32
15	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	114.30
16	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	112.51
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	112.22
18	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	112.16
19	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	111.74
20	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	110.38
21	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	110.24
22	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	110.04
23	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	108.95
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	107.74
25	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	107.31
26	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	105.24
27	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	104.66
28	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	104.11
29	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	103.86
30	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	103.77
31	Venezuela`VEN`South America	103.58
32	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	103.56
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	103.04
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	102.21
35	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	101.51
36	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	101.48
37	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	101.33
38	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	100.87
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	100.84
40	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	100.27
41	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	100.08
42	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	100.04
43	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.98
44	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.94
45	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.86
46	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.74
47	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	99.47
48	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	98.33
49	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	98.19
50	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	98.13
=51	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.00
=51	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	98.00
=51	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	98.00
54	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	97.74
55	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	97.66
56	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	97.59
57	Honduras`HND`Central America	96.75
58	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	96.63
59	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	96.41
60	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	96.33
61	Belize`BLZ`Central America	96.16
62	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	95.64
63	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	95.18
64	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	95.02
65	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	94.93
66	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	94.69
67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	94.59
68	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	94.10
69	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	94.08
70	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	93.74
71	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	93.68
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	93.53
73	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	93.50
74	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	93.11
75	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	92.96
76	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	92.93
=77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	92.86
=77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	92.86
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	92.85
80	Colombia`COL`South America	92.29
81	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	92.04
82	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	91.88
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	91.59
84	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	91.50
85	United States`USA`Northern America	91.21
86	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	91.08
87	Argentina`ARG`South America	91.03
88	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	90.83
89	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	90.22
90	Chile`CHL`South America	89.90
91	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	89.44
92	Canada`CAN`Northern America	89.24
93	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	89.22
94	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	89.17
95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	89.10
=96	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	89.09
=96	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	89.09
98	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	88.84
99	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	88.62
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	88.55
101	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	88.42
102	Panama`PAN`Central America	88.33
103	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	88.32
104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	88.27
105	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	88.23
106	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	87.79
107	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	87.71
108	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	87.38
109	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	87.35
110	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	87.18
111	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	87.15
112	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	87.04
113	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	86.86
114	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	86.04
115	Brazil`BRA`South America	85.18
116	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	84.84
117	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	84.53
118	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	84.47
119	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	84.36
120	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	84.27
121	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	84.11
122	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	83.87
123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	83.41
124	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	82.76
125	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	82.72
126	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	82.67
127	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	82.31
128	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	81.92
129	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	81.51
130	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	81.41
131	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	81.28
132	Uruguay`URY`South America	81.24
133	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	80.90
134	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	80.80
135	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	80.64
136	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	80.37
137	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	80.36
138	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	80.11
139	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	80.05
140	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	79.81
141	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	79.59
142	India`IND`Southern Asia	79.25
143	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	78.84
144	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	78.41
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	78.02
146	Peru`PER`South America	77.74
147	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	77.45
148	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	77.42
149	Suriname`SUR`South America	77.37
150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	77.32
151	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	77.15
152	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	76.83
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	76.80
154	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	76.76
155	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	76.36
156	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	76.14
157	Niger`NER`Western Africa	76.05
158	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	75.63
159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	75.27
160	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	74.63
161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	74.59
=162	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	74.43
=162	Bolivia`BOL`South America	74.43
164	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	73.76
165	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	72.99
166	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	72.98
167	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	72.69
168	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	72.45
169	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	71.28
170	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	71.13
171	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	70.68
172	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	70.59
173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	69.03
174	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	67.89
175	Paraguay`PRY`South America	66.90
176	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	66.51
177	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	66.14
178	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	65.17
179	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.82
180	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	63.52
181	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	62.34
182	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	61.22
183	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.43
184	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	59.26
185	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	59.08
186	Guyana`GUY`South America	58.74
187	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	57.69
188	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	56.89
189	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	52.16
190	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	50.94
191	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	50.74
192	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	49.27
193	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	35.31

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

193Bahrain35.31
192DR Congo49.27
191Faroe Islands50.74
190Laos50.94
189Kuwait52.16

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 89.09. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
193values changed, of 193 in both
139 · 54rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Marshall Islands101.00 → 130.67+29.67
Gambia86.12 → 115.32+29.20
Senegal53.12 → 80.36+27.24
Bulgaria65.69 → 88.42+22.73
Moldova76.82 → 97.74+20.92

Fell most

Macau147.36 → 95.18−52.18
Eritrea111.66 → 78.84−32.82
Uganda113.35 → 87.79−25.56
Iran101.75 → 77.45−24.30
Trinidad and Tobago119.28 → 98.00−21.28

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 2008.
188 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 98.00. 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.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2008). Food Production Index, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/2008

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