Data for 2009

Food Production Index, 2009

Name: Food Production Index, 2009
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2009, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 2009 covers 193 countries. Antigua and Barbuda is highest, at 141.40; Bahrain is lowest, at 39.72. The middle country reads 90.19. Against 2008, 193 values changed (121 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 2009

HighestAntigua and Barbuda

141.40

LowestBahrain

39.72

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

193countries
1measure
2009the 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	141.40
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	136.52
3	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	136.12
4	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	133.75
5	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	130.57
6	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	129.61
7	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	121.33
8	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	119.73
9	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	119.33
10	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	119.22
11	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	119.04
12	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	117.81
13	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	115.89
14	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	115.76
15	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	115.51
16	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	115.06
17	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	114.50
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	112.02
19	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	111.21
20	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	108.17
21	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	107.80
22	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	107.70
23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	107.45
24	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	107.17
25	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	106.48
26	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	106.09
27	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	105.66
28	Venezuela`VEN`South America	105.46
29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	104.80
30	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	104.45
31	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	103.41
32	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	103.39
33	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	103.34
34	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	102.69
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	102.53
36	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	102.47
37	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	101.87
38	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	101.67
39	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	101.65
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	101.21
41	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	101.09
42	France`FRA`Western Europe	100.92
43	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	100.37
44	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.04
45	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	98.92
46	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	98.82
47	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	98.61
48	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.32
=49	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	98.31
=49	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	98.31
51	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	98.29
52	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.10
53	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.00
54	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	97.84
55	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	97.77
56	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.40
57	Ecuador`ECU`South America	97.02
58	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	96.86
59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	96.65
60	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	96.58
61	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	96.56
62	Belize`BLZ`Central America	96.47
63	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	96.19
64	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	96.11
65	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	96.05
66	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	95.98
67	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	95.78
68	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	95.77
69	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	95.74
70	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	95.63
71	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	95.56
72	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	95.51
73	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	95.31
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	95.11
75	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	94.74
76	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	93.75
77	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	93.64
78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	93.46
79	United States`USA`Northern America	93.04
80	Honduras`HND`Central America	93.00
=81	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	92.81
=81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	92.81
83	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	92.73
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	92.59
=85	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	92.54
=85	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	92.54
87	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	92.45
88	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	92.38
89	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	92.37
90	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	92.24
91	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	92.07
92	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	91.65
93	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	90.77
94	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	90.64
95	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	90.40
96	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	90.20
97	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	90.19
=98	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	89.82
=98	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	89.82
100	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	89.79
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	89.75
102	Chile`CHL`South America	89.60
103	Suriname`SUR`South America	89.48
104	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	89.23
105	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	89.17
106	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	89.03
107	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	88.92
108	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	88.89
109	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	88.84
110	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	88.75
111	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	88.58
112	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	87.49
113	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	87.39
114	Canada`CAN`Northern America	87.14
115	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	86.77
116	Mexico`MEX`Central America	86.52
117	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	86.49
118	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	86.47
119	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	86.21
120	Colombia`COL`South America	86.14
121	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	85.75
122	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	85.58
123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	85.40
124	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	85.10
125	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	85.08
126	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	84.99
127	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	84.94
128	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	84.82
129	Panama`PAN`Central America	84.68
130	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	84.46
131	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	84.44
132	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	84.40
133	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	84.35
134	Brazil`BRA`South America	84.14
135	Uruguay`URY`South America	83.94
136	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	83.77
137	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	83.34
138	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	83.00
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	82.99
140	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	82.08
141	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	81.98
142	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	81.75
143	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	81.63
144	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	81.29
145	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	80.89
146	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	80.73
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	80.52
148	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	80.14
149	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	79.91
150	Peru`PER`South America	79.81
151	Bolivia`BOL`South America	79.67
152	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	79.04
153	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	78.91
154	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	78.63
155	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	78.35
156	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	78.17
157	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	77.96
158	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	77.51
159	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	77.49
160	India`IND`Southern Asia	77.39
161	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	77.33
162	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	77.02
163	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	76.23
164	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	76.21
165	Argentina`ARG`South America	76.08
166	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	75.79
=167	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	75.54
=167	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	75.54
169	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	74.81
170	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	73.71
171	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	73.34
172	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	73.32
173	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	72.69
174	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	72.11
175	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	72.05
176	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	71.33
177	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	71.04
178	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	70.92
179	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	69.41
180	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	66.73
181	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	66.54
182	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	65.95
183	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	65.88
184	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	65.87
185	Niger`NER`Western Africa	64.59
186	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	64.11
187	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	63.46
188	Guyana`GUY`South America	63.24
189	Paraguay`PRY`South America	57.92
190	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	55.81
191	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	52.46
192	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	50.75
193	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	39.72

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Antigua and Barbuda141.40
2Saint Lucia136.52
3Solomon Islands136.12
4Gambia133.75
5Tonga130.57

Lowest

193Bahrain39.72
192Faroe Islands50.75
191DR Congo52.46
190Laos55.81
189Paraguay57.92

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 90.19. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
193values changed, of 193 in both
121 · 72rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Gambia115.32 → 133.75+18.43
Mozambique79.81 → 97.77+17.96
Zambia59.43 → 77.33+17.90
Sierra Leone72.45 → 89.75+17.30
Hong Kong97.59 → 114.50+16.91

Fell most

Palestine137.74 → 119.73−18.01
Fiji128.74 → 111.21−17.53
Argentina91.03 → 76.08−14.95
Slovakia114.30 → 101.21−13.09
Moldova97.74 → 86.21−11.53

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 2009.
188 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 98.31. 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) (2009). Food Production Index, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/2009

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