Data for 2012

Food Production Index, 2012

Name: Food Production Index, 2012
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2012, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 2012 covers 195 countries. Iraq is highest, at 131.60; Faroe Islands is lowest, at 52.29. The middle country reads 93.89. Against 2011, 193 values changed (128 up, 65 down), 2 countries joined.

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Food Production Index · Data for 2012

HighestIraq

131.60

LowestFaroe Islands

52.29

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

195countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
190distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	131.60
2	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	127.68
3	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	126.47
4	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	124.17
5	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	123.76
6	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	123.38
7	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	121.36
8	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	119.79
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	118.49
10	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	117.04
11	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	112.24
12	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	112.21
13	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	112.00
14	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	110.00
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	109.87
16	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	109.35
17	Venezuela`VEN`South America	109.31
18	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	108.63
19	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	108.60
20	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	108.43
21	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	108.38
22	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	107.13
=23	Belize`BLZ`Central America	106.29
=23	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	106.29
25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	105.46
26	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	105.27
27	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	104.85
28	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	104.82
29	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	104.05
30	Honduras`HND`Central America	103.98
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	103.35
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	103.29
33	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	103.20
34	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	102.95
35	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	102.45
36	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	102.25
37	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	102.06
38	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	101.70
39	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	101.11
40	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	101.01
41	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.70
42	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	100.47
43	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	100.35
44	Chile`CHL`South America	100.23
45	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.22
46	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	100.19
47	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	99.86
48	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	99.69
49	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	99.57
50	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	99.24
51	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	98.81
52	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.74
53	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	98.65
54	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	98.47
55	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	98.46
56	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	98.38
57	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	98.19
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	98.18
59	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	98.10
60	France`FRA`Western Europe	97.79
61	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	97.40
62	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.30
63	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.19
64	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	97.18
65	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	96.88
66	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	96.84
67	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	96.53
68	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	96.48
69	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	96.40
70	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	96.35
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	96.22
72	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	96.12
=73	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	96.10
=73	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	96.10
75	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	96.02
76	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	95.95
77	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	95.94
78	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	95.90
79	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	95.57
=80	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	95.53
=80	Panama`PAN`Central America	95.53
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	95.51
83	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	95.46
84	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	95.41
85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	95.38
86	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	95.12
87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	95.06
88	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	95.01
89	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	94.92
90	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	94.88
91	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	94.84
92	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	94.83
93	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	94.81
94	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	94.73
95	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	94.57
96	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	94.00
97	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	93.93
98	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	93.89
99	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	93.88
100	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	93.83
101	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	93.77
102	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	93.74
103	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	93.72
104	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	93.58
105	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	93.52
106	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	93.23
107	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	93.07
108	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	92.69
109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	92.32
110	India`IND`Southern Asia	92.30
111	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	92.28
112	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	92.22
113	Mexico`MEX`Central America	92.19
114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	92.17
115	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	92.15
116	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	92.05
117	Peru`PER`South America	91.99
118	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.95
119	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	91.93
120	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	91.86
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	91.82
122	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	91.81
123	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	91.68
124	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	91.62
125	Brazil`BRA`South America	91.55
126	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	91.38
127	Suriname`SUR`South America	91.30
128	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	91.07
129	United States`USA`Northern America	90.89
=130	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	90.81
=130	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	90.81
132	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	90.38
133	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	90.36
134	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	90.18
135	Colombia`COL`South America	89.91
136	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	89.77
137	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	89.61
138	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	89.50
139	Bolivia`BOL`South America	89.26
140	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	89.21
141	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	89.20
142	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	89.06
143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	88.68
=144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	88.40
=144	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	88.40
146	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	88.34
147	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	88.20
148	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	88.13
149	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	88.08
150	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	87.89
151	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	87.75
152	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	87.45
153	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	87.43
154	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	87.28
155	Canada`CAN`Northern America	87.26
156	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	87.12
157	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	86.95
158	Argentina`ARG`South America	86.64
159	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	86.23
160	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	85.87
161	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	85.84
162	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	85.76
163	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	85.42
164	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	85.38
165	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	85.12
166	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	84.97
167	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	84.87
168	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	84.76
169	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.68
170	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	84.54
171	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	83.99
172	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	83.86
173	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	83.64
174	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	83.37
175	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	82.85
176	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	82.30
177	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	82.02
178	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	81.80
179	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	81.05
180	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	80.94
181	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	80.17
182	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	79.61
183	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	79.07
184	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	78.69
185	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	78.58
186	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	78.21
187	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	77.32
188	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	75.00
189	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	73.61
190	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	72.26
191	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	72.01
192	Guyana`GUY`South America	68.05
193	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	67.61
194	Paraguay`PRY`South America	62.40
195	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	52.29

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iraq131.60
2Botswana127.68
3Tonga126.47
4Syria124.17
5Puerto Rico123.76

Lowest

195Faroe Islands52.29
194Paraguay62.40
193Bahrain67.61
192Guyana68.05
191Moldova72.01

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 93.89. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
193values changed, of 193 in both
128 · 65rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Chad75.21 → 99.57+24.36
Gambia99.71 → 119.79+20.08
Bahrain48.83 → 67.61+18.78
Belize88.85 → 106.29+17.44
Senegal68.54 → 82.30+13.76

Fell most

Moldova95.32 → 72.01−23.31
Romania102.81 → 79.61−23.20
Kazakhstan103.90 → 80.94−22.96
Paraguay84.42 → 62.40−22.02
Seychelles114.10 → 95.01−19.09

+ Sudan

+ South Sudan

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 2012.
190 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 106.29. 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 195 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2012). Food Production Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/2012

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