Data for 2017

Food Production Index, 2017

Name: Food Production Index, 2017
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2017, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 2017 covers 195 countries. Bahrain is highest, at 137.69; Iraq is lowest, at 78.72. The middle country reads 102.21. Against 2016, 194 values changed (121 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 2017

HighestBahrain

137.69

LowestIraq

78.72

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

195countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	137.69
2	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	134.25
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	133.20
4	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	131.87
5	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	126.84
6	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	126.72
7	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	126.67
8	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	124.72
9	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	122.02
10	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	118.61
11	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	116.87
12	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	116.56
13	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	115.92
14	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	115.78
15	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	115.76
16	Honduras`HND`Central America	114.45
17	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	114.07
18	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	113.15
19	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	112.76
20	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	111.69
21	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	111.65
22	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	110.88
23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	110.85
24	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	110.77
25	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	110.68
26	Paraguay`PRY`South America	110.54
27	Niger`NER`Western Africa	110.48
28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	110.26
29	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	110.00
30	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	109.99
31	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	109.76
32	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	109.42
33	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	109.12
34	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	109.08
35	India`IND`Southern Asia	108.94
36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	108.67
37	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	108.64
38	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	108.58
39	Canada`CAN`Northern America	108.26
40	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	108.19
41	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	108.12
42	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	107.98
43	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	107.89
44	Mexico`MEX`Central America	107.85
45	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	107.73
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	107.55
47	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	107.43
48	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	107.31
49	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	107.16
50	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	107.14
51	Brazil`BRA`South America	106.98
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	106.59
53	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	106.31
54	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	106.29
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	106.22
56	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	106.19
57	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	106.11
58	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	105.98
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	105.91
60	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	105.89
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	105.85
62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	105.83
63	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	105.71
64	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	105.47
65	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	105.39
66	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	105.24
67	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	105.13
68	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	105.11
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	104.94
70	Guyana`GUY`South America	104.83
71	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	104.67
72	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	104.57
73	Uruguay`URY`South America	104.30
74	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	104.26
75	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	104.04
76	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	104.00
77	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	103.99
78	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	103.98
79	Peru`PER`South America	103.96
80	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	103.91
81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	103.88
82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	103.84
83	Belize`BLZ`Central America	103.64
84	Suriname`SUR`South America	103.52
=85	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	103.34
=85	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	103.34
87	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	103.19
88	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	102.87
89	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	102.86
90	Panama`PAN`Central America	102.80
91	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	102.65
92	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	102.62
93	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	102.61
94	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	102.47
95	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	102.45
96	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	102.37
=97	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	102.21
=97	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	102.21
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	102.19
100	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	102.11
101	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	102.09
=102	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	101.95
=102	United States`USA`Northern America	101.95
104	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	101.93
105	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	101.87
106	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	101.77
=107	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	101.74
=107	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	101.74
109	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	101.65
110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	101.63
111	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	101.53
112	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	101.39
113	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	101.35
114	France`FRA`Western Europe	101.33
115	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	101.18
116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	101.08
117	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	101.04
118	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	100.98
119	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	100.86
120	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	100.76
121	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	100.73
122	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	100.71
123	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	100.66
124	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	100.64
125	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	100.55
126	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.50
127	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	100.41
128	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	100.37
129	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	100.06
130	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	100.01
131	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	99.98
132	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	99.93
133	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99.89
134	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.87
135	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	99.85
136	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	99.84
137	Colombia`COL`South America	99.79
138	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.76
139	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	99.71
140	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.56
=141	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.49
=141	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	99.49
143	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	99.36
144	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	98.88
145	Chile`CHL`South America	98.85
146	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	98.56
147	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.48
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	98.37
149	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	98.12
150	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	98.07
151	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	98.01
152	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	97.96
153	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	97.92
154	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.82
155	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	97.74
156	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	97.65
157	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	97.55
158	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	97.52
159	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	97.50
160	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.04
161	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	97.01
162	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	96.03
163	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	95.84
164	Ecuador`ECU`South America	95.69
165	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	95.34
166	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	95.30
167	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	95.24
168	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	95.17
169	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	95.03
170	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	94.94
171	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	94.61
172	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	94.51
173	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	94.44
174	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	94.23
175	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	93.75
176	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	93.43
177	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	93.31
178	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	93.21
179	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	92.63
180	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	91.88
181	Venezuela`VEN`South America	91.75
182	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	91.63
183	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	91.51
184	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	90.75
185	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	90.64
186	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	90.51
187	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	89.17
188	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	88.82
189	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	87.69
190	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	86.03
191	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	84.47
192	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	83.71
193	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	83.66
194	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	80.78
195	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	78.72

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Bahrain137.69
2Senegal134.25
3Singapore133.20
4Tajikistan131.87
5Oman126.84

Lowest

195Iraq78.72
194Gambia80.78
193Vanuatu83.66
192North Macedonia83.71
191Sierra Leone84.47

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 102.21. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
194values changed, of 195 in both
121 · 73rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Fiji83.01 → 112.76+29.75
Senegal105.29 → 134.25+28.96
Singapore105.48 → 133.20+27.72
Zambia101.64 → 124.72+23.08
Lesotho92.56 → 114.07+21.51

Fell most

North Macedonia104.06 → 83.71−20.35
Liberia110.91 → 92.63−18.28
Bosnia and Herzegovina111.99 → 94.61−17.38
Serbia107.59 → 90.75−16.84
Croatia109.16 → 93.43−15.73

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 2017.
190 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 103.34. 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.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2017). Food Production Index, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/2017

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