Data for 2018

Food Production Index, 2018

Name: Food Production Index, 2018
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2018, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 2018 covers 195 countries. Senegal is highest, at 152.86; Gambia is lowest, at 56.75. The middle country reads 103.42. Against 2017, 195 values changed (120 up, 75 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 2018

HighestSenegal

152.86

LowestGambia

56.75

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

195countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
191distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	152.86
2	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	145.45
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	141.17
4	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	136.28
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	134.67
6	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	131.71
7	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	131.30
8	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	128.79
9	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	127.19
10	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	126.37
11	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	123.76
12	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	123.73
13	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	121.39
14	Niger`NER`Western Africa	119.84
15	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	119.20
16	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	118.69
17	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	118.45
18	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	117.90
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	117.73
20	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	117.68
21	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	117.30
22	Honduras`HND`Central America	116.54
23	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	116.47
24	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	115.89
25	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	115.61
26	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	115.55
27	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	115.34
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	114.96
29	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	114.62
30	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	114.55
31	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	114.47
32	India`IND`Southern Asia	114.20
33	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	114.17
34	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	114.06
35	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	113.77
36	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	113.33
37	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	113.30
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	113.03
39	Peru`PER`South America	112.10
40	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	112.06
41	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	111.36
42	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	111.15
43	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	111.07
44	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	111.03
45	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	110.61
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	110.54
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	110.33
48	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	110.32
49	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	110.27
50	Paraguay`PRY`South America	110.22
51	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	109.92
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	109.68
53	Bolivia`BOL`South America	109.51
54	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	109.45
55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	109.28
56	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	109.16
57	Canada`CAN`Northern America	108.98
58	Guyana`GUY`South America	108.86
59	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	108.63
60	Chile`CHL`South America	108.52
61	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	108.14
62	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	108.05
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	107.82
64	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	107.67
=65	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	107.66
=65	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	107.66
67	Brazil`BRA`South America	107.51
68	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	107.50
=69	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	107.35
=69	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	107.35
71	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	107.23
72	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	107.12
73	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	106.82
74	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	106.78
75	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	106.38
76	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	106.34
77	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	106.33
78	Panama`PAN`Central America	106.30
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	106.02
80	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	105.90
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	105.84
82	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	105.73
83	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	105.42
84	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	105.38
85	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	105.24
86	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	105.22
87	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	104.69
88	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	104.52
89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	104.36
90	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	104.30
91	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	104.19
92	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	104.04
93	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	103.94
94	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	103.86
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	103.69
96	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	103.62
97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	103.54
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	103.42
99	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	103.41
100	United States`USA`Northern America	103.19
101	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	103.14
102	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	103.09
103	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	102.81
104	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	102.62
105	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	102.60
106	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	102.58
107	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	102.36
108	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	102.34
109	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	102.33
110	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	102.16
111	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	102.07
112	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	102.04
=113	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	102.01
=113	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	102.01
115	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	101.96
116	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	101.65
117	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	101.64
118	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	101.61
119	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	101.53
120	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	101.50
121	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	101.35
122	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	101.28
123	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	100.76
124	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	100.64
125	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	100.60
126	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	100.51
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	100.48
128	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	100.31
129	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	100.26
130	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.01
131	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	99.81
132	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.69
133	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.67
134	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.59
135	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	99.58
136	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.51
137	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.17
138	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	98.95
139	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	98.91
140	Belize`BLZ`Central America	98.69
141	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	98.55
142	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	98.51
143	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	98.37
144	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	98.34
145	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.31
146	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	97.97
147	Suriname`SUR`South America	97.93
148	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	97.90
149	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	97.89
150	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	97.72
151	Argentina`ARG`South America	97.51
152	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	97.36
153	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	97.27
154	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	97.19
155	France`FRA`Western Europe	97.17
156	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	96.98
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	96.84
158	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	96.64
159	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	96.42
160	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	96.36
161	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	96.33
162	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	96.29
163	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	96.19
164	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	95.37
165	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	94.53
166	Ecuador`ECU`South America	94.03
167	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	92.96
168	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.90
169	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	92.87
170	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	92.15
171	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	91.87
172	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	90.75
173	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	90.05
174	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	89.76
175	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	89.17
176	Uruguay`URY`South America	88.84
177	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	88.66
178	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	87.11
179	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	85.36
180	Venezuela`VEN`South America	84.89
181	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	84.71
182	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	84.14
183	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	84.05
=184	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	83.76
=184	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	83.76
186	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	83.61
187	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	83.48
188	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	82.48
189	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	80.80
190	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	80.00
191	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	79.86
192	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	77.31
193	Colombia`COL`South America	75.57
194	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	73.43
195	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	56.75

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Senegal152.86
2Tajikistan145.45
3Qatar141.17
4Oman136.28
5Mozambique134.67

Lowest

195Gambia56.75
194Cabo Verde73.43
193Colombia75.57
192Iraq77.31
191Myanmar79.86

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 103.42. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
195values changed, of 195 in both
120 · 75rose · fell
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Rose most

Qatar105.98 → 141.17+35.19
Bosnia and Herzegovina94.61 → 114.96+20.35
Tunisia93.75 → 113.30+19.55
Mongolia107.14 → 126.37+19.23
Seychelles90.51 → 109.16+18.65

Fell most

Marshall Islands126.67 → 80.00−46.67
Colombia99.79 → 75.57−24.22
Gambia80.78 → 56.75−24.03
Latvia106.11 → 83.61−22.50
Singapore133.20 → 111.07−22.13

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 2018.
191 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 107.66. 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) (2018). Food Production Index, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/2018

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