Data for 2019

Food Production Index, 2019

Name: Food Production Index, 2019
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2019, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 2019 covers 195 countries. Hong Kong is highest, at 191.92; Gambia is lowest, at 62.04. The middle country reads 104.62. Against 2018, 195 values changed (123 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 2019

HighestHong Kong

191.92

LowestGambia

62.04

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

195countries
1measure
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	191.92
2	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	153.59
3	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	153.16
4	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	144.94
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	139.27
6	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	136.62
7	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	136.27
8	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	134.09
9	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	132.96
10	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	131.34
11	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	129.21
12	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	128.45
13	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	127.62
14	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	127.04
15	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	126.88
16	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	124.53
17	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	123.90
18	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	123.45
19	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	121.46
20	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	120.43
21	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	120.40
22	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	120.21
23	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	119.42
24	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	119.25
25	Niger`NER`Western Africa	119.01
26	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	118.86
27	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	118.69
28	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	118.64
29	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	118.45
30	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	118.38
31	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	118.25
32	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	117.25
33	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	117.07
34	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	116.76
35	Peru`PER`South America	116.69
36	India`IND`Southern Asia	116.26
37	Honduras`HND`Central America	115.89
38	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	114.89
39	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	114.28
40	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	114.05
41	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	113.44
42	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	113.32
=43	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	112.61
=43	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	112.61
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	112.46
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	112.42
47	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	112.36
48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	112.35
49	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	111.94
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	111.93
51	Mexico`MEX`Central America	111.80
52	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	111.69
53	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	110.94
54	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	110.86
55	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	110.73
56	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	110.40
57	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	110.28
58	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	110.17
59	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	110.01
60	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	110.00
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	109.90
62	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	109.84
63	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	109.77
64	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	109.74
65	Canada`CAN`Northern America	109.72
66	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	109.66
67	Guyana`GUY`South America	109.65
68	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	109.50
69	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	109.42
70	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	109.41
71	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	109.33
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	109.12
73	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	108.52
74	Colombia`COL`South America	108.22
75	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	107.81
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	107.36
77	Chile`CHL`South America	107.35
78	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	107.28
79	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	107.09
80	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	107.08
81	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	106.82
82	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	106.79
83	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	106.54
84	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	106.52
85	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	106.12
86	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	105.86
87	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	105.76
88	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	105.74
89	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	105.58
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	105.39
91	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	105.36
92	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	105.12
93	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	105.07
94	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	105.01
95	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	104.75
96	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	104.72
97	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	104.71
98	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	104.62
99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	104.60
100	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	104.54
101	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	104.48
102	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	104.43
103	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	104.26
104	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	104.25
105	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	104.17
106	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	104.00
107	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	103.98
108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	103.83
109	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	103.02
110	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	102.80
111	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	102.60
112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	102.51
113	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	102.35
114	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	102.33
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	102.20
116	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	102.16
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	101.81
118	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	101.71
119	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	101.62
120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	101.60
121	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	101.56
122	Uruguay`URY`South America	101.52
123	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	101.50
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	101.44
125	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	101.42
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	101.33
127	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	101.26
128	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	101.24
129	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	101.18
130	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	101.11
131	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	101.00
132	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	100.91
133	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	100.87
134	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	100.77
135	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	100.72
136	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	100.64
=137	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	100.63
=137	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	100.63
139	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	100.61
140	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	100.59
=141	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	100.54
=141	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	100.54
143	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	100.49
144	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.39
145	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.96
146	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.91
147	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.84
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	99.76
149	United States`USA`Northern America	99.64
150	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	99.46
151	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.36
152	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.35
153	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.04
154	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	98.46
155	France`FRA`Western Europe	98.00
156	Ecuador`ECU`South America	97.95
157	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	97.92
158	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	97.46
159	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	97.35
160	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.33
161	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	97.32
162	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	97.08
163	Belize`BLZ`Central America	96.99
164	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	96.88
165	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	96.43
166	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	96.39
167	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	96.12
168	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	95.71
169	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	95.06
170	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	94.99
=171	Suriname`SUR`South America	94.71
=171	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	94.71
173	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	94.43
174	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	94.41
175	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	94.24
176	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	93.61
177	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.92
178	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	92.64
179	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	92.46
180	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	92.13
181	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	90.84
182	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	90.04
183	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	89.79
184	Venezuela`VEN`South America	84.92
185	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	83.49
186	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	83.29
187	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	81.40
188	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	81.32
189	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	81.27
190	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	79.07
191	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	78.82
192	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	78.32
193	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	73.93
194	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	73.71
195	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	62.04

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Hong Kong191.92
2Senegal153.59
3Tajikistan153.16
4Saudi Arabia144.94
5Mozambique139.27

Lowest

195Gambia62.04
194Malta73.71
193Cabo Verde73.93
192Sierra Leone78.32
191Samoa78.82

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 104.62. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
195values changed, of 195 in both
123 · 72rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Hong Kong97.27 → 191.92+94.65
Iraq77.31 → 123.90+46.59
Colombia75.57 → 108.22+32.65
Estonia84.71 → 106.79+22.08
Latvia83.61 → 104.75+21.14

Fell most

Lesotho107.66 → 89.79−17.87
Trinidad and Tobago109.68 → 94.71−14.97
Kiribati107.50 → 94.24−13.26
Spain117.73 → 106.52−11.21
Sierra Leone88.66 → 78.32−10.34

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 2019.
191 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 112.61. 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) (2019). Food Production Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/2019

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