Data for 2020

Food Production Index, 2020

Name: Food Production Index, 2020
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 2020 covers 195 countries. Hong Kong is highest, at 219.98; Gambia is lowest, at 63.22. The middle country reads 105.72. Against 2019, 194 values changed (127 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 2020

HighestHong Kong

219.98

LowestGambia

63.22

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

195countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
189distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	219.98
2	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	183.45
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	170.03
4	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	168.69
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	159.38
6	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	156.00
7	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	149.13
8	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	141.82
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	140.99
10	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	140.87
11	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	139.83
12	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	139.38
13	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	137.83
14	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	136.86
15	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	131.33
16	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	129.34
17	Niger`NER`Western Africa	128.32
18	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	125.82
19	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	124.57
20	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	124.53
21	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	123.38
22	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	122.95
23	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	122.90
24	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	122.40
25	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	122.20
26	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	121.32
27	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	120.52
28	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	120.46
29	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	120.22
30	India`IND`Southern Asia	120.12
31	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	119.74
32	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	119.18
=33	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	119.04
=33	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	119.04
35	Peru`PER`South America	118.74
36	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	118.33
37	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	117.73
38	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	117.43
39	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	116.99
40	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	116.86
41	Paraguay`PRY`South America	116.83
42	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	116.72
43	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	116.55
44	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	116.40
45	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	116.34
46	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	115.98
47	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	115.91
48	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	115.62
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	115.06
50	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	114.88
51	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	114.54
52	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	113.88
53	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	113.66
54	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	113.62
55	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	113.47
56	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	113.23
57	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	112.95
58	Canada`CAN`Northern America	112.78
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	112.74
60	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	112.64
61	Guyana`GUY`South America	112.55
62	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	112.50
63	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	112.42
64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	112.34
65	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	112.30
66	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	112.05
67	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	112.01
68	Brazil`BRA`South America	111.97
69	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	111.87
70	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	111.64
71	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	111.43
72	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	110.92
73	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	110.75
74	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	110.74
75	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	110.47
=76	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	110.34
=76	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	110.34
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	109.48
79	Colombia`COL`South America	108.71
80	Argentina`ARG`South America	108.57
81	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	108.55
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	108.50
83	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	108.39
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	108.16
85	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	107.74
86	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	107.57
87	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	107.53
88	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	107.40
89	Panama`PAN`Central America	107.17
90	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	107.14
91	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	106.85
92	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	106.82
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	106.55
94	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	106.19
95	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	106.01
96	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	105.99
97	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	105.85
98	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	105.72
99	Chile`CHL`South America	105.71
100	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	105.67
101	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	105.49
102	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	105.23
103	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	104.99
104	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	104.93
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	104.88
106	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	104.61
107	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	104.38
108	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	104.26
109	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	103.84
110	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	103.55
=111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	103.53
=111	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	103.53
=111	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	103.53
114	United States`USA`Northern America	103.12
115	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	102.98
=116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	102.84
=116	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	102.84
118	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	102.72
119	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	102.64
120	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	102.60
=121	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	102.30
=121	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	102.30
123	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	102.26
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	102.18
125	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	102.17
126	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	102.14
127	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	101.91
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	101.90
129	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	101.84
130	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	101.75
131	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	101.36
132	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	101.05
133	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	100.94
134	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	100.83
135	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	100.77
136	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	100.67
137	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	100.60
138	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	100.47
139	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.30
140	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	100.14
141	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.92
142	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.76
143	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	99.70
144	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.53
145	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.36
146	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	99.35
147	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.24
148	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.21
149	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.14
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	98.87
151	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	98.51
152	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	98.27
153	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	98.14
154	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.09
155	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	96.91
156	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	96.61
157	Ecuador`ECU`South America	96.47
158	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	96.08
159	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	95.90
160	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	95.45
161	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	95.41
162	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	95.35
163	Belize`BLZ`Central America	95.21
164	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	94.37
165	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	94.17
166	France`FRA`Western Europe	93.70
167	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	93.68
168	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	93.25
169	Uruguay`URY`South America	92.46
170	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	91.46
171	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	91.06
172	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	90.38
173	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	90.13
174	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	90.04
175	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	89.78
176	Venezuela`VEN`South America	89.45
177	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	88.71
178	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	88.66
179	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	87.12
180	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	86.87
181	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	86.77
182	Suriname`SUR`South America	85.81
183	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	85.28
184	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	82.25
185	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	81.96
186	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	81.46
187	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	80.30
188	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	78.76
189	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	78.50
190	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	77.73
191	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	75.67
192	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	75.07
193	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	74.19
194	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	74.11
195	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	63.22

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Hong Kong219.98
2Senegal183.45
3Saudi Arabia170.03
4Mongolia168.69
5Qatar159.38

Lowest

195Gambia63.22
194Macau74.11
193Haiti74.19
192Cuba75.07
191Cabo Verde75.67

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 105.72. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
194values changed, of 195 in both
127 · 67rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Mongolia131.34 → 168.69+37.35
Senegal153.59 → 183.45+29.86
Hong Kong191.92 → 219.98+28.06
Iraq123.90 → 149.13+25.23
Saudi Arabia144.94 → 170.03+25.09

Fell most

Moldova118.64 → 81.46−37.18
Romania112.46 → 86.87−25.59
Cuba96.43 → 75.07−21.36
Bulgaria107.09 → 90.38−16.71
Barbados105.12 → 88.71−16.41

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 2020.
189 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 103.53. 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) (2020). Food Production Index, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/2020

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