Data for 1961

Land Under Cereal Production, 1961

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1961
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1961, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1961 covers 149 countries. India is highest, at 92,239,016; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 523,153.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1961

HighestIndia

92,239,016

Lowest3 countries share it

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

149countries
1measure
1961the year it describes
147distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Land Under Cereal Production, 1961, 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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Land Under Cereal Production, 1961: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1	India`IND`Southern Asia	92,239,016
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	89,712,000
3	United States`USA`Northern America	64,869,558
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	16,985,264
5	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	12,865,300
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	11,168,641
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10,621,000
8	Argentina`ARG`South America	10,287,500
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9,319,000
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,140,300
11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9,045,900
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	8,639,332
13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8,441,623
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	7,858,558
15	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7,708,027
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,138,919
17	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	7,029,100
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,929,785
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	6,427,204
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6,387,203
21	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,092,600
22	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5,882,000
23	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5,195,460
24	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5,063,000
25	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,004,200
26	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,868,480
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4,519,316
28	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,772,884
29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,324,307
30	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,313,500
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,060,601
32	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,708,623
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,521,386
34	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,270,080
35	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,161,829
36	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,107,164
37	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,073,629
38	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,039,339
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,889,916
40	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,843,005
41	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,777,392
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,772,952
43	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,723,824
44	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,715,000
45	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,564,005
46	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,536,555
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,432,000
48	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,383,378
49	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,377,015
50	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,275,850
51	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,260,100
52	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,199,277
53	Colombia`COL`South America	1,158,170
54	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,125,063
55	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,105,697
56	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,029,808
57	Chile`CHL`South America	1,024,480
58	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	992,094
59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	961,167
60	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	932,380
61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	902,089
62	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	888,000
63	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	878,200
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	873,465
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	814,452
66	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	731,500
67	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	719,700
68	Peru`PER`South America	719,295
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	694,998
70	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	657,000
71	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	630,000
72	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	539,171
73	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	534,518
74	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	531,800
75	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	523,153
76	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	521,762
77	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	521,000
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	504,534
79	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	489,000
80	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	471,000
81	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	452,000
82	Venezuela`VEN`South America	449,443
83	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	435,435
84	Bolivia`BOL`South America	431,159
85	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	377,707
86	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	373,973
87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	347,764
88	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	343,985
89	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	316,421
90	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	311,000
91	Honduras`HND`Central America	302,521
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	297,088
93	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	275,000
94	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	273,500
95	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	271,059
96	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	246,050
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	243,500
98	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	228,117
99	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	200,000
100	Panama`PAN`Central America	192,200
101	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	181,860
102	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	180,255
103	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	156,078
104	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	154,875
105	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	153,500
106	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	141,673
107	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	137,397
108	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	124,375
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	111,600
110	Guyana`GUY`South America	107,461
111	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	106,902
112	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	103,000
113	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	97,000
114	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	93,320
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	90,400
116	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	85,600
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	83,994
118	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	68,300
119	Suriname`SUR`South America	26,340
120	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	24,400
121	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20,000
122	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15,872
123	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	14,821
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	13,060
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10,200
126	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9,712
127	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8,129
128	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7,000
129	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5,850
130	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5,340
131	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,649
132	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2,836
133	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,600
134	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,050
135	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	700
136	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	659
137	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	630
138	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	380
139	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	270
140	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	179
141	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	150
142	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	119
143	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	115
144	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	110
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	100
146	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	40
=147	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0
=147	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0
=147	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India92,239,016
2China89,712,000
3United States64,869,558
4Canada16,985,264
5Türkiye12,865,300

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 523,153. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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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 1961.
147 distinct values among 149
Values are stored exactly as published. 3 countries share 0. 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 149 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1961). Land Under Cereal Production, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1961

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