Data for 1963

Land Under Cereal Production, 1963

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1963
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1963, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1963 covers 149 countries. India is highest, at 93,571,016; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 562,184. Against 1962, 137 values changed (80 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1963

HighestIndia

93,571,016

Lowest3 countries share it

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

149countries
1measure
1963the 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, 1963, 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, 1963: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	93,571,016
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	90,371,008
3	United States`USA`Northern America	62,420,208
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	18,556,188
5	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,016,700
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	12,565,288
7	Argentina`ARG`South America	11,468,110
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10,741,000
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9,290,000
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9,191,184
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9,170,275
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,159,745
13	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,838,100
14	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8,440,920
15	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	8,212,602
16	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,228,312
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,168,885
18	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	6,897,698
19	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,708,715
20	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,612,300
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6,299,467
22	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6,113,700
23	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,227,904
24	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,985,020
25	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4,783,000
26	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,769,270
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,609,500
28	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,326,300
29	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,426,500
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,261,715
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,173,391
32	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,891,420
33	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,478,681
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,425,275
35	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,385,998
36	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,348,000
37	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,178,119
38	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,042,662
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2,009,667
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,944,683
41	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,940,525
42	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,817,699
43	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,725,500
44	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,644,087
45	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,641,059
46	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,592,000
47	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,569,717
48	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,476,000
49	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,437,150
50	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,378,086
51	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,369,115
52	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,267,863
53	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,253,451
54	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,252,300
55	Colombia`COL`South America	1,119,160
56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,082,000
57	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,056,400
58	Chile`CHL`South America	991,550
59	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	984,982
60	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	957,356
61	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	950,000
62	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	903,695
63	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	890,561
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	888,269
65	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	778,597
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	751,016
67	Peru`PER`South America	724,960
68	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	716,700
69	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	660,300
70	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	645,000
71	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	610,000
72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	598,034
73	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	586,000
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	582,457
75	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	562,184
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	553,182
77	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	520,000
78	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	503,000
79	Venezuela`VEN`South America	502,522
80	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	497,756
81	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	488,375
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	475,397
83	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	453,000
84	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	427,890
85	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	402,746
86	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	394,000
87	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	350,145
88	Honduras`HND`Central America	314,969
89	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	298,877
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	298,725
91	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	289,041
92	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	287,289
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	277,880
94	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	274,700
95	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	263,000
96	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	252,600
97	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	239,000
98	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	232,243
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	223,100
100	Panama`PAN`Central America	197,400
101	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	175,300
102	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	155,000
103	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	141,460
104	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	140,382
105	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	138,730
106	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	131,758
107	Paraguay`PRY`South America	116,100
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	108,450
109	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	101,000
110	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	96,643
111	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	91,400
112	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	88,450
113	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	84,012
114	Guyana`GUY`South America	81,519
115	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	78,530
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	72,900
117	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	72,600
118	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	48,460
119	Suriname`SUR`South America	27,948
120	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	27,100
121	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20,000
122	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	12,263
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	11,350
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9,600
125	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	9,519
126	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8,619
127	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,877
128	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5,740
129	Belize`BLZ`Central America	5,550
130	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5,475
131	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,513
132	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2,821
133	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,700
134	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	900
135	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	737
136	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	700
137	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	630
138	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	376
139	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	292
140	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	270
141	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	240
142	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	125
143	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	115
144	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	114
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	100
146	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	24
=147	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0
=147	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0
=147	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0

02In 1963

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India93,571,016
2China90,371,008
3United States62,420,208
4Canada18,556,188
5Türkiye13,016,700

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 562,184. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

What changed between 1962 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
137values changed, of 149 in both
80 · 57rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Argentina8,699,220 → 11,468,110+2,768,890
United States60,548,008 → 62,420,208+1,872,200
China88,910,008 → 90,371,008+1,461,000
Brazil11,522,315 → 12,565,288+1,042,973
Morocco3,285,652 → 4,326,300+1,040,648

Fell most

Indonesia10,458,000 → 9,290,000−1,168,000
Iraq2,451,402 → 1,817,699−633,703
Vietnam5,150,880 → 4,769,270−381,610
India93,852,008 → 93,571,016−280,992
France9,408,120 → 9,159,745−248,375

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 1963.
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.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1963). Land Under Cereal Production, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1963

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