Data for 1965

Land Under Cereal Production, 1965

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1965
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1965, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1965 covers 149 countries. India is highest, at 93,277,016; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 570,859. Against 1964, 141 values changed (74 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1965

HighestIndia

93,277,016

Lowest3 countries share it

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

149countries
1measure
1965the 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, 1965, 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, 1965: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	93,277,016
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	91,089,016
3	United States`USA`Northern America	60,379,266
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	18,625,128
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	14,247,927
6	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	12,960,000
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	12,245,000
8	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,866,080
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9,846,764
10	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9,834,000
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9,492,394
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,377,274
13	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,350,458
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	8,872,528
15	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,505,800
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,229,500
17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,093,770
18	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	6,862,581
19	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,766,565
20	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,412,300
21	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6,397,000
22	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6,228,600
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6,056,518
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,221,590
25	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5,215,260
26	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,103,700
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,303,013
28	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,956,110
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,657,704
30	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,444,500
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,229,923
32	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,862,350
33	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,480,608
34	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,480,500
35	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,375,066
36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,310,600
37	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,289,447
38	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,027,871
39	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,001,153
40	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,963,000
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,864,134
42	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,786,000
43	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,779,520
44	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,625,595
45	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,596,967
46	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,569,770
47	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,545,000
48	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,460,000
49	Colombia`COL`South America	1,439,697
50	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,401,160
51	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,393,007
52	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,287,314
53	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,228,453
54	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,221,450
55	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,218,923
56	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,214,842
57	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,161,700
58	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,131,000
59	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,110,250
60	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	991,094
61	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	982,650
62	Chile`CHL`South America	957,810
63	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	931,000
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	922,903
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	875,932
66	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	866,741
67	Peru`PER`South America	777,380
68	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	759,650
69	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	731,000
70	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	693,909
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	640,901
72	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	613,000
73	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	603,000
74	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	590,253
75	Venezuela`VEN`South America	570,859
76	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	524,855
77	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	519,948
78	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	507,000
79	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	484,309
80	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	480,680
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	472,886
82	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	460,000
83	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	455,069
84	Bolivia`BOL`South America	432,772
85	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	418,200
86	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	377,250
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	371,808
88	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	357,310
89	Honduras`HND`Central America	344,171
90	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	332,400
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	323,238
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	317,394
93	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	307,600
94	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	305,300
95	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	286,700
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	270,200
97	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	257,000
98	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	240,291
99	Panama`PAN`Central America	238,500
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	180,000
101	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	173,683
102	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	155,437
103	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	150,750
104	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	145,000
105	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	143,975
106	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	131,282
107	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	122,197
108	Guyana`GUY`South America	120,530
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	114,450
110	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	112,000
111	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	110,480
112	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	103,000
113	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	100,000
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	97,500
115	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	83,507
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	80,761
117	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	76,600
118	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	35,172
119	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	35,000
120	Suriname`SUR`South America	33,838
121	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	20,745
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	13,700
123	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	10,158
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9,800
125	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	8,538
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	8,287
127	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7,842
128	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5,876
129	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5,060
130	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,816
131	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,966
132	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,800
133	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2,510
134	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	800
135	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	762
136	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	700
137	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	630
138	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	394
139	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	330
140	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	300
141	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	270
142	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	180
143	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	135
144	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	120
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	100
146	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16
=147	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0
=147	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0
=147	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0

02In 1965

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India93,277,016
2China91,089,016
3United States60,379,266
4Canada18,625,128
5Brazil14,247,927

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 570,859. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031964 → 1965

Since 1964

What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
141values changed, of 149 in both
74 · 67rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Iran5,057,000 → 6,397,000+1,340,000
Brazil13,107,902 → 14,247,927+1,140,025
Nigeria11,291,000 → 12,245,000+954,000
Mexico8,994,221 → 9,350,458+356,237
Pakistan8,533,549 → 8,872,528+338,979

Fell most

Argentina12,281,330 → 9,866,080−2,415,250
India94,306,008 → 93,277,016−1,028,992
China92,086,008 → 91,089,016−996,992
Indonesia10,626,000 → 9,834,000−792,000
United States60,977,008 → 60,379,266−597,742

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 1965.
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) (1965). Land Under Cereal Production, 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1965

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