Data for 1968

Land Under Cereal Production, 1968

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1968
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1968, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1968 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 98,822,912; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 619,785. Against 1967, 141 values changed (92 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1968

HighestIndia

98,822,912

Lowest2 countries share it

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

150countries
1measure
1968the year it describes
148distinct 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, 1968, 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, 1968: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	98,822,912
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	89,643,008
3	United States`USA`Northern America	63,042,026
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19,840,692
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	15,119,971
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	14,121,516
7	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,131,500
8	Argentina`ARG`South America	12,408,430
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11,240,780
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	11,039,000
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9,931,197
12	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,735,738
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9,536,762
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,307,842
15	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,457,800
16	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	7,576,759
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7,535,000
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,431,223
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,382,517
20	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,961,300
21	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,657,193
22	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6,424,300
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,954,460
24	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5,588,250
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,162,886
26	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,132,800
27	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,712,400
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,017,000
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,813,396
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,281,413
31	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,041,500
32	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,017,870
33	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,511,118
34	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,437,100
35	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,424,096
36	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,243,090
37	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,166,840
38	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,054,000
39	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,909,470
40	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,854,151
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,811,404
42	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,733,214
43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,708,524
44	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,708,430
45	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,695,350
46	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,685,196
47	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,625,577
48	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,483,000
49	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,445,593
50	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,322,190
51	Colombia`COL`South America	1,276,875
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,220,540
53	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,203,000
54	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,191,900
55	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,174,300
56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,164,745
57	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,159,000
58	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,150,785
59	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,126,500
60	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,077,780
61	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,048,636
62	Chile`CHL`South America	1,008,340
63	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	920,806
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	911,199
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	893,847
66	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	838,210
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	780,814
68	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	757,589
69	Venezuela`VEN`South America	752,529
70	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	712,700
71	Peru`PER`South America	709,050
72	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	670,000
73	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	669,178
74	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	653,000
75	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	631,341
76	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	608,229
77	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	606,910
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	587,030
79	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	515,000
80	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	508,454
81	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	463,000
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	444,767
83	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	428,552
84	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	419,849
85	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	410,300
86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	378,866
87	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	362,476
88	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	354,640
89	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	343,900
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	340,795
91	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	328,300
92	Honduras`HND`Central America	324,851
93	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	323,150
94	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	312,439
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	290,790
96	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	258,138
97	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	232,640
98	Panama`PAN`Central America	228,900
99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	224,914
100	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	211,306
101	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	174,838
102	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	173,900
103	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	169,410
104	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	157,700
105	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	150,647
106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	143,400
107	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	143,145
108	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	140,000
109	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	125,400
110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	118,736
111	Guyana`GUY`South America	115,822
112	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	114,000
113	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	107,470
114	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	99,160
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	86,904
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	85,637
117	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	83,900
118	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	76,000
119	Suriname`SUR`South America	35,576
120	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	25,000
121	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	23,500
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	12,200
123	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	11,500
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10,898
125	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9,955
126	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8,410
127	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5,850
128	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4,580
129	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,980
130	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3,480
131	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,400
132	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,100
133	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,980
134	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	987
135	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	868
136	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	800
137	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	642
138	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	620
139	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	610
140	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	500
141	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	300
142	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	205
143	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	204
=144	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	125
=144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	125
146	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	26
147	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	12
148	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2
=149	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0
=149	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0

02In 1968

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India98,822,912
2China89,643,008
3United States63,042,026
4Canada19,840,692
5Brazil15,119,971

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 619,785. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

What changed between 1967 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
141values changed, of 150 in both
92 · 49rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

India96,062,008 → 98,822,912+2,760,904
Australia11,884,253 → 14,121,516+2,237,263
Indonesia10,063,000 → 11,240,780+1,177,780
Iran6,630,000 → 7,535,000+905,000
Brazil14,493,244 → 15,119,971+626,727

Fell most

United States65,847,777 → 63,042,026−2,805,751
China91,965,000 → 89,643,008−2,321,992
Sudan2,694,291 → 1,854,151−840,140
Burkina Faso2,288,401 → 1,733,214−555,187
Syria1,944,724 → 1,625,577−319,147

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 1968.
148 distinct values among 150
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 125. 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 150 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1968). Land Under Cereal Production, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1968

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