Data for 1969

Land Under Cereal Production, 1969

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1969
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1969, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1969 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 100,872,596; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 639,241. Against 1968, 145 values changed (74 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1969

HighestIndia

100,872,596

Lowest2 countries share it

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

150countries
1measure
1969the year it describes
149distinct 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, 1969, 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, 1969: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	100,872,596
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	91,280,008
3	United States`USA`Northern America	59,258,754
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	18,334,919
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	15,774,034
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	14,400,000
7	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,304,450
8	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	12,781,700
9	Argentina`ARG`South America	11,884,800
10	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10,545,400
11	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10,448,440
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9,706,300
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,375,548
14	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,273,880
15	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,669,300
16	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	7,974,893
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,499,085
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,350,702
19	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7,136,000
20	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,772,300
21	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,563,321
22	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6,499,800
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,922,142
24	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5,615,430
25	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,172,000
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,028,697
27	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,642,400
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,925,820
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,699,550
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,252,292
31	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,081,500
32	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,012,480
33	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,886,242
34	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,493,008
35	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,224,792
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,164,583
37	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,154,263
38	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,140,460
39	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,046,200
40	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,951,485
41	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,931,088
42	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,920,028
43	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,783,814
44	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,704,169
45	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,701,150
46	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,688,981
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,635,540
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,631,285
49	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,508,000
50	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,486,969
51	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,370,000
52	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,350,740
53	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,207,337
54	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,184,300
55	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,156,900
56	Colombia`COL`South America	1,143,960
57	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,124,060
58	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,100,918
59	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,073,112
60	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	983,533
61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	957,929
62	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	954,400
63	Chile`CHL`South America	951,251
64	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	939,792
65	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	908,800
66	Peru`PER`South America	826,697
67	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	811,436
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	807,290
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	782,095
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	766,311
71	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	731,050
72	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	721,000
73	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	693,311
74	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	678,773
75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	649,182
76	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	629,299
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	614,933
78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	582,000
79	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	519,000
80	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	493,091
81	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	480,000
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	464,910
83	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	414,000
84	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	406,193
85	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	369,020
86	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	357,940
87	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	338,025
88	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	332,484
89	Honduras`HND`Central America	327,876
90	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	323,918
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	322,299
92	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	322,000
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	318,623
94	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	311,127
95	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	288,012
96	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	244,494
97	Panama`PAN`Central America	228,200
98	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	222,300
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	221,975
100	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	218,508
101	Paraguay`PRY`South America	176,049
102	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	175,385
103	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	171,526
104	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	161,765
105	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	152,102
106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	149,400
107	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	147,000
108	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	145,915
109	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	138,060
110	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	127,000
111	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	115,600
112	Guyana`GUY`South America	114,202
113	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	113,800
114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	110,564
115	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	85,700
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	83,709
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	69,000
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	55,215
119	Suriname`SUR`South America	32,686
120	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	21,000
121	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16,000
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	12,300
123	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10,813
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	10,500
125	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8,785
126	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	8,067
127	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5,630
128	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4,265
129	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,820
130	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,710
131	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3,650
132	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,100
133	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,715
134	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,349
135	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,024
136	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	800
137	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	730
138	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	600
139	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	590
140	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	500
141	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	446
142	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	305
143	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	135
144	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	130
145	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	106
146	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	28
147	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20
148	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3
=149	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0
=149	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0

02In 1969

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India100,872,596
2China91,280,008
3United States59,258,754
4Canada18,334,919
5Brazil15,774,034

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 639,241. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

What changed between 1968 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 150 in both
74 · 71rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Nigeria11,039,000 → 14,400,000+3,361,000
India98,822,912 → 100,872,596+2,049,684
China89,643,008 → 91,280,008+1,637,000
Brazil15,119,971 → 15,774,034+654,063
Sudan1,854,151 → 2,493,008+638,857

Fell most

United States63,042,026 → 59,258,754−3,783,272
Canada19,840,692 → 18,334,919−1,505,773
Australia14,121,516 → 12,781,700−1,339,816
Indonesia11,240,780 → 10,448,440−792,340
Argentina12,408,430 → 11,884,800−523,630

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 1969.
149 distinct values among 150
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 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 150 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1969). Land Under Cereal Production, 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1969

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