Data for 1972

Land Under Cereal Production, 1972

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1972
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1972, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1972 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 98,043,804; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 635,952. Against 1971, 144 values changed (71 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1972

HighestIndia

98,043,804

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

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

150countries
1measure
1972the 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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	98,043,804
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	96,529,000
3	United States`USA`Northern America	58,369,291
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17,843,070
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	17,468,377
6	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,043,800
7	Argentina`ARG`South America	11,702,050
8	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11,555,097
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10,057,690
10	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9,857,487
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,710,900
12	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,510,017
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9,190,065
14	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8,869,500
15	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,484,800
16	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	7,764,720
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,633,527
18	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	7,497,800
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,495,900
20	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7,394,000
21	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6,429,500
22	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,238,400
23	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5,549,730
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,335,821
25	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,135,500
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4,852,280
27	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,610,100
28	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,923,100
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,804,376
30	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,517,530
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,234,904
32	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,969,966
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,935,910
34	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,783,273
35	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,703,420
36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,202,120
37	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,053,860
38	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,039,861
39	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,973,188
40	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,908,554
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,894,562
42	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,796,602
43	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,776,923
44	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,721,646
45	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,652,197
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,565,942
47	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,524,870
48	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,523,000
49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,455,200
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,453,278
51	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,370,810
52	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,360,000
53	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,262,400
54	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,250,900
55	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,228,000
56	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,187,700
57	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,130,745
58	Colombia`COL`South America	1,106,940
59	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,040,762
60	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,034,919
61	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,005,090
62	Chile`CHL`South America	982,070
63	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	975,268
64	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	948,409
65	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	939,813
66	Peru`PER`South America	839,220
67	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	834,400
68	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	774,000
69	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	773,059
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	758,295
71	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	711,200
72	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	682,632
73	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	679,790
74	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	658,000
75	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	645,670
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	626,234
77	Uruguay`URY`South America	538,106
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	536,879
79	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	491,000
80	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	488,973
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	451,760
82	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	412,300
83	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	392,170
84	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	372,110
85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	370,600
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	346,430
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	336,540
88	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	331,220
89	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	331,160
90	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	297,657
91	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	290,500
92	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	285,188
93	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	278,192
94	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	275,546
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	275,059
96	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	271,840
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	243,000
98	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	236,039
99	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	209,160
100	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	188,298
101	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	181,000
102	Panama`PAN`Central America	170,900
103	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	170,000
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	162,400
105	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	153,949
106	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	153,111
107	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	151,723
108	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	145,940
109	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	143,500
110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	96,800
111	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	94,800
112	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	91,600
113	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	83,818
114	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	82,800
115	Guyana`GUY`South America	81,867
116	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	74,080
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	69,500
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	62,528
119	Suriname`SUR`South America	37,549
120	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	17,500
121	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14,424
122	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	13,084
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	12,500
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	9,295
125	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5,337
126	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4,500
127	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,049
128	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3,803
129	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,300
130	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3,000
131	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2,473
132	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,095
133	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,870
134	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,454
135	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	950
136	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	760
137	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	555
138	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	520
139	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	513
140	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	480
141	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	395
142	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	325
143	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	142
144	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	135
145	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	50
=146	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	40
=146	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	40
148	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	32
149	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	10
150	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India98,043,804
2China96,529,000
3United States58,369,291
4Canada17,843,070
5Brazil17,468,377

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 635,952. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
144values changed, of 150 in both
71 · 73rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Iraq1,473,575 → 2,703,420+1,229,845
Algeria2,952,400 → 3,517,530+565,130
Afghanistan3,400,000 → 3,923,100+523,100
Iran6,925,656 → 7,394,000+468,344
China96,197,008 → 96,529,000+331,992

Fell most

United States63,782,293 → 58,369,291−5,413,002
Nigeria11,736,500 → 8,869,500−2,867,000
India99,673,104 → 98,043,804−1,629,300
Indonesia10,951,020 → 10,057,690−893,330
Argentina12,321,590 → 11,702,050−619,540

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 1972.
149 distinct values among 150
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 40. 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) (1972). Land Under Cereal Production, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1972

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