Data for 1973

Land Under Cereal Production, 1973

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1973
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1973, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1973 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 103,788,908; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 564,915. Against 1972, 147 values changed (82 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1973

HighestIndia

103,788,908

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

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

150countries
1measure
1973the 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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	103,788,908
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	96,185,008
3	United States`USA`Northern America	64,531,443
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	18,757,283
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	16,803,961
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	12,891,607
7	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	12,687,975
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	12,504,500
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11,836,770
10	Argentina`ARG`South America	11,688,950
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10,094,822
12	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,898,325
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,768,200
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9,602,198
15	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8,878,000
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,246,800
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,662,538
18	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7,462,000
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,298,300
20	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,419,660
21	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,257,620
22	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,792,500
23	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5,282,000
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,278,781
25	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,270,000
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,201,762
27	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,704,200
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,756,082
29	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	3,593,284
30	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,337,000
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,255,330
32	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,232,850
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,833,610
34	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,480,375
35	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,470,303
36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,098,266
37	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,092,083
38	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,985,956
39	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,904,280
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,880,046
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,872,408
42	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,761,836
43	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,741,245
44	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,702,530
45	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,558,000
46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,530,306
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,519,700
48	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,367,100
49	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,346,668
50	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,321,600
51	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,319,749
52	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,310,300
53	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,249,800
54	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,247,500
55	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,225,000
56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,203,764
57	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,160,770
58	Colombia`COL`South America	1,115,860
59	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,099,346
60	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,030,000
61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	998,927
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	982,257
63	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	961,069
64	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	912,800
65	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	884,700
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	873,600
67	Peru`PER`South America	816,505
68	Chile`CHL`South America	784,560
69	Uruguay`URY`South America	770,491
70	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	758,106
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	734,307
72	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	729,700
73	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	718,000
74	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	680,000
75	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	570,273
76	Venezuela`VEN`South America	559,556
77	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	500,470
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	494,759
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	456,646
80	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	437,084
81	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	429,000
82	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	419,600
83	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	400,615
84	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	387,050
85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	373,700
86	Honduras`HND`Central America	354,162
87	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	351,351
88	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	339,400
89	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	331,460
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	329,609
91	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	325,030
92	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	292,920
93	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	279,861
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	272,257
95	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	255,700
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	232,236
97	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	211,887
98	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	200,715
99	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	194,685
100	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	182,000
101	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	178,550
102	Panama`PAN`Central America	172,900
103	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	168,400
104	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	160,536
105	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	158,398
106	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	151,810
107	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	137,315
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	133,961
109	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	132,827
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	132,440
111	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	125,250
112	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	95,700
113	Guyana`GUY`South America	94,625
114	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	93,700
115	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	82,959
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	78,500
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	76,000
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	61,136
119	Suriname`SUR`South America	45,134
120	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	20,900
121	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	18,000
122	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13,042
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	12,700
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	8,454
125	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5,220
126	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5,150
127	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,900
128	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,575
129	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3,144
130	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3,000
131	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2,522
132	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,850
133	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,245
134	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,057
135	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,000
136	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	805
137	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	760
138	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	580
139	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	460
140	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	450
141	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	414
142	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	394
143	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	340
=144	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	140
=144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	140
146	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	60
147	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	49
148	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	14
149	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	9
150	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India103,788,908
2China96,185,008
3United States64,531,443
4Canada18,757,283
5Brazil16,803,961

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 564,915. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 150 in both
82 · 65rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

United States58,369,291 → 64,531,443+6,162,152
India98,043,804 → 103,788,908+5,745,104
Nigeria8,869,500 → 12,504,500+3,635,000
Indonesia10,057,690 → 11,836,770+1,779,080
Australia11,555,097 → 12,891,607+1,336,510

Fell most

Ethiopia6,429,500 → 5,282,000−1,147,500
South Africa7,497,800 → 6,419,660−1,078,140
Iraq2,703,420 → 1,702,530−1,000,890
Brazil17,468,377 → 16,803,961−664,416
Afghanistan3,923,100 → 3,337,000−586,100

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 1973.
149 distinct values among 150
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 140. 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) (1973). Land Under Cereal Production, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1973

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