Data for 1975

Land Under Cereal Production, 1975

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1975
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1975, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1975 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 101,366,908; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 658,311. Against 1974, 144 values changed (89 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1975

HighestIndia

101,366,908

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

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

150countries
1measure
1975the year it describes
150distinct 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, 1975, 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, 1975: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	101,366,908
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	97,239,491
3	United States`USA`Northern America	72,020,441
4	Brazil`BRA`South America	19,309,530
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	18,081,682
6	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,606,050
7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	12,564,985
8	Argentina`ARG`South America	11,780,050
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10,939,970
10	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10,549,360
11	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	9,737,720
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,666,100
13	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,527,778
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9,435,332
15	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8,632,000
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8,021,000
17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7,864,106
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,805,553
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,195,800
20	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	7,115,150
21	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,871,710
22	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,239,764
23	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,390,616
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,124,766
25	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,123,000
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4,464,500
27	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,199,900
28	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4,125,081
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,655,432
30	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,404,000
31	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,171,240
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,132,683
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,970,510
34	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,786,752
35	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,513,600
36	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,247,300
37	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,246,457
38	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,152,188
39	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,052,241
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,043,762
41	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,032,000
42	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,020,209
43	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,881,305
44	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,719,594
45	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,616,000
46	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,614,969
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,549,300
48	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,529,855
49	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,483,872
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,408,953
51	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,364,500
52	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,310,900
53	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,294,800
54	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,261,749
55	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,232,834
56	Colombia`COL`South America	1,194,250
57	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,190,505
58	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,160,300
59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,114,837
60	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,042,516
61	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,020,981
62	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,020,700
63	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,015,151
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	987,058
65	Chile`CHL`South America	969,970
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	955,000
67	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	948,000
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	838,851
69	Peru`PER`South America	806,258
70	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	804,900
71	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	761,513
72	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	721,000
73	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	698,000
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	691,085
75	Venezuela`VEN`South America	665,145
76	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	651,477
77	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	571,905
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	542,225
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	519,250
80	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	511,100
81	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	433,100
82	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	420,500
83	Honduras`HND`Central America	407,429
84	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	403,870
85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	403,500
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	395,500
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	378,000
88	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	345,154
89	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	338,972
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	328,500
91	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	299,491
92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	298,130
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	278,563
94	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	273,280
95	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	261,503
96	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	244,365
97	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	219,636
98	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	204,243
99	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	204,120
100	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	191,000
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	189,690
102	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	177,804
103	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	177,461
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	177,400
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	173,126
106	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	162,468
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	150,270
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	149,387
109	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	143,000
110	Guyana`GUY`South America	137,035
111	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	122,000
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	118,566
113	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	118,506
114	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	97,450
115	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	71,254
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	66,000
117	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	57,058
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	53,900
119	Suriname`SUR`South America	47,646
120	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31,883
121	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	30,000
122	Belize`BLZ`Central America	15,782
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	13,300
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10,395
125	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	9,264
126	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	9,000
127	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7,400
128	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5,550
129	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3,900
130	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3,636
131	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2,326
132	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,167
133	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,027
134	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,975
135	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,160
136	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,100
137	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	765
138	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	764
139	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	604
140	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	599
141	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	500
142	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	388
143	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	360
144	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	150
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	140
146	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	70
147	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	50
148	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32
149	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	14
150	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India101,366,908
2China97,239,491
3United States72,020,441
4Brazil19,309,530
5Canada18,081,682

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 658,311. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
144values changed, of 150 in both
89 · 55rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

United States68,262,068 → 72,020,441+3,758,373
India99,388,716 → 101,366,908+1,978,192
Brazil18,023,969 → 19,309,530+1,285,561
Thailand8,590,640 → 9,737,720+1,147,080
Australia11,744,994 → 12,564,985+819,991

Fell most

Nigeria10,325,000 → 8,632,000−1,693,000
Ethiopia5,351,000 → 4,464,500−886,500
Morocco4,572,000 → 4,199,900−372,100
Spain7,518,800 → 7,195,800−323,000
Niger2,802,665 → 2,513,600−289,065

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 1975.
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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) (1975). Land Under Cereal Production, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1975

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