Data for 1977

Land Under Cereal Production, 1977

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1977
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1977, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1977 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 103,723,620; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 12. The middle country reads 651,452. Against 1976, 143 values changed (72 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1977

HighestIndia

103,723,620

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

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

150countries
1measure
1977the 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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	103,723,620
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	96,433,874
3	United States`USA`Northern America	72,223,053
4	Brazil`BRA`South America	21,283,876
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	18,641,159
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	14,599,138
7	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,574,950
8	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10,926,080
9	Argentina`ARG`South America	10,542,300
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	10,280,049
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10,278,378
12	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,097,560
13	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	9,883,153
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,704,305
15	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,001,739
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,800,601
17	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7,460,000
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,245,747
19	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7,182,000
20	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	7,022,050
21	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,775,860
22	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,308,075
23	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,871,600
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,253,080
25	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,963,300
26	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4,510,817
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,504,694
28	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4,230,000
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,706,043
30	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,495,400
31	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,388,000
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,004,019
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,949,640
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,780,260
35	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,632,432
36	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,623,500
37	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,240,961
38	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,203,319
39	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,098,896
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,048,900
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,899,889
42	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,840,488
43	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,821,271
44	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,745,900
45	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,635,000
46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,598,264
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,506,100
48	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,501,322
49	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,388,492
50	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,291,359
51	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,262,676
52	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,235,100
53	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,192,300
54	Colombia`COL`South America	1,187,825
55	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,183,800
56	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,175,200
57	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,153,785
58	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,078,998
59	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,073,820
60	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,066,813
61	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,062,000
62	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,055,000
63	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1,026,231
64	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	995,783
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	981,715
66	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	955,000
67	Chile`CHL`South America	928,550
68	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	849,810
69	Peru`PER`South America	848,608
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	819,470
71	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	768,000
72	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	737,365
73	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	733,625
74	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	713,000
75	Uruguay`URY`South America	686,104
76	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	616,800
77	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	585,700
78	Honduras`HND`Central America	559,630
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	536,940
80	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	482,400
81	Ecuador`ECU`South America	461,054
82	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	447,060
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	440,400
84	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	432,443
85	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	402,232
86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	391,414
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	389,466
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	386,140
89	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	372,500
90	Paraguay`PRY`South America	357,038
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	357,000
92	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	306,000
93	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	302,227
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	280,140
95	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	235,132
96	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	228,760
97	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	226,108
98	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	218,485
99	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	206,000
100	Panama`PAN`Central America	192,760
101	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	186,400
102	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	178,000
103	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	177,300
104	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	172,963
105	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	172,310
106	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	167,100
107	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	166,497
108	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	152,851
109	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	143,006
110	Guyana`GUY`South America	139,000
111	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	137,950
112	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	134,000
113	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	101,700
114	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	70,240
115	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	61,773
116	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	57,209
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	54,100
118	Suriname`SUR`South America	49,810
119	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47,900
120	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	41,000
121	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31,900
122	Belize`BLZ`Central America	16,106
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14,600
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	9,572
125	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	8,457
126	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6,000
127	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,893
128	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4,000
129	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,850
130	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2,833
131	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,600
132	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,954
133	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,940
134	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,200
135	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	920
136	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	765
137	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	733
138	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	630
139	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	621
140	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	578
141	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	330
142	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	246
143	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	171
144	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	150
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	140
146	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	104
147	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	50
148	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	18
149	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	13
150	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	12

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India103,723,620
2China96,433,874
3United States72,223,053
4Brazil21,283,876
5Canada18,641,159

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 651,452. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
143values changed, of 150 in both
72 · 71rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

India101,465,120 → 103,723,620+2,258,500
Australia12,967,979 → 14,599,138+1,631,159
Mexico9,525,942 → 10,097,560+571,618
Pakistan9,764,570 → 10,280,049+515,479
Indonesia10,463,810 → 10,926,080+462,270

Fell most

Argentina13,051,770 → 10,542,300−2,509,470
Nigeria9,874,000 → 7,460,000−2,414,000
China97,788,749 → 96,433,874−1,354,875
Canada19,646,229 → 18,641,159−1,005,070
United States73,082,438 → 72,223,053−859,385

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 1977.
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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) (1977). Land Under Cereal Production, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1977

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