Data for 1979

Land Under Cereal Production, 1979

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1979
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1979, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1979 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 103,473,312; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 50. The middle country reads 619,472. Against 1978, 146 values changed (77 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1979

HighestIndia

103,473,312

Lowest3 countries share it

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

150countries
1measure
1979the year it describes
148distinct 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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	103,473,312
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	95,472,504
3	United States`USA`Northern America	68,371,362
4	Brazil`BRA`South America	20,861,400
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17,688,300
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	15,457,828
7	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,696,200
8	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11,397,185
9	Argentina`ARG`South America	11,131,900
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	10,585,100
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10,507,816
12	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10,244,661
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,802,300
14	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7,871,605
15	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7,791,365
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,723,359
17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,278,067
18	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7,040,321
19	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,959,520
20	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,851,880
21	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,320,028
22	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	6,113,000
23	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,859,500
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,129,977
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4,871,890
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4,628,900
27	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,421,500
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,872,808
29	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,674,620
30	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	3,650,781
31	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,183,500
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,929,285
33	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,886,660
34	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,793,552
35	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,767,000
36	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,619,295
37	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,191,730
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,186,389
39	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,035,662
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,034,056
41	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,928,900
42	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,853,700
43	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,850,217
44	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,771,719
45	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,640,800
46	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,635,000
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,576,490
48	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,516,953
49	Colombia`COL`South America	1,373,100
50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,325,811
51	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,281,582
52	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,275,434
53	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,246,400
54	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,235,500
55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,166,800
56	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,154,437
57	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,118,000
58	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,087,400
59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,076,913
60	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1,067,918
61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,066,582
62	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	998,545
63	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	924,000
64	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	903,700
65	Chile`CHL`South America	883,810
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	849,000
67	Venezuela`VEN`South America	847,865
68	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	836,292
69	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	787,000
70	Peru`PER`South America	786,296
71	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	745,000
72	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	717,490
73	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	709,000
74	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	630,960
75	Uruguay`URY`South America	622,343
76	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	616,600
77	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	612,200
78	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	607,010
79	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	583,400
80	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	539,828
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	526,295
82	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	484,300
83	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	444,450
84	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	437,890
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	433,861
86	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	430,400
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	424,347
88	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	400,942
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	396,097
90	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	383,200
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	365,800
92	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	310,432
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	310,000
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	253,552
95	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	237,843
96	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	234,282
97	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	224,478
98	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	207,913
99	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	201,000
100	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	200,825
101	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	194,000
102	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	191,400
103	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	187,340
104	Panama`PAN`Central America	172,310
105	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	172,300
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	149,753
107	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	143,583
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	142,185
109	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	127,000
110	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	122,370
111	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	121,390
112	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	107,450
113	Guyana`GUY`South America	91,316
114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	75,732
115	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	73,700
116	Suriname`SUR`South America	59,013
117	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	57,000
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	53,200
119	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	46,743
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	40,100
121	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29,000
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	17,000
123	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	14,000
124	Belize`BLZ`Central America	12,909
125	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	9,871
126	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6,800
127	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6,233
128	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,685
129	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,997
130	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,304
131	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,302
132	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2,121
133	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,635
134	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,200
135	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	918
136	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	880
137	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	765
138	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	630
139	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	606
140	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	475
141	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	350
142	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	300
143	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	220
144	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	155
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	150
146	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	72
147	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	66
=148	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	50
=148	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	50
=148	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	50

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India103,473,312
2China95,472,504
3United States68,371,362
4Brazil20,861,400
5Canada17,688,300

Lowest

148Maldivesshared50
148Saint Luciashared50
148Antigua and Barbudashared50
147Hong Kong66
146Kuwait72

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 619,472. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 150 in both
77 · 69rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

United States67,303,432 → 68,371,362+1,067,930
Brazil19,860,058 → 20,861,400+1,001,342
Australia15,042,503 → 15,457,828+415,325
Türkiye13,352,750 → 13,696,200+343,450
Ghana645,000 → 924,000+279,000

Fell most

Mexico9,850,363 → 7,791,365−2,058,998
China96,648,324 → 95,472,504−1,175,820
Sudan4,529,297 → 3,650,781−878,516
India104,340,004 → 103,473,312−866,692
Canada18,477,650 → 17,688,300−789,350

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 1979.
148 distinct values among 150
Values are stored exactly as published. 3 countries share 50. 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) (1979). Land Under Cereal Production, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1979

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