Data for 1981

Land Under Cereal Production, 1981

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1981
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1981, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1981 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 105,508,300; Djibouti is lowest, at 2. The middle country reads 628,513. Against 1980, 146 values changed (78 up, 68 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1981

HighestIndia

105,508,300

LowestDjibouti

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

150countries
1measure
1981the 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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	105,508,300
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	91,944,016
3	United States`USA`Northern America	77,733,138
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21,676,900
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	19,893,608
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16,912,666
7	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,638,000
8	Argentina`ARG`South America	12,377,000
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,336,878
10	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11,143,697
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	10,910,000
12	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10,845,041
13	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,742,116
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,714,700
15	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9,099,999
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7,906,447
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,614,540
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,367,284
19	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,811,530
20	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,717,500
21	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,232,071
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,036,500
23	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	5,400,934
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,267,061
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,006,438
26	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4,864,500
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4,711,820
28	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,391,000
29	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4,061,300
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,979,000
31	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,909,000
32	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,836,390
33	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,834,200
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,790,159
35	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,676,133
36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,654,960
37	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,312,590
38	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,256,525
39	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,202,721
40	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,080,033
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,009,210
42	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,897,356
43	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,787,302
44	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,648,832
45	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,630,000
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,618,400
47	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,488,238
48	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,428,593
49	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,427,630
50	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,402,000
51	Colombia`COL`South America	1,375,115
52	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,336,682
53	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,315,757
54	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,298,800
55	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,165,560
56	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,164,900
57	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,144,000
58	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,120,500
59	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1,050,430
60	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,037,193
61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	964,842
62	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	943,100
63	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	889,293
64	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	843,000
65	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	841,386
66	Venezuela`VEN`South America	785,243
67	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	775,990
68	Peru`PER`South America	770,429
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	769,250
70	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	746,000
71	Chile`CHL`South America	723,930
72	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	723,200
73	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	718,000
74	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	700,500
75	Uruguay`URY`South America	667,965
76	Bolivia`BOL`South America	589,060
77	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	556,000
78	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	553,152
79	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	544,245
80	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	539,600
81	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	518,535
82	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	450,280
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	444,800
84	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	431,500
85	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	429,000
86	Honduras`HND`Central America	418,308
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	405,455
88	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	399,530
89	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	391,000
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	361,600
91	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	306,351
92	Paraguay`PRY`South America	305,923
93	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	302,920
94	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	274,344
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	259,000
96	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	222,400
97	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	213,336
98	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	210,102
99	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	210,000
100	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	206,760
101	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	203,789
102	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	196,900
103	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	196,700
104	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	180,679
105	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	174,510
106	Panama`PAN`Central America	166,876
107	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	166,000
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	147,655
109	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	146,944
110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	146,215
111	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	141,779
112	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	133,470
113	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	112,300
114	Guyana`GUY`South America	88,770
115	Suriname`SUR`South America	71,028
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	67,700
117	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	59,000
118	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58,822
119	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	49,151
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	23,445
121	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	17,300
122	Belize`BLZ`Central America	15,432
123	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	13,700
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	8,919
125	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	7,200
126	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	7,000
127	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4,029
128	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,851
129	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,381
130	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,271
131	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,021
132	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,828
133	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,250
134	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,191
135	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,135
136	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	800
137	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	673
138	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	630
139	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	463
140	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	450
141	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	375
142	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	330
143	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	259
144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	170
145	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	165
146	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	135
147	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	133
148	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	25
149	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	20
150	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India105,508,300
2China91,944,016
3United States77,733,138
4Canada21,676,900
5Brazil19,893,608

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 628,513. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
146values changed, of 149 in both
78 · 68rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

United States71,550,444 → 77,733,138+6,182,694
Argentina9,952,900 → 12,377,000+2,424,100
Canada19,318,900 → 21,676,900+2,358,000
India104,067,000 → 105,508,300+1,441,300
Australia15,587,177 → 16,912,666+1,325,489

Fell most

China94,370,308 → 91,944,016−2,426,292
Nigeria7,165,000 → 4,864,500−2,300,500
Brazil21,080,553 → 19,893,608−1,186,945
Chad1,048,000 → 556,000−492,000
Kenya1,796,750 → 1,427,630−369,120

+ Djibouti

− Saint Lucia

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 1981.
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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) (1981). Land Under Cereal Production, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1981

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