Data for 1983

Land Under Cereal Production, 1983

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1983
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1983, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1983 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 106,613,208; Djibouti is lowest, at 2. The middle country reads 590,554. Against 1982, 146 values changed (75 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1983

HighestIndia

106,613,208

LowestDjibouti

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

150countries
1measure
1983the 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, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	106,613,208
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	92,104,816
3	United States`USA`Northern America	58,729,146
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21,521,900
5	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18,873,052
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	18,083,861
7	Argentina`ARG`South America	13,599,000
8	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,322,299
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,164,696
10	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11,431,549
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11,401,300
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10,423,553
13	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,387,630
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,373,400
15	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8,529,696
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,105,538
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,582,053
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,432,467
19	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,950,000
20	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,414,370
21	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,052,926
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,990,000
23	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5,785,000
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,226,360
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,127,063
26	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	5,109,180
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5,029,230
28	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,712,100
29	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4,284,205
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,962,000
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,907,483
32	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,879,931
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,652,555
34	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,649,000
35	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,478,675
36	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,470,000
37	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,227,560
38	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,209,160
39	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,173,976
40	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,133,798
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,013,325
42	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,898,367
43	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,762,950
44	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,697,885
45	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,661,000
46	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,631,400
47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,626,971
48	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,619,035
49	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,592,000
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,571,900
51	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,479,999
52	Colombia`COL`South America	1,344,190
53	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,318,715
54	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,274,000
55	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,225,333
56	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,219,000
57	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,212,300
58	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1,067,296
59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,062,745
60	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,043,500
61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	992,687
62	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	912,518
63	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	894,871
64	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	865,000
65	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	860,635
66	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	835,000
67	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	824,826
68	Peru`PER`South America	775,425
69	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	724,141
70	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	695,400
71	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	680,000
72	Venezuela`VEN`South America	672,173
73	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	663,268
74	Chile`CHL`South America	635,460
75	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	595,308
76	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	585,800
77	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	585,376
78	Uruguay`URY`South America	577,940
79	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	558,700
80	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	551,730
81	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	548,955
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	476,083
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	413,500
84	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	410,000
85	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	395,300
86	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	389,400
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	382,421
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	364,687
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	358,299
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	350,300
91	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	321,524
92	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	316,424
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	298,000
94	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	268,100
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	255,001
96	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	235,710
97	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	227,100
98	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	210,000
99	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	208,300
100	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	207,500
101	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	206,110
102	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	192,447
103	Panama`PAN`Central America	188,950
104	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	181,070
105	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	177,400
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	155,807
107	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	155,087
108	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	152,200
109	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	146,607
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	134,030
111	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	120,150
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	102,610
113	Guyana`GUY`South America	76,616
114	Suriname`SUR`South America	73,465
115	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	65,000
116	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	63,200
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	54,500
118	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	51,345
119	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46,126
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	24,105
121	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	16,600
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	16,000
123	Belize`BLZ`Central America	12,718
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	9,731
125	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	8,400
126	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	7,000
127	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,690
128	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,932
129	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,567
130	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,021
131	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,884
132	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,694
133	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,250
134	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,162
135	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,135
136	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	900
137	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	800
138	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	650
139	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	600
140	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	441
141	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	414
142	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	400
143	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	273
144	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	256
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	185
146	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	180
147	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	38
148	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	35
149	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9
150	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India106,613,208
2China92,104,816
3United States58,729,146
4Canada21,521,900
5Australia18,873,052

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 590,554. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 150 in both
75 · 71rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

India101,083,696 → 106,613,208+5,529,512
Australia16,201,605 → 18,873,052+2,671,447
Mexico8,385,699 → 10,387,630+2,001,931
China90,301,916 → 92,104,816+1,802,900
Indonesia11,049,754 → 12,164,696+1,114,942

Fell most

United States76,214,787 → 58,729,146−17,485,641
Brazil21,903,982 → 18,083,861−3,820,121
Bangladesh11,181,582 → 10,423,553−758,029
Argentina14,052,800 → 13,599,000−453,800
France9,719,100 → 9,373,400−345,700

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 1983.
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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) (1983). Land Under Cereal Production, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1983

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