Data for 1984

Land Under Cereal Production, 1984

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1984
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1984, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1984 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 105,175,600; Djibouti is lowest, at 3. The middle country reads 627,740. Against 1983, 145 values changed (82 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1984

HighestIndia

105,175,600

LowestDjibouti

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

150countries
1measure
1984the 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, 1984, 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, 1984: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	105,175,600
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	91,739,562
3	United States`USA`Northern America	71,957,016
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21,101,600
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	19,502,145
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17,772,613
7	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,350,004
8	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,849,826
9	Argentina`ARG`South America	12,337,485
10	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11,660,448
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11,350,900
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10,895,119
13	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,099,758
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,728,400
15	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8,367,349
16	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8,294,000
17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,159,070
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,587,089
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,512,692
20	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	7,314,000
21	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,449,370
22	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,273,030
23	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,061,500
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,175,909
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,074,307
26	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4,987,021
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4,715,860
28	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,488,300
29	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4,163,214
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4,038,000
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,912,433
32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,687,684
33	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,670,070
34	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,586,530
35	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,562,000
36	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,472,780
37	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,471,315
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,056,324
39	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,944,845
40	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,846,796
41	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,798,077
42	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,674,107
43	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,621,738
44	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,598,375
45	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,580,000
46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,535,382
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,533,050
48	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,469,400
49	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,304,915
50	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,304,000
51	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,295,163
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,276,000
53	Colombia`COL`South America	1,262,760
54	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,244,200
55	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,234,173
56	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,192,000
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,158,770
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,129,200
59	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,082,953
60	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1,051,447
61	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,021,000
62	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	984,982
63	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	937,257
64	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	906,000
65	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	901,122
66	Peru`PER`South America	858,155
67	Chile`CHL`South America	782,360
68	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	769,600
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	712,590
70	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	704,640
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	703,251
72	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	688,800
73	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	683,658
74	Bolivia`BOL`South America	662,023
75	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	638,000
76	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	617,480
77	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	610,628
78	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	604,468
79	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	588,760
80	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	561,740
81	Uruguay`URY`South America	553,590
82	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	492,800
83	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	474,480
84	Honduras`HND`Central America	449,380
85	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	446,241
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	442,254
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	415,000
88	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	406,800
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	374,920
90	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	365,392
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	350,400
92	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	328,430
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	311,260
94	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	278,248
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	278,040
96	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	238,600
97	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	232,785
98	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	231,600
99	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	211,200
100	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	202,934
101	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	202,000
102	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	195,732
103	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	185,795
104	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	181,440
105	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	179,000
106	Panama`PAN`Central America	173,292
107	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	156,147
108	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	132,240
109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	124,030
110	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	115,268
111	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	105,800
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	103,413
113	Guyana`GUY`South America	98,266
114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	85,606
115	Suriname`SUR`South America	74,992
116	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	66,928
117	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	63,200
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	60,300
119	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	52,710
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21,661
121	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	21,200
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	15,000
123	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14,305
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11,321
125	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	8,839
126	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	5,115
127	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,430
128	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,812
129	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,562
130	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,446
131	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2,100
132	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,250
133	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,230
134	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,135
135	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,095
136	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	952
137	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	880
138	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	797
139	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	620
140	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	600
141	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	450
142	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	414
143	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	348
144	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	257
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	190
146	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	170
147	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	17
148	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	11
149	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5
150	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India105,175,600
2China91,739,562
3United States71,957,016
4Canada21,101,600
5Brazil19,502,145

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 627,740. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 150 in both
82 · 63rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

United States58,729,146 → 71,957,016+13,227,870
Nigeria5,785,000 → 8,294,000+2,509,000
Brazil18,083,861 → 19,502,145+1,418,284
Indonesia12,164,696 → 12,849,826+685,130
Bangladesh10,423,553 → 10,895,119+471,566

Fell most

India106,613,208 → 105,175,600−1,437,608
Iraq2,478,675 → 1,082,953−1,395,722
Argentina13,599,000 → 12,337,485−1,261,515
Australia18,873,052 → 17,772,613−1,100,439
Cambodia1,661,000 → 1,021,000−640,000

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 1984.
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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) (1984). Land Under Cereal Production, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1984

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