Data for 1985

Land Under Cereal Production, 1985

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1985
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1985, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1985 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 104,056,596; Djibouti is lowest, at 4. The middle country reads 677,887. Against 1984, 149 values changed (88 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1985

HighestIndia

104,056,596

LowestDjibouti

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

150countries
1measure
1985the 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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	104,056,596
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	88,145,866
3	United States`USA`Northern America	72,873,500
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21,709,000
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	19,702,168
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17,165,159
7	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,719,650
8	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,342,259
9	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	12,051,539
10	Argentina`ARG`South America	11,508,250
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	11,272,323
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11,233,180
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11,048,800
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,696,400
15	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9,527,000
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8,769,721
17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,204,988
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,592,592
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,403,403
20	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7,347,342
21	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	7,019,500
22	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,913,710
23	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,285,900
24	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,115,600
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,201,393
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,821,364
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4,814,680
28	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,792,400
29	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4,349,336
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4,021,000
31	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,198,670
32	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,976,717
33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,870,587
34	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,719,482
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,711,736
36	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,650,260
37	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,636,050
38	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,434,500
39	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,233,598
40	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,934,000
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,886,100
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,846,596
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,832,128
44	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,784,513
45	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,600,599
46	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,591,307
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,573,000
48	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,523,172
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,518,939
50	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,496,000
51	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,489,500
52	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,489,490
53	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,427,330
54	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,404,000
55	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,326,020
56	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,254,000
57	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,217,173
58	Colombia`COL`South America	1,180,900
59	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,129,349
60	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,097,000
61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1,053,466
62	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,034,000
63	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	959,846
64	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	912,657
65	Venezuela`VEN`South America	897,874
66	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	861,000
67	Chile`CHL`South America	800,220
68	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	796,853
69	Peru`PER`South America	785,823
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	772,780
71	Bolivia`BOL`South America	728,061
72	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	706,454
73	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	690,373
74	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	687,500
75	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	685,800
76	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	669,974
77	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	647,232
78	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	633,410
79	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	630,297
80	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	625,625
81	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	604,755
82	Uruguay`URY`South America	558,337
83	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	441,058
84	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	440,369
85	Ecuador`ECU`South America	431,368
86	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	400,100
87	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	394,225
88	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	389,365
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	385,140
90	Honduras`HND`Central America	350,621
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	343,000
92	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	335,080
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	326,530
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	305,020
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	274,494
96	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	256,625
97	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	237,200
98	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	231,890
99	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	230,731
100	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	222,126
101	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	195,500
102	Panama`PAN`Central America	185,582
103	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	184,315
104	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	183,399
105	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	168,860
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	168,012
107	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	163,884
108	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	134,451
109	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	127,000
110	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	120,700
111	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	107,500
112	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	103,000
113	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	102,860
114	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	91,960
115	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	87,228
116	Guyana`GUY`South America	78,879
117	Suriname`SUR`South America	75,043
118	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	69,673
119	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	53,486
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	25,730
121	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	20,900
122	Belize`BLZ`Central America	16,630
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	15,200
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	12,165
125	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	9,290
126	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,391
127	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3,300
128	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,951
129	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,518
130	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,170
131	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,840
132	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,270
133	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,091
134	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,061
135	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,060
136	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	979
137	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	970
138	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	873
139	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	800
140	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	610
141	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	591
142	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	480
143	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	478
144	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	410
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	200
146	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	150
147	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20
148	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6
149	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5
150	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India104,056,596
2China88,145,866
3United States72,873,500
4Canada21,709,000
5Brazil19,702,168

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 677,887. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
149values changed, of 150 in both
88 · 61rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Sudan4,987,021 → 7,347,342+2,360,321
Iraq1,082,953 → 2,976,717+1,893,764
Nigeria8,294,000 → 9,527,000+1,233,000
Mexico10,099,758 → 11,272,323+1,172,565
United States71,957,016 → 72,873,500+916,484

Fell most

China91,739,562 → 88,145,866−3,593,696
India105,175,600 → 104,056,596−1,119,004
Argentina12,337,485 → 11,508,250−829,235
Australia17,772,613 → 17,165,159−607,454
Indonesia12,849,826 → 12,342,259−507,567

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 1985.
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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) (1985). Land Under Cereal Production, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1985

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