Data for 1988

Land Under Cereal Production, 1988

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1988
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1988, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1988 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 103,542,716; Solomon Islands is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 712,293. Against 1987, 146 values changed (86 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1988

HighestIndia

103,542,716

LowestSolomon Islands

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

150countries
1measure
1988the 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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	103,542,716
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	88,790,680
3	United States`USA`Northern America	55,714,416
4	Brazil`BRA`South America	23,082,577
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	20,231,700
6	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,729,100
7	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13,543,906
8	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13,434,992
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	12,685,000
10	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11,876,093
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11,302,100
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10,935,858
13	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,682,610
14	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9,413,821
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,221,092
16	Argentina`ARG`South America	8,835,955
17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,439,011
18	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8,168,746
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,897,362
20	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	7,262,900
21	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,138,343
22	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,137,905
23	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,251,300
24	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,905,300
25	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,322,300
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5,054,810
27	Niger`NER`Western Africa	5,027,984
28	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4,954,300
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,570,559
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,901,000
31	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,011,928
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,003,270
33	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,980,760
34	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,889,595
35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,864,563
36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,535,438
37	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,462,050
38	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,331,000
39	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,283,200
40	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,109,569
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,941,599
42	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,938,790
43	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,890,731
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,875,000
45	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,808,540
46	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,670,030
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,615,000
48	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,586,765
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,491,943
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,456,030
51	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,429,000
52	Colombia`COL`South America	1,413,400
53	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,300,000
54	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,289,876
55	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,288,380
56	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,265,600
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,217,422
58	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,214,400
59	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,170,050
60	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,100,319
61	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,045,800
62	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,006,000
63	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	972,000
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	966,344
65	Peru`PER`South America	954,645
66	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	894,572
67	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	892,395
68	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	868,320
69	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	865,221
70	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	860,200
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	845,168
72	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	836,443
73	Chile`CHL`South America	792,720
74	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	771,621
75	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	734,830
76	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	689,755
77	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	667,296
78	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	653,258
79	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	641,628
80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	631,546
81	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	597,000
82	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	562,643
83	Uruguay`URY`South America	513,101
84	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	489,911
85	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	480,900
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	464,700
87	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	447,300
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	429,186
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	417,690
90	Honduras`HND`Central America	408,419
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	347,000
92	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	343,270
93	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	324,100
94	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	288,300
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	286,650
96	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	281,473
97	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	244,250
98	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	239,754
99	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	233,200
100	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	229,477
101	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	211,059
102	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	201,862
103	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	197,166
104	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	196,510
105	Panama`PAN`Central America	171,344
106	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	166,845
107	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	147,962
108	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	128,708
109	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	125,766
110	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	125,081
111	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	108,570
112	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	106,843
113	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	93,040
114	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	84,809
115	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	83,710
116	Guyana`GUY`South America	76,389
117	Suriname`SUR`South America	69,661
118	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	63,675
119	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	58,998
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	39,715
121	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	34,256
122	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	25,946
123	Belize`BLZ`Central America	17,000
124	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	15,740
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14,257
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	14,129
127	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,850
128	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,645
129	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,366
130	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,228
131	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,590
132	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,300
133	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	999
134	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	990
135	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	890
136	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	850
137	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	840
138	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	810
139	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	699
140	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	673
141	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	505
142	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	500
143	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	490
144	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	250
145	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	120
146	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	28
147	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	7
148	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	6
149	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1
150	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India103,542,716
2China88,790,680
3United States55,714,416
4Brazil23,082,577
5Canada20,231,700

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 712,293. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 150 in both
86 · 60rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

India98,573,604 → 103,542,716+4,969,112
Sudan4,658,280 → 8,168,746+3,510,466
Thailand10,673,443 → 11,876,093+1,202,650
Indonesia12,548,627 → 13,543,906+995,279
Mali1,586,654 → 2,283,200+696,546

Fell most

United States59,233,504 → 55,714,416−3,519,088
Canada21,544,800 → 20,231,700−1,313,100
Tunisia1,662,000 → 480,900−1,181,100
Algeria2,719,150 → 1,808,540−910,610
China89,694,400 → 88,790,680−903,720

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 1988.
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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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1988). Land Under Cereal Production, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1988

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