Data for 1990

Land Under Cereal Production, 1990

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1990
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1990, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1990 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 102,536,512; Hong Kong is lowest, at 1. The middle country reads 693,809. Against 1989, 148 values changed (69 up, 79 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1990

HighestIndia

102,536,512

LowestHong Kong

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

150countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
149distinct 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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	102,536,512
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	93,579,327
3	United States`USA`Northern America	65,700,000
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21,547,874
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	18,512,400
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	15,400,000
7	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13,660,449
8	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,640,120
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13,428,753
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11,864,100
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11,140,604
12	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,543,921
13	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10,536,438
14	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9,468,074
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,060,354
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,530,848
17	Argentina`ARG`South America	8,504,919
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,562,567
19	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,138,449
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,944,862
21	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6,882,262
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,474,600
23	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,156,932
24	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,704,048
25	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,603,328
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,221,349
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4,957,410
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,413,402
29	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4,134,422
30	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	3,734,629
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,657,300
32	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,256,300
33	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,045,230
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,778,569
35	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,628,757
36	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,528,900
37	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,471,494
38	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,438,695
39	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,365,999
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,283,426
41	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,253,000
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,055,264
43	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,900,000
44	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,863,672
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,785,368
46	Colombia`COL`South America	1,742,800
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,600,714
48	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,577,433
49	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,570,303
50	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,548,378
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,470,345
52	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,445,789
53	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,440,980
54	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,425,342
55	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,326,929
56	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,285,220
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,229,004
58	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,212,600
59	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,115,596
60	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,075,428
61	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,055,000
62	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	974,551
63	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	948,437
64	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	894,616
65	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	869,766
66	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	853,000
67	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	844,845
68	Chile`CHL`South America	823,447
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	802,193
70	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	774,281
71	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	759,986
72	Venezuela`VEN`South America	753,854
73	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	729,607
74	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	718,498
75	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	700,647
76	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	686,970
77	Peru`PER`South America	683,214
78	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	654,090
79	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	648,236
80	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	648,006
81	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	643,859
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	582,495
83	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	549,150
84	Uruguay`URY`South America	514,422
85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	468,600
86	Honduras`HND`Central America	465,071
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	425,367
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	404,060
89	Paraguay`PRY`South America	393,698
90	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	356,391
91	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	351,500
92	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	321,000
93	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	319,970
94	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	298,874
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	254,072
96	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	233,506
97	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	230,425
98	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	217,500
99	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	214,293
100	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	211,903
101	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	204,982
102	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	198,596
103	Panama`PAN`Central America	184,619
104	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	175,000
105	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	172,807
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	122,179
107	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	118,921
108	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	113,760
109	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	110,070
110	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	109,273
111	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	105,746
112	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	94,799
113	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	92,604
114	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	89,978
115	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	85,651
116	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	82,559
117	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	57,530
118	Guyana`GUY`South America	53,262
119	Suriname`SUR`South America	52,132
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	41,186
121	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	34,124
122	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	14,900
123	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14,815
124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14,724
125	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	13,057
126	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9,633
127	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5,085
128	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,380
129	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,378
130	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,134
131	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,583
132	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,474
133	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,400
134	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,370
135	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,082
136	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	860
137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	704
138	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	667
139	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	600
140	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	545
141	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	525
142	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	501
=143	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	500
=143	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	500
145	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	260
146	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	110
147	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	21
148	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	7
149	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6
150	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India102,536,512
2China93,579,327
3United States65,700,000
4Canada21,547,874
5Brazil18,512,400

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 693,809. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 150 in both
69 · 79rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

China90,871,369 → 93,579,327+2,707,958
United States63,533,008 → 65,700,000+2,166,992
Niger5,217,418 → 6,882,262+1,664,844
Iraq1,625,275 → 3,256,300+1,631,025
Nigeria14,372,700 → 15,400,000+1,027,300

Fell most

Brazil21,970,521 → 18,512,400−3,458,121
Sudan5,586,558 → 3,734,629−1,851,929
India104,055,700 → 102,536,512−1,519,188
Thailand11,778,072 → 10,536,438−1,241,634
Tanzania3,213,620 → 2,628,757−584,863

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 1990.
149 distinct values among 150
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 500. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1990). Land Under Cereal Production, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1990

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