Data for 1991

Land Under Cereal Production, 1991

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1991
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1991, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1991 covers 151 countries. India is highest, at 101,122,704; Hong Kong is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 665,691. Against 1990, 149 values changed (71 up, 78 down), 1 country joined.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1991

HighestIndia

101,122,704

LowestHong Kong

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

151countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
151distinct 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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	101,122,704
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	93,608,374
3	United States`USA`Northern America	62,131,075
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	20,868,753
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	19,821,126
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	17,014,000
7	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,893,896
8	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13,190,619
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11,789,267
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11,705,800
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10,875,400
12	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10,657,182
13	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,754,127
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,219,799
15	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8,966,845
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,716,244
17	Argentina`ARG`South America	8,115,895
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,823,778
19	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,017,668
20	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6,807,379
21	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,750,300
22	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6,595,046
23	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,559,828
24	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,048,950
25	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5,685,647
26	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,498,300
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,060,927
28	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4,444,010
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,401,724
30	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,565,164
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,499,695
32	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,418,278
33	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,342,575
34	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,126,123
35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,885,819
36	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,836,790
37	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,800,600
38	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,470,059
39	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,413,369
40	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,345,071
41	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,287,664
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,251,105
43	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,818,200
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,769,000
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,707,540
46	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,665,779
47	Colombia`COL`South America	1,610,900
48	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,600,951
49	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,573,441
50	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,561,552
51	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,549,343
52	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,499,200
53	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,472,227
54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,369,123
55	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,312,746
56	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,295,564
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,241,350
58	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,176,400
59	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,163,560
60	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,148,597
61	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,098,949
62	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1,088,941
63	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,024,300
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	924,565
65	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	891,200
66	Venezuela`VEN`South America	879,559
67	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	843,712
68	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	830,505
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	827,647
70	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	773,242
71	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	763,420
72	Peru`PER`South America	753,078
73	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	745,278
74	Chile`CHL`South America	706,970
75	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	683,640
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	665,691
77	Bolivia`BOL`South America	664,550
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	663,880
79	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	639,806
80	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	613,190
81	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	609,500
82	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	591,054
83	Honduras`HND`Central America	525,210
84	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	455,800
85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	453,670
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	446,040
87	Uruguay`URY`South America	443,794
88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	417,757
89	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	405,000
90	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	369,088
91	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	368,050
92	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	301,800
93	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	282,660
94	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	275,375
95	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	222,271
96	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	219,000
97	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	215,339
98	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	209,833
99	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	208,670
100	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	189,604
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	178,813
102	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	157,272
103	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	156,051
104	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	146,106
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	137,174
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	132,168
107	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	110,824
108	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	110,000
109	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	108,539
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	104,882
111	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	102,426
112	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	99,748
113	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	97,352
114	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	90,917
115	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	80,415
116	Guyana`GUY`South America	77,434
117	Suriname`SUR`South America	60,168
118	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	60,053
119	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	48,790
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	41,094
121	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	32,655
122	Belize`BLZ`Central America	16,903
123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	14,503
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	12,765
125	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9,800
126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	6,527
127	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6,268
128	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6,172
129	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,697
130	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,200
131	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,976
132	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,721
133	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,700
134	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,600
135	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,402
136	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,348
137	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	800
138	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	600
139	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	572
140	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	537
141	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	450
142	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	435
143	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	302
144	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	296
145	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	265
146	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	119
147	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	35
148	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	30
149	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6
150	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4
151	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India101,122,704
2China93,608,374
3United States62,131,075
4Canada20,868,753
5Brazil19,821,126

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 665,691. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
149values changed, of 150 in both
71 · 78rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Sudan3,734,629 → 6,807,379+3,072,750
Nigeria15,400,000 → 17,014,000+1,614,000
Brazil18,512,400 → 19,821,126+1,308,726
Algeria2,365,999 → 3,418,278+1,052,279
Tanzania2,628,757 → 3,126,123+497,366

Fell most

United States65,700,000 → 62,131,075−3,568,925
Australia13,428,753 → 11,789,267−1,639,486
India102,536,512 → 101,122,704−1,413,808
Mexico10,543,921 → 9,754,127−789,794
Canada21,547,874 → 20,868,753−679,121

+ Micronesia

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 1991.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 151 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1991). Land Under Cereal Production, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1991

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