Data for 1993

Land Under Cereal Production, 1993

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1993
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1993, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1993 covers 173 countries. India is highest, at 99,489,000; Hong Kong is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 702,734. Against 1992, 167 values changed (89 up, 78 down), 3 countries joined.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1993

HighestIndia

99,489,000

LowestHong Kong

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

173countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
173distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Land Under Cereal Production, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	99,489,000
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	88,812,950
3	United States`USA`Northern America	60,273,827
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	58,824,320
5	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	21,780,600
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19,449,800
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	18,293,707
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	17,423,700
9	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	14,066,559
10	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13,952,314
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13,530,588
12	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	12,991,634
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,181,400
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10,567,468
15	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10,386,331
16	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,547,837
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9,465,486
18	Argentina`ARG`South America	8,852,035
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	8,510,030
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,506,171
21	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7,055,900
22	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6,950,048
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,438,388
24	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,434,213
25	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,394,957
26	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,223,589
27	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6,163,842
28	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,973,197
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5,928,140
30	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,027,863
31	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4,588,136
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,075,797
33	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4,034,930
34	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,617,288
35	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,190,865
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,030,448
37	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,023,480
38	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,921,003
39	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,770,711
40	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,699,678
41	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,631,882
42	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,625,828
43	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,495,725
44	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,424,140
45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,267,609
46	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,033,426
47	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,959,520
48	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,866,538
49	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,737,790
50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,709,052
51	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,613,589
52	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,602,707
53	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,491,319
54	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,444,000
55	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,435,514
56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,416,921
57	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,415,487
58	Colombia`COL`South America	1,405,706
59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,367,701
60	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,355,048
61	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,280,481
62	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,275,493
63	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,272,300
64	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,231,725
65	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,227,200
66	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,220,000
67	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,201,385
68	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1,130,013
69	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,101,400
70	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,028,449
71	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,026,144
72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	970,500
73	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	926,200
74	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	865,540
75	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	862,816
76	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	839,837
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	834,438
78	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	826,603
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	797,481
80	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	762,701
81	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	751,685
82	Peru`PER`South America	746,619
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	743,014
84	Bolivia`BOL`South America	724,636
85	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	721,793
86	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	721,432
87	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	702,734
88	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	693,600
89	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	693,434
90	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	680,219
91	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	643,293
92	Chile`CHL`South America	622,470
93	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	622,100
94	Uruguay`URY`South America	601,593
95	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	578,863
96	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	557,823
97	Honduras`HND`Central America	520,265
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	473,612
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	457,590
100	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	456,667
101	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	445,000
102	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	432,300
103	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	375,100
104	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	364,500
105	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	352,662
106	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	338,500
107	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	328,849
108	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	285,112
109	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	276,741
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	274,631
111	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	258,651
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	247,936
113	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	238,096
114	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	227,797
115	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	214,974
116	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	210,346
117	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	201,800
118	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	198,688
119	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	191,958
120	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	183,300
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	181,430
122	Panama`PAN`Central America	173,215
123	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	161,473
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	157,568
125	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	152,163
126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	126,253
127	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	124,098
128	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	111,997
129	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	109,311
130	Guyana`GUY`South America	104,256
131	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100,313
132	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98,523
133	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	94,609
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	81,548
135	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	76,924
136	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	69,100
137	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	64,864
138	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	61,944
139	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	61,089
140	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	60,000
141	Suriname`SUR`South America	58,809
142	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	37,550
143	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	33,105
144	Belize`BLZ`Central America	19,970
145	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	17,199
146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	13,400
147	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10,039
148	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6,500
149	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6,220
150	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	6,188
151	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,700
152	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,266
153	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,250
154	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,824
155	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,761
156	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,500
157	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,410
158	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,079
159	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	600
160	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	562
161	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	445
162	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	428
163	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	390
164	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	250
165	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	247
166	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	171
167	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	157
168	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	120
169	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	37
170	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	30
171	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	10
172	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6
173	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India99,489,000
2China88,812,950
3United States60,273,827
4Russia58,824,320
5Kazakhstan21,780,600

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 702,734. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
167values changed, of 170 in both
89 · 78rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

India98,628,804 → 99,489,000+860,196
Iraq3,919,501 → 4,588,136+668,635
Romania5,773,881 → 6,394,957+621,076
Nigeria16,836,000 → 17,423,700+587,700
South Africa5,352,315 → 5,928,140+575,825

Fell most

United States65,890,404 → 60,273,827−5,616,577
China92,100,020 → 88,812,950−3,287,070
Brazil20,564,117 → 18,293,707−2,270,410
Sudan8,258,795 → 6,163,842−2,094,953
Algeria3,530,507 → 1,959,520−1,570,987

+ Czechia

+ Eritrea

+ Slovakia

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 1993.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1993). Land Under Cereal Production, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1993

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