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Land Under Cereal Production, 1996

1996, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1996 covers 174 countries. India is highest, at 99,750,700; Hong Kong is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 656,909. Against 1995, 170 values changed (98 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1996

HighestIndia

99,750,700

LowestHong Kong

0

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Land Under Cereal Production, 1996, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 174 countries · select a heading to sort

Land Under Cereal Production, 1996: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia99,750,700
2ChinaCHNEastern Asia92,208,280
3United StatesUSANorthern America64,881,026
4RussiaRUSEastern Europe47,250,360
5CanadaCANNorthern America20,565,900
6NigeriaNGAWestern Africa17,752,600
7BrazilBRASouth America17,519,708
8AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand16,614,484
9KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia15,515,738
10IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia15,313,299
11TürkiyeTURWestern Asia13,884,759
12PakistanPAKSouthern Asia12,410,400
13UkraineUKREastern Europe11,664,800
14MexicoMEXCentral America11,481,873
15ArgentinaARGSouth America11,039,060
16BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia10,943,172
17ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia10,747,055
18FranceFRAWestern Europe8,789,940
19PolandPOLEastern Europe8,720,105
20IranIRNSouthern Asia8,707,503
21SudanSDNNorthern Africa8,570,100
22EthiopiaETHEastern Africa7,731,330
23VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia7,619,000
24NigerNERWestern Africa7,178,950
25SpainESPSouthern Europe6,777,458

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1India99,750,700
  2. 2China92,208,280
  3. 3United States64,881,026
  4. 4Russia47,250,360
  5. 5Canada20,565,900

Lowest

  1. 174Hong Kong0
  2. 173Djibouti6
  3. 172Maldives9
  4. 171Antigua and Barbuda30
  5. 170Mauritius90

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 656,909. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 170values changed, of 174 in both
  • 98 · 72rose · fell
  • 4unchanged

Rose most

  • United States59,766,550 → 64,881,026+5,114,476
  • China89,308,700 → 92,208,280+2,899,580
  • Argentina8,676,940 → 11,039,060+2,362,120
  • Canada18,276,700 → 20,565,900+2,289,200
  • Australia14,570,742 → 16,614,484+2,043,742

Fell most

  • Brazil19,752,837 → 17,519,708−2,233,129
  • Russia49,309,960 → 47,250,360−2,059,600
  • Ukraine12,880,700 → 11,664,800−1,215,900
  • Nigeria18,598,000 → 17,752,600−845,400
  • Kazakhstan16,318,400 → 15,515,738−802,662

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

Read before you use

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 1996.

  • 172 distinct values among 174

    Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 2,000. 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 174 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1996). Land Under Cereal Production, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1996

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07Questions

Land Under Cereal Production, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest land under cereals in Land Under Cereal Production, 1996?

India, at 99,750,700, of the 174 countries in the file.

What year does Land Under Cereal Production, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Land Under Cereal Production, 1996 cover?

174.

Where can I download Land Under Cereal Production, 1996?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Land Under Cereal Production, 1996 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Land Under Cereal Production, 2023.

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