Data for 1999

Land Under Cereal Production, 1999

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 1999
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1999, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1999 covers 174 countries. India is highest, at 101,453,200; Hong Kong is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 651,370. Against 1998, 171 values changed (71 up, 100 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1999

HighestIndia

101,453,200

LowestHong Kong

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

174countries
1measure
1999the year it describes
174distinct 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	101,453,200
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	91,616,870
3	United States`USA`Northern America	58,461,970
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	37,069,300
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	18,079,200
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17,524,800
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	17,435,114
8	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16,779,700
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15,419,561
10	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,752,041
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,515,100
12	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	11,963,131
13	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11,551,019
14	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11,295,454
15	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	10,928,040
16	Argentina`ARG`South America	10,255,855
17	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,130,919
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	8,851,319
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,701,304
20	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,347,300
21	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7,480,924
22	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7,455,530
23	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7,137,840
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7,062,687
25	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6,926,601
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,657,872
27	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,642,553
28	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,634,681
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,344,034
30	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,169,296
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,590,484
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,173,966
33	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,298,929
34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,141,102
35	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,078,578
36	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,957,438
37	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,719,504
38	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,707,099
39	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,532,871
40	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,464,640
41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,420,630
42	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,282,620
43	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,270,084
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,139,181
45	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,047,487
46	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,023,140
47	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,962,713
48	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,888,946
49	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,858,083
50	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,857,717
51	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,840,503
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,771,884
53	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,719,430
54	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,596,798
55	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,510,012
56	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,496,784
57	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,496,256
58	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,442,567
59	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,404,437
60	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,348,472
61	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,333,000
62	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,299,931
63	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,248,013
64	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,171,311
65	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,153,160
66	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,134,000
67	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,123,737
68	Peru`PER`South America	1,091,819
69	Colombia`COL`South America	1,081,111
70	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,018,372
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	906,530
72	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	876,300
73	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	872,348
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	869,797
75	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	838,189
76	Bolivia`BOL`South America	832,306
77	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	811,405
78	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	768,277
79	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	758,307
80	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	757,873
81	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	733,641
82	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	715,842
83	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	692,389
84	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	690,000
85	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	686,373
86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	672,479
87	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	651,413
88	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	651,327
89	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	627,230
90	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	626,054
91	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	624,315
92	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	592,345
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	588,161
94	Uruguay`URY`South America	563,089
95	Chile`CHL`South America	533,827
96	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	513,271
97	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	512,170
98	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	490,000
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	480,425
100	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	427,060
101	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	415,600
102	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	383,936
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	380,695
104	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	365,395
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	364,394
106	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	349,902
107	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	344,753
108	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	329,400
109	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	326,200
110	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	321,000
111	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	290,017
112	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	289,690
113	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	281,602
114	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	250,092
115	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	224,415
116	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	217,025
117	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	216,907
118	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	202,000
119	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	184,312
120	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	183,084
121	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	182,256
122	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	177,800
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	164,489
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	159,907
125	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	153,700
126	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	151,804
127	Guyana`GUY`South America	149,153
128	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	141,472
129	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	140,023
130	Panama`PAN`Central America	130,130
131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	115,800
132	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100,386
133	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	92,550
134	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	91,141
135	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	79,540
136	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	76,550
137	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	73,742
138	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	66,867
139	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	58,940
140	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	53,500
141	Suriname`SUR`South America	48,493
142	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	31,358
143	Belize`BLZ`Central America	22,207
144	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	21,513
145	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	17,360
146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	12,951
147	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7,851
148	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6,673
149	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6,372
150	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5,509
151	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,788
152	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,650
153	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,400
154	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,870
155	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,773
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,419
157	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,410
158	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	720
159	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	708
160	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	572
161	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	380
162	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	346
163	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	275
164	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	250
165	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	236
166	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	175
167	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	150
168	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	129
169	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	128
170	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	71
171	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	41
172	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	30
173	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6
174	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India101,453,200
2China91,616,870
3United States58,461,970
4Russia37,069,300
5Nigeria18,079,200

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 651,370. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
171values changed, of 174 in both
71 · 100rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Brazil15,788,868 → 17,435,114+1,646,246
Bangladesh10,378,802 → 11,551,019+1,172,217
Ethiopia6,312,880 → 7,455,530+1,142,650
Philippines5,526,969 → 6,642,553+1,115,584
Russia36,076,300 → 37,069,300+993,000

Fell most

United States61,556,513 → 58,461,970−3,094,543
Sudan9,398,620 → 7,137,840−2,260,780
Iran8,785,973 → 6,926,601−1,859,372
Algeria3,575,718 → 1,888,946−1,686,772
Tanzania3,726,193 → 2,270,084−1,456,109

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 1999.
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

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1999). Land Under Cereal Production, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1999

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