Data for 2001

Land Under Cereal Production, 2001

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 2001
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2001, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 2001 covers 176 countries. India is highest, at 99,639,400; Hong Kong is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 666,358. Against 2000, 175 values changed (98 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 2001

HighestIndia

99,639,400

LowestHong Kong

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

176countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
176distinct 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	99,639,400
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	82,595,430
3	United States`USA`Northern America	55,166,824
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	43,057,500
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	18,148,670
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17,733,700
7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17,491,780
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	16,286,000
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14,785,900
10	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14,246,649
11	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,571,630
12	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	13,040,961
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,126,700
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11,467,595
15	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11,455,364
16	Argentina`ARG`South America	11,150,403
17	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,878,644
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	8,961,009
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,820,941
20	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8,526,340
21	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,224,081
22	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7,993,240
23	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7,885,485
24	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7,732,252
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7,238,613
26	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,045,736
27	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,552,289
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,445,908
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,229,224
30	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,145,781
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,420,161
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,134,297
33	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,298,297
34	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3,212,574
35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,080,085
36	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,049,377
37	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,013,619
38	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,625,720
39	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,620,017
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,614,460
41	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,441,884
42	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,402,748
43	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,220,331
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,096,588
45	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,094,000
46	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,081,892
47	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,055,178
48	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,047,508
49	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,006,684
50	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,965,544
51	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,712,613
52	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,631,003
53	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,587,166
54	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,550,728
55	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,538,062
56	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,411,893
57	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,407,000
58	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,400,856
59	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,371,450
60	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,286,500
61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,283,550
62	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,198,104
63	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,174,253
64	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,160,412
65	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,160,200
66	Peru`PER`South America	1,153,068
67	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,152,810
68	Colombia`COL`South America	1,130,832
69	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,026,812
70	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1,025,300
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	942,031
72	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	940,596
73	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	881,728
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	865,736
75	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	825,984
76	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	825,820
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	811,227
78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	796,560
79	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	793,644
80	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	790,645
81	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	790,000
82	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	760,406
83	Paraguay`PRY`South America	753,625
84	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	752,066
85	Bolivia`BOL`South America	742,201
86	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	708,237
87	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	676,958
88	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	673,600
89	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	659,115
90	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	657,871
91	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	635,125
92	Chile`CHL`South America	631,247
93	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	625,958
94	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	583,987
95	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	527,960
96	Uruguay`URY`South America	514,724
97	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	492,715
98	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	445,957
99	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	443,700
100	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	439,200
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	416,706
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	397,822
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	355,432
104	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	351,639
105	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	349,670
106	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	343,832
107	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	341,685
108	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	335,200
109	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	329,167
110	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	312,470
111	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	311,824
112	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	287,000
113	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	286,118
114	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	276,112
115	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	274,162
116	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	256,109
117	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	229,600
118	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	221,000
119	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	207,404
120	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	202,456
121	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	194,281
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	191,699
123	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	179,576
124	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	179,058
125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	176,834
126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	165,800
127	Panama`PAN`Central America	164,462
128	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	160,893
129	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	154,717
130	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	143,907
131	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	130,000
132	Guyana`GUY`South America	126,115
133	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	105,516
134	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98,436
135	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	91,764
136	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	79,342
137	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	68,251
138	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	64,642
139	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	59,040
140	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	55,970
141	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	52,529
142	Suriname`SUR`South America	50,822
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	33,885
144	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	31,467
145	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	30,674
146	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	28,061
147	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	23,257
148	Belize`BLZ`Central America	18,473
149	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	16,976
150	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6,560
151	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6,361
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5,315
153	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,500
154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,000
155	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,950
156	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,750
157	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,627
158	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,583
159	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,410
160	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,199
161	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,150
162	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	539
163	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	448
164	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	317
165	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	307
166	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	208
167	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	133
168	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	128
169	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	100
170	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	96
171	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	68
172	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	54
173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	35
174	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	31
175	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	7
176	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India99,639,400
2China82,595,430
3United States55,166,824
4Russia43,057,500
5Brazil18,148,670

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 666,358. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
175values changed, of 176 in both
98 · 77rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Sudan6,451,260 → 8,526,340+2,075,080
Ukraine12,207,514 → 14,246,649+2,039,135
Russia41,145,200 → 43,057,500+1,912,300
Algeria1,058,184 → 2,402,748+1,344,564
Ethiopia7,176,030 → 7,993,240+817,210

Fell most

India103,172,000 → 99,639,400−3,532,600
United States58,526,104 → 55,166,824−3,359,280
China85,263,680 → 82,595,430−2,668,250
Nigeria18,242,000 → 16,286,000−1,956,000
South Africa5,260,171 → 4,420,161−840,010

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 2001.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2001). Land Under Cereal Production, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/2001

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