Data for 2002

Land Under Cereal Production, 2002

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 2002
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2002, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 2002 covers 176 countries. India is highest, at 95,832,900; Hong Kong is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 648,310. Against 2001, 172 values changed (86 up, 86 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 2002

HighestIndia

95,832,900

LowestHong Kong

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

176countries
1measure
2002the 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	95,832,900
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	81,468,883
3	United States`USA`Northern America	53,570,702
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	43,030,600
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	17,883,426
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17,486,051
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	17,027,000
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15,174,800
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14,647,996
10	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	13,900,900
11	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	13,801,680
12	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,747,990
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,022,100
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11,514,093
15	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10,941,834
16	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,877,131
17	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,864,350
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,352,047
19	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8,743,853
20	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,322,694
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,293,400
22	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7,860,068
23	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7,623,682
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7,227,857
25	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,940,982
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,748,051
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6,641,107
28	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,441,894
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,714,012
30	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,947,863
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,706,204
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,284,649
33	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,354,160
34	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,334,259
35	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3,308,691
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,245,214
37	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3,193,406
38	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,157,390
39	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,975,861
40	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,952,970
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,712,234
42	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,312,700
43	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,310,016
44	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,238,000
45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,145,075
46	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,066,239
47	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,046,310
48	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,002,225
49	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,969,559
50	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,845,217
51	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,807,131
52	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,635,836
53	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,597,603
54	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,586,371
55	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,569,116
56	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,533,700
57	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,527,934
58	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,445,000
59	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,416,531
60	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,319,747
61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,287,733
62	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,241,115
63	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,205,316
64	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,195,100
65	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,170,009
66	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,161,751
67	Peru`PER`South America	1,139,801
68	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,129,270
69	Colombia`COL`South America	1,084,064
70	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1,014,501
71	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	960,147
72	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	918,000
73	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	890,764
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	848,790
75	Ecuador`ECU`South America	845,030
76	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	842,500
77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	820,036
78	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	816,775
79	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	813,191
80	Venezuela`VEN`South America	806,624
81	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	783,060
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	768,259
83	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	759,651
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	740,979
85	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	708,594
86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	704,804
87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	678,500
88	Chile`CHL`South America	652,128
89	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	644,491
90	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	642,377
91	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	593,068
92	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	578,927
93	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	573,983
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	525,819
95	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	514,921
96	Uruguay`URY`South America	481,734
97	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	468,407
98	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	462,013
99	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	446,230
100	Honduras`HND`Central America	431,637
101	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	415,000
102	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	408,500
103	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	363,922
104	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	355,719
105	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	344,627
106	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	343,366
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	341,599
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	328,728
109	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	327,030
110	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	324,980
111	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	320,561
112	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	310,474
113	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	299,934
114	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	299,519
115	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	259,214
116	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	226,310
117	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	223,400
118	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	217,263
119	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	203,652
120	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	191,500
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	184,869
122	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	184,400
123	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	176,390
124	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	173,482
125	Panama`PAN`Central America	168,946
126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	157,600
127	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	149,670
128	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	143,671
129	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	141,900
130	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	120,000
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	111,450
132	Guyana`GUY`South America	109,123
133	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	100,800
134	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	100,414
135	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	96,508
136	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	88,396
137	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	88,162
138	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	69,071
139	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	59,200
140	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	59,031
141	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	56,796
142	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	54,669
143	Suriname`SUR`South America	40,081
144	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	34,122
145	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	33,718
146	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	29,408
147	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	24,878
148	Belize`BLZ`Central America	23,042
149	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	17,280
150	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6,581
151	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5,679
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5,168
153	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4,300
154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,197
155	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,510
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,860
157	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,589
158	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,496
159	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,410
160	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,210
161	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,032
162	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	572
163	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	493
164	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	318
165	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	301
166	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	173
167	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	135
168	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	129
169	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	100
170	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	83
171	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	66
172	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	38
173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	35
174	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32
175	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6
176	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India95,832,900
2China81,468,883
3United States53,570,702
4Russia43,030,600
5Brazil17,883,426

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 648,310. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
172values changed, of 176 in both
86 · 86rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Tanzania2,220,331 → 3,354,160+1,133,829
Iran7,732,252 → 8,743,853+1,011,601
Kazakhstan13,040,961 → 13,900,900+859,939
Nigeria16,286,000 → 17,027,000+741,000
Mozambique1,712,613 → 2,312,700+600,087

Fell most

India99,639,400 → 95,832,900−3,806,500
Canada17,733,700 → 15,174,800−2,558,900
United States55,166,824 → 53,570,702−1,596,122
Ethiopia7,993,240 → 6,641,107−1,352,133
Argentina11,150,403 → 9,864,350−1,286,053

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

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Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2002.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2002). Land Under Cereal Production, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/2002

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