Data for 2003

Land Under Cereal Production, 2003

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 2003
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2003, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 2003 covers 176 countries. India is highest, at 98,482,200; Hong Kong is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 691,217. Against 2002, 171 values changed (90 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 2003

HighestIndia

98,482,200

LowestHong Kong

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

176countries
1measure
2003the year it describes
175distinct 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	98,482,200
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	76,947,800
3	United States`USA`Northern America	57,813,092
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	36,759,400
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	19,925,261
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19,884,536
7	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17,833,000
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	17,371,000
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14,835,868
10	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	13,677,800
11	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,341,033
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,481,100
13	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	12,067,200
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11,500,867
15	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11,434,393
16	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,572,308
17	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9,899,820
18	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,460,057
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	8,995,422
20	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8,789,102
21	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	8,478,999
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,366,800
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,163,257
24	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7,842,931
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7,398,371
26	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,839,431
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,597,060
28	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,416,363
29	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,561,338
30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,114,461
31	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4,789,490
32	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,659,074
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,147,562
34	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3,577,488
35	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3,474,117
36	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,361,975
37	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,115,150
38	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,056,295
39	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,004,700
40	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,910,900
41	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,901,720
42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,885,811
43	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,751,930
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,325,989
45	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,109,314
46	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,102,634
47	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,055,564
48	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1,985,726
49	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,971,819
50	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,956,034
51	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,794,600
52	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,772,695
53	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,706,654
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,608,438
55	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,529,832
56	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,495,000
57	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,484,586
58	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,466,926
59	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,461,534
60	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,420,599
61	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,351,565
62	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,335,963
63	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,331,210
64	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,274,545
65	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,192,900
66	Colombia`COL`South America	1,183,108
67	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,153,890
68	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,140,009
69	Peru`PER`South America	1,138,721
70	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,105,973
71	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	979,727
72	Venezuela`VEN`South America	970,686
73	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	963,000
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	946,340
75	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	907,779
76	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	864,600
77	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	850,079
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	821,259
79	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	812,408
80	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	807,987
81	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	794,179
82	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	790,788
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	785,161
84	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	765,399
85	Bolivia`BOL`South America	744,911
86	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	730,329
87	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	699,168
88	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	697,306
89	Chile`CHL`South America	685,127
90	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	671,800
91	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	642,961
92	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	588,876
93	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	585,518
94	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	559,821
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	538,652
96	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	532,293
97	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	490,300
98	Uruguay`URY`South America	486,923
99	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	450,798
100	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	428,500
101	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	414,300
102	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	412,366
103	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	405,859
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	390,415
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	349,496
106	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	347,198
107	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	337,417
108	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	326,675
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	322,857
110	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	320,104
111	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	316,039
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	314,624
113	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	303,119
114	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	300,210
115	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	263,166
116	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	226,096
117	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	220,067
118	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	218,598
119	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	212,006
120	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	199,911
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	194,815
122	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	194,727
123	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	191,237
124	Panama`PAN`Central America	186,040
125	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	169,181
126	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	166,558
127	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	164,037
128	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	153,340
129	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	133,780
130	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	133,300
131	Guyana`GUY`South America	132,400
132	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	120,000
133	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	100,272
134	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	93,950
135	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	92,430
136	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	90,990
137	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	72,745
138	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	68,881
139	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	62,522
140	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	61,481
141	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	59,426
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	55,780
143	Suriname`SUR`South America	52,453
144	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	33,143
145	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	32,053
146	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	28,907
147	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28,420
148	Belize`BLZ`Central America	21,052
149	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	20,853
150	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7,076
151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6,573
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5,074
153	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,050
154	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,940
155	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,862
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,127
157	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,911
158	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,672
159	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,510
160	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,397
161	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,220
162	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	841
163	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	607
164	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	318
165	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	237
166	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	136
167	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	135
168	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	118
169	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	113
=170	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	100
=170	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	100
172	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	40
173	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	35
174	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	27
175	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6
176	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India98,482,200
2China76,947,800
3United States57,813,092
4Russia36,759,400
5Brazil19,925,261

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 691,217. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
171values changed, of 176 in both
90 · 81rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

United States53,570,702 → 57,813,092+4,242,390
Canada15,174,800 → 17,833,000+2,658,200
India95,832,900 → 98,482,200+2,649,300
Australia17,486,051 → 19,884,536+2,398,485
Sudan7,623,682 → 9,899,820+2,276,138

Fell most

Russia43,030,600 → 36,759,400−6,271,200
China81,468,883 → 76,947,800−4,521,083
Ukraine13,801,680 → 12,067,200−1,734,480
Romania5,714,012 → 5,114,461−599,551
Bulgaria2,145,075 → 1,608,438−536,637

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 2003.
175 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 100. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2003). Land Under Cereal Production, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/2003

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