Data for 2004

Land Under Cereal Production, 2004

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 2004
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2004, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 2004 covers 176 countries. India is highest, at 97,210,800; Hong Kong is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 696,208. Against 2003, 172 values changed (93 up, 79 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 2004

HighestIndia

97,210,800

LowestHong Kong

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

176countries
1measure
2004the 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	97,210,800
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	79,349,403
3	United States`USA`Northern America	56,782,664
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	40,493,400
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	20,420,482
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20,332,219
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	17,716,000
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	16,161,700
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15,279,888
10	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14,409,100
11	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	13,951,832
12	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,779,950
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,470,000
14	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11,282,003
15	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10,979,172
16	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,496,782
17	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,625,229
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,395,474
19	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9,096,853
20	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	8,715,642
21	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,437,800
22	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,377,273
23	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7,859,494
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7,696,191
25	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,946,946
26	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,653,886
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,624,481
28	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,103,949
29	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,686,494
30	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	5,349,940
31	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4,893,210
32	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,329,495
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,276,507
34	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,337,317
35	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,186,202
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,130,046
37	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3,084,961
38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,001,698
39	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,000,731
40	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,783,550
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,755,787
42	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,667,000
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,383,136
44	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,358,031
45	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,211,921
46	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,186,354
47	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2,018,378
48	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,972,721
49	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,943,200
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,830,124
51	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,807,113
52	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,771,599
53	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,683,258
54	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,668,243
55	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,652,500
56	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,617,273
57	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,549,000
58	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,509,879
59	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,490,600
60	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,440,370
61	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,432,422
62	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,332,720
63	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,307,744
64	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,261,582
65	Colombia`COL`South America	1,238,344
66	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,127,100
67	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,125,672
68	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,091,445
69	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,082,143
70	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,081,184
71	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,077,637
72	Peru`PER`South America	1,048,887
73	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1,039,038
74	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	967,614
75	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	950,000
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	892,221
77	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	878,500
78	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	837,820
79	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	819,595
80	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	818,080
81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	806,034
82	Paraguay`PRY`South America	803,935
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	775,942
84	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	756,300
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	748,720
86	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	743,359
87	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	729,829
88	Chile`CHL`South America	706,925
89	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	685,491
90	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	682,180
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	680,700
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	637,771
93	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	630,641
94	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	614,005
95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	594,097
96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	567,051
97	Uruguay`URY`South America	525,466
98	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	463,646
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	444,255
100	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	436,700
101	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	426,200
102	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	400,077
103	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	395,213
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	380,335
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	352,353
106	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	332,474
107	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	330,792
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	330,716
109	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	328,265
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	324,504
111	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	319,218
112	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	310,418
113	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	304,857
114	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	304,417
115	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	260,979
116	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	218,800
117	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	216,753
118	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	208,306
119	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	198,015
120	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	189,597
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	189,403
122	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	183,527
123	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	180,431
124	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	177,524
125	Panama`PAN`Central America	176,833
126	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	162,095
127	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	161,753
128	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	147,231
129	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	143,900
130	Guyana`GUY`South America	120,100
131	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	120,000
132	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	118,079
133	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	100,723
134	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	97,254
135	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	89,130
136	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	75,000
137	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	68,596
138	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	66,397
139	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	60,514
140	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	55,664
141	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	51,405
142	Suriname`SUR`South America	49,046
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	39,960
144	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	32,330
145	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28,339
146	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	27,981
147	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	25,963
148	Belize`BLZ`Central America	22,800
149	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	20,089
150	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7,811
151	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6,133
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5,875
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,001
154	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,000
155	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,895
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,556
157	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,420
158	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,359
159	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,332
160	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,324
161	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,235
162	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	954
163	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	800
164	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	315
165	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	211
166	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	137
167	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	132
168	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	108
169	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	100
170	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	94
171	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	67
172	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	57
173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	45
174	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	38
175	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6
176	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India97,210,800
2China79,349,403
3United States56,782,664
4Russia40,493,400
5Brazil20,420,482

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 696,208. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
172values changed, of 176 in both
93 · 79rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Russia36,759,400 → 40,493,400+3,734,000
China76,947,800 → 79,349,403+2,401,603
Ukraine12,067,200 → 14,409,100+2,341,900
Romania5,114,461 → 6,103,949+989,488
Zimbabwe1,706,654 → 2,383,136+676,482

Fell most

Sudan9,899,820 → 5,349,940−4,549,880
Canada17,833,000 → 16,161,700−1,671,300
India98,482,200 → 97,210,800−1,271,400
Mali3,474,117 → 2,358,031−1,116,086
United States57,813,092 → 56,782,664−1,030,428

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 2004.
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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) (2004). Land Under Cereal Production, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/2004

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