Data for 2008

Land Under Cereal Production, 2008

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 2008
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2008, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 2008 covers 178 countries. India is highest, at 100,009,800; Hong Kong is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 720,493. Against 2007, 174 values changed (121 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 2008

HighestIndia

100,009,800

LowestHong Kong

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

178countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
177distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	100,009,800
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	86,358,190
3	United States`USA`Northern America	60,985,598
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	44,576,100
5	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20,856,663
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	20,814,408
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	18,899,000
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	16,519,700
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15,731,313
10	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,356,610
11	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	15,127,168
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13,387,900
13	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11,946,683
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11,822,705
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11,256,039
16	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,459,480
17	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	10,121,968
18	Niger`NER`Western Africa	9,837,140
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,709,048
20	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,355,935
21	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9,290,904
22	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	8,973,057
23	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,842,009
24	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,598,806
25	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,121,079
26	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7,095,403
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,038,419
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,714,826
29	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5,736,322
30	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,315,125
31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,181,667
32	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,191,339
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,037,602
34	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3,775,240
35	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3,445,025
36	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,434,689
37	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,272,480
38	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,186,032
39	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,993,982
40	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,903,443
41	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,776,469
42	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,727,622
43	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,714,000
44	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,486,704
45	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,458,912
46	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,237,193
47	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,021,880
48	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,977,476
49	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1,940,319
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,936,956
51	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,870,890
52	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,780,115
53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,713,492
54	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,712,000
55	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,585,596
56	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,563,027
57	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,561,492
58	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,549,296
59	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,513,200
60	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,485,477
61	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,481,557
62	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,474,005
63	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,437,191
64	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,316,647
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,283,919
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,232,843
67	Peru`PER`South America	1,225,662
68	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,198,059
69	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,193,900
70	Colombia`COL`South America	1,179,990
71	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,156,211
72	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,110,843
73	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,093,977
74	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,077,700
75	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,022,000
76	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,018,461
77	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,018,121
78	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,015,485
79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	972,287
80	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	938,200
81	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	891,456
82	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	882,711
83	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	845,637
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	834,169
85	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	817,193
86	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	811,788
87	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	799,375
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	767,151
89	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	760,009
90	Uruguay`URY`South America	680,977
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	656,602
92	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	637,467
93	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	605,138
94	Chile`CHL`South America	565,044
95	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	561,336
96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	561,332
97	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	544,200
98	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	465,724
99	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	437,000
100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	432,673
101	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	424,794
102	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	419,412
103	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	413,598
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	392,793
105	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	365,373
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	357,174
107	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	350,366
108	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	342,925
109	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	322,307
110	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	320,639
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	310,520
112	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	309,300
113	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	309,021
114	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	285,011
115	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	248,770
116	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	247,506
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	238,381
118	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	235,591
119	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	232,432
120	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	227,182
121	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	223,450
122	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	194,908
123	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	190,000
124	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	180,503
125	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	173,330
126	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	170,141
127	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	156,315
128	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	153,953
129	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	149,100
130	Panama`PAN`Central America	148,316
131	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	145,611
132	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	135,409
133	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	125,068
134	Guyana`GUY`South America	122,800
135	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	106,523
136	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	101,822
137	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	81,533
138	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	65,855
139	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	61,411
140	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	61,320
141	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	60,554
142	Suriname`SUR`South America	43,666
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	40,405
144	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	35,973
145	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	34,385
146	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	33,969
147	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	31,233
148	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29,750
149	Belize`BLZ`Central America	24,523
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	22,519
151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6,373
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5,656
153	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5,397
154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,604
155	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,582
156	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,500
157	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,705
158	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,543
159	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,500
160	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,400
161	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,300
162	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1,193
=163	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,100
=163	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,100
165	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	640
166	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	328
167	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	143
168	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	132
169	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	107
170	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	105
171	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	103
172	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	98
173	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	70
174	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	61
175	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	55
176	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	42
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	7
178	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India100,009,800
2China86,358,190
3United States60,985,598
4Russia44,576,100
5Australia20,856,663

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 720,493. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
174values changed, of 178 in both
121 · 53rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Russia40,309,250 → 44,576,100+4,266,850
Ukraine13,117,187 → 15,127,168+2,009,981
Brazil19,543,770 → 20,814,408+1,270,638
Tanzania4,485,537 → 5,736,322+1,250,785
Bangladesh10,802,085 → 11,822,705+1,020,620

Fell most

Iran9,810,297 → 7,095,403−2,714,894
Algeria2,873,873 → 1,485,477−1,388,396
Iraq2,966,750 → 1,585,596−1,381,154
United States61,919,594 → 60,985,598−933,996
Türkiye12,136,070 → 11,256,039−880,031

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 2008.
177 distinct values among 178
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 1,100. 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 178 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2008). Land Under Cereal Production, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/2008

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