Data for 2010

Land Under Cereal Production, 2010

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 2010
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2010, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 2010 covers 178 countries. India is highest, at 98,998,246; Hong Kong is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 753,955. Against 2009, 176 values changed (80 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 2010

HighestIndia

98,998,246

LowestHong Kong

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

178countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
177distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	98,998,246
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	90,060,290
3	United States`USA`Northern America	57,483,702
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	32,353,784
5	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18,997,358
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	18,601,205
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	16,132,376
8	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15,928,676
9	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,068,136
10	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14,188,229
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13,332,376
12	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	13,328,078
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13,173,800
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12,030,951
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	12,021,328
16	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	10,793,893
17	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10,639,915
18	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,975,294
19	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,361,848
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,314,258
21	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9,016,254
22	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	8,963,849
23	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,616,898
24	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7,886,440
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7,597,044
26	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,853,269
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,587,482
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,039,751
29	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5,244,863
30	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,062,727
31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,019,319
32	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,291,496
33	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,257,228
34	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3,674,945
35	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3,542,031
36	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,476,388
37	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,408,740
38	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3,301,607
39	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,166,445
40	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,012,536
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,992,580
42	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,990,507
43	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,962,000
44	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,856,567
45	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,725,149
46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,599,986
47	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,570,483
48	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,542,199
49	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,415,040
50	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,400,594
51	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1,956,822
52	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,893,306
53	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,893,150
54	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,878,155
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,874,470
56	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,826,815
57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,770,374
58	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,685,429
59	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,653,000
60	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,602,099
61	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,577,101
62	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,508,400
63	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,477,513
64	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,465,570
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,439,298
66	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,318,580
67	Peru`PER`South America	1,248,959
68	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,218,530
69	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,161,764
70	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,124,660
71	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,110,660
72	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,067,859
73	Colombia`COL`South America	1,036,817
74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,024,857
75	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,012,000
76	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	970,738
77	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	954,540
78	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	954,200
79	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	948,800
80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	941,043
81	Uruguay`URY`South America	930,701
82	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	927,303
83	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	903,100
84	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	880,827
85	Ecuador`ECU`South America	879,497
86	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	872,720
87	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	864,043
88	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	859,650
89	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	824,426
90	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	683,483
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	677,884
92	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	657,256
93	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	655,146
94	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	641,290
95	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	618,634
96	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	578,541
97	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	552,508
98	Chile`CHL`South America	526,524
99	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	517,200
100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	464,851
101	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	451,578
102	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	443,519
103	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	402,165
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	381,161
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	363,548
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	355,322
107	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	344,166
108	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	325,351
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	319,576
110	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	304,118
111	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	301,136
112	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	292,257
113	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	291,534
114	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	286,769
115	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	284,169
116	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	275,294
117	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	274,102
118	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	262,381
119	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	259,113
120	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	251,230
121	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	210,419
122	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	199,832
123	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	190,512
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	173,423
125	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	173,200
126	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	162,651
127	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	155,666
128	Panama`PAN`Central America	154,227
129	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	151,628
130	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	148,586
131	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	145,700
132	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	135,547
133	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	135,467
134	Guyana`GUY`South America	134,570
135	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	106,803
136	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	95,740
137	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	89,566
138	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	79,358
139	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	71,689
140	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	58,578
141	Suriname`SUR`South America	53,568
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	42,968
143	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42,586
144	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	32,892
145	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	32,028
146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31,585
147	Belize`BLZ`Central America	30,554
148	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	29,711
149	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	25,552
150	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	14,499
151	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	6,002
152	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,292
153	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,665
154	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,275
155	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,234
156	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3,001
157	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,073
158	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,879
159	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,600
160	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,460
161	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,251
162	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1,142
163	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	967
164	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	850
165	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	351
166	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	340
167	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	295
168	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	150
169	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	120
=170	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	90
=170	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	90
172	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	73
173	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	72
174	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	48
175	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	40
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	31
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8
178	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India98,998,246
2China90,060,290
3United States57,483,702
4Russia32,353,784
5Australia18,997,358

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 753,955. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
176values changed, of 178 in both
80 · 96rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Argentina6,984,875 → 9,361,848+2,376,973
Nigeria13,890,000 → 16,132,376+2,242,376
Chad2,642,645 → 4,257,228+1,614,583
Niger9,087,885 → 10,639,915+1,552,030
China88,566,750 → 90,060,290+1,493,540

Fell most

Russia41,926,223 → 32,353,784−9,572,439
Canada15,060,300 → 13,173,800−1,886,500
Sudan9,453,803 → 7,886,440−1,567,363
Kazakhstan16,570,000 → 15,068,136−1,501,864
Brazil20,077,516 → 18,601,205−1,476,311

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 2010.
177 distinct values among 178
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 90. 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.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2010). Land Under Cereal Production, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/2010

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