Data for 2011

Land Under Cereal Production, 2011

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 2011
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2011, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 2011 covers 178 countries. India is highest, at 101,128,621; Hong Kong is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 804,045. Against 2010, 175 values changed (89 up, 86 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 2011

HighestIndia

101,128,621

LowestHong Kong

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

178countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
178distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	101,128,621
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	91,288,190
3	United States`USA`Northern America	56,668,632
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	40,606,421
5	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19,400,081
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	19,216,441
7	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,885,927
8	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15,517,692
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	15,512,438
10	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14,988,910
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13,606,800
12	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	13,338,804
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13,308,200
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12,050,866
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11,850,262
16	Argentina`ARG`South America	10,991,311
17	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	10,893,673
18	Niger`NER`Western Africa	9,975,249
19	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9,929,220
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,242,949
21	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,777,825
22	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8,766,907
23	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8,763,666
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	8,534,442
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7,803,026
26	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,081,336
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,490,900
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5,985,488
29	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5,721,440
30	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,519,796
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,382,258
32	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,219,738
33	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3,684,446
34	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,513,830
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3,445,330
36	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,438,491
37	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3,218,442
38	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,142,786
39	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,075,987
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,037,991
41	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,874,494
42	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,820,000
43	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,816,078
44	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,679,558
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,679,290
46	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,622,188
47	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,584,734
48	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,466,930
49	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,450,394
50	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,374,286
51	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,132,989
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,996,759
53	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1,939,505
54	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,911,492
55	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,874,110
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,769,184
57	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,747,441
58	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,701,960
59	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,642,866
60	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,600,010
61	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,541,594
62	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,496,500
63	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,482,187
64	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,463,801
65	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,369,998
66	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,309,000
67	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,229,840
68	Peru`PER`South America	1,184,352
69	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,146,945
70	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,136,905
71	Colombia`COL`South America	1,133,358
72	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,120,784
73	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,064,700
74	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,042,500
75	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,029,355
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,017,434
77	Venezuela`VEN`South America	990,720
78	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	988,100
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	972,000
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	954,785
81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	954,274
82	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	925,794
83	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	880,800
84	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	877,053
85	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	862,697
86	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	860,602
87	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	853,734
88	Uruguay`URY`South America	843,705
89	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	809,471
90	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	798,619
91	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	741,475
92	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	718,355
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	687,516
94	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	627,266
95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	578,031
96	Chile`CHL`South America	570,215
97	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	543,158
98	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	515,700
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	505,912
100	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	481,214
101	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	414,184
102	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	410,754
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	371,372
104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	371,125
105	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	370,766
106	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	351,512
107	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	326,241
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	300,208
109	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	299,927
110	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	298,750
111	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	297,600
112	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	296,941
113	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	293,037
114	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	283,097
115	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	276,839
116	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	259,997
117	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	257,875
118	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	248,070
119	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	207,979
120	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	206,349
121	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	198,098
122	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	183,847
123	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	163,673
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	162,100
125	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	158,444
126	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	156,406
127	Panama`PAN`Central America	156,309
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	156,138
129	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	147,599
130	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	145,386
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	144,844
132	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	143,731
133	Guyana`GUY`South America	143,537
134	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	137,316
135	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	95,970
136	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	87,009
137	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	74,544
138	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	65,794
139	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	57,596
140	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	57,410
141	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	57,260
142	Suriname`SUR`South America	56,944
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	42,817
144	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	35,916
145	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31,811
146	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	31,318
147	Belize`BLZ`Central America	29,082
148	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	28,805
149	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	26,568
150	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	15,596
151	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	6,511
152	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6,156
153	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,801
154	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,735
155	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,125
156	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,886
157	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,502
158	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,188
159	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1,904
160	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,500
161	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,455
162	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,235
163	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	750
164	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	517
165	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	347
166	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	281
167	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	191
168	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	163
169	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	153
170	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	100
171	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	94
172	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	90
173	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	72
174	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	59
175	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	45
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8
178	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India101,128,621
2China91,288,190
3United States56,668,632
4Russia40,606,421
5Australia19,400,081

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 804,045. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
175values changed, of 178 in both
89 · 86rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Russia32,353,784 → 40,606,421+8,252,637
India98,998,246 → 101,128,621+2,130,375
Sudan7,886,440 → 9,929,220+2,042,780
Mali3,674,945 → 5,519,796+1,844,851
Argentina9,361,848 → 10,991,311+1,629,463

Fell most

Chad4,257,228 → 2,622,188−1,635,040
Mexico9,975,294 → 8,766,907−1,208,387
United States57,483,702 → 56,668,632−815,070
Niger10,639,915 → 9,975,249−664,666
Nigeria16,132,376 → 15,512,438−619,938

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 2011.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 178 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2011). Land Under Cereal Production, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/2011

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