Data for 2012

Land Under Cereal Production, 2012

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 2012
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2012, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 2012 covers 179 countries. India is highest, at 97,534,689; Hong Kong is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 854,689. Against 2011, 175 values changed (106 up, 69 down), 1 country joined.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 2012

HighestIndia

97,534,689

LowestHong Kong

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

179countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
179distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	97,534,689
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	92,927,090
3	United States`USA`Northern America	60,253,274
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	36,986,403
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	19,611,226
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18,432,163
7	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15,548,595
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	15,316,190
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15,000,396
10	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	14,782,933
11	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14,492,405
12	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	13,338,796
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,749,240
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12,061,854
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11,280,122
16	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	10,736,048
17	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10,253,611
18	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,839,135
19	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,733,658
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,420,575
21	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9,039,256
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,918,511
23	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7,966,343
24	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7,704,311
25	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,284,199
26	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,517,900
27	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6,175,739
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,173,208
29	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	5,631,780
30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,424,635
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,224,668
32	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4,350,436
33	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,071,781
34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,498,385
35	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3,430,267
36	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3,426,939
37	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,393,562
38	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,373,609
39	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,268,112
40	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,222,987
41	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,143,000
42	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,139,924
43	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,062,449
44	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,812,308
45	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,797,563
46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,757,920
47	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,700,291
48	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,541,965
49	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,315,019
50	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,066,057
51	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,029,134
52	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1,947,101
53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,903,165
54	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,846,348
55	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,836,365
56	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,747,786
57	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,723,345
58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,700,000
59	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,634,973
60	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,616,297
61	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,523,161
62	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,503,300
63	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,457,126
64	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,377,200
65	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,324,500
66	Peru`PER`South America	1,258,752
67	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,227,966
68	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,194,000
69	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,185,283
70	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,159,700
71	Colombia`COL`South America	1,152,710
72	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,147,742
73	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,140,181
74	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,134,261
75	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,131,730
76	Uruguay`URY`South America	1,130,824
77	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,130,582
78	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,121,491
79	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,036,300
80	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,017,875
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,005,820
82	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	991,000
83	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	935,231
84	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	923,950
85	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	913,383
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	899,018
87	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	885,789
88	Venezuela`VEN`South America	880,738
89	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	876,918
90	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	854,689
91	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	817,744
92	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	813,509
93	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	792,817
94	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	684,545
95	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	589,156
96	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	573,287
97	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	563,900
98	Chile`CHL`South America	556,184
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	505,384
100	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	452,726
101	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	441,076
102	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	410,026
103	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	406,573
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	392,041
105	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	384,584
106	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	382,463
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	377,551
108	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	358,162
109	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	341,312
110	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	332,419
111	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	323,821
112	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	315,595
113	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	306,235
114	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	301,933
115	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	294,212
116	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	290,500
117	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	287,943
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	243,390
119	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	232,079
120	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	231,072
121	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	210,023
122	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	202,572
123	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	188,794
124	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	172,567
125	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	170,172
126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	164,149
127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	163,716
128	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	161,938
129	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	154,640
130	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	147,041
131	Guyana`GUY`South America	146,308
132	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	145,843
133	Panama`PAN`Central America	145,693
134	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	142,800
135	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	102,001
136	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	100,733
137	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	87,086
138	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	82,891
139	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	65,286
140	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	63,990
141	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	62,957
142	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	56,994
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	52,624
144	Suriname`SUR`South America	51,390
145	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	37,822
146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	32,784
147	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	30,582
148	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	27,782
149	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27,120
150	Belize`BLZ`Central America	26,550
151	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	18,358
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	6,993
153	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5,534
154	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,820
155	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,644
156	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,076
157	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,433
158	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,005
159	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,949
160	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1,855
161	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,600
162	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,400
163	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,278
164	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	910
165	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	437
166	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	367
167	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	350
168	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	314
169	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	312
170	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	152
171	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	120
172	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	100
173	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	94
174	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	74
175	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	44
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	33
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8
178	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	4
179	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India97,534,689
2China92,927,090
3United States60,253,274
4Russia36,986,403
5Brazil19,611,226

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 854,689. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
175values changed, of 178 in both
106 · 69rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

United States56,668,632 → 60,253,274+3,584,642
China91,288,190 → 92,927,090+1,638,900
Canada13,606,800 → 15,000,396+1,393,596
Mexico8,766,907 → 9,733,658+966,751
Chad2,622,188 → 3,393,562+771,374

Fell most

Sudan9,929,220 → 5,631,780−4,297,440
Russia40,606,421 → 36,986,403−3,620,018
India101,128,621 → 97,534,689−3,593,932
Angola2,132,989 → 923,950−1,209,039
Mali5,519,796 → 4,350,436−1,169,360

+ South Sudan

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 2012.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 179 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2012). Land Under Cereal Production, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/2012

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