Data for 2013

Land Under Cereal Production, 2013

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 2013
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2013, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 2013 covers 179 countries. India is highest, at 98,154,233; Hong Kong is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 856,324. Against 2012, 176 values changed (109 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 2013

HighestIndia

98,154,233

LowestHong Kong

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

179countries
1measure
2013the 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	98,154,233
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	94,166,630
3	United States`USA`Northern America	59,486,800
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	40,323,672
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	20,906,133
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18,171,475
7	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15,992,384
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	15,889,165
9	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,586,933
10	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	15,552,166
11	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15,452,504
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13,363,900
13	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	13,080,548
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12,025,374
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11,506,517
16	Argentina`ARG`South America	10,972,610
17	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	10,780,830
18	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10,697,048
19	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10,031,765
20	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,805,578
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,532,772
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	9,074,053
23	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8,893,995
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7,966,328
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7,479,452
26	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,309,980
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,526,000
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,267,941
29	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6,253,484
30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,409,272
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,401,005
32	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4,624,379
33	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,210,656
34	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3,702,549
35	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3,500,995
36	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,459,869
37	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,405,458
38	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,311,233
39	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,187,331
40	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,186,200
41	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,182,922
42	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,029,913
43	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,028,452
44	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,884,400
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,816,940
46	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,730,562
47	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,709,432
48	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,668,191
49	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,533,367
50	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,404,759
51	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,056,204
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,006,986
53	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1,952,515
54	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,907,139
55	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,881,457
56	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,768,890
57	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,756,453
58	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,724,066
59	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,702,991
60	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,625,970
61	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,623,342
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,457,127
63	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,443,760
64	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,415,798
65	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,306,500
66	Peru`PER`South America	1,279,904
67	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,261,819
68	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,248,074
69	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,246,187
70	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,213,400
71	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,211,080
72	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,198,660
73	Colombia`COL`South America	1,178,961
74	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,173,000
75	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,169,000
76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,130,646
77	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,117,680
78	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1,109,712
79	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,103,220
80	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,102,000
81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,061,005
82	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	973,014
83	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	964,050
84	Ecuador`ECU`South America	939,988
85	Uruguay`URY`South America	931,600
86	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	930,758
87	Venezuela`VEN`South America	921,820
88	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	900,955
89	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	896,782
90	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	856,324
91	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	786,663
92	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	773,060
93	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	759,838
94	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	671,679
95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	595,136
96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	586,869
97	Chile`CHL`South America	579,184
98	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	578,678
99	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	577,600
100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	547,317
101	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	460,852
102	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	444,814
103	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	437,821
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	423,756
105	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	420,585
106	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	397,538
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	384,707
108	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	380,298
109	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	336,226
110	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	314,182
111	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	311,100
112	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	307,995
113	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	303,586
114	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	293,262
115	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	286,057
116	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	260,450
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	234,656
118	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	222,950
119	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	215,979
120	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	215,706
121	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	203,420
122	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	191,727
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	188,953
124	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	188,795
125	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	176,945
126	Guyana`GUY`South America	167,711
127	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	166,181
128	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	164,474
129	Panama`PAN`Central America	149,917
130	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	145,871
131	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	142,000
132	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	139,734
133	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	139,491
134	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	136,106
135	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99,981
136	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	88,982
137	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	88,796
138	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	80,572
139	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	72,653
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	70,818
141	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	60,762
142	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	59,924
143	Suriname`SUR`South America	58,293
144	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	53,046
145	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33,843
146	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	31,727
147	Belize`BLZ`Central America	30,959
148	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	30,760
149	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	29,039
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27,620
151	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	27,057
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	7,454
153	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5,623
154	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,907
155	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,742
156	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,993
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,570
158	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,496
159	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2,012
160	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,850
161	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,500
162	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,353
163	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,300
164	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,091
165	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	400
166	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	397
167	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	395
168	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	370
169	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	161
=170	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	120
=170	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	120
172	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	93
173	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	77
174	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	45
175	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	42
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	24
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	21
178	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8
179	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India98,154,233
2China94,166,630
3United States59,486,800
4Russia40,323,672
5Brazil20,906,133

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 856,324. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
176values changed, of 179 in both
109 · 67rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Sudan5,631,780 → 10,031,765+4,399,985
Russia36,986,403 → 40,323,672+3,337,269
Brazil19,611,226 → 20,906,133+1,294,907
China92,927,090 → 94,166,630+1,239,540
Argentina9,839,135 → 10,972,610+1,133,475

Fell most

United States60,253,274 → 59,486,800−766,474
Algeria3,062,449 → 2,709,432−353,017
Madagascar1,523,161 → 1,248,074−275,087
Australia18,432,163 → 18,171,475−260,688
Thailand13,338,796 → 13,080,548−258,248

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 2013.
178 distinct values among 179
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 120. 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 179 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2013). Land Under Cereal Production, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/2013

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