Data for 2016

Land Under Cereal Production, 2016

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 2016
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2016, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 2016 covers 180 countries. China is highest, at 102,133,381; Hong Kong is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 729,973. Against 2015, 178 values changed (96 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 2016

HighestChina

102,133,381

LowestHong Kong

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

180countries
1measure
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	102,133,381
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	99,258,511
3	United States`USA`Northern America	58,445,763
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	44,421,992
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	20,127,615
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18,818,488
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	17,241,103
8	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,143,345
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15,044,369
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14,087,724
11	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14,020,400
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13,895,831
13	Argentina`ARG`South America	13,364,925
14	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	12,424,860
15	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12,090,326
16	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11,968,338
17	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	11,433,340
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11,359,619
19	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10,908,801
20	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,260,493
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,597,185
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,887,979
23	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8,449,886
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7,793,503
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7,400,264
26	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,040,630
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,316,300
28	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6,309,990
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,203,674
30	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,505,277
31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,480,496
32	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4,192,618
33	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,017,586
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,804,119
35	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,495,877
36	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,401,981
37	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,376,449
38	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,253,985
39	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,224,925
40	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,212,700
41	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,157,882
42	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,127,630
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,933,838
44	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,814,068
45	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,793,694
46	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,783,819
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,565,875
48	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,400,266
49	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,354,801
50	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,310,081
51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,206,134
52	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1,906,923
53	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,878,999
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,816,636
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,766,713
56	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,743,635
57	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,677,312
58	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,663,755
59	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,641,000
60	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,555,272
61	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,518,801
62	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,471,275
63	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,451,037
64	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,423,194
65	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,361,498
66	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,334,548
67	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,326,697
68	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,279,027
69	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,260,291
70	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,246,199
71	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,232,237
72	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,219,569
73	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,215,215
74	Peru`PER`South America	1,209,120
75	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,117,554
76	Colombia`COL`South America	1,050,175
77	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1,001,680
78	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	998,100
79	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	986,891
80	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	939,361
81	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	938,176
82	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	923,954
83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	922,970
84	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	914,296
85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	901,418
86	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	859,541
87	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	858,433
88	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	786,833
89	Uruguay`URY`South America	759,687
90	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	753,845
91	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	706,100
92	Ecuador`ECU`South America	705,783
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	688,770
94	Venezuela`VEN`South America	602,937
95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	568,150
96	Chile`CHL`South America	564,637
97	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	536,172
98	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	519,765
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	482,508
100	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	474,686
101	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	457,999
102	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	446,754
103	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	437,237
104	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	408,238
105	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	390,803
106	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	377,802
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	371,171
108	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	351,354
109	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	327,535
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	319,268
111	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	316,736
112	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	315,843
113	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	312,314
114	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	285,066
115	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	284,437
116	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	281,290
117	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	280,701
118	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	277,005
119	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	257,348
120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	250,770
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	234,758
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	194,717
123	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	190,252
124	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	174,263
125	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	171,486
126	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	167,770
127	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	166,093
128	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	159,119
129	Guyana`GUY`South America	153,129
130	Panama`PAN`Central America	150,493
131	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	148,084
132	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	144,314
133	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	134,350
134	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	130,787
135	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99,384
136	Suriname`SUR`South America	62,749
137	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	60,970
138	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	57,418
139	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	54,468
140	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	54,334
141	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	54,248
142	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	53,124
143	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	52,229
144	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34,173
145	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	31,698
146	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	29,045
147	Belize`BLZ`Central America	28,932
148	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28,928
149	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	27,855
150	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	23,571
151	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	23,289
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8,638
153	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,889
154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,865
155	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,831
156	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3,179
157	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,647
158	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2,300
159	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,159
160	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2,152
161	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,537
162	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,474
163	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,415
164	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,400
165	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,007
166	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	389
167	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	382
168	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	293
169	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	222
170	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	213
171	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	179
172	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	164
173	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	118
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	85
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	82
=176	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	35
=176	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	35
=176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	35
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8
180	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China102,133,381
2India99,258,511
3United States58,445,763
4Russia44,421,992
5Brazil20,127,615

Lowest

180Hong Kong0
179Djibouti8
176Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared35
176Barbadosshared35
176Antigua and Barbudashared35

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 729,973. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
178values changed, of 180 in both
96 · 82rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Sudan7,174,020 → 12,424,860+5,250,840
Argentina10,709,207 → 13,364,925+2,655,718
Russia42,832,721 → 44,421,992+1,589,271
Australia17,242,604 → 18,818,488+1,575,884
Niger9,912,802 → 10,908,801+995,999

Fell most

Morocco5,459,896 → 3,804,119−1,655,777
China103,281,871 → 102,133,381−1,148,490
Brazil21,202,900 → 20,127,615−1,075,285
South Africa3,757,526 → 2,933,838−823,688
Canada14,582,900 → 13,895,831−687,069

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 2016.
178 distinct values among 180
Values are stored exactly as published. 3 countries share 35. 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 180 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2016). Land Under Cereal Production, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/2016

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