Data for 2017

Land Under Cereal Production, 2017

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 2017
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2017, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 2017 covers 181 countries. China is highest, at 100,489,465; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 705,092. Against 2016, 176 values changed (71 up, 105 down), 1 country joined.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 2017

HighestChina

100,489,465

Lowest2 countries share it

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

181countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	100,489,465
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	99,009,594
3	United States`USA`Northern America	53,164,294
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	44,250,455
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	22,645,899
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	17,994,592
7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16,580,369
8	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15,650,000
9	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	14,854,951
10	Argentina`ARG`South America	14,391,296
11	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14,076,803
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13,928,846
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13,830,500
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12,045,398
15	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	12,032,106
16	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	11,632,176
17	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11,090,361
18	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10,887,840
19	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,865,991
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,406,524
21	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9,185,545
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,809,968
23	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7,762,430
24	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7,620,035
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7,601,996
26	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,364,502
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,266,500
28	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6,114,868
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,011,747
30	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,803,284
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,569,212
32	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,191,407
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4,356,643
34	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,026,919
35	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3,674,435
36	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,512,157
37	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,416,900
38	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,407,739
39	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,292,418
40	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,238,934
41	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,181,631
42	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,140,579
43	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,097,555
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3,068,715
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,602,578
46	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,419,213
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,402,083
48	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,379,322
49	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,281,504
50	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,241,784
51	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,158,098
52	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,002,927
53	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,950,168
54	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1,894,128
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,729,267
56	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,718,273
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,704,719
58	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,644,316
59	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,621,000
60	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,619,488
61	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,564,347
62	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,464,090
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,452,971
64	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,449,769
65	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,413,852
66	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,411,930
67	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,357,136
68	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,350,154
69	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,255,987
70	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,234,818
71	Peru`PER`South America	1,219,184
72	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,206,343
73	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,199,510
74	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,163,324
75	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,144,144
76	Colombia`COL`South America	1,052,333
77	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	992,871
78	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	959,992
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	946,308
80	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	917,975
81	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	899,764
82	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	898,229
83	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	864,500
84	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	863,208
85	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	853,072
86	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	848,534
87	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	821,734
88	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	778,650
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	742,875
90	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	717,472
91	Uruguay`URY`South America	705,092
92	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	685,548
93	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	633,500
94	Venezuela`VEN`South America	613,524
95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	556,326
96	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	541,032
97	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	512,659
98	Chile`CHL`South America	512,101
99	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	494,278
100	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	475,917
101	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	466,211
102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	432,035
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	410,354
104	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	394,714
105	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	354,029
106	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	344,488
107	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	333,695
108	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	330,677
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	322,697
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	312,697
111	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	309,919
112	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	305,433
113	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	286,602
114	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	282,228
115	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	275,444
116	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	272,627
117	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	265,312
118	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	236,552
119	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	233,590
120	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	218,157
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	213,547
122	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	200,873
123	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	196,149
124	Guyana`GUY`South America	176,231
125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	169,045
126	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	159,491
127	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	158,359
128	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	152,250
129	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	150,892
130	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	149,384
131	Panama`PAN`Central America	146,656
132	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	145,799
133	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	143,615
134	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	110,699
135	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99,498
136	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	73,297
137	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	69,845
138	Suriname`SUR`South America	59,340
139	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	57,565
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	57,532
141	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	56,489
142	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	54,361
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47,410
144	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	42,769
145	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34,720
146	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	31,699
147	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29,243
148	Belize`BLZ`Central America	27,991
149	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	27,960
150	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	25,255
151	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	19,879
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9,022
153	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6,017
154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,813
155	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,472
156	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3,354
157	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,989
158	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2,194
159	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,185
160	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2,100
161	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,490
162	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,466
163	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,399
164	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,300
165	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,079
166	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	557
167	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	387
168	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	323
169	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	288
170	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	275
171	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	164
172	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	118
173	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	115
=174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	83
=174	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	83
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	40
177	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	26
178	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	25
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8
=180	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0
=180	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China100,489,465
2India99,009,594
3United States53,164,294
4Russia44,250,455
5Brazil22,645,899

Lowest

180Naurushared0
180Hong Kongshared0
179Djibouti8
178Antigua and Barbuda25
177Barbados26

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 705,092. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
176values changed, of 180 in both
71 · 105rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Brazil20,127,615 → 22,645,899+2,518,284
Morocco3,804,119 → 5,569,212+1,765,093
Argentina13,364,925 → 14,391,296+1,026,371
Nigeria17,241,103 → 17,994,592+753,489
South Africa2,933,838 → 3,674,435+740,597

Fell most

United States58,445,763 → 53,164,294−5,281,469
Sudan12,424,860 → 9,185,545−3,239,315
Australia18,818,488 → 16,580,369−2,238,119
China102,133,381 → 100,489,465−1,643,916
Iran8,449,886 → 7,620,035−829,851

+ Nauru

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 2017.
179 distinct values among 181
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 83. 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 181 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2017). Land Under Cereal Production, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/2017

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