Data for 2019

Land Under Cereal Production, 2019

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 2019
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2019, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 2019 covers 181 countries. China is highest, at 97,913,147; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 672,084. Against 2018, 175 values changed (86 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 2019

HighestChina

97,913,147

Lowest3 countries share it

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

181countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
178distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	97,913,147
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	95,448,166
3	United States`USA`Northern America	52,572,930
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	43,445,582
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	22,776,817
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	18,283,463
7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16,470,208
8	Argentina`ARG`South America	15,952,507
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15,327,200
10	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,015,731
11	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14,961,169
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13,893,543
13	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13,876,190
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12,230,294
15	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	11,901,874
16	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11,123,851
17	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	10,746,739
18	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10,645,976
19	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10,183,520
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,394,040
21	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,058,298
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,438,272
23	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8,408,834
24	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7,891,440
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7,836,221
26	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,168,316
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,372,600
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5,975,710
29	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,912,553
30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,572,530
31	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5,526,021
32	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4,277,119
33	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,272,786
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,657,389
35	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,626,297
36	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,449,500
37	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,401,774
38	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3,382,180
39	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,300,719
40	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,211,351
41	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,187,485
42	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,093,277
43	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,066,520
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3,036,684
45	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,884,101
46	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,863,448
47	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,800,694
48	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,641,911
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,458,460
50	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,312,044
51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,258,670
52	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,226,812
53	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,102,789
54	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,976,054
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,927,560
56	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1,881,220
57	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,880,044
58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,763,045
59	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,758,745
60	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,731,380
61	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,729,124
62	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,707,035
63	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,558,575
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,434,439
65	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,405,411
66	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,377,180
67	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,373,650
68	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,368,570
69	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,352,540
70	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,302,420
71	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,246,602
72	Peru`PER`South America	1,209,271
73	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,200,694
74	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,054,887
75	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,025,357
76	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,002,440
77	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	977,050
78	Colombia`COL`South America	974,683
79	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	948,000
80	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	929,547
81	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	927,238
82	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	909,050
83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	906,623
84	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	806,495
85	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	798,522
86	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	776,400
87	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	769,120
88	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	733,900
89	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	728,140
90	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	712,092
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	672,084
92	Uruguay`URY`South America	668,935
93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	604,609
94	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	563,857
95	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	528,078
96	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	507,279
97	Venezuela`VEN`South America	504,292
98	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	490,870
99	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	477,587
100	Chile`CHL`South America	460,545
101	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	460,429
102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	411,599
103	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	367,470
104	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	364,370
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	358,528
106	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	353,646
107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	340,680
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	331,804
109	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	323,079
110	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	313,110
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	311,152
112	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	275,257
113	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	266,660
114	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	253,410
115	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	248,240
116	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	245,000
117	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	244,295
118	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	243,781
119	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	224,310
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	211,027
121	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	208,491
122	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	186,361
123	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	183,175
124	Guyana`GUY`South America	180,732
125	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	178,170
126	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	158,444
127	Panama`PAN`Central America	151,146
128	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	146,305
129	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	141,771
130	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	132,203
131	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	126,623
132	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	124,670
133	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	115,382
134	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98,760
135	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	76,328
136	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	68,862
137	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	65,109
138	Suriname`SUR`South America	60,239
139	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	56,260
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	52,464
141	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	50,801
142	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	49,777
143	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	42,030
144	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34,716
145	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	33,515
146	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	30,025
147	Belize`BLZ`Central America	28,886
148	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	27,581
149	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	27,390
150	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	23,330
151	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	23,070
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9,866
153	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6,085
154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,894
155	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,587
156	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,390
157	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2,200
158	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2,182
159	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,829
160	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,781
161	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,504
162	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,442
163	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,148
164	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,100
165	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,094
166	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	598
167	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	385
168	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	380
169	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	167
170	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	153
171	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	118
=172	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	83
=172	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	83
174	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	75
175	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	32
176	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	26
177	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	15
178	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8
=179	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0
=179	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0
=179	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China97,913,147
2India95,448,166
3United States52,572,930
4Russia43,445,582
5Brazil22,776,817

Lowest

179Naurushared0
179Maltashared0
179Hong Kongshared0
178Djibouti8
177Barbados15

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 672,084. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
175values changed, of 181 in both
86 · 89rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Iraq981,701 → 2,800,694+1,818,993
Russia41,993,292 → 43,445,582+1,452,290
Brazil21,483,475 → 22,776,817+1,293,342
Egypt2,592,349 → 3,626,297+1,033,948
Iran7,575,561 → 8,408,834+833,273

Fell most

Sudan12,127,530 → 10,183,520−1,944,010
China99,631,500 → 97,913,147−1,718,353
India97,146,491 → 95,448,166−1,698,325
United States53,649,186 → 52,572,930−1,076,256
Indonesia14,927,934 → 13,876,190−1,051,744

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 2019.
178 distinct values among 181
Values are stored exactly as published. 3 countries share 0. 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) (2019). Land Under Cereal Production, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/2019

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