Data for 2020

Land Under Cereal Production, 2020

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 2020
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 2020 covers 181 countries. India is highest, at 100,691,880; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 705,762. Against 2019, 174 values changed (112 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 2020

HighestIndia

100,691,880

Lowest3 countries share it

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

181countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	100,691,880
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	97,939,476
3	United States`USA`Northern America	53,194,700
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	44,767,340
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	23,896,895
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19,608,474
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	18,032,487
8	Argentina`ARG`South America	16,259,386
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15,961,700
10	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,504,689
11	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14,986,378
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14,083,007
13	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13,104,703
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12,508,099
15	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	12,345,496
16	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	11,975,170
17	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11,128,065
18	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10,466,047
19	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9,592,120
20	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,555,894
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	8,926,700
22	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8,619,971
23	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,163,345
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7,788,059
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7,466,680
26	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,272,792
27	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6,680,150
28	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,140,158
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,069,230
30	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,065,200
31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,341,510
32	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,450,194
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4,243,779
34	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,104,826
35	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3,669,269
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,542,401
37	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,439,380
38	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,435,948
39	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,324,147
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,133,242
41	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3,124,714
42	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,043,589
43	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,038,280
44	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,028,055
45	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,011,730
46	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,904,822
47	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,899,338
48	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,889,583
49	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,649,087
50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,493,683
51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,374,010
52	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,337,650
53	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,118,727
54	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,009,653
55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,998,542
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,966,050
57	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,923,045
58	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1,876,807
59	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,805,402
60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,791,825
61	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,746,183
62	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,602,008
63	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,537,675
64	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,486,760
65	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,445,264
66	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,439,926
67	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,382,440
68	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,366,920
69	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,344,870
70	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,336,001
71	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,252,824
72	Peru`PER`South America	1,185,860
73	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,181,592
74	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,178,372
75	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,149,531
76	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,052,522
77	Colombia`COL`South America	1,013,607
78	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,001,243
79	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	993,340
80	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	987,496
81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	976,402
82	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	951,600
83	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	796,157
84	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	780,710
85	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	764,890
86	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	750,000
87	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	747,320
88	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	739,890
89	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	729,894
90	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	715,486
91	Uruguay`URY`South America	705,762
92	Ecuador`ECU`South America	687,078
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	644,908
94	Venezuela`VEN`South America	593,985
95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	583,200
96	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	554,687
97	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	535,770
98	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	519,364
99	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	510,255
100	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	478,106
101	Chile`CHL`South America	442,145
102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	407,063
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	399,567
104	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	389,559
105	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	372,860
106	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	370,120
107	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	353,654
108	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	353,118
109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	333,820
110	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	323,531
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	321,317
112	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	311,427
113	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	310,938
114	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	308,713
115	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	304,350
116	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	279,965
117	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	265,640
118	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	259,567
119	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	243,000
120	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	215,830
121	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	211,928
122	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	204,394
123	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	202,083
124	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	191,944
125	Guyana`GUY`South America	188,423
126	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	172,280
127	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	163,201
128	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	157,971
129	Panama`PAN`Central America	156,389
130	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	155,776
131	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	144,884
132	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	131,310
133	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	117,720
134	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	113,044
135	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	101,510
136	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	69,699
137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	65,328
138	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	64,372
139	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	61,457
140	Suriname`SUR`South America	57,853
141	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	56,280
142	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	47,993
143	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	45,183
144	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34,614
145	Belize`BLZ`Central America	31,763
146	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	30,261
147	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	30,104
148	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	27,581
149	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	26,510
150	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	25,490
151	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	22,790
152	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13,836
153	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10,183
154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,911
155	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,784
156	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,884
157	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2,050
158	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,009
159	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,811
160	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,514
161	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1,500
162	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,452
163	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,391
164	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,300
165	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1,199
166	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	737
167	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	385
168	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	379
169	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	211
170	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	169
171	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	117
172	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	87
173	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	84
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	83
=175	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	30
=175	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	30
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	29
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 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India100,691,880
2China97,939,476
3United States53,194,700
4Russia44,767,340
5Brazil23,896,895

Lowest

179Naurushared0
179Maltashared0
179Hong Kongshared0
178Djibouti8
177Saint Vincent and the Grenadines29

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 705,762. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
174values changed, of 181 in both
112 · 62rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

India95,448,166 → 100,691,880+5,243,714
Australia16,470,208 → 19,608,474+3,138,266
Russia43,445,582 → 44,767,340+1,321,758
Thailand11,123,851 → 12,345,496+1,221,645
Tanzania5,526,021 → 6,680,150+1,154,129

Fell most

Indonesia13,876,190 → 13,104,703−771,487
Sudan10,183,520 → 9,592,120−591,400
Egypt3,626,297 → 3,133,242−493,055
France9,394,040 → 8,926,700−467,340
Poland7,891,440 → 7,466,680−424,760

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 2020.
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) (2020). Land Under Cereal Production, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/2020

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