Data for 2021

Land Under Cereal Production, 2021

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 2021
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2021, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 2021 covers 180 countries. India is highest, at 100,777,969; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 735,357. Against 2020, 174 values changed (95 up, 79 down), 1 left.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 2021

HighestIndia

100,777,969

Lowest2 countries share it

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

180countries
1measure
2021the year it describes
179distinct 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	100,777,969
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	100,162,416
3	United States`USA`Northern America	54,593,213
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	43,460,071
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	25,002,509
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19,509,734
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	18,410,426
8	Argentina`ARG`South America	17,041,102
9	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	15,650,694
10	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,617,630
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15,240,271
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14,703,100
13	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,739,861
14	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	12,514,861
15	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12,486,320
16	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	12,200,172
17	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	10,917,931
18	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10,028,974
19	Niger`NER`Western Africa	9,721,949
20	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,431,131
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	9,325,710
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,121,756
23	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	8,057,371
24	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7,950,253
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7,451,270
26	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,369,907
27	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6,951,974
28	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,119,493
29	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,053,000
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,034,580
31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,356,960
32	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,488,734
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4,325,886
34	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,254,016
35	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,619,624
36	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3,500,739
37	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,469,359
38	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,245,682
39	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,217,982
40	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,210,819
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,145,766
42	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3,071,555
43	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,065,229
44	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2,978,390
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,676,346
46	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,368,118
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,361,650
48	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2,302,794
49	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,222,573
50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,216,613
51	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,152,065
52	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,111,834
53	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,058,044
54	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,023,388
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,956,320
56	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,941,864
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,906,374
58	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1,868,407
59	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,778,300
60	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,730,649
61	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,649,015
62	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,639,128
63	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,565,771
64	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,507,228
65	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,482,844
66	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,359,580
67	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,356,510
68	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,345,840
69	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,338,946
70	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,322,416
71	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,311,235
72	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,239,958
73	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,221,064
74	Peru`PER`South America	1,207,936
75	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,156,865
76	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,083,487
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,070,540
78	Colombia`COL`South America	1,064,816
79	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,050,572
80	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	994,925
81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	988,089
82	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	983,340
83	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	953,790
84	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	901,790
85	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	797,383
86	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	770,910
87	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	767,800
88	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	748,186
89	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	747,450
90	Uruguay`URY`South America	736,511
91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	734,202
92	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	717,690
93	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	665,658
94	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	648,083
95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	589,507
96	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	576,708
97	Venezuela`VEN`South America	543,679
98	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	533,146
99	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	519,780
100	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	478,676
101	Chile`CHL`South America	467,709
102	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	432,747
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	394,321
104	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	384,553
105	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	377,362
106	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	367,110
107	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	354,057
108	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	353,635
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	348,407
110	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	324,779
111	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	321,959
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	316,742
113	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	311,059
114	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	310,210
115	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	283,168
116	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	274,670
117	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	246,055
118	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	243,000
119	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	221,838
120	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	209,240
121	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	207,404
122	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	193,388
123	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	185,646
124	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	170,720
125	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	159,053
126	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	158,923
127	Guyana`GUY`South America	158,719
128	Panama`PAN`Central America	154,332
129	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	142,099
130	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	134,337
131	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	124,962
132	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	121,926
133	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	116,382
134	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	113,157
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	107,677
136	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	102,050
137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	101,095
138	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	84,458
139	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	70,794
140	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	66,941
141	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	61,310
142	Suriname`SUR`South America	56,869
143	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	36,427
144	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34,328
145	Belize`BLZ`Central America	31,848
146	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	30,006
147	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	27,581
148	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	26,310
149	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	26,150
150	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23,227
151	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	12,268
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10,561
153	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5,628
154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,880
155	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,357
156	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3,043
157	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2,400
158	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2,027
159	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,898
160	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,679
161	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,526
162	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,500
163	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,447
164	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,185
165	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	909
166	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	865
167	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	410
168	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	392
169	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	387
170	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	168
171	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	128
172	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	116
173	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	84
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	78
175	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	55
176	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	24
177	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	18
178	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8
=179	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0
=179	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India100,777,969
2China100,162,416
3United States54,593,213
4Russia43,460,071
5Brazil25,002,509

Lowest

179Maltashared0
179Hong Kongshared0
178Djibouti8
177Barbados18
176Antigua and Barbuda24

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 735,357. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
174values changed, of 180 in both
95 · 79rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

China97,939,476 → 100,162,416+2,222,940
United States53,194,700 → 54,593,213+1,398,513
Brazil23,896,895 → 25,002,509+1,105,614
Argentina16,259,386 → 17,041,102+781,716
Ukraine14,986,378 → 15,650,694+664,316

Fell most

Iraq3,542,401 → 2,023,388−1,519,013
Russia44,767,340 → 43,460,071−1,307,269
Algeria2,889,583 → 1,941,864−947,719
Niger10,466,047 → 9,721,949−744,098
Canada15,961,700 → 15,240,271−721,429

− 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 2021.
179 distinct values among 180
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 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 180 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2021). Land Under Cereal Production, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/2021

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