Data for 2023

Land Under Cereal Production, 2023

Name: Land Under Cereal Production, 2023
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

2023, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 2023 covers 180 countries. India is highest, at 103,715,108; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 689,278. Against 2022, 172 values changed (91 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 2023

HighestIndia

103,715,108

Lowest2 countries share it

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

180countries
1measure
2023the 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	103,715,108
2	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	99,987,255
3	United States`USA`Northern America	55,537,673
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	43,171,705
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	29,209,839
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	18,112,703
7	Argentina`ARG`South America	16,379,888
8	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16,277,911
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	16,033,993
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16,024,469
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14,636,120
12	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,689,796
13	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	12,544,291
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12,462,768
15	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	11,859,459
16	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11,531,027
17	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	10,634,112
18	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10,356,032
19	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9,149,071
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	8,831,520
21	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8,684,694
22	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8,661,544
23	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7,995,586
24	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7,450,969
25	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,356,944
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7,188,220
27	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6,521,443
28	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,285,756
29	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6,059,800
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5,444,490
31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,169,230
32	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4,874,167
33	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,215,867
34	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,864,155
35	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,863,387
36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,796,091
37	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3,334,465
38	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,334,346
39	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3,333,705
40	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,226,254
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,160,027
42	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3,141,276
43	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3,088,787
44	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,054,290
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,928,050
46	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,921,000
47	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,688,604
48	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,544,756
49	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,429,628
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2,405,570
51	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,346,054
52	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2,222,098
53	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,169,743
54	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,145,055
55	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,043,825
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,980,470
57	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1,960,035
58	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,940,235
59	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,900,509
60	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1,841,210
61	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,774,288
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,569,913
63	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,561,098
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1,558,725
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,533,143
66	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,480,604
67	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,413,839
68	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,352,806
69	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,344,490
70	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,317,200
71	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,290,998
72	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1,247,195
73	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,234,540
74	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,199,195
75	Peru`PER`South America	1,154,591
76	Colombia`COL`South America	1,107,921
77	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,104,151
78	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,062,711
79	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,045,605
80	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	971,160
81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	936,377
82	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	925,199
83	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	908,230
84	Uruguay`URY`South America	857,133
85	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	822,260
86	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	800,694
87	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	776,099
88	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	763,400
89	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	742,450
90	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	694,170
91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	684,385
92	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	675,747
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	615,072
94	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	597,282
95	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	543,000
96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	539,590
97	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	527,326
98	Venezuela`VEN`South America	515,056
99	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	478,301
100	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	470,897
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	410,005
102	Chile`CHL`South America	391,262
103	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	373,837
104	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	363,061
105	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	353,642
106	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	352,150
107	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	350,425
108	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	344,610
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	339,089
110	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	324,650
111	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	319,193
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	317,277
113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	310,565
114	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	309,380
115	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	283,606
116	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	269,360
117	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	240,000
118	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	232,932
119	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	230,247
120	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	218,912
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	192,144
122	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	188,820
123	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	186,050
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	177,933
125	Guyana`GUY`South America	165,725
126	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	161,065
127	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	155,638
128	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	153,454
129	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	142,254
130	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	141,863
131	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	135,654
132	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	121,528
133	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	116,285
134	Panama`PAN`Central America	110,169
135	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	106,070
136	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	91,082
137	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	85,700
138	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	78,894
139	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	71,001
140	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	55,239
141	Suriname`SUR`South America	49,813
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	45,786
143	Belize`BLZ`Central America	41,522
144	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34,588
145	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	30,121
146	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	26,730
147	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	24,590
148	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	20,698
149	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	20,215
150	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20,190
151	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18,758
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	11,361
153	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7,724
154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,910
155	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,328
156	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3,160
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,237
158	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,070
159	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2,065
160	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,009
161	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1,555
162	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,500
163	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1,448
164	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,094
165	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	945
166	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	393
167	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	390
168	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	298
169	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	169
170	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	129
171	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	121
172	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	115
173	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	84
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	79
175	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	45
176	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	27
177	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	15
178	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	9
=179	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0
=179	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India103,715,108
2China99,987,255
3United States55,537,673
4Russia43,171,705
5Brazil29,209,839

Lowest

179Maltashared0
179Hong Kongshared0
178Djibouti9
177Barbados15
176Antigua and Barbuda27

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 689,278. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
172values changed, of 180 in both
91 · 81rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

United States50,695,695 → 55,537,673+4,841,978
India99,261,351 → 103,715,108+4,453,757
Brazil27,660,556 → 29,209,839+1,549,283
Mozambique2,435,693 → 3,333,705+898,012
China99,216,912 → 99,987,255+770,343

Fell most

Australia18,185,080 → 16,024,469−2,160,611
Sudan11,028,511 → 9,149,071−1,879,440
Russia44,650,228 → 43,171,705−1,478,523
Ukraine11,602,562 → 10,634,112−968,450
Myanmar8,090,282 → 7,450,969−639,313

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 2023.
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) (2023). Land Under Cereal Production, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/2023

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