Cereals, primary — Area harvested by country
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area...
What the numbers show
Cereals, primary — Area harvested is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 107.67 million ha in India; the lowest is 0 ha in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 705,249 ha, and the mean is 4.78 million ha.
Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 3,457.1%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).
Cereals, primary — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 107.67 million ha | 2024 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 2 | USSR | 102.82 million ha | 1991 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 3 | China | 100.58 million ha | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 4 | China, mainland | 100.29 million ha | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 4 | Türkiye | 11.38 million ha | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 39.58 million ha | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 9.00 million ha | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 27.78 million ha | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 8.26 million ha | 2024 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Australia and New Zealand | 19.58 million ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 7.93 million ha | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 19.46 million ha | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.03 million ha | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Nigeria | 18.28 million ha | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 9 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.70 million ha | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 10 | Argentina | 17.66 million ha | 2024 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.69 million ha | 2024 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 16.06 million ha | 2024 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 11 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.35 million ha | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 12 | Canada | 15.83 million ha | 2024 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 13 | Pakistan | 15.45 million ha | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 13 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.02 million ha | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 14 | Indonesia | 12.59 million ha | 2024 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 885,160 ha | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 15 | Thailand | 12.53 million ha | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 15 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 808,105 ha | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 12.27 million ha | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 62,493 ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 12.07 million ha | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 17 | Melanesia | 11,188 ha | 2024 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 18 | Sudan | 11.59 million ha | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia | 169 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 169 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 19 | Ukraine | 10.81 million ha | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 20 | Niger | 10.33 million ha | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 21 | Sudan (former) | 9.93 million ha | 2011 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 22 | Mexico | 8.70 million ha | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 23 | France | 8.53 million ha | 2024 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 24 | Myanmar | 7.97 million ha | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 25 | Philippines | 7.10 million ha | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 26 | Poland | 7.08 million ha | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 27 | Mali | 6.30 million ha | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.64 million ha | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 28 | Germany | 5.74 million ha | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 28 | Caribbean | 701,378 ha | 2024 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 29 | Spain | 5.51 million ha | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 124 ha | 2024 | down 99.6% | rising |
| 30 | Romania | 5.07 million ha | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 31 | Ethiopia PDR | 4.36 million ha | 1992 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | 4.35 million ha | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 33 | Yugoslav SFR | 4.14 million ha | 1991 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 34 | Cambodia | 4.12 million ha | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 35 | Guinea | 3.99 million ha | 2024 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Mozambique | 3.42 million ha | 2024 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 37 | South Africa | 3.36 million ha | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 38 | Chad | 3.28 million ha | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Nepal | 3.27 million ha | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 40 | Egypt | 3.26 million ha | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 41 | Angola | 3.16 million ha | 2024 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 42 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.96 million ha | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 43 | Uganda | 2.95 million ha | 2024 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 44 | Kenya | 2.94 million ha | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 45 | Italy | 2.84 million ha | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 46 | Algeria | 2.68 million ha | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 47 | Afghanistan | 2.64 million ha | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 48 | Morocco | 2.58 million ha | 2024 | down 45.8% | rising |
| 49 | Iraq | 2.43 million ha | 2024 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 50 | Czechoslovakia | 2.40 million ha | 1992 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 51 | Ghana | 2.36 million ha | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 52 | Belarus | 2.28 million ha | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 53 | Hungary | 2.25 million ha | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 54 | Madagascar | 2.19 million ha | 2024 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 55 | Cameroon | 2.17 million ha | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 56 | Benin | 2.14 million ha | 2024 | up 82.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 1.97 million ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 58 | Senegal | 1.95 million ha | 2024 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 59 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.95 million ha | 2005 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 60 | Japan | 1.82 million ha | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 61 | Malawi | 1.75 million ha | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 62 | Serbia | 1.69 million ha | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 63 | Paraguay | 1.61 million ha | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Uzbekistan | 1.51 million ha | 2024 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 65 | Czechia | 1.31 million ha | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 66 | Lithuania | 1.30 million ha | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 67 | Togo | 1.28 million ha | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 68 | South Sudan | 1.27 million ha | 2024 | up 25.3% | flat |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 1.26 million ha | 2024 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 70 | Denmark | 1.23 million ha | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 71 | Peru | 1.22 million ha | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 1.21 million ha | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 73 | Sierra Leone | 1.10 million ha | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 74 | Guatemala | 1.04 million ha | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 75 | Sweden | 982,330 ha | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 76 | Colombia | 981,981 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 77 | Azerbaijan | 964,494 ha | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 78 | Finland | 905,200 ha | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 79 | Turkmenistan | 868,613 ha | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 80 | Uruguay | 813,974 ha | 2024 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 81 | Tunisia | 795,426 ha | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 82 | Latvia | 793,300 ha | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 83 | Republic of Korea | 761,624 ha | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 84 | Zambia | 759,622 ha | 2024 | down 42.3% | rising |
| 85 | Austria | 726,060 ha | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 86 | Greece | 709,120 ha | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 87 | Ecuador | 696,223 ha | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 88 | Burundi | 678,679 ha | 2024 | up 281.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Slovakia | 663,130 ha | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | 611,459 ha | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 91 | Malaysia | 593,828 ha | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 92 | Yemen | 547,681 ha | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 93 | Rwanda | 546,634 ha | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 94 | Croatia | 500,040 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 95 | Eritrea | 478,367 ha | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 96 | Honduras | 408,130 ha | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 97 | Chile | 386,898 ha | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 98 | Tajikistan | 376,457 ha | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 99 | Mauritania | 370,911 ha | 2024 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 100 | Central African Republic | 358,805 ha | 2024 | up 141.5% | rising |
| 101 | Mongolia | 354,364 ha | 2024 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 102 | Somalia | 353,654 ha | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 350,425 ha | 2023 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 104 | Estonia | 349,200 ha | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 105 | Namibia | 332,033 ha | 2024 | down 32.8% | rising |
| 106 | El Salvador | 317,461 ha | 2024 | down 21.2% | flat |
| 107 | Haiti | 303,470 ha | 2024 | down 53.7% | flat |
| 108 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 300,668 ha | 1999 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 109 | China, Taiwan Province of | 291,168 ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 110 | Liberia | 290,000 ha | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 111 | Belgium | 281,940 ha | 2024 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 112 | Norway | 279,979 ha | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 113 | Ireland | 258,930 ha | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 114 | Libya | 249,794 ha | 2024 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 242,659 ha | 2024 | up 103.6% | rising |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 235,617 ha | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 117 | Saudi Arabia | 230,134 ha | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 224,321 ha | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 119 | Portugal | 191,630 ha | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Guyana | 170,633 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 121 | Cuba | 158,289 ha | 2024 | down 56.2% | rising |
| 122 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 153,500 ha | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 123 | North Macedonia | 149,249 ha | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 124 | Georgia | 148,643 ha | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 125 | Switzerland | 137,029 ha | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 126 | Albania | 126,129 ha | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 127 | Gambia | 124,224 ha | 2024 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 128 | New Zealand | 121,170 ha | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 129 | Lesotho | 111,896 ha | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 130 | Armenia | 109,701 ha | 2024 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 131 | Panama | 109,277 ha | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 132 | Slovenia | 102,180 ha | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 133 | Eswatini | 71,758 ha | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 134 | Israel | 66,837 ha | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 135 | Botswana | 60,588 ha | 2024 | down 63.2% | flat |
| 136 | Jordan | 52,137 ha | 2024 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Suriname | 50,824 ha | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 138 | Lebanon | 45,032 ha | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 139 | Belize | 39,413 ha | 2024 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 140 | Congo | 34,588 ha | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 141 | Gabon | 30,075 ha | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Luxembourg | 27,030 ha | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 143 | Bhutan | 20,654 ha | 2024 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 144 | Cyprus | 20,070 ha | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Costa Rica | 18,980 ha | 2024 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 146 | Palestine | 18,348 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 147 | Comoros | 11,707 ha | 2024 | up 48.3% | falling |
| 148 | French Guiana | 8,928 ha | 2006 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Oman | 8,733 ha | 2024 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 150 | Papua New Guinea | 3,929 ha | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 151 | Fiji | 3,602 ha | 2024 | up 105.6% | falling |
| 152 | Montenegro | 2,558 ha | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 153 | Iceland | 2,528 ha | 2024 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 154 | Kuwait | 2,484 ha | 2024 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Réunion | 1,951 ha | 2006 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 156 | Jamaica | 1,774 ha | 2024 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Vanuatu | 1,549 ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 158 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,494 ha | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 1,477 ha | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Puerto Rico | 996 ha | 2024 | up 3,457.1% | volatile |
| 161 | United Arab Emirates | 900 ha | 2024 | up 397.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Trinidad and Tobago | 804 ha | 2024 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 163 | New Caledonia | 631 ha | 2024 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 164 | Sao Tome and Principe | 397 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Grenada | 178 ha | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 166 | Qatar | 118 ha | 2024 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Dominica | 115 ha | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 168 | Mauritius | 108 ha | 2024 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Maldives | 84 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 170 | Bahamas | 78 ha | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Guadeloupe | 50 ha | 1977 | down 88.8% | falling |
| 172 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32 ha | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Antigua and Barbuda | 26 ha | 2024 | down 43.5% | rising |
| 174 | Djibouti | 9 ha | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 175 | Barbados | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | 0 ha | 1980 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 175 | Malta | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 175 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 ha | 1996 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 744.98 million ha
- Asia 348.47 million ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 154.91 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 122.95 million ha
- Southern Asia 151.53 million ha
- Middle Africa 14.07 million ha
- Americas 135.47 million ha
- Africa 132.85 million ha
- Europe 108.59 million ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 106.89 million ha
- Eastern Asia 104.88 million ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 78.28 million ha
- Eastern Europe 71.89 million ha
- Northern America 69.91 million ha
- Western Africa 54.74 million ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.29 million ha
- United States of America 54.08 million ha
- South-Eastern Asia 53.92 million ha
- South America 53.87 million ha
- European Union (27) 49.49 million ha
- Eastern Africa 38.94 million ha
- Northern Africa 21.16 million ha
- Oceania 19.60 million ha
- Central Asia 19.43 million ha
- Western Asia 18.72 million ha
- Western Europe 15.59 million ha
- Southern Europe 12.04 million ha
- Central America 10.99 million ha
- Northern Europe 9.07 million ha
- Southern Africa 3.93 million ha
About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.