Cereals, primary — Production 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...

Countries reporting
193
Highest
653.23 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
2.10 million t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
12,898

What the numbers show

Cereals, primary — Production is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 653.23 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.10 million t, and the mean is 18.54 million t.

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 6,237.4%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).

Cereals, primary — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 653.23 million t 2024 up 16.2% rising
2 China, mainland 651.36 million t 2024 up 16.3% rising
3 India 391.12 million t 2024 up 30.9% rising
4 USSR 155.96 million t 1991 up 8.5% rising
5 Brazil 138.98 million t 2024 up 37.1% volatile
6 Russian Federation 120.40 million t 2024 up 16.7% rising
7 Argentina 85.73 million t 2024 up 54.4% volatile
8 Indonesia 68.28 million t 2024 down 12.5% rising
9 Bangladesh 66.35 million t 2024 up 20.1% rising
10 Canada 63.66 million t 2024 up 23.2% rising
11 Pakistan 55.93 million t 2024 up 33.5% volatile
12 Ukraine 55.65 million t 2024 down 12.2% rising
13 France 53.55 million t 2024 down 26.4% rising
14 Australia and New Zealand 53.45 million t 2024 up 43.0% rising
15 Australia 52.35 million t 2024 up 44.3% rising
16 Viet Nam 47.85 million t 2024 down 4.6% volatile
17 Türkiye 39.02 million t 2024 up 19.3% rising
18 Germany 38.98 million t 2024 down 25.1% rising
19 Thailand 38.64 million t 2024 down 6.2% rising
20 Poland 34.35 million t 2024 up 7.5% rising
21 Mexico 32.64 million t 2024 down 10.6% rising
22 Ethiopia 31.76 million t 2024 up 31.4% volatile
23 Myanmar 30.13 million t 2024 up 3.1% rising
24 Nigeria 28.47 million t 2024 up 7.9% rising
25 Philippines 27.23 million t 2024 up 1.8% rising
26 Kazakhstan 24.57 million t 2024 up 43.6% rising
27 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 24.51 million t 2024 up 39.7% rising
28 Egypt 24.00 million t 2024 up 2.9% rising
29 Spain 20.86 million t 2024 up 1.4% rising
30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 19.44 million t 2024 down 20.5% rising
31 Yugoslav SFR 19.26 million t 1991 up 26.4% rising
32 Romania 17.86 million t 2024 down 19.1% rising
33 Cambodia 15.58 million t 2024 up 59.0% volatile
34 United Republic of Tanzania 15.47 million t 2024 up 42.2% volatile
35 Italy 14.14 million t 2024 down 27.1% rising
36 Hungary 12.69 million t 2024 down 23.6% rising
37 Nepal 11.53 million t 2024 up 23.9% rising
38 Japan 11.40 million t 2024 down 7.2% falling
39 Mali 10.44 million t 2024 up 49.6% volatile
40 Czechoslovakia 10.20 million t 1992 down 0.8% rising
41 Bulgaria 10.04 million t 2024 up 5.4% rising
42 Serbia and Montenegro 9.53 million t 2005 up 3.1% rising
43 Serbia 8.72 million t 2024 down 19.8% rising
44 Uzbekistan 8.30 million t 2024 up 5.1% rising
45 Belarus 7.73 million t 2024 down 14.4% rising
46 Czechia 7.52 million t 2024 down 14.4% rising
47 Denmark 7.50 million t 2024 down 23.5% rising
48 Sudan 6.73 million t 2024 down 16.7% rising
49 Iraq 6.45 million t 2024 down 13.4% volatile
50 Afghanistan 6.22 million t 2024 down 11.4% rising
51 Ghana 6.20 million t 2024 up 123.2% volatile
52 Niger 5.97 million t 2024 up 21.4% volatile
53 Peru 5.92 million t 2024 up 18.3% volatile
54 Paraguay 5.81 million t 2024 up 17.7% volatile
55 Lithuania 5.71 million t 2024 up 11.4% rising
56 Uganda 5.67 million t 2024 up 54.8% volatile
57 Sudan (former) 5.61 million t 2011 up 4.9% rising
58 Guinea 5.39 million t 2024 up 58.3% volatile
59 Madagascar 5.24 million t 2024 up 20.4% rising
60 Burkina Faso 5.21 million t 2024 up 16.6% volatile
61 Sweden 5.15 million t 2024 down 10.8% rising
62 Ethiopia PDR 5.03 million t 1992 down 6.6% rising
63 Republic of Korea 4.98 million t 2024 down 14.8% falling
64 Kenya 4.98 million t 2024 up 17.8% rising
65 Sri Lanka 4.93 million t 2024 up 35.8% rising
66 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4.89 million t 2024 down 6.5% flat
67 Austria 4.88 million t 2024 down 14.7% rising
68 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.39 million t 2024 up 41.7% volatile
69 Colombia 4.34 million t 2024 up 17.4% rising
70 Syrian Arab Republic 4.33 million t 2024 up 60.7% rising
71 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.27 million t 2024 down 21.2% volatile
72 Côte d'Ivoire 4.17 million t 2024 up 45.9% volatile
73 Algeria 4.12 million t 2024 up 19.9% rising
74 Uruguay 4.12 million t 2024 up 2.2% volatile
75 Senegal 3.91 million t 2024 up 212.8% volatile
76 Cameroon 3.85 million t 2024 up 14.5% volatile
77 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.74 million t 2024 up 52.6% volatile
78 Slovakia 3.69 million t 2024 down 21.7% rising
79 Angola 3.50 million t 2024 up 91.8% volatile
80 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.49 million t 2024 down 3.1% rising
81 Azerbaijan 3.31 million t 2024 up 43.8% rising
82 Croatia 3.29 million t 2024 up 9.5% rising
83 Malawi 3.28 million t 2024 down 22.8% volatile
84 Finland 3.28 million t 2024 down 20.7% rising
85 Morocco 3.21 million t 2024 down 53.8% rising
86 Latvia 3.15 million t 2024 up 41.5% rising
87 Benin 2.91 million t 2024 up 69.5% volatile
88 Greece 2.87 million t 2024 down 32.6% rising
89 Ecuador 2.79 million t 2024 down 0.9% volatile
90 Chad 2.71 million t 2024 down 1.4% volatile
91 Mozambique 2.66 million t 2024 up 45.7% volatile
92 Chile 2.56 million t 2024 down 26.5% rising
93 Belgium-Luxembourg 2.45 million t 1999 up 3.0% rising
94 Guatemala 2.33 million t 2024 up 22.6% rising
95 Kyrgyzstan 2.13 million t 2024 up 57.4% rising
96 Republic of Moldova 2.13 million t 2024 down 26.2% rising
97 Malaysia 2.10 million t 2024 down 26.0% rising
98 Belgium 1.93 million t 2024 down 38.9% falling
99 Ireland 1.90 million t 2024 down 27.0% rising
100 China, Taiwan Province of 1.87 million t 2024 down 1.9% falling
101 Zambia 1.76 million t 2024 down 51.8% volatile
102 Caribbean 1.69 million t 2024 down 31.6% rising
103 Tajikistan 1.55 million t 2024 up 23.4% rising
104 Togo 1.53 million t 2024 up 17.0% volatile
105 Tunisia 1.50 million t 2024 down 36.0% rising
106 Sierra Leone 1.50 million t 2024 up 15.1% volatile
107 Turkmenistan 1.49 million t 2024 up 9.6% rising
108 Zimbabwe 1.34 million t 2024 up 9.1% falling
109 Estonia 1.30 million t 2024 up 6.7% rising
110 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.20 million t 2024 up 11.1% rising
111 South Sudan 1.20 million t 2024 down 5.6% rising
112 Norway 1.18 million t 2024 down 4.6% rising
113 Saudi Arabia 1.17 million t 2024 down 25.1% volatile
114 Guyana 1.12 million t 2024 up 14.1% volatile
115 New Zealand 1.10 million t 2024 up 0.4% rising
116 Dominican Republic 1.05 million t 2024 up 22.6% rising
117 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.04 million t 2024 down 38.6% flat
118 Portugal 1.02 million t 2024 down 23.7% falling
119 Rwanda 975,199 t 2024 up 67.5% volatile
120 El Salvador 895,000 t 2024 down 10.7% rising
121 Nicaragua 881,420 t 2023 down 8.7% rising
122 Burundi 789,542 t 2024 up 233.3% volatile
123 Honduras 770,044 t 2024 up 14.9% rising
124 Slovenia 672,960 t 2024 up 3.0% rising
125 Albania 649,919 t 2024 down 7.2% rising
126 Switzerland 628,070 t 2024 down 36.8% rising
127 Mauritania 570,227 t 2024 up 52.8% volatile
128 North Macedonia 532,134 t 2024 down 15.4% falling
129 Panama 461,850 t 2024 up 15.1% rising
130 Mongolia 443,153 t 2024 down 15.7% volatile
131 Yemen 421,000 t 2024 down 39.9% falling
132 Georgia 418,577 t 2024 up 10.7% falling
133 Guinea-Bissau 323,557 t 2024 up 94.7% rising
134 Haiti 323,000 t 2024 down 45.0% falling
135 Liberia 322,400 t 2024 up 22.8% rising
136 Cuba 307,959 t 2024 down 69.7% rising
137 Eritrea 305,210 t 2024 up 1.0% rising
138 Oman 241,658 t 2024 up 494.3% volatile
139 Suriname 226,034 t 2024 down 18.1% rising
140 Armenia 215,133 t 2024 down 62.6% rising
141 Israel 175,077 t 2024 down 53.0% flat
142 Libya 164,800 t 2024 down 45.9% rising
143 Belize 145,751 t 2024 up 54.2% volatile
144 Luxembourg 140,770 t 2024 down 16.5% falling
145 Timor-Leste 132,000 t 2024 down 31.0% volatile
146 Somalia 128,063 t 2024 down 50.1% falling
147 Gambia 124,841 t 2024 down 28.4% volatile
148 Lebanon 119,830 t 2024 down 32.2% rising
149 Jordan 84,012 t 2024 up 3.4% volatile
150 Eswatini 77,722 t 2024 down 36.1% rising
151 Bhutan 73,368 t 2024 down 56.9% rising
152 Costa Rica 72,256 t 2024 down 69.2% falling
153 Lesotho 67,527 t 2024 down 41.7% falling
154 Namibia 61,229 t 2024 down 45.2% rising
155 Botswana 54,554 t 2024 up 8.6% volatile
156 Gabon 47,737 t 2024 up 6.6% volatile
157 Palestine 46,265 t 2022 up 28.9% flat
158 Melanesia 40,947 t 2024 up 20.3% rising
159 Kuwait 35,266 t 2024 down 34.2% volatile
160 Congo 30,221 t 2024 up 13.1% rising
161 Cyprus 28,890 t 2024 up 292.4% volatile
162 United Arab Emirates 20,216 t 2024 up 683.6% volatile
163 Comoros 20,110 t 2024 up 35.7% falling
164 Papua New Guinea 18,808 t 2024 up 5.9% volatile
165 French Guiana 15,163 t 2006 down 51.1% volatile
166 Fiji 11,042 t 2024 up 40.8% falling
167 New Caledonia 7,355 t 2024 up 52.8% volatile
168 Montenegro 6,907 t 2024 down 9.3% rising
169 Iceland 4,986 t 2024 up 7.5% rising
170 Puerto Rico 3,731 t 2024 up 6,237.4% volatile
171 Brunei Darussalam 3,612 t 2024 up 72.0% volatile
172 Solomon Islands 2,756 t 2024 up 0.3% volatile
173 Jamaica 2,381 t 2024 down 5.2% volatile
174 Qatar 1,769 t 2024 down 27.9% volatile
175 Mauritius 1,289 t 2024 down 28.8% volatile
176 Vanuatu 985.44 t 2024 up 10.7% rising
177 Sao Tome and Principe 796.13 t 2024 down 4.0% volatile
178 Trinidad and Tobago 784.4 t 2024 down 73.1% volatile
179 Bahamas 604.91 t 2024 down 12.0% rising
180 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 427 t 2024 down 50.2% volatile
181 Micronesia 289.81 t 2024 up 1.6% rising
181 Micronesia (Federated States of) 289.81 t 2024 up 1.6% rising
183 Maldives 204.87 t 2024 up 5.0% volatile
184 Dominica 194.19 t 2024 up 0.2% rising
185 Grenada 177.21 t 2024 down 56.8% falling
186 Guadeloupe 100 t 1977 down 88.8% volatile
187 Antigua and Barbuda 50.37 t 2024 down 30.1% rising
188 Djibouti 17.41 t 2024 up 5.8% rising
189 Cabo Verde 5 t 2024 down 99.5% volatile
190 Barbados 1.1 t 2024 down 98.6% volatile
191 Saint Lucia 0 t 1980 down 100.0% falling
191 Malta 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
191 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 t 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.

About this data

Indicator
Cereals, primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
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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.