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...
What the numbers show
Cereals, primary — Production is currently reported for 196 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 2.02 million t, and the mean is 18.34 million t.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 91 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 47.85 million t | 2024 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 4 | USSR | 155.96 million t | 1991 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 39.02 million t | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 138.98 million t | 2024 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 24.51 million t | 2024 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 120.40 million t | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 15.47 million t | 2024 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Argentina | 85.73 million t | 2024 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Indonesia | 68.28 million t | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 4.89 million t | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 66.35 million t | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.39 million t | 2024 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Canada | 63.66 million t | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 10 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.33 million t | 2024 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 11 | Pakistan | 55.93 million t | 2024 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.27 million t | 2024 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Ukraine | 55.65 million t | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 12 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3.74 million t | 2024 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 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 |
| 14 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.49 million t | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 15 | Australia | 52.35 million t | 2024 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 2.13 million t | 2024 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 38.98 million t | 2024 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 132,000 t | 2024 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Thailand | 38.64 million t | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 17 | Melanesia | 40,947 t | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 18 | Poland | 34.35 million t | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia | 289.81 t | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 289.81 t | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 19 | Mexico | 32.64 million t | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 31.76 million t | 2024 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Myanmar | 30.13 million t | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 22 | Nigeria | 28.47 million t | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 23 | Philippines | 27.23 million t | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 24.57 million t | 2024 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 25 | Egypt | 24.00 million t | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 20.86 million t | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 19.44 million t | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.17 million t | 2024 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Yugoslav SFR | 19.26 million t | 1991 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 28 | Caribbean | 1.69 million t | 2024 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 29 | Romania | 17.86 million t | 2024 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 5 t | 2024 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Cambodia | 15.58 million t | 2024 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 31 | South Africa | 15.31 million t | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 32 | Italy | 14.14 million t | 2024 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 33 | Hungary | 12.69 million t | 2024 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 34 | Nepal | 11.53 million t | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 35 | Japan | 11.40 million t | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 36 | Mali | 10.44 million t | 2024 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Czechoslovakia | 10.20 million t | 1992 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 10.04 million t | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 39 | Serbia and Montenegro | 9.53 million t | 2005 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 40 | Serbia | 8.72 million t | 2024 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 8.30 million t | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 42 | Belarus | 7.73 million t | 2024 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 43 | Czechia | 7.52 million t | 2024 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 44 | Denmark | 7.50 million t | 2024 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 45 | Sudan | 6.73 million t | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 46 | Iraq | 6.45 million t | 2024 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Afghanistan | 6.22 million t | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 48 | Ghana | 6.20 million t | 2024 | up 123.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Niger | 5.97 million t | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Peru | 5.92 million t | 2024 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Paraguay | 5.81 million t | 2024 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Lithuania | 5.71 million t | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 53 | Uganda | 5.67 million t | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Sudan (former) | 5.61 million t | 2011 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 55 | Guinea | 5.39 million t | 2024 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Madagascar | 5.24 million t | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 5.21 million t | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Sweden | 5.15 million t | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 59 | Ethiopia PDR | 5.03 million t | 1992 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 60 | Republic of Korea | 4.98 million t | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 61 | Kenya | 4.98 million t | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 4.93 million t | 2024 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 63 | Austria | 4.88 million t | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 64 | Colombia | 4.34 million t | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 65 | Algeria | 4.12 million t | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 66 | Uruguay | 4.12 million t | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Senegal | 3.91 million t | 2024 | up 212.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Cameroon | 3.85 million t | 2024 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Slovakia | 3.69 million t | 2024 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 70 | Angola | 3.50 million t | 2024 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | 3.31 million t | 2024 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 72 | Croatia | 3.29 million t | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 73 | Malawi | 3.28 million t | 2024 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Finland | 3.28 million t | 2024 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 75 | Morocco | 3.21 million t | 2024 | down 53.8% | rising |
| 76 | Latvia | 3.15 million t | 2024 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 77 | Benin | 2.91 million t | 2024 | up 69.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Greece | 2.87 million t | 2024 | down 32.6% | rising |
| 79 | Ecuador | 2.79 million t | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Chad | 2.71 million t | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Mozambique | 2.66 million t | 2024 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Chile | 2.56 million t | 2024 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 83 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 2.45 million t | 1999 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 84 | Guatemala | 2.33 million t | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.13 million t | 2024 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 86 | Malaysia | 2.10 million t | 2024 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 87 | Belgium | 1.93 million t | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 88 | Ireland | 1.90 million t | 2024 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 89 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.87 million t | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 90 | Zambia | 1.76 million t | 2024 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 1.55 million t | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 92 | Togo | 1.53 million t | 2024 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Tunisia | 1.50 million t | 2024 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 94 | Sierra Leone | 1.50 million t | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 1.49 million t | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | 1.34 million t | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 97 | Estonia | 1.30 million t | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.20 million t | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 99 | South Sudan | 1.20 million t | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 100 | Norway | 1.18 million t | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 101 | Saudi Arabia | 1.17 million t | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Guyana | 1.12 million t | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 103 | New Zealand | 1.10 million t | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 1.05 million t | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 105 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.04 million t | 2024 | down 38.6% | flat |
| 106 | Portugal | 1.02 million t | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 107 | Rwanda | 975,199 t | 2024 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 108 | El Salvador | 895,000 t | 2024 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 881,420 t | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 110 | Burundi | 789,542 t | 2024 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Honduras | 770,044 t | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 112 | Slovenia | 672,960 t | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 113 | Albania | 649,919 t | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 114 | Switzerland | 628,070 t | 2024 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 115 | Mauritania | 570,227 t | 2024 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 532,134 t | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 117 | Panama | 461,850 t | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 118 | Mongolia | 443,153 t | 2024 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Yemen | 421,000 t | 2024 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 120 | Georgia | 418,577 t | 2024 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau | 323,557 t | 2024 | up 94.7% | rising |
| 122 | Haiti | 323,000 t | 2024 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 123 | Liberia | 322,400 t | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 124 | Cuba | 307,959 t | 2024 | down 69.7% | rising |
| 125 | Eritrea | 305,210 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 126 | Central African Republic | 282,868 t | 2024 | up 112.5% | rising |
| 127 | Oman | 241,658 t | 2024 | up 494.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Suriname | 226,034 t | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 129 | Armenia | 215,133 t | 2024 | down 62.6% | rising |
| 130 | Israel | 175,077 t | 2024 | down 53.0% | flat |
| 131 | Libya | 164,800 t | 2024 | down 45.9% | rising |
| 132 | Belize | 145,751 t | 2024 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Luxembourg | 140,770 t | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 134 | Somalia | 128,063 t | 2024 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 135 | Gambia | 124,841 t | 2024 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Lebanon | 119,830 t | 2024 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 137 | Jordan | 84,012 t | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Eswatini | 77,722 t | 2024 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 139 | Bhutan | 73,368 t | 2024 | down 56.9% | rising |
| 140 | Costa Rica | 72,256 t | 2024 | down 69.2% | falling |
| 141 | Lesotho | 67,527 t | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 142 | Namibia | 61,229 t | 2024 | down 45.2% | rising |
| 143 | Botswana | 54,554 t | 2024 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Gabon | 47,737 t | 2024 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Palestine | 46,265 t | 2022 | up 28.9% | flat |
| 146 | Kuwait | 35,266 t | 2024 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Congo | 30,221 t | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 148 | Cyprus | 28,890 t | 2024 | up 292.4% | volatile |
| 149 | United Arab Emirates | 20,216 t | 2024 | up 683.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Comoros | 20,110 t | 2024 | up 35.7% | falling |
| 151 | Papua New Guinea | 18,808 t | 2024 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Réunion | 15,185 t | 2006 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 153 | French Guiana | 15,163 t | 2006 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Fiji | 11,042 t | 2024 | up 40.8% | falling |
| 155 | New Caledonia | 7,355 t | 2024 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Montenegro | 6,907 t | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 157 | Iceland | 4,986 t | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 158 | Puerto Rico | 3,731 t | 2024 | up 6,237.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Brunei Darussalam | 3,612 t | 2024 | up 72.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 2,756 t | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Jamaica | 2,381 t | 2024 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Qatar | 1,769 t | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Mauritius | 1,289 t | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Vanuatu | 985.44 t | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 165 | Sao Tome and Principe | 796.13 t | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Trinidad and Tobago | 784.4 t | 2024 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Bahamas | 604.91 t | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 168 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 427 t | 2024 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Maldives | 204.87 t | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Dominica | 194.19 t | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 171 | Grenada | 177.21 t | 2024 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 172 | Guadeloupe | 100 t | 1977 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Antigua and Barbuda | 50.37 t | 2024 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 174 | Djibouti | 17.41 t | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 175 | Barbados | 1.1 t | 2024 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 0 t | 1980 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 176 | Malta | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 176 | 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.
- World 3.13 billion t
- Asia 1.56 billion t
- Americas 817.28 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 260.07 million t
- Eastern Asia 674.94 million t
- Southern Asia 560.66 million t
- Northern America 518.65 million t
- Europe 475.80 million t
- United States of America 454.99 million t
- Middle Africa 14.81 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 372.07 million t
- Eastern Europe 272.07 million t
- South America 258.81 million t
- European Union (27) 257.54 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 234.22 million t
- Africa 222.72 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 3.70 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 170.56 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 147.87 million t
- Western Europe 101.16 million t
- Western Africa 77.04 million t
- Eastern Africa 75.58 million t
- Western Asia 56.08 million t
- Southern Europe 53.97 million t
- Oceania 53.49 million t
- Northern Europe 48.61 million t
- Northern Africa 39.72 million t
- Central America 38.13 million t
- Central Asia 38.03 million t
- Southern Africa 15.57 million t
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.