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Land use vs. yield change in cereal production by country

Indexed change in land used for cereal production versus cereal yields, from 1961 to 2014. Both indexes are measured relative to values in 1961 (i.e. 1961 = 100).

Countries reporting
147
Highest
2,727
Oman
Lowest
0
Saint Lucia
Median
125
Years covered
54
1961–2014
Data points
7,938

What the numbers show

Land use vs. yield change in cereal production is currently reported for 147 countries. The highest value is 2,727 in Oman; the lowest is 0 in Saint Lucia.

The median across all reporting countries is 125, and the mean is 188.16.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 1,217.4%), and the largest decrease in Cape Verde (down 80.0%).

Land use vs. yield change in cereal production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Oman 2,727 2014 up 1,217.4% volatile
2 Paraguay 1,349 2014 up 78.4% volatile
3 Solomon Islands 1,312 2014 up 88.5% volatile
4 Guinea 786 2014 up 88.9% volatile
5 Sudan 641 2014 up 121.0% rising
6 Papua New Guinea 585 2014 up 35.1% rising
7 Niger 522 2014 up 39.9% rising
8 Tanzania 508 2014 up 30.9% rising
9 Congo 499 2014 up 23.2% rising
10 Gabon 476 2014 up 38.4% volatile
11 Mauritius 404 2014 up 741.7% volatile
12 Bolivia 358 2014 up 98.9% rising
13 Mozambique 334 2014 up 42.7% rising
14 Belize 323 2014 up 34.0% rising
15 Angola 312 2014 up 35.7% rising
16 Ghana 305 2014 up 22.5% rising
17 Togo 304 2014 up 55.9% rising
18 Mali 288 2014 up 36.5% rising
19 Cote d'Ivoire 284 2014 up 79.7% rising
20 Rwanda 281 2014 up 31.9% rising
21 Gambia 279 2014 up 22.4% volatile
22 Democratic Republic of Congo 277 2014 up 1.1% rising
23 East Timor 268 2014 down 12.7% rising
24 Comoros 264 2014 up 60.0% rising
25 Chad 252 2014 up 77.5% rising
26 Kenya 241 2014 up 50.6% rising
27 Zimbabwe 240 2014 up 64.4% rising
28 Namibia 239 2014 down 32.9% rising
29 Suriname 236 2014 up 26.9% rising
30 Cameroon 223 2014 up 68.9% rising
31 Benin 221 2014 up 21.4% rising
32 Sierra Leone 218 2014 up 12.4% rising
33 Malawi 215 2014 up 12.0% rising
34 Australia 213 2014 down 11.2% rising
35 Vanuatu 208 2014 up 3.5% rising
36 Burkina Faso 205 2014 up 17.8% rising
37 Nepal 203 2014 up 3.6% rising
38 Dominican Republic 202 2014 up 16.1% rising
39 Brazil 196 2014 up 7.1% rising
40 Venezuela 195 2014 down 19.1% rising
41 Egypt 191 2014 up 19.4% rising
41 Laos 191 2014 up 43.6% rising
43 Indonesia 189 2014 up 15.2% rising
44 Iran 187 2014 up 3.9% rising
44 Thailand 187 2014 up 6.2% rising
46 Vietnam 180 2014 up 6.5% rising
47 Pakistan 178 2014 up 11.9% rising
47 Uganda 178 2014 up 14.1% rising
49 Sri Lanka 177 2014 up 27.3% rising
50 Guyana 175 2014 up 56.2% rising
51 Ecuador 174 2014 down 1.7% rising
52 Ethiopia 173 2014 up 16.9% rising
52 Peru 173 2014 up 18.5% rising
54 Myanmar 171 2014 up 4.3% rising
55 Iraq 169 2014 up 24.3% rising
56 Nicaragua 159 2014 down 12.6% rising
57 Nigeria 153 2014 down 8.4% rising
58 Zambia 142 2014 up 73.2% falling
59 Philippines 141 2014 up 10.2% rising
60 Bangladesh 140 2014 up 10.2% rising
61 El Salvador 136 2014 up 22.5% rising
62 Honduras 134 2014 up 6.3% rising
62 Malaysia 134 2014 down 0.7% rising
64 Madagascar 133 2014 down 17.9% rising
65 Cuba 132 2014 up 18.9% rising
65 Mexico 132 2014 down 2.9% rising
67 Guatemala 131 2014 up 22.4% rising
67 Cambodia 131 2014 up 36.5% rising
69 Burundi 130 2014 down 18.2% rising
69 Guinea-Bissau 130 2014 down 5.1% rising
71 Haiti 129 2014 up 37.2% rising
72 Morocco 126 2014 down 16.6% rising
72 Sao Tome and Principe 126 2014 down 72.4% volatile
74 Norway 125 2014 down 13.2% rising
75 Central African Republic 123 2014 down 8.2% rising
76 Tunisia 119 2014 down 19.0% falling
77 Senegal 117 2014 up 3.5% rising
77 Syria 117 2014 down 20.4% rising
79 New Zealand 110 2014 up 19.6% falling
80 Finland 109 2014 unchanged falling
81 India 107 2014 up 0.9% flat
81 New Caledonia 107 2014 down 17.1% rising
83 China 106 2014 up 20.5% falling
83 Dominica 106 2014 down 10.9% falling
85 France 105 2014 up 2.9% flat
86 United Kingdom 104 2014 up 2.0% falling
87 Argentina 103 2014 up 12.0% falling
88 Uruguay 102 2014 up 52.2% falling
89 Afghanistan 101 2014 up 26.2% falling
89 Mongolia 101 2014 up 80.4% falling
91 Malta 99 2014 up 16.5% rising
92 Denmark 94 2014 down 3.1% falling
93 Algeria 93 2014 down 16.2% falling
93 Libya 93 2014 up 29.2% falling
95 Austria 92 2014 up 2.2% falling
95 Spain 92 2014 down 4.2% falling
97 Mauritania 91 2014 up 24.7% rising
98 Botswana 90 2014 up 66.7% flat
98 Germany 90 2014 down 7.2% falling
98 Liberia 90 2014 up 50.0% falling
98 Turkey 90 2014 down 15.9% flat
102 United States 89 2014 up 1.1% falling
103 North Korea 88 2014 down 3.3% falling
103 Trinidad and Tobago 88 2014 up 57.1% falling
105 Saudi Arabia 86 2014 down 65.5% volatile
106 Colombia 85 2014 down 20.6% falling
106 Hungary 85 2014 down 5.6% falling
108 Poland 83 2014 down 10.8% flat
108 Eswatini 83 2014 up 59.6% falling
110 Canada 82 2014 down 13.7% falling
111 Switzerland 80 2014 down 11.1% falling
112 Bulgaria 78 2014 up 6.8% falling
112 Bhutan 78 2014 up 4.0% falling
114 Romania 77 2014 down 11.5% falling
115 Lebanon 75 2014 up 11.9% falling
116 Sweden 74 2014 down 8.6% falling
117 Ireland 70 2014 unchanged falling
117 Panama 70 2014 down 33.3% falling
119 Grenada 63 2014 up 26.0% falling
119 Lesotho 63 2014 down 7.4% falling
121 Somalia 62 2014 down 48.8% falling
122 Costa Rica 61 2014 down 9.0% falling
122 Yemen 61 2014 up 7.0% falling
124 Greece 59 2014 down 16.9% falling
125 South Africa 56 2014 down 21.1% falling
126 Chile 55 2014 down 20.3% falling
127 Israel 53 2014 down 8.6% falling
127 Italy 53 2014 down 20.9% falling
129 Brunei 51 2014 up 88.9% volatile
130 Maldives 44 2014 up 18.9% volatile
131 South Korea 43 2014 down 18.9% falling
132 Guam 42 2014 up 40.0% volatile
133 Albania 41 2014 unchanged falling
134 Japan 39 2014 down 4.9% falling
135 Bahamas 37 2014 down 44.8% volatile
136 Netherlands 36 2014 down 14.3% falling
137 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 35 2014 down 22.2% volatile
138 Cape Verde 26 2014 down 80.0% volatile
139 Fiji 23 2014 down 54.9% falling
139 Jamaica 23 2014 up 64.3% volatile
141 Cyprus 18 2014 down 61.7% volatile
142 Jordan 17 2014 up 54.5% volatile
143 Portugal 16 2014 down 33.3% volatile
144 Barbados 8 2014 down 68.0% volatile
145 Puerto Rico 2 2014 unchanged volatile
146 Hong Kong 0 2014 — volatile
146 Saint Lucia 0 2014 — volatile

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Indicator
Land use vs. yield change in cereal production
Source
World Bank (2017) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
147 places, 7,938 data points, 1961–2014
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Indexed change in land used for cereal production versus cereal yields, from 1961 to 2014. Both indexes are measured relative to values in 1961 (i.e. 1961 = 100).