Land use vs yield change in cereal production by country

Countries reporting

145

Highest

2,727

Oman

Lowest

Saint Lucia

Median

126

Years covered

1961–2014

Data points

7,938

What the numbers show

Land use vs yield change in cereal production is currently reported for 145 countries. The highest value is 2,727 in Oman; the lowest is 0 in Saint Lucia.

The median across all reporting countries is 126, and the mean is 189.52.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 51 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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
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
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
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

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Central African Republic 123
South Africa 56

About this data

Indicator: Land use vs yield change in cereal production
Source: Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 147 places, 7,938 data points, 1961–2014
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026