Data for 2004

Cereal Yield, 2004

2004, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 2004 covers 176 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 20,373.6; Botswana is lowest, at 274.3. The middle country reads 2,428.5. Against 2003, 174 values changed (108 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 2004

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

20,373.6

LowestBotswana

274.3

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

176countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
176distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Cereal Yield, 2004, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cereal Yield, 2004: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	20,373.6
2	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	14,444.4
3	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	9,184.9
4	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	8,077.9
5	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	8,066.3
6	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	7,556.2
7	FranceFRAWestern Europe	7,518.7
8	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	7,355.3
9	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	7,031.8
10	United StatesUSANorthern America	6,851.1
11	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	6,732.5
12	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	6,495.5
13	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	6,473.7
14	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	6,462.1
15	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	6,427.0
16	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	6,396.6
17	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	6,188.9
18	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	6,013.1
19	JapanJPNEastern Asia	5,942.3
20	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	5,826.2
21	ChileCHLSouth America	5,657.5
22	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	5,589.9
23	ItalyITASouthern Europe	5,444.4
24	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	5,443.6
25	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	5,408.9
26	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	5,186.8
27	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	4,892.9
28	OmanOMNWestern Asia	4,832.4
29	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	4,690.9
30	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	4,675.2
31	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	4,641.8
32	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	4,433.5
33	UruguayURYSouth America	4,409.7
34	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	4,400.6
35	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	4,274.5
36	GuyanaGUYSouth America	4,216.6
37	QatarQATWestern Asia	4,121.6
38	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	4,083.2
39	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	4,077.8
40	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	4,017.4
41	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	4,012.8
42	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	3,997.4
43	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	3,824.8
44	SpainESPSouthern Europe	3,750.1
45	ArgentinaARGSouth America	3,678.7
46	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	3,620.4
47	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	3,596.7
48	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	3,596.1
49	ColombiaCOLSouth America	3,584.5
50	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	3,563.7
51	SurinameSURSouth America	3,559.2
52	BahamasBHSCaribbean	3,550.0
53	PolandPOLEastern Europe	3,537.6
54	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	3,466.3
55	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	3,439.4
56	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	3,429.6
57	VenezuelaVENSouth America	3,385.8
58	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	3,383.5
59	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	3,326.0
60	PeruPERSouth America	3,278.0
61	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	3,261.4
62	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	3,254.9
63	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	3,210.6
64	CanadaCANNorthern America	3,141.9
65	BrazilBRASouth America	3,131.8
66	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	3,125.0
67	MexicoMEXCentral America	3,078.6
68	IsraelISRWestern Asia	3,066.7
69	Costa RicaCRICentral America	3,059.4
70	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	2,995.2
71	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	2,992.3
72	BelarusBLREastern Europe	2,986.1
73	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	2,965.6
74	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	2,961.0
75	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	2,931.6
76	EcuadorECUSouth America	2,922.2
77	CubaCUBCaribbean	2,921.5
78	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	2,876.5
79	UkraineUKREastern Europe	2,845.2
80	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	2,832.0
81	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	2,777.9
82	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	2,727.6
83	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	2,659.6
84	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	2,588.8
85	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	2,486.1
86	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	2,477.9
87	ParaguayPRYSouth America	2,461.8
88	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2,430.7
89	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	2,426.2
90	IranIRNSouthern Asia	2,417.1
91	BelizeBLZCentral America	2,365.7
92	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	2,353.2
93	FijiFJIMelanesia	2,352.8
94	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	2,336.7
95	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	2,330.3
96	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	2,280.8
97	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	2,273.7
98	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	2,250.9
99	PanamaPANCentral America	2,159.0
100	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	2,150.4
101	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	2,145.7
102	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	2,117.1
103	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	2,024.8
104	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	2,003.4
105	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	1,989.8
106	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	1,970.1
107	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	1,930.3
108	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	1,876.5
109	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	1,853.9
110	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	1,825.3
111	KenyaKENEastern Africa	1,805.7
112	NicaraguaNICCentral America	1,798.1
113	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	1,710.6
114	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	1,677.9
115	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	1,658.7
116	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	1,657.5
117	BoliviaBOLSouth America	1,618.7
118	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	1,578.9
119	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	1,573.3
120	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	1,563.2
121	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	1,562.7
122	GabonGABMiddle Africa	1,559.8
123	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	1,512.1
124	GuineaGINWestern Africa	1,491.3
125	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	1,468.0
126	HondurasHNDCentral America	1,388.1
127	DominicaDMACaribbean	1,377.5
128	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	1,373.3
129	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	1,372.8
130	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	1,370.6
131	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	1,344.1
132	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	1,334.8
133	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	1,328.1
134	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	1,309.6
135	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	1,254.6
136	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	1,246.5
137	MaliMLIWestern Africa	1,206.5
138	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	1,205.9
139	IraqIRQWestern Asia	1,191.6
140	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	1,185.4
141	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	1,179.0
142	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	1,164.0
143	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	1,162.1
144	BeninBENWestern Africa	1,146.0
145	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1,094.8
146	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	1,020.6
147	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	1,007.7
148	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	1,000.6
149	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	1,000.3
150	SenegalSENWestern Africa	974.5
151	JordanJORWestern Asia	966.3
152	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	959.3
153	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	940.7
154	HaitiHTICaribbean	933.8
155	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	921.7
156	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	916.7
157	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	884.3
158	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	793.5
159	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	787.5
160	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	776.4
161	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	771.7
162	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	725.9
163	YemenYEMWestern Asia	715.2
164	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	671.2
165	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	657.2
166	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	637.5
167	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	620.0
168	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	595.4
169	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	581.1
170	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	532.4
171	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	491.7
172	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	418.3
173	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	385.2
174	NigerNERWestern Africa	341.5
175	EritreaERIEastern Africa	275.3
176	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	274.3

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Arab Emirates20,373.6
2Saint Vincent and the Grenadines14,444.4
3Belgium9,184.9
4Ireland8,077.9
5Netherlands8,066.3

Lowest

176Botswana274.3
175Eritrea275.3
174Niger341.5
173Cabo Verde385.2
172Namibia418.3

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,428.5. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
174values changed, of 176 in both
108 · 66rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Hungary3,038.9 → 5,589.9+2,551.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina2,521.6 → 4,433.5+1,911.9
Slovenia4,011.5 → 5,826.2+1,814.7
Croatia3,601.0 → 5,408.9+1,807.9
Bulgaria2,371.3 → 4,077.8+1,706.5

Fell most

Kuwait10,253.4 → 6,188.9−4,064.5
New Zealand7,059.9 → 6,462.1−597.8
Cyprus2,263.9 → 1,677.9−586.0
United Arab Emirates20,927.8 → 20,373.6−554.2
Panama2,694.6 → 2,159.0−535.6

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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One year of the 2026 release
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Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2004). Cereal Yield, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/2004

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