Data for 1963

Land Under Cereal Production, 1963

1963, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1963 covers 149 countries. India is highest, at 93,571,016; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 562,184. Against 1962, 137 values changed (80 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1963

HighestIndia

93,571,016

Lowest3 countries share it

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

149countries
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1963the year it describes
147distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Land Under Cereal Production, 1963, 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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Land Under Cereal Production, 1963: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	93,571,016
2	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	90,371,008
3	United StatesUSANorthern America	62,420,208
4	CanadaCANNorthern America	18,556,188
5	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	13,016,700
6	BrazilBRASouth America	12,565,288
7	ArgentinaARGSouth America	11,468,110
8	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	10,741,000
9	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	9,290,000
10	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	9,191,184
11	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	9,170,275
12	FranceFRAWestern Europe	9,159,745
13	PolandPOLEastern Europe	8,838,100
14	MexicoMEXCentral America	8,440,920
15	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	8,212,602
16	SpainESPSouthern Europe	7,228,312
17	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	7,168,885
18	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	6,897,698
19	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	6,708,715
20	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	6,612,300
21	ItalyITASouthern Europe	6,299,467
22	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	6,113,700
23	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	5,227,904
24	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	4,985,020
25	IranIRNSouthern Asia	4,783,000
26	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	4,769,270
27	JapanJPNEastern Asia	4,609,500
28	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	4,326,300
29	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	3,426,500
30	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	3,261,715
31	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	3,173,391
32	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	2,891,420
33	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	2,478,681
34	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	2,425,275
35	NigerNERWestern Africa	2,385,998
36	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	2,348,000
37	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	2,178,119
38	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	2,042,662
39	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	2,009,667
40	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	1,944,683
41	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1,940,525
42	IraqIRQWestern Asia	1,817,699
43	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	1,725,500
44	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	1,644,087
45	MaliMLIWestern Africa	1,641,059
46	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	1,592,000
47	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	1,569,717
48	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	1,476,000
49	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	1,437,150
50	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	1,378,086
51	KenyaKENEastern Africa	1,369,115
52	YemenYEMWestern Asia	1,267,863
53	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	1,253,451
54	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	1,252,300
55	ColombiaCOLSouth America	1,119,160
56	SenegalSENWestern Africa	1,082,000
57	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	1,056,400
58	ChileCHLSouth America	991,550
59	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	984,982
60	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	957,356
61	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	950,000
62	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	903,695
63	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	890,561
64	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	888,269
65	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	778,597
66	UruguayURYSouth America	751,016
67	PeruPERSouth America	724,960
68	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	716,700
69	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	660,300
70	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	645,000
71	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	610,000
72	EcuadorECUSouth America	598,034
73	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	586,000
74	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	582,457
75	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	562,184
76	BeninBENWestern Africa	553,182
77	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	520,000
78	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	503,000
79	VenezuelaVENSouth America	502,522
80	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	497,756
81	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	488,375
82	BoliviaBOLSouth America	475,397
83	HaitiHTICaribbean	453,000
84	TogoTGOWestern Africa	427,890
85	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	402,746
86	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	394,000
87	GuineaGINWestern Africa	350,145
88	HondurasHNDCentral America	314,969
89	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	298,877
90	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	298,725
91	JordanJORWestern Asia	289,041
92	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	287,289
93	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	277,880
94	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	274,700
95	CubaCUBCaribbean	263,000
96	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	252,600
97	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	239,000
98	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	232,243
99	NicaraguaNICCentral America	223,100
100	PanamaPANCentral America	197,400
101	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	175,300
102	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	155,000
103	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	141,460
104	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	140,382
105	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	138,730
106	IsraelISRWestern Asia	131,758
107	ParaguayPRYSouth America	116,100
108	Costa RicaCRICentral America	108,450
109	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	101,000
110	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	96,643
111	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	91,400
112	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	88,450
113	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	84,012
114	GuyanaGUYSouth America	81,519
115	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	78,530
116	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	72,900
117	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	72,600
118	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	48,460
119	SurinameSURSouth America	27,948
120	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	27,100
121	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	20,000
122	FijiFJIMelanesia	12,263
123	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	11,350
124	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	9,600
125	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	9,519
126	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	8,619
127	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	7,877
128	GabonGABMiddle Africa	5,740
129	BelizeBLZCentral America	5,550
130	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	5,475
131	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	3,513
132	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	2,821
133	OmanOMNWestern Asia	2,700
134	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	900
135	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	737
136	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	700
137	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	630
138	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	376
139	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	292
140	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	270
141	BahamasBHSCaribbean	240
142	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	125
143	DominicaDMACaribbean	115
144	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	114
145	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	100
146	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	24
=147	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0
=147	QatarQATWestern Asia	0
=147	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0

02In 1963

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1India93,571,016
2China90,371,008
3United States62,420,208
4Canada18,556,188
5Türkiye13,016,700

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 562,184. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

What changed between 1962 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
137values changed, of 149 in both
80 · 57rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Argentina8,699,220 → 11,468,110+2,768,890
United States60,548,008 → 62,420,208+1,872,200
China88,910,008 → 90,371,008+1,461,000
Brazil11,522,315 → 12,565,288+1,042,973
Morocco3,285,652 → 4,326,300+1,040,648

Fell most

Indonesia10,458,000 → 9,290,000−1,168,000
Iraq2,451,402 → 1,817,699−633,703
Vietnam5,150,880 → 4,769,270−381,610
India93,852,008 → 93,571,016−280,992
France9,408,120 → 9,159,745−248,375

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.

The site’s method

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1963.
147 distinct values among 149
Values are stored exactly as published. 3 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 149 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1963). Land Under Cereal Production, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1963

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