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Land Under Cereal Production, 1974

1974, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1974 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 99,388,716; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 612,331. Against 1973, 143 values changed (99 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1974

HighestIndia

99,388,716

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

0

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.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Land Under Cereal Production, 1974, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 150 countries · select a heading to sort

Land Under Cereal Production, 1974: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia99,388,716
2ChinaCHNEastern Asia96,848,008
3United StatesUSANorthern America68,262,068
4BrazilBRASouth America18,023,969
5CanadaCANNorthern America17,874,547
6TürkiyeTURWestern Asia13,187,320
7AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand11,744,994
8ArgentinaARGSouth America11,538,000
9IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia11,175,470
10NigeriaNGAWestern Africa10,325,000
11BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia10,012,328
12FranceFRAWestern Europe9,827,100
13PakistanPAKSouthern Asia9,525,590
14MexicoMEXCentral America9,058,706
15ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia8,590,640
16PolandPOLEastern Europe8,088,100
17GermanyDEUWestern Europe7,743,113
18IranIRNSouthern Asia7,633,000
19SpainESPSouthern Europe7,518,800
20South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa7,239,600
21PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia6,651,940
22RomaniaROUEastern Europe5,903,100
23VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia5,361,920
24EthiopiaETHEastern Africa5,351,000
25ItalyITASouthern Europe5,270,970

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1India99,388,716
  2. 2China96,848,008
  3. 3United States68,262,068
  4. 4Brazil18,023,969
  5. 5Canada17,874,547

Lowest

  1. 150United Arab Emirates0
  2. 149Kuwait4
  3. 148Antigua and Barbuda18
  4. 147Saint Lucia50
  5. 146Qatar65

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 612,331. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 143values changed, of 150 in both
  • 99 · 44rose · fell
  • 7unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • India103,788,908 → 99,388,716−4,400,192
  • Nigeria12,504,500 → 10,325,000−2,179,500
  • Australia12,891,607 → 11,744,994−1,146,613
  • Canada18,757,283 → 17,874,547−882,736
  • Mexico9,898,325 → 9,058,706−839,619

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

Read before you use

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 1974.

  • 149 distinct values among 150

    Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 140. 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 150 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1974). Land Under Cereal Production, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1974

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07Questions

Land Under Cereal Production, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest land under cereals in Land Under Cereal Production, 1974?

India, at 99,388,716, of the 150 countries in the file.

What year does Land Under Cereal Production, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does Land Under Cereal Production, 1974 cover?

150.

Where can I download Land Under Cereal Production, 1974?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Land Under Cereal Production, 1974 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Land Under Cereal Production, 2023.

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