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Land Under Cereal Production, 1979

1979, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1979 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 103,473,312; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 50. The middle country reads 619,472. Against 1978, 146 values changed (77 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1979

HighestIndia

103,473,312

Lowest3 countries share it

50

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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia103,473,312
2ChinaCHNEastern Asia95,472,504
3United StatesUSANorthern America68,371,362
4BrazilBRASouth America20,861,400
5CanadaCANNorthern America17,688,300
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand15,457,828
7TürkiyeTURWestern Asia13,696,200
8IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia11,397,185
9ArgentinaARGSouth America11,131,900
10PakistanPAKSouthern Asia10,585,100
11BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia10,507,816
12ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia10,244,661
13FranceFRAWestern Europe9,802,300
14PolandPOLEastern Europe7,871,605
15MexicoMEXCentral America7,791,365
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe7,723,359
17SpainESPSouthern Europe7,278,067
18IranIRNSouthern Asia7,040,321
19South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa6,959,520
20PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia6,851,880
21RomaniaROUEastern Europe6,320,028
22NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6,113,000
23VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia5,859,500
24ItalyITASouthern Europe5,129,977
25MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia4,871,890

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1India103,473,312
  2. 2China95,472,504
  3. 3United States68,371,362
  4. 4Brazil20,861,400
  5. 5Canada17,688,300

Lowest

  1. 148Maldivesshared50
  2. 148Saint Luciashared50
  3. 148Antigua and Barbudashared50
  4. 147Hong Kong66
  5. 146Kuwait72

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 619,472. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 146values changed, of 150 in both
  • 77 · 69rose · fell
  • 4unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Mexico9,850,363 → 7,791,365−2,058,998
  • China96,648,324 → 95,472,504−1,175,820
  • Sudan4,529,297 → 3,650,781−878,516
  • India104,340,004 → 103,473,312−866,692
  • Canada18,477,650 → 17,688,300−789,350

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 1979.

  • 148 distinct values among 150

    Values are stored exactly as published. 3 countries share 50. 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) (1979). Land Under Cereal Production, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1979

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07Questions

Land Under Cereal Production, 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest land under cereals in Land Under Cereal Production, 1979?

India, at 103,473,312, of the 150 countries in the file.

What year does Land Under Cereal Production, 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does Land Under Cereal Production, 1979 cover?

150.

Where can I download Land Under Cereal Production, 1979?

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, 1979 the newest?

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

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