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Land Under Cereal Production, 1986

1986, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Land Under Cereal Production, 1986 covers 150 countries. India is highest, at 104,049,212; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 5. The middle country reads 668,569. Against 1985, 146 values changed (80 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Land Under Cereal Production · Data for 1986

HighestIndia

104,049,212

Lowest2 countries share it

5

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, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1IndiaINDSouthern Asia104,049,212
2ChinaCHNEastern Asia89,761,952
3United StatesUSANorthern America67,107,716
4BrazilBRASouth America22,404,844
5CanadaCANNorthern America22,161,800
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand15,771,295
7TürkiyeTURWestern Asia13,747,458
8IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia13,131,212
9NigeriaNGAWestern Africa12,675,000
10PakistanPAKSouthern Asia11,382,000
11BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia11,304,320
12ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia11,201,914
13ArgentinaARGSouth America10,119,555
14MexicoMEXCentral America9,735,910
15FranceFRAWestern Europe9,501,600
16IranIRNSouthern Asia8,768,499
17PolandPOLEastern Europe8,237,748
18SpainESPSouthern Europe7,708,338
19South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa7,355,500
20GermanyDEUWestern Europe7,327,154
21PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia6,966,010
22SudanSDNNorthern Africa6,718,950
23RomaniaROUEastern Europe6,200,700
24VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia6,104,000
25MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia5,189,821

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1India104,049,212
  2. 2China89,761,952
  3. 3United States67,107,716
  4. 4Brazil22,404,844
  5. 5Canada22,161,800

Lowest

  1. 149Maldivesshared5
  2. 149Hong Kongshared5
  3. 148Djibouti6
  4. 147Antigua and Barbuda21
  5. 146Dominica150

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 668,569. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 146values changed, of 150 in both
  • 80 · 66rose · fell
  • 4unchanged

Rose most

  • Nigeria9,527,000 → 12,675,000+3,148,000
  • Brazil19,702,168 → 22,404,844+2,702,676
  • China88,145,866 → 89,761,952+1,616,086
  • Indonesia12,342,259 → 13,131,212+788,953
  • Tanzania2,650,260 → 3,353,760+703,500

Fell most

  • United States72,873,500 → 67,107,716−5,765,784
  • Mexico11,272,323 → 9,735,910−1,536,413
  • Australia17,165,159 → 15,771,295−1,393,864
  • Argentina11,508,250 → 10,119,555−1,388,695
  • Tunisia1,934,000 → 1,031,000−903,000

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 1986.

  • 148 distinct values among 150

    Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 250. 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) (1986). Land Under Cereal Production, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/land-under-cereals/1986

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07Questions

Land Under Cereal Production, 1986: questions and answers

Which country has the highest land under cereals in Land Under Cereal Production, 1986?

India, at 104,049,212, of the 150 countries in the file.

What year does Land Under Cereal Production, 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does Land Under Cereal Production, 1986 cover?

150.

Where can I download Land Under Cereal Production, 1986?

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, 1986 the newest?

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

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