List of countries by cereal production

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This is a list of countries by cereal production in 2020 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world cereal production for 2020 was 2,996,142,289 metric tonnes.

In 1961 production was 877 mln tonnes.

Production by country

The table shows the countries with the largest production of cereals (barley, oats, millet, sorghum, corn, rice, rye and wheat).[1]

Rank Country/Region Cereal production
(tonnes)
1  People's Republic of China 615,518,145
2  United States 434,875,197
3  India 335,035,000
4  Russia 130,037,708
5  Brazil 125,568,280
6  Argentina 86,573,396
7  Indonesia 77,149,202
8  Canada 65,013,700
9  Ukraine 64,342,357
10  Bangladesh 59,960,399
11  France 56,849,840
12  Vietnam 47,320,537
13  Germany 43,265,100
14  Pakistan 42,540,915
15  Turkey 37,184,688
16  Mexico 36,375,198
17  Thailand 35,507,800
18  Poland 34,865,080
19  Ethiopia 30,248,751
20  Nigeria 28,672,504
21  Myanmar 27,552,568
22  Philippines 27,413,963
23  Spain 27,320,900
24  Australia 26,613,793
25  Egypt 22,320,185
26  Iran 22,012,721
27  Kazakhstan 20,179,388
28  Romania 19,373,760
29  United Kingdom 18,961,989
30  South Africa 18,237,226
31  Italy 16,945,440
32  Hungary 15,566,640
33  Tanzania 12,492,601
34  Cambodia 11,910,000
35  Serbia 11,472,036
36  Nepal 10,935,665
37  Japan 10,922,778
38  Mali 10,352,054
1,000,000–10,000,000 tonnes
39  Denmark 9,467,690
40  Iraq 8,885,242
41  Bulgaria 8,598,290
42  Paraguay 8,433,186
43  Belarus 8,403,688
44  Czech Republic 8,126,660
45  Uzbekistan 7,121,545
46  Lithuania 6,544,720
47  Afghanistan 6,025,977
48  Sweden 5,954,500
49  Niger 5,878,468
50  Austria 5,649,770
51  Sri Lanka 5,434,887
52  Peru 5,406,607
53  Syria 5,322,612
54  Burkina Faso 5,122,798
55  South Korea 4,945,284
56  Colombia 4,925,126
57  Kenya 4,881,292
58  Laos 4,837,336
59  Guinea 4,666,854
60  North Korea 4,662,527
61  Slovakia 4,580,900
62  Ghana 4,570,041
63  Madagascar 4,459,253
64  Algeria 4,393,322
65  Malawi 4,028,212
66  Sudan 3,821,458
67  Croatia 3,746,320
68  Cameroon 3,733,173
69  Zambia 3,685,484
70  Senegal 3,640,545
71  Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,551,147
72  Uruguay 3,503,020
73  Latvia 3,497,100
74  Uganda 3,436,305
75  Finland 3,415,550
76  Morocco 3,303,527
77  Azerbaijan 3,151,182
78  Greece 3,105,370
79  Bolivia 2,914,459
80  Chad 2,882,262
81  Ivory Coast 2,817,182
82  Chile 2,759,792
83  Ecuador 2,689,665
84  Belgium 2,565,860
85  Angola 2,427,955
86  Malaysia 2,389,843
87  Benin 2,203,105
88  Venezuela 2,016,380
89  Taiwan 1,964,833
90  Guatemala 1,984,853
91  Mozambique 1,948,665
92  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,944,178
93  Kyrgyzstan 1,901,476
94  Ireland 1,892,640
95  Estonia 1,632,790
96  Zimbabwe 1,598,038
97  Tunisia 1,564,798
98  Turkmenistan 1,533,057
99  Moldova 1,478,349
100  Netherlands 1,364,440
101  Togo 1,357,456
102  Norway 1,239,000
103  Tajikistan 1,280,841
104  Saudi Arabia 1,180,993
105  Sierra Leone 1,170,307
106  Portugal 1,056,070
107  El Salvador 1,019,000
108  New Zealand 1,018,761
109  Switzerland 1,007,794
100,000–1,000,000 tonnes
110  Dominican Republic 993,899
111  Nicaragua 905,198
112  South Sudan 874,000
113  Rwanda 753,504
114  Honduras 753,676
115  Slovenia 749,470
116  Guyana 691,539
117  Albania 684,023
118  North Macedonia 578,836
119  Panama 529,715
120  Cuba 525,731
121  Mauritania 486,125
122  Burundi 466,067
123  Yemen 447,496
124  Mongolia 430,318
125  Georgia 412,339
126  Haiti 370,000
127  Eritrea 304,905
128  Suriname 285,858
129  Liberia 270,000
130  Israel 245,755
131  Guinea-Bissau 252,629
132  Armenia 242,012
133  Libya 209,411
134  Oman 182,051
135  Somalia 177,226
136  Lebanon 174,469
137  Namibia 174,280
138  Gambia 173,776
139  Botswana 162,158
140  Costa Rica 151,685
141  Luxembourg 146,230
142  Timor-Leste 144,000
143  Central African Republic 136,095
144  Belize 112,007
145  Bhutan 103,298
10,000–100,000 tonnes
146  Lesotho 98,821
147  Jordan 95,201
148  Eswatini 89,715
149  Cyprus 75,720
150  Palestine 50,655
151  Gabon 46,419
152  Comoros 36,806
153  Republic of the Congo 30,347
154  Kuwait 20,688
155  Papua New Guinea 18,015
156  United Arab Emirates 15,978
157  New Caledonia 10,125
158  Fiji 9,936
159  Iceland 7,287
160  Montenegro 7,094
161  Trinidad and Tobago 5,734
162  Solomon Islands 2,745
163  Brunei 2,511
164  Jamaica 2,018
165  Qatar 1,803
<1,000 tonnes
166  Vanuatu 938
167  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 848
168  Mauritius 769
169  São Tomé and Príncipe 681
170  Bahamas 643
171  Cape Verde 432
172  Grenada 381
173  Federated States of Micronesia 278
174  Maldives 200
175  Dominica 193
176  Puerto Rico 173
177  Djibouti 17
178  Barbados 12
179  Antigua and Barbuda 11

World production

World production in tonnes.[1]
Year Production
1961 876,874,525
1962 933,372,951
1963 949,345,889
1964 1,001,214,053
1965 998,593,015
1966 1,078,340,182
1967 1,124,081,325
1968 1,160,679,028
1969 1,170,998,781
1970 1,192,507,686
Year Production
1971 1,299,667,694
1972 1,258,478,723
1973 1,357,015,158
1974 1,326,549,451
1975 1,359,804,032
1976 1,463,711,084
1977 1,456,344,202
1978 1,582,019,615
1979 1,537,501,608
1980 1,549,912,169
Year Production
1981 1,6323,820,38
1982 1,692,539,888
1983 1,626,946,262
1984 1,786,795,488
1985 1,821,240,879
1986 1,834,022,448
1987 1,771,529,037
1988 1,727,627,559
1989 1,871,355,619
1990 1,951,724,102
Year Production
1991 1,890,391,252
1992 1,973,500,496
1993 1,904,192,038
1994 1,953,889,075
1995 1,899,401,998
1996 2,061,255,710
1997 2,095,415,393
1998 2,085,475,526
1999 2,082,266,262
2000 2,058,541,725
Year Production
2001 2,104,846,582
2002 2,053,763,021
2003 2,073,835,918
2004 2,285,578,663
2005 2,266,634,527
2006 2,255,532,617
2007 2,345,854,508
2008 2,519,336,137
2009 2,487,453,769
2010 2,461,509,552
Year Production
2011 2,582,720,778
2012 2,556,062,752
2013 2,758,918,973
2014 2,809,728,230
2015 2,833,660,085
2016 2,912,616,402
2017 2,961,463,847
2018 2,906,510,640
2019 2,963,812,987
2020 2,996,142,289

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