Which country has the highest Cereal Production?

China has the highest Cereal Production in 2023, at 641.7M, followed by United States (462.6M) and India (374.6M).

Which country has the lowest Cereal Production?

Djibouti has the lowest Cereal Production in 2023, at 17.

What is the median Cereal Production across countries?

The median is 2.2M across the 178 countries with data in 2023.

Where does this cereal production by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Cereal Production - Faostat.

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Cereal Production by Country

Name: Cereal Production by Country
Creator: Rankodex

China has the highest Cereal Production in 2023 (641.7M), followed by United States (462.6M) and India (374.6M). Djibouti has the lowest (17).

Agriculture179 countries · 2 metricsUpdated Nov 7, 2023Original page

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Cereal Production - Faostat

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Cereal Production, 2023

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Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 178 countries.

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Median

2.2M

Middle half 212.3K – 5.7M

Average

17.6M

178 countries

Highest

641.7M

China

Lowest

Djibouti

Over time · 2019–2023

The top 5 in 2023, against the median.

Median of all countries
China
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Russia

Data

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179 countries · # = rank by Cereal Production

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1	China	641.7M	Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
2	United States	462.6M	Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
3	India	374.6M	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
4	Brazil	155.9M	Barley, Buckwheat, Maize (corn), Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
5	Russia	136.7M	Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
6	Indonesia	74M	Maize (corn), Rice
7	Bangladesh	64.3M	Barley, Canary seed, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
8	France	64.2M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
9	Argentina	62.1M	Barley, Canary seed, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
10	Ukraine	59.3M	Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
11	Canada	59.2M	Barley, Buckwheat, Canary seed, Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rye, Triticale, Wheat
12	Australia	59M	Barley, Canary seed, Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
13	Pakistan	53.2M	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
14	Vietnam	47.9M	Maize (corn), Millet, Rice
15	Germany	42.5M	Barley, Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Triticale, Wheat
16	Turkey	42.2M	Barley, Canary seed, Maize (corn), Millet, Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
17	Thailand	38.5M	Barley, Canary seed, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
18	Mexico	37M	Barley, Canary seed, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
19	Poland	35.2M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Triticale, Wheat
20	Ethiopia	30.1M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Oatst, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
21	Philippines	28.5M	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum
22	Myanmar	28.3M	Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
23	Nigeria	28.1M	Fonio, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
24	Egypt	23.4M	Barley, Maize (corn), Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
25	United Kingdom	22M	Barley, Mixed grain, Oats, Rye, Triticale, Wheat
26	Iran	21M	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Rye, Wheat
27	Romania	20.8M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
28	South Africa	19M	Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
29	Kazakhstan	17.1M	Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
30	Italy	15.5M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
31	Hungary	15M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
32	Cambodia	14.4M	Maize (corn), Rice
33	Tanzania	12.8M	Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
34	Spain	11.9M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
35	Japan	11.5M	Barley, Buckwheat, Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
36	Nepal	11.2M	Barley, Buckwheat, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Wheat
37	Serbia	10.8M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Mixed grain, Oats, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
38	Bulgaria	10.3M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
39	Mali	10M	Cereals n.e.c., Fonio, Maize (corn) , Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
40	Czechia	8M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Wheat, Triticale
41	Uzbekistan	7.9M	Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
42	Belarus	7.1M	Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rye, Triticale, Wheat
43	Denmark	7M	Barley, Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Triticale, Wheat
44	Paraguay	6.9M	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
45	Ghana	5.8M	Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Sorghum
46	Morocco	5.7M	Barley, Canary seed, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
47	Lithuania	5.6M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
48	Peru	5.5M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Oats, Quinoa, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
49	Madagascar	5.4M	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
50	Afghanistan	5.4M	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Wheat
51	Guinea	5.3M	Fonio, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum
52	Austria	5.2M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
53	Iraq	5.2M	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
54	Niger	5.2M	Cereals n.e.c., Fonio, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Wheat, Sorghum
55	Burkina Faso	5.1M	Fonio, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum
56	Kenya	5.1M	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
57	South Korea	5.1M	Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
58	Colombia	5M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Oats, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
59	Syria	4.9M	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
60	Sri Lanka	4.7M	Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum
61	North Korea	4.4M	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
62	Sweden	4.3M	Barley, Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Triticale, Wheat
63	Slovakia	4.3M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
64	Laos	4.3M	Maize (corn), Rice
65	Senegal	4.3M	Fonio, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum
66	Republic of the Congo	4.2M	Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Rice,
67	Sudan	4.2M	Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
68	Uruguay	3.9M	Barley, Canary seed, Maize (corn), Oats, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
69	Cameroon	3.9M	Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
70	Malawi	3.8M	Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
71	Zambia	3.7M	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
72	Algeria	3.6M	Barley, Maize (corn), Oats, Rice, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat,
73	Greece	3.4M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
74	Ivory Coast	3.4M	Fonio, Maize (corn) , Millet, Rice, Sorghum
75	Uganda	3.4M	Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
76	Angola	3.3M	Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
77	Bolivia	3.2M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Oats, Quinoa, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
78	Croatia	3.2M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Triticale, Wheat
79	Moldova	3.2M	Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
80	Azerbaijan	3.2M	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
81	Finland	3M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
82	Belgium	2.8M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Triticale, Wheat
83	Ecuador	2.8M	Barley, Maize (corn), Oats, Quinoa, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
84	Benin	2.7M	Fonio, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum
85	Latvia	2.7M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
86	Chad	2.6M	Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
87	Chile	2.5M	Barley, Maize (corn), Oats, Rice, Rye, Triticale, Wheat
88	Mozambique	2.5M	Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
89	Guatemala	2.2M	Barley, Buckwheat, Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
90	Malaysia	2.2M	Maize (corn), Rice
91	Venezuela	2.1M	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum. Wheat
92	Ireland	1.9M	Barley, Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Triticale, Wheat
93	Taiwan	1.7M	Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
94	Kyrgyzstan	1.7M	Barley, Buckwheat, Maize (corn), Millet, Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
95	Sierra Leone	1.5M	Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum
96	Togo	1.5M	Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum
97	Netherlands	1.5M	Barley, Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Triticale, Wheat
98	Turkmenistan	1.5M	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
99	Tajikistan	1.4M	Barley, Buckwheat, Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
100	Estonia	1.2M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
101	Saudi Arabia	1.2M	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
102	Zimbabwe	1.2M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Oats. Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
103	South Sudan	1.1M	Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
104	Burundi	1.1M	Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.1M	Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rye, Triticale, Wheat
106	Portugal	1M	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
107	Dominican Republic	1M	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum
108	Guyana	999K	Maize (corn), Rice
109	New Zealand	960.2K	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Oats, Rice, Wheat
110	Nicaragua	881.4K	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum
111	El Salvador	881K	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum
112	Rwanda	846.4K	Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
113	Switzerland	809.5K	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Mixed grain, Oats, Rye,Triticale, Wheat
114	Norway	785K	Barley, Mixed grain, Mixed grain, Oats, Rye, Triticale, Wheat
115	Honduras	773.8K	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
116	Albania	701.3K	Barley, Maize (corn), Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
117	Slovenia	666.9K	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
118	Panama	597K	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum
119	Mauritania	565.7K	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
120	Tunisia	542K	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Oats, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
121	North Macedonia	523K	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Wheat
122	Mongolia	470.3K	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Oats, Wheat
123	Yemen	435K	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Sorghum, Wheat
124	Georgia	399.8K	Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Oats, Rye, Wheat
125	Haiti	330K	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum
126	Eritrea	305.2K	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Sorghum, Wheat
127	Central African Republic	302.6K	Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Sorghum
128	Guinea-Bissau	299.1K	Cereals n.e.c., Fonio, Maize (corn), Millet, Rice, Wheat, Sorghum
129	Cuba	294.5K	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum
130	Armenia	287.9K	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Oats, Rice, Rye, Wheat
131	Liberia	256.2K	Rice
132	Israel	232.3K	Barley, Maize (corn), Oats, Sorghum, Wheat
133	Oman	225.1K	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Sorghum, Wheat
134	Libya	208K	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Wheat
135	Suriname	203.2K	Maize (corn), Rice
136	Somalia	178.1K	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
137	Timor-Leste	168K	Maize (corn), Rice
138	Belize	160.2K	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum
139	Namibia	153K	Maize (corn), Millet, Sorghum, Wheat
140	Luxembourg	148.1K	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Mixed grain, Oats, Rice, Rye, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
141	Lesotho	143.1K	Barley, Maize (corn), Oats, Sorghum, Wheat
142	Lebanon	133.4K	Barley, Maize (corn), Oats, Sorghum, Wheat
143	Gambia	129K	Cereals n.e.c., Fonio, Maize (corn) , Millet, Rice, Sorghum
144	Eswatini	87.2K	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum, Wheat
145	Costa Rica	83.4K	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum
146	Botswana	74.4K	Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Sorghum, Wheat
147	Jordan	72.7K	Barley, Maize (corn), Millet, Sorghum, Wheat
148	Bhutan	70K	Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Millet, Oats, Rice, Wheat
149	Palestine	51K	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Sorghum, Wheat
150	Cyprus	51K	Barley, Oats, Rice, Sorghum, Triticale, Wheat
151	Gabon	48.1K	Maize (corn), Rice,
152	Kuwait	31K	Barley, Maize (corn), Oats, Wheat
153	United Arab Emirates	22K	Maize (corn)
154	Comoros	19.7K	Maize (corn), Rice
155	Papua New Guinea	18.7K	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum
156	Fiji	9,194	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum
157	Iceland	7,679	Barley
158	Montenegro	6,846	Barley, Maize (corn), Oats, Rye, Wheat
159	Trinidad and Tobago	5,326	Maize (corn), Rice
160	Puerto Rico	3,952	Maize (corn), Rice
161	Brunei	3,700	Rice
162	New Caledonia	2,915	Maize (corn), Sorghum, Wheat
163	Solomon Islands	2,753	Rice
164	Jamaica	2,291	Maize (corn), Rice
165	Qatar	2,209	Barley, Cereals n.e.c., Maize (corn), Wheat
166	Mauritius	1,502	Maize (corn), Rice
167	Vanuatu	983	Maize (corn)
168	Sao Tome and Principe	787	Maize (corn)
169	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	633	Maize (corn), Rice
170	Bahamas	616	Maize (corn), Millet
171	Cape Verde	464	Maize (corn)
172	Grenada	390	Maize (corn)
173	Micronesia	289	Maize (corn), Rice, Sorghum
174	Maldives	205	Maize (corn), Millet, Sorghum
175	Dominica	193	Maize (corn)
176	Antigua and Barbuda	46	Maize (corn)
177	Barbados	42	Maize (corn)
178	Djibouti	17	Maize (corn)
—	Hong Kong	—	Rice

What correlates with Cereal Production (2023)?

Pearson r against 1,440 other country metrics sharing at least 107 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Cereal Production tend to score higher on these

GDP PPPHistorical GDP by Country
r = +0.97 · very strong · n = 165
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Non-Melanoma Deaths - MaleMale Skin Cancer Rates by Country
r = +0.97 · very strong · n = 177
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Methane Emission Total Excluding LULUCF (WB)Methane Emissions by Country
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 171
Plot
Total Ecological FootprintEcological Footprint by Country
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 121
Plot
Alcoholics FemaleAlcoholism by Country
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 177
Plot
Composite Index x100kComposite Index of National Capability by Country
r = +0.95 · very strong · n = 171
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Cereal Production tend to score lower on these

US Trade BalanceUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = −0.50 · strong · n = 175
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Net International Investment PositionNet International Investment Position by Country
r = −0.40 · moderate · n = 113
Plot
Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.33 · moderate · n = 141
Plot
Chlamydial Infection RateSTD Rates by Country
r = −0.27 · weak · n = 174
Plot
Oldest Park Founding YearNational Parks by Country
r = −0.25 · weak · n = 113
Plot
LI Users Aged 18-24LinkedIn Users by Country
r = −0.21 · weak · n = 171
Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest Cereal Production?: China has the highest Cereal Production in 2023, at 641.7M, followed by United States (462.6M) and India (374.6M).
Which country has the lowest Cereal Production?: Djibouti has the lowest Cereal Production in 2023, at 17.
What is the median Cereal Production across countries?: The median is 2.2M across the 178 countries with data in 2023.
Where does this cereal production by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Cereal Production - Faostat.

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