Cereal production over time (1961–2024)

Follow cereal production for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1961 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Cereal production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1961 to 2024. Last values: China 651M t, United States 455M t, India 391M t, Brazil 139M t, Russia 120M t, Japan 11.4M t.0200M400M600M800M1961197019801990200020102024ChinaChinaUnited StatesUnited StatesIndiaIndiaBrazilBrazilRussiaRussiaJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
China107M t198M t277M t403M t405M t498M t615M t651M t
United States164M t187M t270M t312M t343M t401M t433M t455M t
India87.4M t114M t140M t194M t236M t264M t341M t391M t
Brazil15M t23.7M t33.2M t32.5M t46.5M t75.2M t126M t139M t
Russia––––64.2M t59.6M t130M t120M t
Japan20.3M t17.7M t13.2M t14.4M t12.8M t11.5M t11.7M t11.4M t
Countries with data146147147147172174177175

Biggest changes, 1961–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1961 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country19612024ChangeRank
China107M t651M tup 544M t#2 → #1
India87.4M t391M tup 304M t#3 → #3
United States164M t455M tup 291M t#1 → #2
Brazil15M t139M tup 124M t#9 → #4
Argentina14.5M t85.7M tup 71.2M t#11 → #6
Biggest decreases
Country19612024ChangeRank
Japan20.3M t11.4M tdown 8.92M t#5 → #36
South Korea6.63M t4.98M tdown 1.65M t#26 → #57
Netherlands1.93M t1.04M tdown 881K t#42 → #108
Yemen938K t421K tdown 517K t#60 → #121
Portugal1.48M t1.02M tdown 466K t#47 → #109

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

Open the table (countries with data)
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
China107M t198M t277M t403M t405M t498M t615M t651M t
United States164M t187M t270M t312M t343M t401M t433M t455M t
India87.4M t114M t140M t194M t236M t264M t341M t391M t
Brazil15M t23.7M t33.2M t32.5M t46.5M t75.2M t126M t139M t
Russia––––64.2M t59.6M t130M t120M t
Argentina14.5M t19.9M t18.7M t19.1M t38.5M t46.6M t83.6M t85.7M t
Indonesia14.4M t22.2M t33.6M t51.9M t61.6M t77.6M t67.6M t68.3M t
Bangladesh14.5M t16.9M t21.7M t27.7M t38.2M t51.3M t61.1M t66.3M t
Canada16.7M t28.6M t41.4M t56.8M t51.1M t46.1M t65.3M t63.7M t
Pakistan6.73M t12.1M t17.1M t21M t30.5M t34.8M t47.2M t55.9M t
Ukraine––––23.8M t38.7M t64.4M t55.7M t
France20.8M t31.4M t48M t55.1M t65.7M t65.8M t57.1M t53.6M t
Australia9.15M t12.9M t16.4M t23M t34.4M t39.1M t49.3M t52.4M t
Vietnam9.29M t10.4M t12.1M t19.9M t34.5M t44.6M t47.3M t47.9M t
Türkiye12.7M t16M t24.4M t30.2M t32.2M t32.8M t37.2M t39M t
Germany17.3M t23.8M t32.7M t37.6M t45.3M t44M t43.3M t39M t
Thailand10.8M t15.9M t20.6M t21.2M t29.6M t39.9M t36.5M t38.6M t
Poland16.1M t16.3M t18.3M t28M t22.3M t27.2M t35M t34.3M t
Mexico8.52M t15M t20.9M t25.6M t28M t34.9M t36.4M t32.6M t
Ethiopia4.2M t5.07M t6.4M t6.14M t8M t19M t32.5M t31.8M t
Myanmar6.94M t8.31M t13.7M t14.4M t22.1M t34.6M t28.9M t30.1M t
Nigeria7.89M t8.98M t7.79M t17.7M t21.4M t24.7M t29.2M t28.5M t
Philippines5.18M t7.6M t10.8M t15M t16.9M t22.1M t27.4M t27.2M t
Kazakhstan––––11.5M t12.1M t19.9M t24.6M t
Iran4.3M t6.45M t8.58M t13.7M t12.9M t19.6M t22.6M t24.5M t
Egypt5.01M t7.48M t8.1M t13M t20.1M t19.5M t22.5M t24M t
Spain7.5M t10.3M t18.7M t18.8M t24.6M t19.9M t27.3M t20.9M t
United Kingdom9.72M t13.3M t19.5M t22.6M t24M t20.9M t19M t19.4M t
Romania10.6M t10.6M t19.4M t17.2M t10.5M t16.7M t18.2M t17.9M t
Cambodia2.56M t3.95M t1.82M t2.59M t4.18M t9.02M t11.8M t15.6M t
Tanzania1.02M t1M t2.96M t3.96M t3.62M t8.64M t12.5M t15.5M t
South Africa6.7M t8.14M t13.4M t11.6M t14.5M t14.7M t18.8M t15.3M t
Italy13.9M t16.2M t18M t17.4M t20.7M t18.5M t16.9M t14.1M t
Hungary6.17M t7.64M t14M t12.6M t10M t12.3M t15.6M t12.7M t
Nepal3.17M t3.56M t3.79M t5.85M t7.06M t8.21M t11M t11.5M t
Japan20.3M t17.7M t13.2M t14.4M t12.8M t11.5M t11.7M t11.4M t
Mali1.11M t991K t968K t1.77M t2.31M t5.34M t10.4M t10.4M t
Bulgaria4.4M t6.79M t7.65M t8.13M t4.39M t7.14M t8.6M t10M t
Serbia–––––9.3M t11.5M t8.72M t
Uzbekistan––––4.11M t7.47M t7.23M t8.3M t
Belarus––––4.58M t6.74M t8.4M t7.73M t
Czechia––––6.47M t6.88M t8.13M t7.52M t
Denmark5.2M t6.23M t7.07M t9.61M t9.41M t8.86M t9.47M t7.5M t
Sudan1.68M t2.14M t2.7M t1.73M t3.26M t3.56M t5.71M t6.73M t
Iraq1.85M t2.11M t1.89M t3.45M t904K t4.36M t9.35M t6.45M t
Afghanistan3.7M t3.51M t4.07M t2.71M t1.94M t5.96M t6.24M t6.22M t
Ghana436K t858K t674K t844K t1.71M t2.91M t4.64M t6.2M t
Niger1.06M t1.14M t1.78M t2.14M t2.13M t5.26M t5.78M t5.97M t
Peru1.07M t1.52M t1.16M t1.78M t3.55M t4.87M t5.4M t5.92M t
Paraguay140K t303K t484K t779K t1.01M t4.98M t8.43M t5.81M t
Lithuania––––2.67M t2.8M t6.54M t5.71M t
Uganda895K t1.65M t1.08M t1.58M t2.11M t3.27M t4.03M t5.67M t
Guinea461K t530K t725K t1.06M t1.8M t2.86M t4.01M t5.39M t
Madagascar1.58M t2.06M t2.24M t2.58M t2.66M t5.16M t4.46M t5.24M t
Burkina Faso726K t1.07M t1.05M t1.52M t2.28M t4.56M t5.18M t5.21M t
Sweden3.89M t4.99M t5.31M t6.38M t5.6M t4.28M t5.95M t5.15M t
South Korea6.63M t8.03M t6.68M t8.43M t7.44M t6.02M t4.95M t4.98M t
Kenya1.38M t2.09M t2.23M t2.79M t2.59M t4.35M t4.88M t4.98M t
Sri Lanka952K t1.64M t2.17M t2.58M t2.9M t4.47M t5.44M t4.93M t
North Korea3.58M t4.36M t5.75M t6.28M t2.94M t4.51M t4.66M t4.89M t
Austria2.27M t3.07M t4.83M t5.29M t4.49M t4.87M t5.65M t4.88M t
Democratic Republic of the Congo503K t666K t889K t1.49M t1.57M t2.59M t3.72M t4.39M t
Colombia1.48M t1.89M t3.22M t4.31M t3.62M t3.54M t4.46M t4.34M t
Syria1.14M t884K t3.88M t3.1M t3.51M t3.9M t5.32M t4.33M t
Laos557K t928K t1.08M t1.56M t2.32M t4.09M t4.2M t4.27M t
Côte d’Ivoire294K t592K t860K t1.24M t1.29M t1.96M t2.82M t4.17M t
Algeria938K t2.06M t2.42M t1.63M t935K t4.21M t4.39M t4.12M t
Uruguay751K t878K t893K t1.12M t1.85M t3.89M t3.5M t4.12M t
Senegal528K t534K t676K t977K t1.03M t1.77M t3.64M t3.91M t
Cameroon704K t738K t892K t816K t1.28M t3.01M t3.54M t3.85M t
Bolivia411K t479K t626K t793K t1.24M t2.13M t2.91M t3.74M t
Slovakia––––2.2M t2.55M t4.58M t3.69M t
Angola544K t576K t435K t249K t520K t1.18M t3.08M t3.5M t
Venezuela501K t943K t1.55M t1.87M t2.95M t3.66M t2.4M t3.49M t
Azerbaijan––––1.5M t1.93M t3.15M t3.31M t
Croatia––––2.31M t3.01M t3.75M t3.29M t
Malawi865K t995K t1.25M t1.41M t2.63M t3.61M t4.03M t3.28M t
Finland1.94M t2.87M t3.31M t4.3M t4.1M t2.99M t3.42M t3.28M t
Morocco1.54M t4.25M t4.51M t6.28M t2M t7.83M t3.33M t3.21M t
Latvia––––924K t1.44M t3.5M t3.15M t
Benin290K t285K t346K t546K t993K t1.33M t2.2M t2.91M t
Greece2.24M t3.38M t5.34M t4.46M t4.93M t4.72M t3.11M t2.87M t
Ecuador510K t651K t680K t1.38M t1.89M t2.39M t2.43M t2.79M t
Chad756K t676K t573K t601K t930K t3.25M t2.88M t2.71M t
Mozambique642K t686K t663K t738K t1.59M t2.67M t1.99M t2.66M t
Chile1.48M t1.84M t1.75M t2.98M t2.59M t3.59M t2.76M t2.56M t
Guatemala571K t890K t1.08M t1.44M t1.16M t1.72M t2.05M t2.33M t
Kyrgyzstan––––1.55M t1.51M t1.9M t2.13M t
Moldova––––1.91M t2.39M t1.48M t2.13M t
Malaysia1.1M t1.7M t2.05M t1.92M t2.14M t2.46M t2.36M t2.1M t
Belgium––––2.51M t3.04M t2.57M t1.93M t
Ireland1.37M t1.37M t2.06M t1.97M t2.18M t2.04M t1.89M t1.9M t
Zambia767K t688K t984K t1.21M t1.21M t3.1M t3.69M t1.76M t
Tajikistan––––545K t1.38M t1.31M t1.55M t
Togo174K t323K t296K t484K t741K t1.05M t1.36M t1.53M t
Tunisia562K t704K t1.2M t1.65M t1.12M t1.11M t1.56M t1.5M t
Sierra Leone298K t474K t551K t563K t222K t1.14M t1.17M t1.5M t
Turkmenistan––––1.75M t1.54M t1.6M t1.49M t
Zimbabwe1.27M t1.44M t1.99M t2.56M t1.96M t1.39M t1.66M t1.34M t
Estonia––––697K t678K t1.63M t1.3M t
Bosnia & Herzegovina––––930K t1.1M t1.94M t1.2M t
South Sudan––––––874K t1.2M t
Norway637K t826K t1.15M t1.57M t1.31M t1.21M t1.31M t1.18M t
Saudi Arabia361K t433K t266K t4.14M t2.17M t1.57M t1.25M t1.17M t
Guyana216K t212K t283K t159K t453K t561K t1.06M t1.12M t
New Zealand389K t582K t756K t870K t856K t1M t1.02M t1.1M t
Dominican Republic164K t269K t453K t488K t610K t886K t986K t1.05M t
Netherlands1.93M t1.36M t1.28M t1.39M t1.73M t1.8M t1.37M t1.04M t
Portugal1.48M t1.68M t1.41M t1.43M t1.61M t1.02M t1.05M t1.02M t
Rwanda133K t225K t273K t265K t240K t677K t752K t975K t
El Salvador279K t554K t730K t825K t779K t969K t912K t895K t
Burundi130K t169K t217K t293K t255K t323K t603K t790K t
Honduras318K t400K t476K t683K t607K t633K t754K t770K t
Slovenia––––497K t573K t750K t673K t
Albania294K t539K t881K t897K t566K t694K t684K t650K t
Switzerland518K t634K t789K t1.27M t1.17M t924K t1.01M t628K t
Mauritania91K t88.6K t47.2K t103K t180K t278K t411K t570K t
North Macedonia––––564K t542K t579K t532K t
Panama183K t188K t244K t345K t339K t346K t528K t462K t
Mongolia124K t285K t287K t718K t143K t355K t430K t443K t
Yemen938K t845K t865K t767K t672K t1.01M t453K t421K t
Georgia––––418K t220K t412K t419K t
Guinea-Bissau79K t55K t93K t167K t178K t256K t258K t324K t
Haiti466K t530K t420K t361K t431K t627K t300K t323K t
Liberia115K t190K t243K t180K t183K t296K t279K t322K t
Cuba331K t463K t574K t540K t826K t779K t526K t308K t
Eritrea––––125K t231K t305K t305K t
Central African Republic68K t92.2K t99.9K t89.1K t166K t157K t278K t283K t
Oman2.9K t3.9K t2.46K t5.14K t33.2K t42.2K t212K t242K t
Suriname72.8K t146K t258K t196K t164K t227K t250K t226K t
Armenia––––217K t322K t242K t215K t
Israel172K t155K t303K t397K t183K t241K t247K t175K t
Libya105K t82.5K t215K t273K t222K t244K t209K t165K t
Belize4.85K t19.4K t27.4K t29.8K t47.9K t98.5K t112K t146K t
Luxembourg––––153K t166K t146K t141K t
Timor-Leste34.3K t29.5K t80K t133K t139K t262K t128K t132K t
Somalia255K t236K t266K t345K t392K t356K t178K t128K t
Gambia90.3K t95.7K t70.1K t90.3K t176K t363K t108K t125K t
Lebanon96.5K t54.1K t30.5K t77.4K t123K t112K t189K t120K t
Jordan208K t59.8K t172K t129K t38.3K t58.3K t114K t84K t
Eswatini50.2K t72.8K t105K t110K t114K t86.4K t89.7K t77.7K t
Bhutan98.4K t126K t158K t121K t107K t145K t103K t73.4K t
Costa Rica119K t162K t348K t287K t285K t287K t152K t72.3K t
Lesotho227K t183K t194K t242K t150K t173K t28.5K t67.5K t
Namibia35.6K t52.9K t73.7K t97.9K t121K t118K t170K t61.2K t
Botswana62.2K t11.5K t45.9K t54.4K t24.6K t50.3K t162K t54.6K t
Gabon9.29K t8.6K t10.8K t23.7K t26.9K t40.8K t48.1K t47.7K t
Kuwait0 t8 t220 t1.83K t8K t20.3K t31.4K t35.3K t
Republic of the Congo5K t8K t11.7K t6.01K t9.77K t24.8K t29.9K t30.2K t
Cyprus92.8K t100K t95.2K t109K t48K t65.7K t63.1K t28.9K t
United Arab Emirates0 t0 t906 t6.43K t4.04K t5.34K t26.4K t20.2K t
Comoros11.3K t13.5K t18.2K t18.7K t4.88K t11.7K t18.1K t20.1K t
Papua New Guinea1.85K t2.96K t3.61K t4.12K t11.3K t15.9K t18.8K t18.8K t
Fiji23K t21.5K t18.9K t28.5K t14.2K t8.62K t10.6K t11K t
Montenegro–––––3.79K t6.68K t6.91K t
Iceland––––––7.29K t4.99K t
Brunei4.91K t6.78K t2.75K t930 t463 t1.6K t3.9K t3.61K t
Solomon Islands200 t1.93K t14.3K t2.58K t4.52K t2.62K t2.76K t2.76K t
Jamaica8.43K t5.01K t6.78K t2.38K t1.78K t2.63K t2.02K t2.38K t
Qatar0 t0 t640 t3.14K t7.22K t2.67K t1.5K t1.77K t
Mauritius180 t1.44K t891 t2.28K t623 t328 t778 t1.29K t
Vanuatu350 t450 t650 t700 t726 t823 t946 t985 t
São Tomé & Príncipe400 t470 t450 t2.7K t2.23K t1.56K t760 t796 t
Trinidad & Tobago12.6K t11.9K t12.7K t16.9K t7.23K t2.26K t734 t784 t
Bahamas100 t510 t719 t750 t312 t678 t601 t605 t
St. Vincent & Grenadines400 t430 t530 t2.51K t600 t582 t848 t427 t
Micronesia––––161 t221 t288 t290 t
Maldives159 t240 t17 t7 t99.5 t164 t203 t205 t
Dominica130 t160 t230 t150 t175 t170 t192 t194 t
Grenada550 t530 t447 t258 t305 t343 t384 t177 t
Antigua & Barbuda–60 t29 t50 t48 t63.4 t55.7 t50.4 t
Djibouti–––10 t11 t14.1 t16.9 t17.4 t
Cape Verde13K t924 t8.5K t11.4K t24.3K t7.05K t432 t5 t
Barbados716 t1.6K t2K t2.3K t300 t260 t86 t1.1 t
Malta4.96K t3.52K t7.69K t8.9K t11.7K t15.2K t0 t0 t
St. Lucia50 t21 t0 t–––––
Nicaragua229K t378K t382K t488K t783K t970K t905K t–
Nauru––––––0 t–
Countries with data146147147147172174177175

Notes on reading this history

Yearly values come from the same World Bank indicator. The number of countries with data differs by year, so each year’s ranks are given only among the countries that have data that year. The ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it may not match a single year’s ranking here.

Regions that later split into several countries, such as the former Soviet Union, have a value for each new country only from the year it split. So older years have fewer countries with data, and values from before a split cannot be compared country by country with today’s countries. See the “Countries with data” row in the table.

Source: Cereal production (metric tons), indicator AG.PRD.CREL.MT. Processed by this site. data.worldbank.org

World Bank data last updated: 2026-10-08

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