List of countries by cereal production

World map of cereal production in tonnes (FAO data)

This is a list of countries by cereal production in 2023 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world cereal production for 2023 was over three billion metric tons. The per-capita world cereal production for that year was about or nearly 400 kilograms per person.

The countries with the highest production of cereals include China, the United States, India, Brazil, Russia, Argentina and Canada. The countries with the highest per capita production of cereals include Lithuania, Argentina, Hungary, Canada, Serbia, Latvia and Denmark. In 1961, the total cereal production was nearly 877 million tons.

Production by country

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

Rank	Country/Region	Cereal production (in thousands tons)	Production per capita (in kg per person)
1	China	658,000	460
2	United States	478,000	1,400
3	India	382,000	270
4	Brazil	156,000	710
5	Russia	149,000	1,000
6	Argentina	101,000	2,200
7	Canada	72,100	1,900
8	Indonesia	65,900	230
9	France	62,500	940
10	Ukraine	61,000	1,500
11	Bangladesh	59,800	350
12	Vietnam	50,300	440
13	Germany	49,100	600
14	Pakistan	48,700	210
15	Turkey	46,800	530
16	Mexico	42,400	320
17	Thailand	41,700	590
18	Poland	39,900	1,100
19	Ethiopia	34,200	270
20	Nigeria	32,100	140
21	Myanmar	31,300	560
22	Australia	29,900	1,100
23	Philippines	28,300	250
24	Spain	27,100	600
25	Egypt	26,900	240
26	Iran	24,700	280
27	Kazakhstan	22,600	1,300
28	Romania	20,200	1,100
29	Italy	19,900	330
30	Hungary	19,300	2,000
31	South Africa	18,100	290
32	United Kingdom	17,300	260
33	Tanzania	16,200	260
34	Japan	15,100	120
35	Cambodia	14,900	880
36	Serbia	12,500	1,900
37	Nepal	11,700	380
38	Mali	10,200	460
One million to ten million tons
39	Denmark	9,930	1,700
40	Iraq	8,930	190
41	Bulgaria	8,740	1,400
42	Paraguay	8,630	1,300
43	Belarus	8,370	910
44	Czech Republic	8,210	800
45	Uzbekistan	7,980	460
46	Lithuania	7,260	2,700
47	Afghanistan	6,410	150
48	Sweden	6,320	600
49	Niger	6,140	230
50	Austria	6,020	660
51	Sri Lanka	5,990	380
52	Peru	5,890	250
53	Syria	5,670	250
54	Burkina Faso	5,530	230
55	South Korea	5,320	100
56	Algeria	5,210	120
57	Kenya	5,110	95
58	Laos	5,010	620
59	Guinea	4,990	340
60	North Korea	4,890	190
61	Ghana	4,790	140
62	Sudan	4,720	83
63	Slovakia	4,690	890
64	Madagascar	4,530	170
65	Finland	4,460	800
66	Malawi	4,390	150
67	Colombia	4,220	80
68	Croatia	4,110	1,100
69	Cameroon	3,990	130
70	Zambia	3,920	190
71	Senegal	3,880	210
72	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3,790	38
73	Uruguay	3,690	1,000
74	Latvia	3,580	1,900
75	Uganda	3,490	76
76	Morocco	3,320	98
77	Azerbaijan	3,290	320
78	Greece	3,220	300
79	Bolivia	3,110	250
80	Chad	3,010	180
81	Ivory Coast	2,990	110
82	Chile	2,870	150
83	Ecuador	2,790	110
84	Belgium	2,690	250
85	Angola	2,620	140
86	Malaysia	2,570	74
87	Benin	2,480	180
100	Netherlands	2,440	120
89	Venezuela	2,390	86
90	Taiwan	2,220	94
91	Guatemala	2,170	120
92	Mozambique	2,120	64
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,080	640
94	Kyrgyzstan	2,010	280
95	Ireland	1,990	390
96	Estonia	1,790	1,400
97	Zimbabwe	1,690	100
98	Tunisia	1,590	120
99	Turkmenistan	1,530	230
100	Moldova	1,490	360
101	Togo	1,410	160
102	Norway	1,380	250
103	Tajikistan	1,270	120
104	Saudi Arabia	1,230	33
105	Sierra Leone	1,110	130
106	Portugal	1,090	110
107	El Salvador	1,040	160
108	New Zealand	1,030	200
109	Israel	1,020	110
110	Switzerland	1,010	120
100,000 to a million tons
111	Dominican Republic	995	88
112	Nicaragua	947	130
113	South Sudan	883	79
114	Rwanda	833	60
115	Honduras	811	74
116	Slovenia	774	360
117	Guyana	722	880
118	Albania	692	250
119	North Macedonia	622	310
120	Panama	599	130
121	Cuba	577	53
122	Mauritania	533	110
123	Burundi	511	38
124	Yemen	498	15
125	Mongolia	433	120
126	Georgia	422	39
127	Haiti	389	33
128	Eritrea	379	100
129	Suriname	355	570
130	Liberia	271	50
131	Guinea-Bissau	233	110
132	Armenia	229	83
133	Libya	211	30
134	Oman	201	44
135	Somalia	198	11
136	Lebanon	188	36
137	Namibia	172	66
138	Gambia	171	62
139	Botswana	165	61
140	Costa Rica	156	29
141	Luxembourg	151	220
142	Timor-Leste	149	110
143	Central African Republic	143	25
144	Belize	133	310
145	Bhutan	112	140
1,000–100,000 tons
146	Lesotho	99	41
147	Jordan	96	8.4
148	Eswatini	93	13
149	Cyprus	80	64
150	Palestine	53	10
151	Gabon	51	20
152	Comoros	42	49
153	Republic of the Congo	38	6.2
154	Kuwait	25	6
155	Papua New Guinea	22	2.3
156	United Arab Emirates	17	1.7
157	New Caledonia	12	46
158	Fiji	9.95	11
159	Iceland	7.72	20
160	Montenegro	7.25	12
161	Trinidad and Tobago	6.32	3.9
162	Solomon Islands	3.33	4.4
163	Brunei	2.79	6.1
164	Jamaica	2.33	0.82
165	Qatar	1.95	0.72
<1,000 tons
166	Vanuatu	0.984	2.9
167	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.963	9.6
168	Mauritius	0.863	0.69
169	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.793	3.4
170	Bahamas	0.732	1.7
171	Cape Verde	0.688	1.1
172	Grenada	0.466	3.6
173	Federated States of Micronesia	0.336	2.9
174	Maldives	0.238	0.45
175	Dominica	0.211	2.9
176	Puerto Rico	0.189	0.061
177	Djibouti	0.023	0.02
178	Barbados	0.018	0.064
179	Antigua and Barbuda	0.016	0.17

World production

World production in tons.

Year Production (in billions of tons) 1961 0.877 1962 0.933 1963 0.949 1964 1.000 1965 0.999 1966 1.080 1967 1.120 1968 1.160 1969 1.170 1970 1.190

Year Production (in billions of tons) 1971 1.30 1972 1.26 1973 1.36 1974 1.33 1975 1.36 1976 1.46 1977 1.46 1978 1.58 1979 1.54 1980 1.55

Year Production (in billions of tons) 1981 1.63 1982 1.69 1983 1.63 1984 1.79 1985 1.82 1986 1.83 1987 1.77 1988 1.73 1989 1.87 1990 1.95

Year Production (in billions of tons) 1991 1.89 1992 1.97 1993 1.90 1994 1.95 1995 1.90 1996 2.06 1997 2.10 1998 2.09 1999 2.08 2000 2.06

Year Production (in billions of tons) 2001 2.10 2002 2.05 2003 2.07 2004 2.29 2005 2.27 2006 2.26 2007 2.35 2008 2.52 2009 2.49 2010 2.46

Year Production (in billions of tons) 2011 2.58 2012 2.56 2013 2.76 2014 2.81 2015 2.83 2016 2.91 2017 2.96 2018 2.91 2019 2.96 2020 3.00