value: World Development Indicators

value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Rwanda

iso2Code: RW

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: Low income

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Kigali

country_code: RWA

country_name: Rwanda

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

value: Environment: Agricultural production


Cereal production (metric tons)

sourceNone: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

South Asia

value: Aggregates

country_code: SAS

country_name: South Asia

value: Sum

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.

value: Annual

value:
Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use.

The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

The data collected from official national sources.

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

value: Metric tonnes

value: A cereal is a grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; cereal crops therefore can also be called staple crops. Cereals production data relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.

schema: wb


value: World Development Indicators

value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Saudi Arabia

iso2Code: SA

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XD

value: High income

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Riyadh

country_code: SAU

country_name: Saudi Arabia

value: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Cereal production (metric tons)

Sudan

iso2Code: SD

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Khartoum

country_code: SDN

country_name: Sudan

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

value: Environment: Agricultural production


Senegal

iso2Code: SN

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Dakar

country_code: SEN

country_name: Senegal

value: Sum

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.

value: Annual


Cereal production (metric tons)

value: World Development Indicators

value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Singapore

iso2Code: SG

value: East Asia & Pacific

capitalCity: Singapore

country_code: SGP

country_name: Singapore

value:
Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use.

The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

The data collected from official national sources.

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

value: Metric tonnes

value: A cereal is a grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; cereal crops therefore can also be called staple crops. Cereals production data relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.


Solomon Islands

iso2Code: SB

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Honiara

country_code: SLB

country_name: Solomon Islands

value: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Cereal production (metric tons)

Sierra Leone

iso2Code: SL

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: Low income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Freetown

country_code: SLE

country_name: Sierra Leone

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.


El Salvador

iso2Code: SV

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: San Salvador

country_code: SLV

country_name: El Salvador

value: Sum

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Environment: Agricultural production


Cereal production (metric tons)

value: World Development Indicators

value: Agriculture & Rural Development

San Marino

iso2Code: SM

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: San Marino

country_code: SMR

country_name: San Marino

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.

value: Annual

value:
Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use.

The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

The data collected from official national sources.

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

value: Metric tonnes


Somalia

iso2Code: SO

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: Low income

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Mogadishu

country_code: SOM

country_name: Somalia

value: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

value: A cereal is a grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; cereal crops therefore can also be called staple crops. Cereals production data relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.


Cereal production (metric tons)

value: World Development Indicators

Serbia

iso2Code: RS

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

value: Upper middle income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Belgrade

country_code: SRB

country_name: Serbia

value: Sum

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Environment: Agricultural production


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: Aggregates

country_code: SSA

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.

value: Annual

value:
Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use.

The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

The data collected from official national sources.

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.


South Sudan

iso2Code: SS

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Juba

country_code: SSD

country_name: South Sudan

value: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

value: Metric tonnes


Cereal production (metric tons)

value: World Development Indicators

country_code: SSF

country_name: Sub-Saharan Africa

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

value: A cereal is a grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; cereal crops therefore can also be called staple crops. Cereals production data relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.


country_code: SST

country_name: Small states

value: Sum

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Sao Tome and Principe

iso2Code: ST

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Sao Tome

country_code: STP

country_name: São Tomé and Principe

value: Environment: Agricultural production


Cereal production (metric tons)

Suriname

iso2Code: SR

value: Latin America & Caribbean

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

value: Upper middle income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Paramaribo

country_code: SUR

country_name: Suriname

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.

value: Annual

value:
Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use.

The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

The data collected from official national sources.


Slovak Republic

iso2Code: SK

value: Europe & Central Asia

iso2code: XD

value: High income

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Bratislava

country_code: SVK

country_name: Slovak Republic

value: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

value: Metric tonnes


Cereal production (metric tons)

value: World Development Indicators

Slovenia

iso2Code: SI

capitalCity: Ljubljana

country_code: SVN

country_name: Slovenia

value: Sum

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

value: A cereal is a grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; cereal crops therefore can also be called staple crops. Cereals production data relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Sweden

iso2Code: SE

capitalCity: Stockholm

country_code: SWE

country_name: Sweden

value: Environment: Agricultural production


Cereal production (metric tons)

Eswatini

iso2Code: SZ

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Mbabane

country_code: SWZ

country_name: Eswatini

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.


Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

iso2Code: SX

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Philipsburg

country_code: SXM

country_name: Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

value: Annual

value:
Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use.

The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

The data collected from official national sources.


Cereal production (metric tons)

value: World Development Indicators

Seychelles

iso2Code: SC

iso2code: ZG

capitalCity: Victoria

country_code: SYC

country_name: Seychelles

value: Sum

value: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

value: Metric tonnes


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Syrian Arab Republic

iso2Code: SY

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XQ

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

value: Low income

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Damascus

country_code: SYR

country_name: Syrian Arab Republic

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

value: A cereal is a grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; cereal crops therefore can also be called staple crops. Cereals production data relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.


Cereal production (metric tons)

Turks and Caicos Islands

iso2Code: TC

value: Latin America & Caribbean

value: High income

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Grand Turk

country_code: TCA

country_name: Turks and Caicos Islands

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.

value: Environment: Agricultural production


value: World Development Indicators

Chad

iso2Code: TD

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XM

capitalCity: N'Djamena

country_code: TCD

country_name: Chad

value: Sum

value: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

value: Annual

value:
Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use.

The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

The data collected from official national sources.


Cereal production (metric tons)

value: Agriculture & Rural Development

name: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

value: Aggregates

country_code: TEA

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

value: Metric tonnes


name: Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)

country_code: TEC

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

value: A cereal is a grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; cereal crops therefore can also be called staple crops. Cereals production data relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.


Togo

iso2Code: TG

value: Low income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Lome

country_code: TGO

country_name: Togo

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.


Cereal production (metric tons)

value: World Development Indicators

Thailand

iso2Code: TH

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Bangkok

country_code: THA

country_name: Thailand

value: Environment: Agricultural production


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Tajikistan

iso2Code: TJ

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Dushanbe

country_code: TJK

country_name: Tajikistan

value: Sum

value: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

value: Annual

value:
Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use.

The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

The data collected from official national sources.


Cereal production (metric tons)

Turkmenistan

iso2Code: TM

iso2code: XF

capitalCity: Ashgabat

country_code: TKM

country_name: Turkmenistan

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

value: Metric tonnes

value: A cereal is a grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; cereal crops therefore can also be called staple crops. Cereals production data relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.


value: World Development Indicators

name: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

value: Aggregates

country_code: TLA

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Timor-Leste

iso2Code: TL

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Dili

country_code: TLS

country_name: Timor-Leste

value: Environment: Agricultural production


Cereal production (metric tons)

name: Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

country_code: TMN

value: Sum

value: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.


Tonga

iso2Code: TO

value: Upper middle income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Nuku'alofa

country_code: TON

country_name: Tonga

value: Annual

value:
Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use.

The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

The data collected from official national sources.


Cereal production (metric tons)

country_code: TSA

country_name: South Asia (IDA & IBRD)

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.


value: World Development Indicators

name: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

value: Aggregates

country_code: TSS

value: Metric tonnes

value: A cereal is a grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; cereal crops therefore can also be called staple crops. Cereals production data relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.


value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Trinidad and Tobago

iso2Code: TT

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XD

value: High income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Port-of-Spain

country_code: TTO

country_name: Trinidad and Tobago

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.


Cereal production (metric tons)

Tunisia

iso2Code: TN

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XQ

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Tunis

country_code: TUN

country_name: Tunisia

value: Sum

value: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

value: Environment: Agricultural production


Turkiye

iso2Code: TR

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Ankara

country_code: TUR

country_name: Turkey

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

value: Annual

value:
Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use.

The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

The data collected from official national sources.


Cereal production (metric tons)

value: World Development Indicators

value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Tuvalu

iso2Code: TV

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Funafuti

country_code: TUV

country_name: Tuvalu

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

value: Metric tonnes

value: A cereal is a grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; cereal crops therefore can also be called staple crops. Cereals production data relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.


Tanzania

iso2Code: TZ

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Dodoma

country_code: TZA

country_name: Tanzania

value: Sum

value: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.

value: Environment: Agricultural production


Cereal production (metric tons)

Uganda

iso2Code: UG

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

capitalCity: Kampala

country_code: UGA

country_name: Uganda

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

value: Annual


value: World Development Indicators

value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Ukraine

iso2Code: UA

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Kiev

country_code: UKR

country_name: Ukraine

value:
Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use.

The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

The data collected from official national sources.


Cereal production (metric tons)

Upper middle income

iso2Code: XT

value: Aggregates

country_code: UMC

country_name: Upper middle income

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

value: Metric tonnes

value: A cereal is a grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; cereal crops therefore can also be called staple crops. Cereals production data relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.


Uruguay

iso2Code: UY

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

value: High income

capitalCity: Montevideo

country_code: URY

country_name: Uruguay

value: Sum

value: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.


Cereal production (metric tons)

United States

iso2Code: US

iso2code: XU

value: North America

iso2code: XD

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Washington D.C.

country_code: USA

country_name: United States

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

value: Environment: Agricultural production


value: World Development Indicators

value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Uzbekistan

iso2Code: UZ

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Tashkent

country_code: UZB

country_name: Uzbekistan

value: Annual


Cereal production (metric tons)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

iso2Code: VC

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Kingstown

country_code: VCT

country_name: St. Vincent and the Grenadines

value:
Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use.

The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

The data collected from official national sources.

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

value: Metric tonnes

value: A cereal is a grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; cereal crops therefore can also be called staple crops. Cereals production data relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.


Venezuela, RB

iso2Code: VE

iso2code: XY

value: Not classified

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Caracas

country_code: VEN

country_name: Venezuela, RB

value: Sum

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.


Cereal production (metric tons)

value: World Development Indicators

value: Agriculture & Rural Development

British Virgin Islands

iso2Code: VG

value: High income

capitalCity: Road Town

country_code: VGB

country_name: British Virgin Islands

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

value: Environment: Agricultural production


Virgin Islands (U.S.)

iso2Code: VI

value: Latin America & Caribbean

capitalCity: Charlotte Amalie

country_code: VIR

country_name: Virgin Islands (U.S.)

value: Annual


Cereal production (metric tons)

Viet Nam

iso2Code: VN

value: East Asia & Pacific

value: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Hanoi

country_code: VNM

country_name: Vietnam

value:
Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use.

The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

The data collected from official national sources.

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.


Vanuatu

iso2Code: VU

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Port-Vila

country_code: VUT

country_name: Vanuatu

value: Sum

value: Metric tonnes

value: A cereal is a grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; cereal crops therefore can also be called staple crops. Cereals production data relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.


Cereal production (metric tons)

World

value: Aggregates

country_code: WLD

country_name: World

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.


value: World Development Indicators

value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Samoa

iso2Code: WS

capitalCity: Apia

country_code: WSM

country_name: Samoa

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

value: Environment: Agricultural production


Cereal production (metric tons)

Kosovo

iso2Code: XK

value: Europe & Central Asia

value: Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Pristina

country_code: XKX

country_name: Kosovo

value: Annual


Yemen, Rep.

iso2Code: YE

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XQ

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Sana'a

country_code: YEM

country_name: Yemen, Rep.

value:
Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use.

The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

The data collected from official national sources.

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.


Cereal production (metric tons)

South Africa

iso2Code: ZA

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Pretoria

country_code: ZAF

country_name: South Africa

value: Sum

value: Cereal production (metric tons)

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Metric tonnes

value: A cereal is a grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; cereal crops therefore can also be called staple crops. Cereals production data relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.


value: World Development Indicators

value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Zambia

iso2Code: ZM

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Lusaka

country_code: ZMB

country_name: Zambia

value: Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

value: The world and regional aggregate series do not include data from countries that no longer exist.

value:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons.

FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle.

Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

value: Environment: Agricultural production


Cereal production (metric tons)

Zimbabwe

iso2Code: ZW

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Harare

country_code: ZWE

country_name: Zimbabwe

value: Annual

value:
Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use.

The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries.

The data collected from official national sources.


name: Cereal production index (1999-2001 = 100)

value: Africa Development Indicators

sourceNone: Cereal production index covers cereals that are considered edible and that contain nutrients.  The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2004-2006. They are based on the sum of price-weighted quantities of different agricultural commodities produced after deductions of quantities used as seed and feed weighted in a similar manner. The resulting aggregate represents, therefore, disposable production for any use except as seed and feed.

Africa

value: Aggregates

country_code: AFR

country_name: Africa

value: Weighted average

value: All the indices at the country, regional and world levels are calculated by the Laspeyres formula. Production quantities of each commodity are weighted by 1999-2001 average international commodity prices and summed for each year. To obtain the index, the aggregate for a given year is divided by the average aggregate for the base period 1999-2001.

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.

value: Cereal production index covers cereals that are considered edible and that contain nutrients.  The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 1999-2001. They are based on the sum of price-weighted quantities of different agricultural commodities produced after deductions of quantities used as seed and feed weighted in a similar manner. The resulting aggregate represents, therefore, disposable production for any use except as seed and feed.


Angola

iso2Code: AO

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Luanda

country_code: AGO

country_name: Angola

value: Cereal production index (1999-2001 = 100)


Burundi

iso2Code: BI

value: Low income

iso2code: XI

value: IDA

capitalCity: Bujumbura

country_code: BDI

country_name: Burundi


Benin

iso2Code: BJ

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Porto-Novo

country_code: BEN

country_name: Benin


Burkina Faso

iso2Code: BF

capitalCity: Ouagadougou

country_code: BFA

country_name: Burkina Faso

value: Environment: Agricultural production


Botswana

iso2Code: BW

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Gaborone

country_code: BWA

country_name: Botswana


Central African Republic

iso2Code: CF

capitalCity: Bangui

country_code: CAF

country_name: Central African Republic

value: Annual


Cote d'Ivoire

iso2Code: CI

capitalCity: Yamoussoukro

country_code: CIV

country_name: Côte d'Ivoire


Cameroon

iso2Code: CM

value: Blend

capitalCity: Yaounde

country_code: CMR

country_name: Cameroon


value: Africa Development Indicators

Congo, Dem. Rep.

iso2Code: CD

iso2code: ZG

iso2code: XM

capitalCity: Kinshasa

country_code: COD

country_name: Congo, Dem. Rep.


Congo, Rep.

iso2Code: CG

iso2code: ZF

capitalCity: Brazzaville

country_code: COG

country_name: Congo, Rep.


Comoros

iso2Code: KM

capitalCity: Moroni

country_code: COM

country_name: Comoros


Cabo Verde

iso2Code: CV

iso2code: XH

capitalCity: Praia

country_code: CPV

country_name: Cabo Verde


Djibouti

iso2Code: DJ

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XQ

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

capitalCity: Djibouti

country_code: DJI

country_name: Djibouti


Algeria

iso2Code: DZ

iso2code: XF

capitalCity: Algiers

country_code: DZA

country_name: Algeria

value: Weighted average

value: All the indices at the country, regional and world levels are calculated by the Laspeyres formula. Production quantities of each commodity are weighted by 1999-2001 average international commodity prices and summed for each year. To obtain the index, the aggregate for a given year is divided by the average aggregate for the base period 1999-2001.


Egypt, Arab Rep.

iso2Code: EG

capitalCity: Cairo

country_code: EGY

country_name: Egypt, Arab Rep.

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.

value: Cereal production index covers cereals that are considered edible and that contain nutrients.  The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 1999-2001. They are based on the sum of price-weighted quantities of different agricultural commodities produced after deductions of quantities used as seed and feed weighted in a similar manner. The resulting aggregate represents, therefore, disposable production for any use except as seed and feed.


Eritrea

iso2Code: ER

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XI

capitalCity: Asmara

country_code: ERI

country_name: Eritrea


Ethiopia

iso2Code: ET

capitalCity: Addis Ababa

country_code: ETH

country_name: Ethiopia

value: Cereal production index (1999-2001 = 100)


Gabon

iso2Code: GA

iso2code: ZG

iso2code: XT

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Libreville

country_code: GAB

country_name: Gabon


Ghana

iso2Code: GH

iso2code: ZF

value: IDA

capitalCity: Accra

country_code: GHA

country_name: Ghana


Guinea

iso2Code: GN

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Conakry

country_code: GIN

country_name: Guinea


Gambia, The

iso2Code: GM

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

capitalCity: Banjul

country_code: GMB

country_name: Gambia, The

value: Environment: Agricultural production


Guinea-Bissau

iso2Code: GW

capitalCity: Bissau

country_code: GNB

country_name: Guinea-Bissau

value: Annual


Equatorial Guinea

iso2Code: GQ

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Malabo

country_code: GNQ

country_name: Equatorial Guinea


value: Africa Development Indicators

Kenya

iso2Code: KE

iso2code: XN

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Nairobi

country_code: KEN

country_name: Kenya


Liberia

iso2Code: LR

capitalCity: Monrovia

country_code: LBR

country_name: Liberia


Libya

iso2Code: LY

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XQ

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XF

capitalCity: Tripoli

country_code: LBY

country_name: Libya


Lesotho

iso2Code: LS

iso2code: ZG

iso2code: XI

capitalCity: Maseru

country_code: LSO

country_name: Lesotho

value: Weighted average

value: All the indices at the country, regional and world levels are calculated by the Laspeyres formula. Production quantities of each commodity are weighted by 1999-2001 average international commodity prices and summed for each year. To obtain the index, the aggregate for a given year is divided by the average aggregate for the base period 1999-2001.


Morocco

iso2Code: MA

capitalCity: Rabat

country_code: MAR

country_name: Morocco

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.

value: Cereal production index covers cereals that are considered edible and that contain nutrients.  The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 1999-2001. They are based on the sum of price-weighted quantities of different agricultural commodities produced after deductions of quantities used as seed and feed weighted in a similar manner. The resulting aggregate represents, therefore, disposable production for any use except as seed and feed.


Madagascar

iso2Code: MG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: ZF

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Antananarivo

country_code: MDG

country_name: Madagascar


Mali

iso2Code: ML

iso2code: XM

capitalCity: Bamako

country_code: MLI

country_name: Mali

value: Cereal production index (1999-2001 = 100)


Mozambique

iso2Code: MZ

value: IDA

capitalCity: Maputo

country_code: MOZ

country_name: Mozambique


Mauritania

iso2Code: MR

value: Lower middle income

capitalCity: Nouakchott

country_code: MRT

country_name: Mauritania


Mauritius

iso2Code: MU

iso2code: XT

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Port Louis

country_code: MUS

country_name: Mauritius


Malawi

iso2Code: MW

value: Low income

capitalCity: Lilongwe

country_code: MWI

country_name: Malawi

value: Environment: Agricultural production


North Africa

value: Aggregates

country_code: NAF

country_name: North Africa

value: Annual


value: Africa Development Indicators

Namibia

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Windhoek

country_code: NAM

country_name: Namibia


Niger

iso2Code: NE

capitalCity: Niamey

country_code: NER

country_name: Niger


Nigeria

iso2Code: NG

iso2code: XN

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Abuja

country_code: NGA

country_name: Nigeria


Rwanda

iso2Code: RW

capitalCity: Kigali

country_code: RWA

country_name: Rwanda

value: Weighted average


Sudan

iso2Code: SD

iso2code: ZG

capitalCity: Khartoum

country_code: SDN

country_name: Sudan

value: All the indices at the country, regional and world levels are calculated by the Laspeyres formula. Production quantities of each commodity are weighted by 1999-2001 average international commodity prices and summed for each year. To obtain the index, the aggregate for a given year is divided by the average aggregate for the base period 1999-2001.


Senegal

iso2Code: SN

iso2code: XI

capitalCity: Dakar

country_code: SEN

country_name: Senegal

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.


Sierra Leone

iso2Code: SL

iso2code: ZF

capitalCity: Freetown

country_code: SLE

country_name: Sierra Leone

value: Cereal production index covers cereals that are considered edible and that contain nutrients.  The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 1999-2001. They are based on the sum of price-weighted quantities of different agricultural commodities produced after deductions of quantities used as seed and feed weighted in a similar manner. The resulting aggregate represents, therefore, disposable production for any use except as seed and feed.


Somalia

iso2Code: SO

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: XM

capitalCity: Mogadishu

country_code: SOM

country_name: Somalia


country_code: SSA

country_name: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)


South Sudan

iso2Code: SS

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

capitalCity: Juba

country_code: SSD

country_name: South Sudan


country_code: SSF

country_name: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Cereal production index (1999-2001 = 100)


Sao Tome and Principe

iso2Code: ST

value: IDA

capitalCity: Sao Tome

country_code: STP

country_name: São Tomé and Principe


Eswatini

iso2Code: SZ

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XF

capitalCity: Mbabane

country_code: SWZ

country_name: Eswatini


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa

country_code: SXZ


Seychelles

iso2Code: SC

iso2code: XD

value: High income

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Victoria

country_code: SYC

country_name: Seychelles


Chad

iso2Code: TD

value: Low income

capitalCity: N'Djamena

country_code: TCD

country_name: Chad

value: Environment: Agricultural production


Togo

iso2Code: TG

capitalCity: Lome

country_code: TGO

country_name: Togo

value: Annual


value: Africa Development Indicators

Tunisia

iso2Code: TN

iso2code: ZQ

value: Middle East & North Africa

iso2code: XQ

value: Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

capitalCity: Tunis

country_code: TUN

country_name: Tunisia


Tanzania

iso2Code: TZ

iso2code: ZG

iso2code: XI

capitalCity: Dodoma

country_code: TZA

country_name: Tanzania

value: Weighted average


Uganda

iso2Code: UG

iso2code: ZF

capitalCity: Kampala

country_code: UGA

country_name: Uganda

value: All the indices at the country, regional and world levels are calculated by the Laspeyres formula. Production quantities of each commodity are weighted by 1999-2001 average international commodity prices and summed for each year. To obtain the index, the aggregate for a given year is divided by the average aggregate for the base period 1999-2001.


name: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria

value: Aggregates

country_code: XZN

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.


South Africa

iso2Code: ZA

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

iso2code: XT

value: Upper middle income

capitalCity: Pretoria

country_code: ZAF

country_name: South Africa

value: Cereal production index covers cereals that are considered edible and that contain nutrients.  The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 1999-2001. They are based on the sum of price-weighted quantities of different agricultural commodities produced after deductions of quantities used as seed and feed weighted in a similar manner. The resulting aggregate represents, therefore, disposable production for any use except as seed and feed.


Zambia

iso2Code: ZM

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

value: IDA

capitalCity: Lusaka

country_code: ZMB

country_name: Zambia

value: Cereal production index (1999-2001 = 100)


Zimbabwe

iso2Code: ZW

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XH

value: Blend

capitalCity: Harare

country_code: ZWE

country_name: Zimbabwe


Crop production index (2014-2016 = 100)

value: World Development Indicators

sourceNone: Crop production index shows agricultural production for each year relative to the base period 2014-2016. It includes all crops except fodder crops. Regional and income group aggregates for the FAO's production indexes are calculated from the underlying values in international dollars, normalized to the base period 2014-2016.

value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Aruba

iso2Code: AW

iso2code: ZJ

value: Latin America & Caribbean

iso2code: XD

value: High income

iso2code: XX

value: Not classified

capitalCity: Oranjestad

country_code: ABW

country_name: Aruba

value: CC BY-4.0

value: Crop production index (2014-2016 = 100)

value:
The commodities covered in the computation of indices of agricultural production are all crops and livestock products originating in each country. Practically all products are covered, with the main exception of fodder crops. The category of food production includes commodities that are considered edible and that contain nutrients. Accordingly, coffee and tea are excluded along with inedible commodities because, although edible, they have practically no nutritive value.

It should be noted that when calculating indices of agricultural, food and nonfood production, all intermediate primary inputs of agricultural origin are deducted. However, for indices of any other commodity group, only inputs originating from within the same group are deducted; thus, only seed is removed from the group "crops" and from all crop subgroups, such as cereals, oil crops, etc.; and both feed and seed originating from within the livestock sector (e.g. milk feed, hatching eggs) are removed from the group "livestock products". For the main two livestock subgroups, namely, meat and milk, only feed originating from the respective subgroup is removed.

Crop production data refer to the actual harvested production from the field or orchard and gardens, excluding harvesting and threshing losses and that part of crop not harvested for any reason. Production therefore includes the quantities of the commodity sold in the market (marketed production) and the quantities consumed or used by the producers (auto-consumption).

value:
The FAO indices may differ from those produced by the countries themselves because of differences in concepts of production, coverage, time periods, weights, time reference of data, methods of calculation, and use of international prices.

Agricultural data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from official national sources through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Data on agricultural employment, in particular, should be used with caution. In many countries much agricultural employment is informal and unrecorded, including substantial work performed by women and children. To address some of these concerns, this indicator is heavily footnoted in the database in sources, definition, and coverage.

value: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

value: Environment: Agricultural production

value:
The agricultural production index is prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. They are based on the sum of price-weighted quantities of different agricultural commodities produced after deductions of quantities used as seed and feed weighted in a similar manner. The resulting aggregate represents, therefore, disposable production for any use except as seed and feed. All the indices at the country, regional and world levels are calculated by the Laspeyres formula*. Production quantities of each commodity are weighted by 2014-2016 average international commodity prices and summed for each year. To obtain the index, the aggregate for a given year is divided by the average aggregate for the base period 2014-2016. Since the FAO indices are based on the concept of agriculture as a single enterprise, amounts of seed and feed are subtracted from the production data to avoid double counting, once in the production data and once with the crops or livestock produced from them. Deductions for seed (in the case of eggs, for hatching) and for livestock and poultry feed apply to both domestically produced and imported commodities. They cover only primary agricultural products destined to animal feed (e.g. maize, potatoes, milk, etc.). Processed and semi-processed feed items such as bran, oilcakes, meals and molasses have been completely excluded from the calculations at all stages. It should be noted that when calculating indices of agricultural, food and nonfood production, all intermediate primary inputs of agricultural origin are deducted. However, for indices of any other commodity group, only inputs originating from within the same group are deducted; thus, only seed is removed from the group "crops" and from all crop subgroups, such as cereals, oil crops, etc.; and both feed and seed originating from within the livestock sector (e.g. milk feed, hatching eggs) are removed from the group "livestock products". For the main two livestock subgroups, namely, meat and milk, only feed originating from the respective subgroup is removed. Indices which take into account deductions for feed and seed are referred to as ''net''. Indices calculated without any deductions for feed and seed are referred to as ''gross". The "international commodity prices" are used in order to avoid the use of exchange rates for obtaining continental and world aggregates, and also to improve and facilitate international comparative analysis of productivity at the national level. These" international prices," expressed in so-called "international dollars," are derived using a Geary-Khamis formula** for the agricultural sector. This method assigns a single "price" to each commodity. For example, one metric ton of wheat has the same price regardless of the country where it was produced. The currency unit in which the prices are expressed has no influence on the indices published. The commodities covered in the computation of indices of agricultural production are all crops and livestock products originating in each country. Practically all products are covered, with the main exception of fodder crops.

* A Laspeyres Index is known as a "base-weighted" or "fixed-weighted" index because the price increases are weighted by the quantities in the base period. The Consumer Price Index is an example of a Laspeyres Index. http://www.usna.edu/Users/econ/rbrady/312%20Materials/LaspeyresCalc.pdf
** Geary-Khamis formula is an aggregation method in which category "international prices" (reflecting relative category values) and country purchasing power parities (PPPs), (depicting relative country price levels) are estimated simultaneously from a system of linear equations. http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=5528


Africa Eastern and Southern

iso2Code: ZH

value: Aggregates

country_code: AFE

country_name: Africa Eastern and Southern

value: Weighted average

value: Crop production index shows agricultural production for each year relative to the base period 2014-2016. It includes all crops except fodder crops. Regional and income group aggregates for the FAO's production indexes are calculated from the underlying values in international dollars, normalized to the base period 2014-2016.

value: Annual


Crop production index (2014-2016 = 100)

Afghanistan

iso2Code: AF

value: South Asia

iso2code: XM

value: Low income

value: IDA

capitalCity: Kabul

country_code: AFG

country_name: Afghanistan


value: World Development Indicators

value: Agriculture & Rural Development

Africa Western and Central

iso2Code: ZI

country_code: AFW

country_name: Africa Western and Central


Crop production index (2014-2016 = 100)

Angola

iso2Code: AO

iso2code: ZG

value: Sub-Saharan Africa

value: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

iso2code: XN

value: Lower middle income

iso2code: XF

value: IBRD

capitalCity: Luanda

country_code: AGO

country_name: Angola