List of countries by cereal production explained

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

The countries with the highest production of cereals include China, the United States, India, Brazil, Russia, Argentina and Canada. The countries with the highest per capita production of cereals include Lithuania, Argentina, Hungary, Canada, Serbia, Latvia and Denmark.

In 1961, the total cereal production was nearly 877 million tons.

Production by country

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

Rank	Country/Region	Cereal production (in million tons)	Production per capita (in kg per person)
1		658	460
2	United States	478	1,400
3	India	382	270
4	Brazil	156	710
5		149	1,000
6	Argentina	101	2,200
7		72.1	1,900
8	Indonesia	65.9	230
9	France	62.5	940
10		61	1,500
11	Bangladesh	59.8	350
12		50.3	440
13	Germany	49.1	600
14		48.7	210
15	Turkey	46.8	530
16		42.4	320
17		41.7	590
18	Poland	39.9	1,100
19	Ethiopia	34.2	270
20		32.1	140
21		31.3	560
22		29.9	1,100
23		28.3	250
24		27.1	600
25		26.9	240
26		24.7	280
27	Kazakhstan	22.6	1,300
28	Romania	20.2	1,100
29	Italy	19.9	330
30		19.3	2,000
31		18.1	290
32	United Kingdom	17.3	260
33		16.2	260
34		15.1	120
35		14.9	880
36		12.5	1,900
37		11.7	380
38		10.2	460
One million to ten million tons
39	Denmark	9.93	1,700
40		8.93	190
41		8.74	1,400
42		8.63	1,300
43		8.37	910
44	Czech Republic	8.21	800
45		7.98	460
46		7.26	2,700
47		6.41	150
48	Sweden	6.32	600
49		6.14	230
50		6.02	660
51		5.99	380
52		5.89	250
53		5.67	250
54		5.53	230
55		5.32	100
56		5.21	120
57		5.11	95
58		5.01	620
59		4.99	340
60		4.89	190
61		4.79	140
62		4.72	83
63	Slovakia	4.69	890
64		4.53	170
65		4.46	800
66		4.39	150
67		4.22	80
68		4.11	1,100
69		3.99	130
70		3.92	190
71		3.88	210
72		3.79	38
73		3.69	1,000
74		3.58	1,900
75		3.49	76
76		3.32	98
77		3.29	320
78		3.22	300
79		3.11	250
80		3.01	180
81		2.99	110
82		2.87	150
83		2.79	110
84		2.69	250
85		2.62	140
86		2.57	74
87		2.48	180
100		2.44	120
89		2.39	86
90		2.22	94
91		2.17	120
92		2.12	64
93		2.08	640
94		2.01	280
95	Ireland	1.99	390
96		1.79	1,400
97		1.69	100
98		1.59	120
99		1.53	230
100		1.49	360
101		1.41	160
102		1.38	250
103		1.27	120
104		1.23	33
105		1.11	130
106		1.09	110
107		1.04	160
108		1.03	200
109		1.02	110
110		1.01	120
100,000 to a million tons
111		0.995	88
112		0.947	130
113		0.883	79
114		0.833	60
115		0.811	74
116		0.774	360
117		0.722	880
118		0.692	250
119		0.622	310
120		0.599	130
121		0.577	53
122		0.533	110
123		0.511	38
124		0.498	15
125		0.433	120
126		0.422	39
127		0.389	33
128		0.379	100
129		0.355	570
130		0.271	50
131		0.233	110
132		0.229	83
133		0.211	30
134		0.201	44
135		0.198	11
136		0.188	36
137		0.172	66
138		0.171	62
139		0.165	61
140		0.156	29
141		0.151	220
142		0.149	110
143		0.143	25
144		0.133	310
145		0.112	140
1,000–100,000 tons
146		0.0988	41
147		0.0963	8.4
148		0.0932	13
149		0.0801	64
150		0.0532	10
151		0.0506	20
152		0.0417	49
153		0.0382	6.2
154		0.0254	6
155		0.0215	2.3
156		0.0172	1.7
157		0.0123	46
158		9.95 × 10–3	11
159		7.72 × 10–3	20
160		7.25 × 10–3	12
161		6.32 × 10–3	3.9
162		3.33 × 10–3	4.4
163		2.79 × 10–3	6.1
164		2.33 × 10–3	0.82
165		1.95 × 10–3	0.72
<1,000 tons
166		9.84 × 10–4	2.9
167		9.63 × 10–4	9.6
168		8.63 × 10–4	0.69
169		7.93 × 10–4	3.4
170		7.32 × 10–4	1.7
171		6.88 × 10–4	1.1
172		4.66 × 10–4	3.6
173		3.36 × 10–4	2.9
174		2.38 × 10–4	0.45
175		2.11 × 10–4	2.9
176		1.89 × 10–4	0.061
177		2.3 × 10–5	0.02
178		1.8 × 10–5	0.064
179		1.6 × 10–5	0.17

World production

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Year Production (in billions of tons) 1961 0.877 1962 0.933 1963 0.949 1964 1 1965 0.999 1966 1.08 1967 1.12 1968 1.16 1969 1.17 1970 1.19

Year Production (in billions of tons) 1971 1.3 1972 1.26 1973 1.36 1974 1.33 1975 1.36 1976 1.46 1977 1.46 1978 1.58 1979 1.54 1980 1.55

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

Year Production (in billions of tons) 1991 1.89 1992 1.97 1993 1.9 1994 1.95 1995 1.9 1996 2.06 1997 2.1 1998 2.09 1999 2.08 2000 2.06

Year Production (in billions of tons) 2001 2.1 2002 2.05 2003 2.07 2004 2.29 2005 2.27 2006 2.26 2007 2.35 2008 2.52 2009 2.49 2010 2.46

Year Production (in billions of tons) 2011 2.58 2012 2.56 2013 2.76 2014 2.81 2015 2.83 2016 2.91 2017 2.96 2018 2.91 2019 2.96 2020 3

References

1. [Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]