Countries by Total Cereal production

Total Cereal is a crucial component of global agriculture, providing a vital food source for millions worldwide. It thrives in a variety of climates, from temperate to tropical, making it an essential crop across diverse regions. The data presented here is for the year 2023, the latest available from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) stats database as of 2025.

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Global Total Cereal Production

In 2023, the global Total Cereal production reached approximately 3.1 billion tonnes, marking a steady increase over the decades since 1961 when production was around 877 million tonnes. Noteworthy milestones include surpassing 2 billion tonnes in the 1990s. This continued growth highlights advancements in agricultural practices and technologies over a span of more than 60 years.

Total Cereal Production by Country

  • China leads the world with a production of about 634 million tonnes of Total Cereal in 2023, showcasing its strong agricultural capabilities.
  • The United States of America follows closely, producing roughly 463 million tonnes, underscoring its prominent role in global cereal markets.
  • India contributes significantly with around 375 million tonnes, highlighting its position as a key player in cereal production.
  • Brazil, with approximately 156 million tonnes, demonstrates its growing impact in global cereal production.
  • Canada produced nearly 59 million tonnes of Total Cereal, securing its place as an important producer even outside the top four.
Country Production (tonnes) Production per Person (kg) Harvested Area (ha) Yield (kg/ha)
China 633,846,950.03 454.742 100,278,968 6.321
United States of America 462,631,789.82 1,411.474 55,539,765 8.33
India 374,600,068.56 280.289 103,299,119 3.626
Brazil 155,877,474.39 743.928 29,210,869 5.336
Russian Federation 136,708,406.91 930.767 43,171,705 3.167
Indonesia 73,966,646 279.103 12,689,796 5.829
Bangladesh 64,325,662.39 389.555 12,466,498 5.16
France 64,240,810 954.587 8,831,520 7.274
Argentina 62,106,556.9 1,395.825 16,293,288 3.812
Ukraine 59,307,681.94 1,403.271 10,634,188 5.577
Canada 59,240,420.77 1,591.902 16,033,993 3.695
Australia 59,043,989 2,357.102 18,275,967 3.231
Pakistan 53,188,016 263.474 14,636,120 3.634
Vietnam 47,935,652.71 506.398 7,995,586 5.995
Germany 42,462,800 513.202 6,059,800 7.007
Turkey 42,193,311 494.227 11,531,027 3.659
Thailand 38,532,088.18 556.958 12,544,291 3.072
Mexico 37,015,878.83 296.75 8,684,694 4.262
Poland 35,183,860 915.445 7,188,220 4.895
Ethiopia 30,146,269.6 280.339 10,526,584 2.864
Philippines 28,465,199.05 267.507 7,356,944 3.869
Myanmar 28,285,634.18 525.143 7,459,299 3.792
Nigeria 28,053,832.88 142.118 18,116,278 1.549
Egypt 23,391,009.98 239.916 3,160,027 7.402
United Kingdom 22,047,420 333.848 3,088,787 7.138
Iran 20,964,153.27 256.421 8,661,544 2.42
Romania 20,784,510 1,064.562 5,169,230 4.021
South Africa 19,009,087.33 329.301 3,319,721 5.726
Kazakhstan 17,081,437.58 934.822 16,466,249 1.037
Italy 15,452,820 255.687 3,054,290 5.059
Hungary 15,039,690 1,539.217 2,405,570 6.252
Cambodia 14,380,000 894.839 3,863,387 3.722
Tanzania 12,789,232.32 235.967 6,521,443 1.961
Spain 11,928,280 255.646 5,444,490 2.191
Japan 11,498,533.52 90.905 1,841,210 6.245
Nepal 11,150,994.25 381.637 3,334,346 3.344
Serbia 10,833,519.42 1,547.326 1,774,288 6.106
Bulgaria 10,345,650 1,467.461 1,980,470 5.224
Mali 9,979,190.21 522.26 6,285,756 1.588
Czech Republic 7,995,530 753.346 1,317,200 6.07
Uzbekistan 7,911,754.68 242.291 1,480,604 5.344
Belarus 7,053,123.71 744.142 2,065,826 3.414
Denmark 7,001,960 1,209.328 1,234,540 5.672
Paraguay 6,872,271.79 974.378 1,533,143 4.482
Ghana 5,765,040.5 194.671 2,145,055 2.688
Morocco 5,674,770.52 163.187 3,795,996 1.495
Lithuania 5,629,750 2,010.095 1,344,490 4.187
Peru 5,504,339.39 176.21 1,148,876 4.791
Madagascar 5,389,921.52 205.23 2,222,098 2.426
Afghanistan 5,371,824.12 170.129 2,340,211 2.295
Guinea 5,292,501.76 445.365 3,861,262 1.371
Austria 5,235,050 592.323 742,450 7.051
Iraq 5,224,352.42 132.801 1,900,509 2.749
Niger 5,162,204.46 240.473 10,562,506 0.489
Burkina Faso 5,147,923.87 254.293 4,215,867 1.221
Kenya 5,146,069.64 101.001 2,928,050 1.758
South Korea 5,134,022.24 99.429 776,099 6.615
Colombia 4,987,440 99.891 1,151,014 4.333
Syria 4,878,705 266.823 2,688,604 1.815
Sri Lanka 4,744,648 221.258 1,247,195 3.804
North Korea 4,376,156.44 170.872 1,223,642 3.576
Sweden 4,328,000 425.502 971,160 4.457
Slovakia 4,304,610 790.835 694,170 6.201
Laos 4,285,000 615.554 966,190 4.435
Senegal 4,253,209.96 270.457 1,940,235 2.192
Congo-Kinshasa 4,207,501.57 51.727 5,017,653 0.839
Sudan 4,162,153.24 102.021 9,267,249 0.449
Uruguay 3,937,366.83 1,123.042 857,114 4.594
Cameroon 3,859,032.66 162.184 2,169,003 1.779
Malawi 3,795,155.5 211.646 2,043,825 1.857
Zambia 3,658,965.82 216.664 1,561,098 2.344
Algeria 3,589,552.61 84.369 2,907,539 1.235
Greece 3,404,050 316.121 822,260 4.14
Côte d'Ivoire 3,390,058.49 136.115 1,413,839 2.398
Uganda 3,380,000 87.062 1,620,000 2.086
Angola 3,335,449 114.032 3,141,276 1.062
Bolivia 3,226,596.67 285.355 1,580,956 2.041
Croatia 3,191,010 761.197 539,590 5.914
Moldova 3,177,124.1 894.738 925,199 3.434
Azerbaijan 3,153,905.6 318.638 936,377 3.368
Finland 3,006,670 544.895 908,230 3.31
Belgium 2,754,890 241.303 324,650 8.486
Ecuador 2,754,159.42 161.377 684,219 4.025
Benin 2,737,481.16 240.927 2,429,628 1.127
Latvia 2,715,800 1,410.292 763,400 3.558
Chad 2,643,417 172.174 3,226,254 0.819
Chile 2,497,164.62 142.094 391,262 6.382
Mozambique 2,459,322 85.21 3,333,705 0.738
Guatemala 2,184,608.77 126.263 1,199,195 1.822
Malaysia 2,167,306.44 66.368 615,072 3.524
Venezuela 2,101,402.38 66.023 515,056 4.08
Ireland 1,879,540 386.975 269,360 6.978
Taiwan 1,780,039.23 75.5 261,198 6.815
Kyrgyzstan 1,671,536.41 264.932 597,282 2.799
Sierra Leone 1,536,756.31 199.069 1,045,605 1.47
Togo 1,514,448.12 205.991 1,290,998 1.173
The Netherlands 1,499,400 86.915 186,050 8.059
Turkmenistan 1,468,654.8 250.989 800,694 1.834
Tajikistan 1,369,010.55 153.287 377,259 3.629
Estonia 1,200,650 910.181 352,150 3.409
Saudi Arabia 1,192,998.83 35.704 232,932 5.122
Zimbabwe 1,167,830.07 78.648 1,569,913 0.744
South Sudan 1,086,000 88.125 1,104,151 0.984
Burundi 1,072,549.83 100.415 778,541 1.378
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,062,500 280.757 192,144 5.53
Portugal 1,042,940 101.345 189,560 5.502
Dominican Republic 1,028,927.37 100.225 230,247 4.469
Guyana 999,000 1,277.126 165,725 6.028
New Zealand 960,177.34 195.91 116,464 8.244
Nicaragua 881,420.38 140.247 350,425 2.515
El Salvador 881,000 132.614 318,956 2.762
Rwanda 846,384.42 70.525 527,326 1.605
Switzerland 809,466 95.31 141,863 5.706
Norway 785,000 147.769 283,606 2.768
Honduras 773,845.23 85.866 410,005 1.887
Albania 701,314.38 244.333 135,654 5.17
Slovenia 666,890 322.655 106,070 6.287
Panama 597,032.22 143.559 155,285 3.845
Mauritania 565,667.04 141.976 287,398 1.968
Tunisia 541,987.78 47.35 470,329 1.152
Macedonia 522,971.56 251.998 153,454 3.408
Mongolia 470,337.11 145.883 363,061 1.295
Yemen 435,000 15.044 543,000 0.801
Georgia 399,752.4 107.184 155,638 2.568
Haiti 330,000 29.695 310,565 1.063
Eritrea 305,240.47 58.836 477,686 0.639
Central African Republic 302,591.56 63.873 344,610 0.878
Guinea-Bissau 299,071 188.717 189,052 1.582
Cuba 294,460.89 26.242 142,254 2.07
Armenia 287,928.5 96.952 121,528 2.369
Liberia 256,200 58.461 240,000 1.067
Israel 232,342.59 26.083 91,082 2.551
Libya 207,965.31 32.138 309,742 0.671
Suriname 203,185.3 357.531 49,813 4.079
Somalia 178,060.22 11.728 353,642 0.504
East Timor 168,000 133.185 78,894 2.129
Belize 160,169 404.588 41,522 3.857
Namibia 153,012 63.395 339,089 0.451
Luxembourg 148,070 245.961 26,730 5.539
Lesotho 143,079.9 63.225 177,933 0.804
Lebanon 133,417.54 21.895 55,239 2.415
Oman 130,076.72 25.958 7,902 16.461
Gambia 128,972.23 62.871 161,065 0.801
Swaziland 87,172.99 75.198 71,001 1.228
Costa Rica 83,440 16.677 18,758 4.448
Botswana 74,406.68 32.31 158,690 0.469
Jordan 72,666 7.102 45,557 1.595
Bhutan 70,007.72 96.278 20,211 3.464
Palestinian Territories 51,014.38 11.212 20,698 2.465
Cyprus 50,990 59.651 23,600 2.161
Gabon 48,106.98 23.268 30,318 1.587
Kuwait 30,954.56 7.323 2,070 14.954
Congo-Brazzaville 30,358.59 5.622 34,588 0.878
United Arab Emirates 22,013.6 2.307 945 23.295
Comoros 19,705.44 23.164 11,361 1.734
Papua New Guinea 18,719.75 2.187 3,910 4.788
Fiji 9,194.18 10.39 2,237 4.11
Iceland 7,679 21.749 3,160 2.43
Montenegro 6,846.06 11 2,065 3.315
Trinidad and Tobago 5,326 3.926 3,328 1.6
Brunei 3,700 8.754 1,500 2.467
Solomon Islands 2,752.61 4.127 1,448 1.901
Jamaica 2,291 0.84 2,009 1.14
Qatar 2,209.4 0.902 121 18.26
Mauritius 1,502 1.187 129 11.643
Vanuatu 983.1 3.229 1,553 0.633
São Tomé and Príncipe 786.98 3.981 393 2.002
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 633 5.778 45 14.067
The Bahamas 616.45 1.617 82 7.518
Cape Verde 464 0.853 20,190 0.023
Grenada 389.98 3.774 390 1
Federated States of Micronesia 289.36 2.748 170 1.702
Maldives 205.35 0.543 84 2.445
Dominica 193.13 2.709 115 1.679
Antigua and Barbuda 46.25 0.536 22 2.102
Barbados 41.66 0.145 15 2.777
Djibouti 17.33 0.017 9 1.926

Top Total Cereal Producing Countries by Share

  • China accounts for over 20% of the global production, a significant share that emphasizes its agricultural dominance.
  • The United States of America contributes nearly 15% to the world's Total Cereal, reflecting its extensive cereal farming industry.
  • India's share of almost 12% underscores its essential contribution to global cereal supplies.
  • Brazil holds about 5% of the global share, a testament to its expanding agricultural sector.
  • Collectively, these top producers account for nearly half of the global Total Cereal production, highlighting their pivotal roles.

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