Agriculture > Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 99.45 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 2 | China | 82.96 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 3 | United States | 56.81 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 41.16 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 25.43 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 5 | Australia | 19.52 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 6 | Brazil | 19.09 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Nigeria | 18.31 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Canada | 16.6 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Indonesia | 15.31 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 14.61 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 10 | Ukraine | 14.2 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Turkey | 14.09 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 14.05 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 13.49 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 13.1 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 13 | Pakistan | 12.81 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 14 | Bangladesh | 11.78 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 15 | Thailand | 11.51 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 11.43 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 16 | Sudan | 11.06 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Ethiopia | 9.81 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Mexico | 9.28 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 19 | France | 9.17 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Argentina | 9.08 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 21 | Iran | 9.05 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 8.75 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 22 | Niger | 8.4 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 23 | Vietnam | 8.37 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Poland | 8.33 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 7.34 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 25 | Burma | 6.95 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Germany | 6.84 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Philippines | 6.77 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Spain | 6.55 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 5.94 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 29 | Romania | 5.8 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Morocco | 5.45 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 5.24 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 4.83 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 4.83 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 31 | South Africa | 4.3 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 32 | Italy | 4 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 33 | Iraq | 3.98 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 3.95 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 3.65 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 34 | Tanzania | 3.56 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 3.47 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 3.38 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 3.38 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| Europe average (profile) | 3.37 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 35 | Nepal | 3.36 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 36 | Syria | 3.29 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 37 | Mali | 3.12 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 3.08 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 39 | Afghanistan | 3.06 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Egypt | 3.05 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 41 | Hungary | 2.93 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 42 | United Kingdom | 2.93 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Cambodia | 2.48 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 44 | Chad | 2.43 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Algeria | 2.35 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 46 | Kenya | 2.18 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 2.15 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 47 | Belarus | 2.13 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 2.06 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 48 | Japan | 2.02 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 49 | Mozambique | 1.98 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 50 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.98 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 1.97 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 51 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.94 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 1.84 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 1.82 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 1.79 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 52 | Bulgaria | 1.72 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 53 | Zimbabwe | 1.66 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 54 | Uzbekistan | 1.62 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 55 | Czech Republic | 1.61 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Uganda | 1.6 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 1.55 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 57 | Madagascar | 1.51 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 58 | Denmark | 1.51 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 59 | Angola | 1.46 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 60 | Tunisia | 1.4 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Ghana | 1.33 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 62 | North Korea | 1.3 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 63 | Greece | 1.26 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 64 | Malawi | 1.25 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Colombia | 1.23 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 66 | Senegal | 1.19 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 67 | Finland | 1.19 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 68 | Cameroon | 1.18 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 69 | Peru | 1.16 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 70 | South Korea | 1.08 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 71 | Venezuela | 1.07 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 72 | Turkmenistan | 1.03 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 73 | Sweden | 1.01 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Benin | 1.01 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 75 | Lithuania | 952,500 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 950,200 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 77 | Moldova | 933,300 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 78 | Cote d'Ivoire | 927,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 79 | Ecuador | 874,506 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 80 | Bolivia | 854,452 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 81 | Laos | 822,020 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 82 | Austria | 798,949 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 83 | Slovakia | 794,634 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 792,951 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 85 | Guinea | 778,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 86 | Paraguay | 766,670 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 87 | Togo | 744,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 88 | Somalia | 725,600 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 89 | Malaysia | 701,200 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Yemen | 688,080 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 91 | Chile | 677,205 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 92 | Guatemala | 665,990 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 628,345 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 605,547 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Zambia | 561,634 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 96 | Croatia | 539,324 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 97 | Uruguay | 529,730 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 98 | Nicaragua | 524,466 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 99 | Latvia | 475,500 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 100 | Haiti | 461,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 101 | Honduras | 416,429 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 102 | Tajikistan | 392,939 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 103 | Portugal | 389,818 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 104 | Eritrea | 374,043 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 105 | Rwanda | 349,211 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 106 | Libya | 340,700 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 107 | El Salvador | 339,950 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 338,466 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 109 | Georgia | 337,985 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 110 | Norway | 325,700 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 111 | Belgium | 322,435 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 112 | Cuba | 285,839 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 113 | Estonia | 280,800 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 114 | Ireland | 275,900 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 115 | Sierra Leone | 253,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 116 | Namibia | 244,300 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 117 | Mauritania | 243,020 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 118 | Netherlands | 216,631 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 119 | Burundi | 208,700 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 120 | Armenia | 202,111 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 121 | The Gambia | 197,607 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 122 | Central African Republic | 184,500 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 123 | Panama | 178,572.5 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 124 | Switzerland | 167,688 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 125 | Mongolia | 159,098 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | 153,500 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 127 | Lesotho | 153,440 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 128 | Albania | 147,700 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 146,900 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 130 | Guyana | 133,200 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 131 | Liberia | 120,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 132 | New Zealand | 116,600 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 133 | East Timor | 115,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 134 | Slovenia | 96,354 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 135 | Israel | 94,600 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 136 | Botswana | 84,350 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 137 | Cyprus | 62,485 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 138 | Jordan | 61,557 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 139 | Lebanon | 60,800 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 140 | Costa Rica | 60,290 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 141 | Swaziland | 57,675 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 142 | Bhutan | 55,870 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 143 | Suriname | 51,350 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 144 | Luxembourg | 27,402 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 145 | Belize | 19,950 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 146 | Gabon | 19,500 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 147 | Comoros | 15,700 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 148 | Cape Verde | 15,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 149 | Congo, Republic of the | 13,100 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 150 | Fiji | 7,020 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 151 | Papua New Guinea | 3,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 152 | Malta | 2,750 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 153 | Oman | 2,500 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,220 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 155 | Qatar | 2,118 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 1,400 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =157 | Vanuatu | 1,300 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =157 | Kuwait | 1,300 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 159 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,100 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 160 | New Caledonia | 1,076 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 161 | Jamaica | 875 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 162 | Brunei | 750 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 163 | Grenada | 300 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 164 | Puerto Rico | 260 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 165 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 200 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 166 | The Bahamas | 165 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 167 | Dominica | 135 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 168 | Federated States of Micronesia | 124 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 169 | Barbados | 95 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 170 | Mauritius | 63 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 171 | Saint Lucia | 50 hectares | 1979 | ||
| 172 | Antigua and Barbuda | 38 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 173 | Guam | 15 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 174 | United Arab Emirates | 10 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 175 | Djibouti | 6 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 176 | Maldives | 5 hectares | 2005 |
