environmental2024

Cereal production (metric tons)

Compare cereal production (metric tons) across 79 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2024.

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Key Insights

Global Average
20,811,159.4metric tons
Median: 2,873,990.0metric tons
Countries Covered
79
with available data
Highest
United States of America
454,987,916.1metric tons
Lowest
Barbados
1.1metric tons
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America454,987,916.1metric tons
2India391,123,857.8metric tons
3Brazil138,980,898.5metric tons
4Argentina85,727,345.7metric tons
5Bangladesh66,347,850.9metric tons
By Region
North America454,987,916.1metric tons(1 countries)
Asia97,667,462.9metric tons(5 countries)
South America34,919,498.0metric tons(7 countries)
Oceania26,726,663.7metric tons(2 countries)
Africa16,574,779.0metric tons(5 countries)
Key Findings
  • 79 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
  • United States of America has the highest published value (4.54988e+08 metric tons).
  • Barbados has the lowest published value (1.1 metric tons).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.1metric tons)High (454,987,916.1metric tons)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 20,811,159.4metric tons)

North America (1)
Asia (5)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)
Africa (5)
Europe (14)
Other (45)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

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.

Values use one fixed 2024 reference year from World Development Indicators series AG.PRD.CREL.MT. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.

Methodology

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.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1United States of America454,987,916.1metric tons
2India391,123,857.8metric tons
3Brazil138,980,898.5metric tons
4Argentina85,727,345.7metric tons
5Bangladesh66,347,850.9metric tons
6Ukraine55,651,880.0metric tons
7France53,553,470.0metric tons
8Australia52,350,446.7metric tons
9Türkiye39,017,292.0metric tons
10Ethiopia31,763,173.6metric tons
11Myanmar30,128,822.1metric tons
12Nigeria28,473,079.2metric tons
13Kazakhstan24,565,948.2metric tons
14Spain20,862,990.0metric tons
15South Africa15,313,961.1metric tons
16Hungary12,689,330.0metric tons
17Belarus7,731,917.7metric tons
18Denmark7,496,360.0metric tons
19Sudan6,726,871.3metric tons
20Afghanistan6,215,646.1metric tons
21Niger5,965,898.5metric tons
22Peru5,923,490.5metric tons
23Uganda5,670,000.0metric tons
24Guinea5,385,006.1metric tons
25Burkina Faso5,209,425.4metric tons
26North Korea4,885,461.4metric tons
27Austria4,880,410.0metric tons
28Democratic Republic of the Congo4,388,403.1metric tons
29Colombia4,342,473.4metric tons
30Syrian Arab Republic4,330,802.0metric tons
31Lao People's Democratic Republic4,266,040.0metric tons
32Algeria4,118,300.3metric tons
33Uruguay4,116,826.1metric tons
34Cameroon3,846,198.5metric tons
35Bolivia3,737,131.7metric tons
36Slovakia3,687,160.0metric tons
37Azerbaijan3,305,280.8metric tons
38Morocco3,205,380.8metric tons
39Benin2,905,684.7metric tons
40Greece2,873,990.0metric tons
41Ecuador2,789,553.4metric tons
42Chad2,709,156.0metric tons
43Mozambique2,656,063.0metric tons
44Chile2,555,898.6metric tons
45Ireland1,896,580.0metric tons
46Tajikistan1,552,464.0metric tons
47Tunisia1,504,225.7metric tons
48Norway1,181,400.0metric tons
49New Zealand1,102,880.6metric tons
50Dominican Republic1,049,757.0metric tons
51Netherlands1,044,680.0metric tons
52Portugal1,017,320.0metric tons
53Rwanda975,198.8metric tons
54El Salvador895,000.0metric tons
55Burundi789,542.2metric tons
56Slovenia672,960.0metric tons
57Mauritania570,226.7metric tons
58The Republic of North Macedonia532,133.6metric tons
59Panama461,850.0metric tons
60Guinea-Bissau323,557.3metric tons
61Eritrea305,209.7metric tons
62Armenia215,133.3metric tons
63Libya164,800.2metric tons
64Jordan84,011.5metric tons
65Bhutan73,368.5metric tons
66Costa Rica72,255.8metric tons
67Botswana54,553.8metric tons
68Gabon47,737.0metric tons
69Cyprus28,890.0metric tons
70Vanuatu985.4metric tons
71Bahamas604.9metric tons
72Saint Vincent and the Grenadines427.0metric tons
73Micronesia, Federated States of289.8metric tons
74Maldives204.9metric tons
75Grenada177.2metric tons
76Antigua and Barbuda50.4metric tons
77Djibouti17.4metric tons
78Cape Verde5.0metric tons
79Barbados1.1metric tons
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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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