Cereal production (metric tons) by country
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.
Countries reporting
181
Highest
641.73 million metric tons
China
Lowest
0 metric tons
Malta
Median
2.10 million metric tons
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,401
What the numbers show
Cereal production (metric tons) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 641.73 million metric tons in China; the lowest is 0 metric tons in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.10 million metric tons, and the mean is 17.39 million metric tons.
Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 3,194.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).
Cereal production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 641.73 million metric tons | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 454.99 million metric tons | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 3 | India | 391.12 million metric tons | 2024 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 138.98 million metric tons | 2024 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 136.71 million metric tons | 2023 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 6 | Argentina | 85.73 million metric tons | 2024 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Indonesia | 73.97 million metric tons | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 66.35 million metric tons | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 9 | Canada | 59.24 million metric tons | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 10 | Ukraine | 55.65 million metric tons | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 11 | France | 53.55 million metric tons | 2024 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 12 | Pakistan | 53.19 million metric tons | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Australia | 52.35 million metric tons | 2024 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 47.94 million metric tons | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Germany | 42.46 million metric tons | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 16 | Turkey | 39.02 million metric tons | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 17 | Thailand | 38.53 million metric tons | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 18 | Mexico | 37.02 million metric tons | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 19 | Poland | 35.18 million metric tons | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 31.76 million metric tons | 2024 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Myanmar | 30.13 million metric tons | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 22 | Nigeria | 28.47 million metric tons | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 23 | Philippines | 28.47 million metric tons | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 24.57 million metric tons | 2024 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 25 | Egypt | 23.39 million metric tons | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 22.05 million metric tons | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 27 | Iran | 20.96 million metric tons | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 28 | Spain | 20.86 million metric tons | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 29 | Romania | 20.78 million metric tons | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 30 | Italy | 15.45 million metric tons | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 31 | South Africa | 15.31 million metric tons | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 32 | Cambodia | 14.38 million metric tons | 2023 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Tanzania | 12.79 million metric tons | 2023 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Hungary | 12.69 million metric tons | 2024 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 35 | Japan | 11.50 million metric tons | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 36 | Nepal | 11.15 million metric tons | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 37 | Serbia | 10.83 million metric tons | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 10.35 million metric tons | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 39 | Mali | 9.98 million metric tons | 2023 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Czechia | 8.00 million metric tons | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 7.91 million metric tons | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 42 | Belarus | 7.73 million metric tons | 2024 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 43 | Denmark | 7.50 million metric tons | 2024 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 44 | Paraguay | 6.87 million metric tons | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Sudan | 6.73 million metric tons | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 6.22 million metric tons | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 47 | Niger | 5.97 million metric tons | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Peru | 5.92 million metric tons | 2024 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Ghana | 5.77 million metric tons | 2023 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Uganda | 5.67 million metric tons | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Lithuania | 5.63 million metric tons | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 52 | Madagascar | 5.39 million metric tons | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 53 | Guinea | 5.39 million metric tons | 2024 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Iraq | 5.22 million metric tons | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Burkina Faso | 5.21 million metric tons | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Kenya | 5.15 million metric tons | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 57 | South Korea | 5.13 million metric tons | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 58 | North Korea | 4.89 million metric tons | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 59 | Austria | 4.88 million metric tons | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 4.74 million metric tons | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 61 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.39 million metric tons | 2024 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Colombia | 4.34 million metric tons | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 63 | Syria | 4.33 million metric tons | 2024 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 64 | Sweden | 4.33 million metric tons | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 65 | Laos | 4.27 million metric tons | 2024 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Senegal | 4.25 million metric tons | 2023 | up 234.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Algeria | 4.12 million metric tons | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 68 | Uruguay | 4.12 million metric tons | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Cameroon | 3.85 million metric tons | 2024 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Malawi | 3.80 million metric tons | 2023 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Bolivia | 3.74 million metric tons | 2024 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Slovakia | 3.69 million metric tons | 2024 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 73 | Zambia | 3.66 million metric tons | 2023 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.39 million metric tons | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Angola | 3.34 million metric tons | 2023 | up 99.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 3.31 million metric tons | 2024 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 77 | Morocco | 3.21 million metric tons | 2024 | down 53.8% | rising |
| 78 | Croatia | 3.19 million metric tons | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 79 | Moldova | 3.18 million metric tons | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 80 | Finland | 3.01 million metric tons | 2023 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 81 | Benin | 2.91 million metric tons | 2024 | up 69.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Greece | 2.87 million metric tons | 2024 | down 32.6% | rising |
| 83 | Ecuador | 2.79 million metric tons | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Belgium | 2.75 million metric tons | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 85 | Latvia | 2.72 million metric tons | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 86 | Chad | 2.71 million metric tons | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Mozambique | 2.66 million metric tons | 2024 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Chile | 2.56 million metric tons | 2024 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 89 | Guatemala | 2.18 million metric tons | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 90 | Malaysia | 2.17 million metric tons | 2023 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 91 | Venezuela | 2.10 million metric tons | 2023 | down 43.1% | rising |
| 92 | Ireland | 1.90 million metric tons | 2024 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.67 million metric tons | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 1.55 million metric tons | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 95 | Sierra Leone | 1.54 million metric tons | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Togo | 1.51 million metric tons | 2023 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Tunisia | 1.50 million metric tons | 2024 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 98 | Turkmenistan | 1.47 million metric tons | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 99 | Estonia | 1.20 million metric tons | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 100 | Saudi Arabia | 1.19 million metric tons | 2023 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Norway | 1.18 million metric tons | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 102 | Zimbabwe | 1.17 million metric tons | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 103 | New Zealand | 1.10 million metric tons | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 104 | South Sudan | 1.09 million metric tons | 2023 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.06 million metric tons | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 1.05 million metric tons | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 107 | Netherlands | 1.04 million metric tons | 2024 | down 38.6% | flat |
| 108 | Portugal | 1.02 million metric tons | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 109 | Guyana | 999,000 metric tons | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Rwanda | 975,199 metric tons | 2024 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 111 | El Salvador | 895,000 metric tons | 2024 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 112 | Nicaragua | 881,420 metric tons | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 113 | Switzerland | 809,466 metric tons | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 114 | Burundi | 789,542 metric tons | 2024 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Honduras | 773,845 metric tons | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 116 | Albania | 701,314 metric tons | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 117 | Slovenia | 672,960 metric tons | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 118 | Mauritania | 570,227 metric tons | 2024 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 532,134 metric tons | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 120 | Mongolia | 470,337 metric tons | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Panama | 461,850 metric tons | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 122 | Yemen | 435,000 metric tons | 2023 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 123 | Georgia | 399,752 metric tons | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 124 | Haiti | 330,000 metric tons | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | 323,557 metric tons | 2024 | up 94.7% | rising |
| 126 | Eritrea | 305,210 metric tons | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 127 | Central African Republic | 302,592 metric tons | 2023 | up 138.1% | rising |
| 128 | Cuba | 294,461 metric tons | 2023 | down 73.3% | rising |
| 129 | Liberia | 256,200 metric tons | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 130 | Israel | 232,343 metric tons | 2023 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 131 | Oman | 225,134 metric tons | 2023 | up 342.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Armenia | 215,133 metric tons | 2024 | down 62.6% | rising |
| 133 | Suriname | 203,185 metric tons | 2023 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 134 | Somalia | 178,060 metric tons | 2023 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 135 | East Timor | 168,000 metric tons | 2023 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Libya | 164,800 metric tons | 2024 | down 45.9% | rising |
| 137 | Belize | 160,169 metric tons | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Namibia | 153,012 metric tons | 2023 | up 76.7% | rising |
| 139 | Luxembourg | 148,070 metric tons | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 140 | Lesotho | 143,080 metric tons | 2023 | up 33.2% | falling |
| 141 | Lebanon | 133,418 metric tons | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 142 | Gambia | 128,972 metric tons | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Eswatini | 87,173 metric tons | 2023 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 144 | Jordan | 84,012 metric tons | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Bhutan | 73,368 metric tons | 2024 | down 56.9% | rising |
| 146 | Costa Rica | 72,256 metric tons | 2024 | down 69.2% | falling |
| 147 | Botswana | 54,554 metric tons | 2024 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Palestine | 51,014 metric tons | 2023 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 149 | Gabon | 47,737 metric tons | 2024 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Kuwait | 30,955 metric tons | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Congo | 30,359 metric tons | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 152 | Cyprus | 28,890 metric tons | 2024 | up 292.4% | volatile |
| 153 | United Arab Emirates | 22,014 metric tons | 2023 | up 2,751.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Comoros | 19,705 metric tons | 2023 | up 39.1% | falling |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | 18,720 metric tons | 2023 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Fiji | 9,194 metric tons | 2023 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 157 | Iceland | 7,679 metric tons | 2023 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 158 | Montenegro | 6,846 metric tons | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,326 metric tons | 2023 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Puerto Rico | 3,952 metric tons | 2023 | up 3,194.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Brunei | 3,700 metric tons | 2023 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 162 | New Caledonia | 2,915 metric tons | 2023 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 2,753 metric tons | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Jamaica | 2,291 metric tons | 2023 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Qatar | 2,209 metric tons | 2023 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Mauritius | 1,502 metric tons | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 985.44 metric tons | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 786.98 metric tons | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Bahamas | 604.91 metric tons | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 170 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 427 metric tons | 2024 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Micronesia (country) | 289.81 metric tons | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 172 | Maldives | 204.87 metric tons | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Dominica | 193.13 metric tons | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 174 | Grenada | 177.21 metric tons | 2024 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 175 | Antigua and Barbuda | 50.37 metric tons | 2024 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 176 | Djibouti | 17.41 metric tons | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 177 | Cape Verde | 5 metric tons | 2024 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Barbados | 1.1 metric tons | 2024 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Hong Kong | 0.06 metric tons | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Saint Lucia | 0 metric tons | 1980 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 180 | Malta | 0 metric tons | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.64 billion metric tons
- IDA & IBRD total 1.02 billion metric tons
- Low & middle income 1.02 billion metric tons
- Middle income 933.63 million metric tons
- IBRD only 797.29 million metric tons
- Early-demographic dividend 689.95 million metric tons
- Post-demographic dividend 678.10 million metric tons
- OECD members 666.29 million metric tons
- High income 627.53 million metric tons
- Lower middle income 543.12 million metric tons
- South Asia 457.55 million metric tons
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 457.55 million metric tons
About this data
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.