Land under cereal production (hectares) by country
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...
Countries reporting
181
Highest
107.67 million hectares
India
Lowest
0 hectares
Malta
Median
696,223 hectares
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,401
What the numbers show
Land under cereal production (hectares) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 107.67 million hectares in India; the lowest is 0 hectares in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 696,223 hectares, and the mean is 4.12 million hectares.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 4,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).
Land under cereal production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 107.67 million hectares | 2024 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 2 | China | 99.99 million hectares | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 3 | United States | 54.08 million hectares | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 4 | Russia | 43.17 million hectares | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 5 | Brazil | 27.78 million hectares | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 6 | Australia | 19.46 million hectares | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 18.28 million hectares | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 8 | Argentina | 17.66 million hectares | 2024 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 16.06 million hectares | 2024 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 10 | Canada | 16.03 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 11 | Pakistan | 14.64 million hectares | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 12 | Indonesia | 12.69 million hectares | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 13 | Thailand | 12.54 million hectares | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 12.27 million hectares | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 12.07 million hectares | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 16 | Sudan | 11.59 million hectares | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 17 | Turkey | 11.38 million hectares | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 18 | Ukraine | 10.81 million hectares | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 19 | Niger | 10.33 million hectares | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 20 | Mexico | 8.68 million hectares | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 21 | Iran | 8.66 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 22 | France | 8.53 million hectares | 2024 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 23 | Vietnam | 8.00 million hectares | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 24 | Myanmar | 7.97 million hectares | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 25 | Philippines | 7.36 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 26 | Poland | 7.19 million hectares | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 27 | Tanzania | 6.52 million hectares | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 28 | Mali | 6.29 million hectares | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Germany | 6.06 million hectares | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 30 | Spain | 5.51 million hectares | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 31 | Romania | 5.17 million hectares | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 32 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.03 million hectares | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 4.35 million hectares | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 34 | Guinea | 3.99 million hectares | 2024 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Cambodia | 3.86 million hectares | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 36 | Mozambique | 3.42 million hectares | 2024 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 37 | South Africa | 3.36 million hectares | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 38 | Nepal | 3.33 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 39 | Chad | 3.28 million hectares | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Egypt | 3.16 million hectares | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 41 | Angola | 3.14 million hectares | 2023 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 42 | United Kingdom | 3.09 million hectares | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 43 | Italy | 3.05 million hectares | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 44 | Uganda | 2.95 million hectares | 2024 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 45 | Kenya | 2.93 million hectares | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 46 | Syria | 2.70 million hectares | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 47 | Algeria | 2.68 million hectares | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 2.64 million hectares | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 49 | Morocco | 2.58 million hectares | 2024 | down 45.8% | rising |
| 50 | Belarus | 2.28 million hectares | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 51 | Hungary | 2.25 million hectares | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 52 | Madagascar | 2.22 million hectares | 2023 | up 78.0% | rising |
| 53 | Cameroon | 2.17 million hectares | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 54 | Ghana | 2.15 million hectares | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 55 | Benin | 2.14 million hectares | 2024 | up 82.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Malawi | 2.04 million hectares | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 1.98 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 58 | Senegal | 1.94 million hectares | 2023 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 59 | Iraq | 1.90 million hectares | 2023 | down 37.3% | rising |
| 60 | Japan | 1.84 million hectares | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 61 | Serbia | 1.77 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 62 | Bolivia | 1.69 million hectares | 2024 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 1.57 million hectares | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 64 | Zambia | 1.56 million hectares | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 65 | Paraguay | 1.53 million hectares | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Uzbekistan | 1.48 million hectares | 2023 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 67 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.41 million hectares | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 68 | North Korea | 1.35 million hectares | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 69 | Lithuania | 1.34 million hectares | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 70 | Czechia | 1.32 million hectares | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 71 | Togo | 1.29 million hectares | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 1.25 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 73 | Denmark | 1.23 million hectares | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 74 | Peru | 1.22 million hectares | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 75 | Guatemala | 1.20 million hectares | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 76 | South Sudan | 1.10 million hectares | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 77 | Sierra Leone | 1.05 million hectares | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 78 | Laos | 1.02 million hectares | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 79 | Colombia | 981,981 hectares | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 80 | Sweden | 971,160 hectares | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 964,494 hectares | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 82 | Moldova | 925,199 hectares | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 83 | Finland | 908,230 hectares | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 84 | Uruguay | 813,974 hectares | 2024 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 85 | Turkmenistan | 800,694 hectares | 2023 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 86 | Tunisia | 795,426 hectares | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 87 | South Korea | 776,099 hectares | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 88 | Latvia | 763,400 hectares | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 89 | Austria | 726,060 hectares | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 90 | Greece | 709,120 hectares | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 91 | Ecuador | 696,223 hectares | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 92 | Burundi | 678,679 hectares | 2024 | up 281.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Slovakia | 663,130 hectares | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 94 | Malaysia | 615,072 hectares | 2023 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 597,282 hectares | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 96 | Rwanda | 546,634 hectares | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 97 | Yemen | 543,000 hectares | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 98 | Croatia | 539,590 hectares | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 99 | Venezuela | 515,056 hectares | 2023 | down 44.1% | rising |
| 100 | Eritrea | 478,367 hectares | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 101 | Honduras | 410,005 hectares | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 102 | Chile | 386,898 hectares | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 376,457 hectares | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 104 | Mauritania | 370,911 hectares | 2024 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 105 | Mongolia | 363,061 hectares | 2023 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 106 | Somalia | 353,642 hectares | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 107 | Estonia | 352,150 hectares | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 350,425 hectares | 2023 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 109 | Central African Republic | 344,610 hectares | 2023 | up 147.0% | rising |
| 110 | Namibia | 339,089 hectares | 2023 | up 79.6% | rising |
| 111 | Belgium | 324,650 hectares | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 112 | El Salvador | 317,461 hectares | 2024 | down 21.2% | flat |
| 113 | Haiti | 310,565 hectares | 2023 | down 46.3% | flat |
| 114 | Norway | 279,979 hectares | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 115 | Ireland | 258,930 hectares | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 116 | Libya | 249,794 hectares | 2024 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 117 | Guinea-Bissau | 242,659 hectares | 2024 | up 103.6% | rising |
| 118 | Liberia | 240,000 hectares | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 119 | Dominican Republic | 235,617 hectares | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 120 | Saudi Arabia | 232,932 hectares | 2023 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 192,144 hectares | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 122 | Portugal | 191,630 hectares | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Lesotho | 177,933 hectares | 2023 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 124 | Guyana | 165,725 hectares | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 125 | Gambia | 161,065 hectares | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Georgia | 155,638 hectares | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 127 | Netherlands | 153,500 hectares | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 128 | North Macedonia | 149,249 hectares | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 129 | Cuba | 142,254 hectares | 2023 | down 62.6% | rising |
| 130 | Switzerland | 141,863 hectares | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 131 | Albania | 135,654 hectares | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 132 | New Zealand | 121,170 hectares | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 133 | Armenia | 109,701 hectares | 2024 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 134 | Panama | 109,277 hectares | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 135 | Slovenia | 102,180 hectares | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 136 | Israel | 91,082 hectares | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 137 | East Timor | 78,894 hectares | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 138 | Eswatini | 71,001 hectares | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 139 | Botswana | 60,588 hectares | 2024 | down 63.2% | flat |
| 140 | Lebanon | 55,239 hectares | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 141 | Jordan | 52,137 hectares | 2024 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Suriname | 49,813 hectares | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 143 | Belize | 41,522 hectares | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 144 | Congo | 34,588 hectares | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 145 | Gabon | 30,075 hectares | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Luxembourg | 26,730 hectares | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 147 | Palestine | 20,698 hectares | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 148 | Bhutan | 20,654 hectares | 2024 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 149 | Cyprus | 20,070 hectares | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Costa Rica | 18,980 hectares | 2024 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 151 | Comoros | 11,361 hectares | 2023 | up 52.4% | falling |
| 152 | Oman | 7,724 hectares | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | 3,910 hectares | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,328 hectares | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 155 | Iceland | 3,160 hectares | 2023 | up 117.2% | rising |
| 156 | Fiji | 2,237 hectares | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 157 | Kuwait | 2,070 hectares | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Montenegro | 2,065 hectares | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 159 | Jamaica | 2,009 hectares | 2023 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 1,549 hectares | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 161 | Brunei | 1,500 hectares | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 1,448 hectares | 2023 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Puerto Rico | 1,094 hectares | 2023 | up 2,504.8% | volatile |
| 164 | United Arab Emirates | 945 hectares | 2023 | up 4,400.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Sao Tome and Principe | 393 hectares | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 166 | New Caledonia | 298 hectares | 2023 | down 72.7% | rising |
| 167 | Grenada | 178 hectares | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 168 | Micronesia (country) | 169 hectares | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 169 | Mauritius | 129 hectares | 2023 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 124 hectares | 2024 | down 99.6% | rising |
| 171 | Qatar | 121 hectares | 2023 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Dominica | 115 hectares | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 173 | Maldives | 84 hectares | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 174 | Bahamas | 78 hectares | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32 hectares | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Antigua and Barbuda | 26 hectares | 2024 | down 43.5% | rising |
| 177 | Djibouti | 9 hectares | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 178 | Barbados | 0 hectares | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Hong Kong | 0 hectares | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Saint Lucia | 0 hectares | 1980 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 178 | Malta | 0 hectares | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 415.70 million hectares
- Low & middle income 320.08 million hectares
- IDA & IBRD total 320.06 million hectares
- Middle income 258.43 million hectares
- IBRD only 211.15 million hectares
- Early-demographic dividend 184.38 million hectares
- Lower middle income 161.35 million hectares
- South Asia 119.96 million hectares
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 119.96 million hectares
- IDA total 108.91 million hectares
- OECD members 107.04 million hectares
- Post-demographic dividend 106.44 million hectares
About this data
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.