List of the largest grain producers

Diagram of the world harvests of maize, rice and wheat from 1990 to 2016 (in 1000 t), source: FAO figures (Faostat, 2018)

The list of the largest grain producers shows the People's Republic of China as the most important grain producer in 2016 with 582.7 million tons. The USA (476.0 million tons), India (294.7 million tons), Russia (117.7 million tons) and Indonesia (97.7 million tons) followed in place. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the five countries together had a share of 55.1 percent of the 2.849 billion tons of grain harvested worldwide. In Europe, France , Germany , Ukraine , Poland , Spain and Italy were other important producers.

production

By country

The table shows the countries with the largest production of cereals ( barley , oats , millet (sorghum and millet), maize , rice , rye and wheat ).

Production in tons

Rank (2016)	country	1970	1980	1990	2000	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2016
1.	People's Republic of China	200.836.843	280.287.435	404.719.069	407.336.509	457.812.318	479.978.075	483.267.540	497,566,462	520.812.293	582,660,863
2.	United States	186.860.633	269.883.970	312.410.604	342.628.105	415.125.293	403.540.956	419.380.846	401.704.350	386,788,434	475,983,881
3.	India	113.909.500	140.490.600	193.918.900	234.931.300	260.485.900	267.566.100	248,810,000	234,910,000	285,520,000	294,711,871
4th	Russia				64.326.290	80.207.561	106.417.900	95.616.020	59,624,277	91.825.170	117,749,733
5.	Indonesia	22.156.220	33,642,840	51,912,830	61,575,000	70,444,900	76,575,000	82,028,600	84.775.900	83.369.900	97.667.060
6th	Brazil	23,698,301	33.217.509	32,490,418	45,893,372	69,441,579	79,751,778	70.913.732	75.731.026	77,586,449	84.128.482
7th	Argentina	19,922,000	18,652,400	20.123.600	38,756,328	44.187.144	36,759,916	26,382,228	46.204.344	50.945.690	67,024,441
8th.	Ukraine				23,806,500	28,937,800	52,739,900	45,406,000	38,678,600	56.255.900	65.211.480
9.	Bangladesh	16.905.215	21,698,319	27,746,669	39,503,000	44.841.300	48,946,800	49,315,853	51.168.689	52,642,468	56,388,892
10.	Canada	28,560,717	41,364,700	56,806,235	51,090,400	48,108,800	56,031,379	49,409,762	45.412.200	47.210.700	55.251.252
11.	France	31,443,420	48,024,770	55.110.613	65,698,469	59.328.410	70.108.164	70.034.218	65,675,700	65,688,000	54,654,565
12.	Vietnam	10,430,600	12,076,200	19.896.100	34,537,275	40.247.525	43,304,647	43,323,648	44,597,500	47,017,798	48,685,089
13.	Germany	23,753,867	32,712,969	37,579,608	45.271.176	40.632.152	50.104.884	49,808,821	44,412,770	41,938,200	45.364.400
14th	Pakistan	12.097.337	17,073,600	20,957,200	30,460,700	35,812,800	35,527,800	38.147.500	34,443,200	36.156.924	43,075,694
15th	Mexico	15.006.405	20,893,796	25,561,559	27,990,819	34.311.181	36.106.577	31.282.156	34,922,459	28,405,852	38,466,082
16.	Turkey	15,989,280	24,418,700	30.201.369	32,248,694	29.250.013	29.279.920	33,569,627	32,740,875	35.195.055	35.276.615
17th	Australia	12,904,533	16,402,317	23,045,336	34,446,936	24,427,769	35.211.088	34,500,600	33,515,000	39,991,792	35.230.376
18th	Thailand	15,857,700	20.612.204	21,169,485	30,529,270	36.196.232	36,107,051	36,939,678	36.259.260	39.716.237	30,420,758
19th	Poland	16.262.100	18,336,076	28,013,519	22,340,625	27,142,826	27,664,297	29,826,475	27.120.400	25.775.259	29,849,223
20th	Myanmar	8,305,587	13,680,630	14,423,776	21,960,616	32,937,000	34.133.594	34.284.075	34,836,200	34,764,482	28.109.023
21st	Ethiopia				8,019,830	11,845,894	13.012.251	15,501,710	15,638,100	17,761,213	25,384,725
22nd	Nigeria	8,981,000	7,788,000	17,678,000	21,370,000	27,171,000	30,209,000	20,982,544	19,512,350	22,047,750	25,035,578
23.	Philippines	7,595,773	10,775,180	14,739,140	16,900,656	22,977,310	23,743,959	23,300,681	22,148,754	23,655,685	24,846,678
24.	Egypt	7,478,000	8,099,581	13,022,248	20.105.570	21,565,234	23,693,016	22,706,931	19,407,742	22,014,923	24.214.077
25th	United Kingdom	13.267.110	19,472,785	22,569,000	23,989,000	19.124.200	24,282,419	21,616,000	20,929,420	21,484,500	21,964,131
26th	Romania	10,631,664	19,366,677	17,173,548	10,499,028	7,815,744	16,827,165	14,873,587	16.710.258	20,842,167	21,765,586
27.	Spain	10,258,842	18,665,639	18,761,569	24,555,658	24,484,430	23,937,173	17,754,550	19,334,600	21,600,987	21,491,220
28.	Kazakhstan				11,539,491	20,090,024	15,530,274	20,763,960	12,115,860	26,641,500	20.410.625
29	Italy	16.153.080	17.995.200	17,410,540	20.660.957	20,350,622	21,613,374	17,391,600	18.996.110	19.503.407	18.219.221
30th	Iran	6,448,000	8,582,850	13,683,870	12,873,970	24,025,770	13,475,490	20,834,671	22.272.180	23,707,430	17,307,791
31.	Hungary	7.640.255	14.009.187	12,561,479	10,036,048	9,652,900	16,840,654	13,590,358	12,304,249	13,682,362	14,116,601
32.	Serbia				5,262,908	6.258.290	8,852,095	8,999,029	9,290,822	9,077,477	10,883,213
33.	Cambodia	3,951,000	1,818,000	2,588,000	4,183,062	7,250,000	7,787,335	8,509,896	9,656,860	9,496,000	10.178.363
34.	South Africa	8,137,697	13,377,880	11,558,321	14,527,357	9,506,948	15,338,396	14,576,683	14,733,335	12,918,562	10.167.084
35.	Tanzania	1.003.094	2,960,500	3,960,300	3,622,771	5,942,408	6.102.026	5,697,981	6,687,740	7,779,297	10.091.959
36.	Denmark	6,231,956	7,070,008	9,606,980	9,412,656	8,220,200	9,105,500	10,163,800	8,771,800	8,767,000	9,154,326
37.	Japan	17,661,810	13.191.708	14,449,107	12,796,001	12,024,850	12.151.158	11,459,396	11,362,590	9,352,424	9,034,597
38.	Mali	991.241	967.911	1,771,419	2,309,976	3,885,586	4,814,961	6,334,621	6,418,274	5,777,886	8,849,690
39.	Bulgaria	6,788,621	7,647,576	8,125,946	4,386,981	3,203,019	7,015,585	6,243,083	7,026,750	7.110.320	8,752,219
40.	Nepal	3,555,898	3,792,060	5,847,090	7,115,592	7,329,016	8,069,160	8,114,127	7,762,650	8,606,541	8,614,283
41.	Czech Republic				6,459,638	7,156,963	8,374,315	7,836,496	6,883,050	7.973.180	8,600,621
42.	Sudan	2,137,398	2,701,000	1,729,000	3,259,000	6,691,000	5,269,000	5,552,195	3,562,350	5,598,000	8,509,000
43.	Uzbekistan				3,913,800	6,749,100	6,705,900	7,358,400	7,416,400	7,113,800	7,901,599
44.	Paraguay	303.018	484.479	779.265	1,002,613	2,855,000	3,442,535	3,166,135	4,975,566	5,364,689	7,262,200
45.	Belarus				4,565,000	7,014,364	8,712,701	8,153,519	6,729,529	8,082,583	7,075,136
46.	South Korea	8,034,292	6,676,483	8,434,017	7,500,693	6,311,842	7,203,416	7,278,388	6,012,900	6,513,130	5,828,800
47.	Niger	1,140,650	1,775,000	2,135,448	2,126,435	3,847,038	4,883,823	3,508,043	5,234,226	3,619,099	5,778,293
48.	Austria	3,070,552	4,826,203	5,289,753	4,494,303	4,757,928	5,748,138	5,144,194	5,329,911	5,711,482	5,701,462
49.	Laos	928.231	1,081,495	1,558,061	2,318,700	3,398,240	4,077,685	4,279,186	4,091,515	4,161,995	5,701,160
50.	Afghanistan	3,512,000	4,072,000	2,705,000	1,940,000	5,786,000	3,950,000	6,514,000	5,957,000	4,681,020	5,535,220
-	Soviet Union	167,008,000	170,359,000	209.108.512
-	Yugoslavia	11,635,484	15,668,000	14,165,349
-	Czechoslovakia	7,247,653	10,701,923	12,625,543

World production

Worldwide grain production and acreage 1961–2005

The following table shows the global production of grain (barley, oats, millet, maize, rice, rye and wheat) in tons.

Figures in tons

year production 1961 876.874.902 1962 933.373.340 1963 949.376.089 1964 1.001.224.430 1965 998.593.222 1966 1,078,369,873 1967 1,124,091,118 1968 1,160,649,951 1969 1,170,999,692 1970 1,192,508,543

year production 1971 1,299,669,075 1972 1,258,479,495 1973 1,357,016,598 1974 1,326,410,395 1975 1,359,715,020 1976 1,463,772,306 1977 1,456,344,083 1978 1.582.020.231 1979 1,537,503,236 1980 1,549,913,904

year production 1981 1,632,380,324 1982 1,692,537,945 1983 1,626,948,012 1984 1,786,797,367 1985 1,821,242,387 1986 1,834,024,110 1987 1,771,529,361 1988 1,727,627,739 1989 1,871,266,385 1990 1,952,377,531

year production 1991 1,889,716,517 1992 1,973,924,679 1993 1,904,439,503 1994 1,956,488,853 1995 1,897,738,808 1996 2,072,270,475 1997 2,095,353,302 1998 2,084,140,610 1999 2,084,931,317 2000 2,058,631,973

year production 2001 2,109,963,609 2002 2,032,314,555 2003 2,091,750,074 2004 2,278,984,181 2005 2,268,456,195 2006 2.236.431.406 2007 2,348,105,972 2008 2,521,654,497 2009 2,492,284,837 2010 2,466,501,240

year production 2011 2,588,114,778 2012 2,562,046,409 2013 2,768,023,350 2014 2,823,732,885 2015 2,795,547,146 2016 2,848,661,914 2017 2018 2019 2020

See also

• The largest barley producers
• The largest oat producers
• The largest corn producers
• The largest rice producers
• The largest rye producers
• The largest wheat producers
• List of the largest agricultural producers
• List of countries by agricultural area
• List of countries by arable land per capita

Web links

• FAOSTAT

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} FAO: Grain production by country FAO production statistics, accessed on April 29, 2013