How much land is occupied by cereal crops — wheat, rice, maize and the rest.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country — the year is shown in the row. The table spans 1980 to 2024.
Top-20 · hectares
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
India
|
108M | 2024 | 1 | |
| 2 |
China
|
99.99M | 2023 | 2 | |
| 3 |
United States
|
54.08M | 2024 | 3 | |
| 4 |
Russia
|
43.17M | 2023 | 4 | |
| 5 |
Brazil
|
27.78M | 2024 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Australia
|
19.46M | 2024 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Nigeria
|
18.28M | 2024 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Argentina
|
17.66M | 2024 | 8 | |
| 9 |
Kazakhstan
|
16.06M | 2024 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Canada
|
16.03M | 2023 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Pakistan
|
14.64M | 2023 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Indonesia
|
12.69M | 2023 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Thailand
|
12.54M | 2023 | 13 | |
| 14 |
Bangladesh
|
12.27M | 2024 | 14 | |
| 15 |
Ethiopia
|
12.07M | 2024 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Sudan
|
11.59M | 2024 | 16 | |
| 17 |
Türkiye
|
11.38M | 2024 | 17 | |
| 18 |
Ukraine
|
10.81M | 2024 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Niger
|
10.33M | 2024 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Mexico
|
8.68M | 2023 | 20 | |
| 21 |
Iran
|
8.66M | 2023 | 21 | |
| 22 |
France
|
8.53M | 2024 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Vietnam
|
8M | 2023 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Myanmar
|
7.97M | 2024 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Philippines
|
7.36M | 2023 | 25 | |
| 26 |
Poland
|
7.19M | 2023 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Tanzania
|
6.52M | 2023 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Mali
|
6.29M | 2023 | 28 | |
| 29 |
Germany
|
6.06M | 2023 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Spain
|
5.51M | 2024 | 30 | |
| 31 |
Romania
|
5.17M | 2023 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
5.03M | 2024 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Burkina Faso
|
4.35M | 2024 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Guinea
|
3.99M | 2024 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Cambodia
|
3.86M | 2023 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Mozambique
|
3.42M | 2024 | 36 | |
| 37 |
South Africa
|
3.36M | 2024 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Nepal
|
3.33M | 2023 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Chad
|
3.28M | 2024 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Egypt
|
3.16M | 2023 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Angola
|
3.14M | 2023 | 41 | |
| 42 |
United Kingdom
|
3.09M | 2023 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Italy
|
3.05M | 2023 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Uganda
|
2.95M | 2024 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Kenya
|
2.93M | 2023 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Syria
|
2.7M | 2024 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Algeria
|
2.68M | 2024 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Afghanistan
|
2.64M | 2024 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Morocco
|
2.58M | 2024 | 49 | |
| 50 |
Belarus
|
2.28M | 2024 | 50 | |
| 51 |
Hungary
|
2.25M | 2024 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Madagascar
|
2.22M | 2023 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Cameroon
|
2.17M | 2024 | 53 | |
| 54 |
Ghana
|
2.15M | 2023 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Benin
|
2.14M | 2024 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Malawi
|
2.04M | 2023 | 56 | |
| 57 |
Bulgaria
|
1.98M | 2023 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Senegal
|
1.94M | 2023 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Iraq
|
1.9M | 2023 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Japan
|
1.84M | 2023 | 60 | |
| 61 |
Serbia
|
1.77M | 2023 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Bolivia
|
1.69M | 2024 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Zimbabwe
|
1.57M | 2023 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Zambia
|
1.56M | 2023 | 64 | |
| 65 |
Paraguay
|
1.53M | 2023 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Uzbekistan
|
1.48M | 2023 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
1.41M | 2023 | 67 | |
| 68 |
North Korea
|
1.35M | 2024 | 68 | |
| 69 |
Lithuania
|
1.34M | 2023 | 69 | |
| 70 |
Czechia
|
1.32M | 2023 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Togo
|
1.29M | 2023 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Sri Lanka
|
1.25M | 2023 | 72 | |
| 73 |
Denmark
|
1.23M | 2024 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Peru
|
1.22M | 2024 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Guatemala
|
1.2M | 2023 | 75 | |
| 76 |
South Sudan
|
1.1M | 2023 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Sierra Leone
|
1.05M | 2023 | 77 | |
| 78 |
Laos
|
1.02M | 2024 | 78 | |
| 79 |
Colombia
|
981,981 | 2024 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Sweden
|
971,160 | 2023 | 80 | |
| 81 |
Azerbaijan
|
964,494 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Moldova
|
925,199 | 2023 | 82 | |
| 83 |
Finland
|
908,230 | 2023 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Uruguay
|
813,974 | 2024 | 84 | |
| 85 |
Turkmenistan
|
800,694 | 2023 | 85 | |
| 86 |
Tunisia
|
795,426 | 2024 | 86 | |
| 87 |
South Korea
|
776,099 | 2023 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Latvia
|
763,400 | 2023 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Austria
|
726,060 | 2024 | 89 | |
| 90 |
Greece
|
709,120 | 2024 | 90 | |
| 91 |
Ecuador
|
696,223 | 2024 | 91 | |
| 92 |
Burundi
|
678,679 | 2024 | 92 | |
| 93 |
Slovakia
|
663,130 | 2024 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Malaysia
|
615,072 | 2023 | 94 | |
| 95 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
597,282 | 2023 | 95 | |
| 96 |
Rwanda
|
546,634 | 2024 | 96 | |
| 97 |
Yemen
|
543,000 | 2023 | 97 | |
| 98 |
Croatia
|
539,590 | 2023 | 98 | |
| 99 |
Venezuela
|
515,056 | 2023 | 99 | |
| 100 |
Eritrea
|
478,367 | 2024 | 100 | |
| 101 |
Honduras
|
410,005 | 2023 | 101 | |
| 102 |
Chile
|
386,898 | 2024 | 102 | |
| 103 |
Tajikistan
|
376,457 | 2024 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Mauritania
|
370,911 | 2024 | 104 | |
| 105 |
Mongolia
|
363,061 | 2023 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Somalia
|
353,642 | 2023 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Estonia
|
352,150 | 2023 | 107 | |
| 108 |
Nicaragua
|
350,425 | 2023 | 108 | |
| 109 |
Central African Republic
|
344,610 | 2023 | 109 | |
| 110 |
Namibia
|
339,089 | 2023 | 110 | |
| 111 |
Belgium
|
324,650 | 2023 | 111 | |
| 112 |
El Salvador
|
317,461 | 2024 | 112 | |
| 113 |
Haiti
|
310,565 | 2023 | 113 | |
| 114 |
Norway
|
279,979 | 2024 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Ireland
|
258,930 | 2024 | 115 | |
| 116 |
Libya
|
249,794 | 2024 | 116 | |
| 117 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
242,659 | 2024 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Liberia
|
240,000 | 2023 | 118 | |
| 119 |
Dominican Republic
|
235,617 | 2024 | 119 | |
| 120 |
Saudi Arabia
|
232,932 | 2023 | 120 | |
| 121 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
192,144 | 2023 | 121 | |
| 122 |
Portugal
|
191,630 | 2024 | 122 | |
| 123 |
Lesotho
|
177,933 | 2023 | 123 | |
| 124 |
Guyana
|
165,725 | 2023 | 124 | |
| 125 |
Gambia
|
161,065 | 2023 | 125 | |
| 126 |
Georgia
|
155,638 | 2023 | 126 | |
| 127 |
Netherlands
|
153,500 | 2024 | 127 | |
| 128 |
North Macedonia
|
149,249 | 2024 | 128 | |
| 129 |
Cuba
|
142,254 | 2023 | 129 | |
| 130 |
Switzerland
|
141,863 | 2023 | 130 | |
| 131 |
Albania
|
135,654 | 2023 | 131 | |
| 132 |
New Zealand
|
121,170 | 2024 | 132 | |
| 133 |
Armenia
|
109,701 | 2024 | 133 | |
| 134 |
Panama
|
109,277 | 2024 | 134 | |
| 135 |
Slovenia
|
102,180 | 2024 | 135 | |
| 136 |
Israel
|
91,082 | 2023 | 136 | |
| 137 |
Timor-Leste
|
78,894 | 2023 | 137 | |
| 138 |
Eswatini
|
71,001 | 2023 | 138 | |
| 139 |
Botswana
|
60,588 | 2024 | 139 | |
| 140 |
Lebanon
|
55,239 | 2023 | 140 | |
| 141 |
Jordan
|
52,137 | 2024 | 141 | |
| 142 |
Suriname
|
49,813 | 2023 | 142 | |
| 143 |
Belize
|
41,522 | 2023 | 143 | |
| 144 |
Republic of the Congo
|
34,588 | 2023 | 144 | |
| 145 |
Gabon
|
30,075 | 2024 | 145 | |
| 146 |
Luxembourg
|
26,730 | 2023 | 146 | |
| 147 |
Palestine
|
20,698 | 2023 | 147 | |
| 148 |
Bhutan
|
20,654 | 2024 | 148 | |
| 149 |
Cyprus
|
20,070 | 2024 | 149 | |
| 150 |
Costa Rica
|
18,980 | 2024 | 150 | |
| 151 |
Comoros
|
11,361 | 2023 | 151 | |
| 152 |
Oman
|
7,724 | 2023 | 152 | |
| 153 |
Papua New Guinea
|
3,910 | 2023 | 153 | |
| 154 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
3,328 | 2023 | 154 | |
| 155 |
Iceland
|
3,160 | 2023 | 155 | |
| 156 |
Fiji
|
2,237 | 2023 | 156 | |
| 157 |
Kuwait
|
2,070 | 2023 | 157 | |
| 158 |
Montenegro
|
2,065 | 2023 | 158 | |
| 159 |
Jamaica
|
2,009 | 2023 | 159 | |
| 160 |
Vanuatu
|
1,549 | 2024 | 160 | |
| 161 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
1,500 | 2023 | 161 | |
| 162 |
Solomon Islands
|
1,448 | 2023 | 162 | |
| 163 |
Puerto Rico
|
1,094 | 2023 | 163 | |
| 164 |
United Arab Emirates
|
945 | 2023 | 164 | |
| 165 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
393 | 2023 | 165 | |
| 166 |
New Caledonia
|
298 | 2023 | 166 | |
| 167 |
Grenada
|
178 | 2024 | 167 | |
| 168 |
Micronesia
|
169 | 2024 | 168 | |
| 169 |
Mauritius
|
129 | 2023 | 169 | |
| 170 |
Cabo Verde
|
124 | 2024 | 170 | |
| 171 |
Qatar
|
121 | 2023 | 171 | |
| 172 |
Dominica
|
115 | 2023 | 172 | |
| 173 |
Maldives
|
84 | 2024 | 173 | |
| 174 |
Bahamas
|
78 | 2024 | 174 | |
| 175 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
32 | 2024 | 175 | |
| 176 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
26 | 2024 | 176 | |
| 177 |
Djibouti
|
9 | 2024 | 177 | |
| 178 |
Barbados
|
0 | 2024 | 178 | |
| 179 |
Hong Kong
|
0 | 2023 | 178 | |
| 180 |
Malta
|
0 | 2023 | 178 | |
| 181 |
Nauru
|
0 | 2020 | 178 | |
| 182 |
Saint Lucia
|
0 | 1980 | 178 |
The area harvested for cereal crops: wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, millet and mixes. It is the harvested area rather than the sown area, so with two harvests a year one field is counted twice — which is exactly why in the tropics the land under cereals can exceed the area of arable land. Together with the grain harvest this series gives the yield, which is what explains the growth of world production with areas almost unchanged.
Important: Harvested area, not sown area: a field with two harvests a year is counted twice. Land under cereals grown for animal feed is included, land cut for hay is not.
The gross harvest of cereal crops, in tonnes.
Agriculture 1961–2024 Cereal yieldHow many kilograms of grain are harvested per hectare.
Agriculture 1961–2023 Arable landHow much land is under annual crops — the land that is plowed every year.
Agriculture 1961–2022 Crop production indexThe trend in the output of all crop production — including non-food crops.