Cereals excluding rice — Production by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions intensities contains analytical data on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by agricultural commodity. This indicator is defined as greenhouse gas emissions per kg of product. Data are available for a set of agricultural commodities (e.g. rice and other cereals, meat,...
Countries reporting
192
Highest
434.46 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
Malta
Median
1.34 million t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,527
What the numbers show
Cereals excluding rice — Production is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 434.46 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.34 million t, and the mean is 13.29 million t.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 2,751.5%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).
Cereals excluding rice — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 434.46 million t | 2023 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 434.21 million t | 2023 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 167.87 million t | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 40.92 million t | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 4 | USSR | 152.56 million t | 1991 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 17.37 million t | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 145.47 million t | 2023 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 134.17 million t | 2023 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 9.12 million t | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 7 | France | 61.78 million t | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.88 million t | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 8 | Argentina | 60.89 million t | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 4.44 million t | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia and New Zealand | 59.37 million t | 2023 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 3.17 million t | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 10 | Ukraine | 59.06 million t | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 10 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2.60 million t | 2023 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 11 | Canada | 58.92 million t | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.49 million t | 2023 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia | 58.43 million t | 2023 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.40 million t | 2023 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Germany | 40.61 million t | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 13 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.38 million t | 2023 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Pakistan | 38.38 million t | 2023 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Mexico | 36.74 million t | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 15 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 450,000 t | 2023 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Poland | 28.80 million t | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 85,000 t | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 23.41 million t | 2023 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Melanesia | 23,761 t | 2023 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 18 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 21.96 million t | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia | 107.83 t | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 107.83 t | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 19 | Romania | 20.57 million t | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 20 | Indonesia | 19.99 million t | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Yugoslav SFR | 19.22 million t | 1991 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 22 | Nigeria | 19.07 million t | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 23 | South Africa | 19.00 million t | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 24 | Egypt | 17.79 million t | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 16.13 million t | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 26 | Hungary | 14.72 million t | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 27 | Italy | 13.93 million t | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.36 million t | 2023 | up 78.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Spain | 11.26 million t | 2023 | down 53.1% | rising |
| 28 | Caribbean | 449,919 t | 2023 | down 51.8% | rising |
| 29 | Serbia | 10.69 million t | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 464 t | 2023 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 10.16 million t | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 31 | Czechoslovakia | 10.01 million t | 1992 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 32 | Serbia and Montenegro | 9.53 million t | 2005 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 33 | Philippines | 8.41 million t | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 34 | Czechia | 7.78 million t | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 7.54 million t | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 36 | Denmark | 6.95 million t | 2023 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 37 | Mali | 6.90 million t | 2023 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Paraguay | 5.89 million t | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Bangladesh | 5.71 million t | 2023 | up 102.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Belarus | 5.70 million t | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 41 | Morocco | 5.61 million t | 2023 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 42 | Sudan (former) | 5.57 million t | 2011 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 43 | Nepal | 5.41 million t | 2023 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Lithuania | 5.37 million t | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 45 | Iraq | 5.21 million t | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Thailand | 5.19 million t | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 47 | Niger | 5.01 million t | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Kenya | 4.92 million t | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 49 | Austria | 4.90 million t | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 4.77 million t | 2023 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | 4.63 million t | 2023 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Ghana | 4.30 million t | 2023 | up 97.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Slovakia | 4.27 million t | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 54 | Sweden | 4.19 million t | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 55 | Sudan | 4.14 million t | 2023 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 56 | Ethiopia PDR | 3.85 million t | 1992 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 57 | Malawi | 3.67 million t | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Zambia | 3.60 million t | 2023 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Algeria | 3.59 million t | 2023 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 60 | Cameroon | 3.50 million t | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Angola | 3.30 million t | 2023 | up 101.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Greece | 3.18 million t | 2023 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 63 | Croatia | 3.16 million t | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 3.14 million t | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 65 | Uganda | 3.12 million t | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 66 | Finland | 2.94 million t | 2023 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 67 | Senegal | 2.73 million t | 2023 | up 227.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Belgium | 2.72 million t | 2023 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 69 | Latvia | 2.67 million t | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 70 | Myanmar | 2.62 million t | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Uruguay | 2.56 million t | 2023 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 2.37 million t | 1999 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 73 | Chile | 2.32 million t | 2023 | down 38.2% | rising |
| 74 | Mozambique | 2.30 million t | 2023 | up 70.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Benin | 2.24 million t | 2023 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Guatemala | 2.13 million t | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 77 | Peru | 2.06 million t | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 78 | Colombia | 1.97 million t | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 79 | Ireland | 1.88 million t | 2023 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 80 | Chad | 1.87 million t | 2023 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.62 million t | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 82 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.49 million t | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 83 | Cambodia | 1.48 million t | 2023 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Ecuador | 1.44 million t | 2023 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Turkmenistan | 1.38 million t | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 86 | Japan | 1.33 million t | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Togo | 1.33 million t | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Guinea | 1.27 million t | 2023 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 1.23 million t | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 90 | Estonia | 1.17 million t | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 91 | Zimbabwe | 1.17 million t | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 1.12 million t | 2023 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 93 | South Sudan | 1.05 million t | 2023 | up 17.3% | flat |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.04 million t | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 95 | New Zealand | 944,110 t | 2023 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 96 | El Salvador | 870,000 t | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 97 | Portugal | 854,550 t | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 98 | Norway | 785,000 t | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 99 | Switzerland | 771,713 t | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 100 | Honduras | 738,975 t | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 101 | Rwanda | 712,756 t | 2023 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Albania | 701,314 t | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 103 | Burundi | 646,261 t | 2023 | up 206.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Slovenia | 641,760 t | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 502,975 t | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 106 | Tunisia | 491,874 t | 2023 | down 61.2% | rising |
| 107 | Mongolia | 468,735 t | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Yemen | 435,000 t | 2023 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 109 | Georgia | 392,696 t | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 382,451 t | 2023 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 111 | Armenia | 279,391 t | 2023 | down 47.0% | rising |
| 112 | Eritrea | 275,000 t | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 113 | Madagascar | 272,286 t | 2023 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 114 | China, Taiwan Province of | 252,397 t | 2023 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Central African Republic | 249,266 t | 2023 | up 113.2% | rising |
| 116 | Israel | 232,343 t | 2023 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 231,217 t | 2023 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Republic of Korea | 212,780 t | 2023 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Libya | 207,965 t | 2023 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 120 | Haiti | 194,000 t | 2023 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 121 | Oman | 193,396 t | 2023 | up 290.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Somalia | 176,060 t | 2023 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 123 | Cuba | 164,461 t | 2023 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Panama | 160,897 t | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 125 | Namibia | 153,012 t | 2023 | up 76.7% | rising |
| 126 | Lesotho | 143,080 t | 2023 | up 33.2% | falling |
| 127 | Belize | 142,468 t | 2023 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Lebanon | 133,418 t | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 129 | Sierra Leone | 127,000 t | 2023 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Luxembourg | 117,900 t | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 131 | Mauritania | 107,467 t | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 132 | Eswatini | 86,172 t | 2023 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 133 | Dominican Republic | 81,922 t | 2023 | up 66.1% | falling |
| 134 | Gambia | 73,000 t | 2023 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Jordan | 72,666 t | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 71,000 t | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Botswana | 70,368 t | 2023 | up 355.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Palestine | 50,326 t | 2023 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Cyprus | 49,750 t | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Gabon | 46,376 t | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Kuwait | 30,955 t | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Bhutan | 27,004 t | 2023 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 143 | Congo | 26,816 t | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 144 | United Arab Emirates | 22,014 t | 2023 | up 2,751.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Comoros | 19,684 t | 2023 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Papua New Guinea | 17,835 t | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Réunion | 15,000 t | 2006 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 148 | Iceland | 7,679 t | 2023 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 149 | Costa Rica | 7,321 t | 2023 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Montenegro | 6,846 t | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,000 t | 2023 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 152 | Guyana | 4,000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | New Caledonia | 2,915 t | 2023 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Jamaica | 2,291 t | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Qatar | 2,209 t | 2023 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Fiji | 2,029 t | 2023 | up 142.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Mauritius | 1,502 t | 2023 | up 137.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 983.1 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 159 | Sao Tome and Principe | 786.98 t | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 633 t | 2023 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Bahamas | 616.45 t | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 162 | Malaysia | 568.44 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Grenada | 389.98 t | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 164 | Puerto Rico | 324.04 t | 2023 | up 170.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Maldives | 205.35 t | 2023 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Dominica | 193.13 t | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 167 | Guadeloupe | 100 t | 1977 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 168 | French Guiana | 90 t | 2006 | up 210.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Antigua and Barbuda | 46.25 t | 2023 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 170 | Barbados | 41.66 t | 2023 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Suriname | 29.37 t | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Djibouti | 17.33 t | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Malta | 0 t | 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 2.31 billion t
- Asia 806.58 million t
- Americas 779.66 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 106.11 million t
- Northern America 511.56 million t
- Europe 494.68 million t
- United States of America 452.64 million t
- Middle Africa 11.38 million t
- Eastern Asia 439.07 million t
- Eastern Europe 288.39 million t
- European Union (27) 256.16 million t
- Southern Asia 239.78 million t
- South America 226.48 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 181.12 million t
- Africa 166.33 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 116.74 million t
- Western Europe 112.39 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 798,928 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 110.85 million t
- Oceania 59.40 million t
- Western Asia 57.16 million t
- Eastern Africa 54.45 million t
- Western Africa 49.21 million t
- Northern Europe 47.92 million t
- Southern Europe 45.97 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 42.66 million t
- Central America 41.17 million t
- Northern Africa 31.83 million t
- Central Asia 27.91 million t
- Southern Africa 19.45 million t
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions intensities contains analytical data on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by agricultural commodity. This indicator is defined as greenhouse gas emissions per kg of product. Data are available for a set of agricultural commodities (e.g. rice and other cereals, meat, milk, eggs), by country, with global coverage.