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Agricultural crop > Production: Crop production index shows agricultural production for each year relative to the base period 1999-2001. It includes all crops except fodder crops. Regional and income group aggregates for the FAO's production indexes are calculated from the underlying values in international dollars, normalized to the base period 1999-2001."
Banana > Production: Metric tons of Bananas produced in 2000.
Banana > Production per 1000: Metric tons of Bananas produced in 2000. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons: Cereal production (metric tons). Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded.
Cereal > Cereal yield > Kg per hectare: Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Includes 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 or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.
Cereal > Production: Average production of cereals (1999-2001). Average Production of Cereals refers to the amount of cereals produced in a given country or region each year. Data are reported in thousand metric tons. Cereals include wheat, barley, maize, rye, oats, millet, s
Cotton > Production: Production of cotton 2003/2004, in thousand bales.
Crop > Production index: Crop production index shows agricultural production for each year relative to the base period 1999-2001. It includes all crops except fodder crops. Regional and income group aggregates for the FAO's production indexes are calculated from the underlying values in international dollars, normalized to the base period 1999-2001.
Food > Production: Food production index covers food crops that are considered edible and that contain nutrients. Coffee and tea are excluded because, although edible, they have no nutritive value."
Food > Production index: Food production index covers food crops that are considered edible and that contain nutrients. Coffee and tea are excluded because, although edible, they have no nutritive value.
Livestock > Production index: Livestock production index includes meat and milk from all sources, dairy products such as cheese, and eggs, honey, raw silk, wool, and hides and skins.
Meat > Production: Meat production in thousand metric tonnes
Soybean > Production: Total production of Soybean, metric tons, 2003/2004
Wheat > Production: Figures for 2003/2004
Wheat > Yield: Yield of Wheat, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004
Corn > Yield: Yield of Corn, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004
Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons per 1000: Cereal production (metric tons). Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Meat > Production per million: Meat production in thousand metric tonnes. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Live stock > Production index: Livestock production index includes meat and milk from all sources, dairy products such as cheese, and eggs, honey, raw silk, wool, and hides and skins."
Rice > Production: Figures for 2003/2004
Soybean > Production per 1000: Total production of Soybean, metric tons, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Corn > Production: Figures for 2003/2004
Cotton > Imports: Imports of cotton 2003/2004
Peanut > Production: Total production of Peanut, metric tons, 2003/2004
Cereal > Production growth: Average production of Cereals (percentage change from 1986-88 to 1996-98)
Cereal > Production per million: Average production of cereals (1999-2001). Average Production of Cereals refers to the amount of cereals produced in a given country or region each year. Data are reported in thousand metric tons. Cereals include wheat, barley, maize, rye, oats, millet, s. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Corn > Yield per million: Yield of Corn, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Rice > Production per million: Figures for 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Meat > Production growth: Average production of roots and tubers (percentage change from 1986-88 to 1996-98)
Land under cereal > Production > Hectares > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Cotton > Production per million: Production of cotton 2003/2004, in thousand bales. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Cotton > Yield: Yield of Cotton, Kilograms per hectare, 2003/2004
Wheat > Production per million: Figures for 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Rice > Yield per million: Yield of Rice, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Rice > Yield: Yield of Rice, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004
Root and tuber > Production: Average production of roots and tubers 1996-1998
Total > Yield Coarse Grain: Yield of Total Coarse Grain, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004
Wheat > Imports: Figures for 2003/2004
Peanut > Yield: Yield of Peanut, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004
Sunflowerseed > Production: Total production of Sunflowerseed, metric tons, 2003/2004
Rice > Exports: Figures for 2003/2004
Total > Production Coarse Grain: Total production of Total Coarse Grain, metric tons, 2003/2004
Wheat > Yield per million: Yield of Wheat, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Corn > Production per million: Figures for 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Total > Yield Coarse Grain per million: Yield of Total Coarse Grain, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Soybean > Yield: Yield of Soybean, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004
Sorghum > Production: Figures for 2003/2004
Root and tuber > Production growth: Average production of roots and tubers (percentage change from 1986-88 to 1996-98)
Sorghum > Yield: Yield of Sorghum, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004
Peanut > Yield per million: Yield of Peanut, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Total > Production Oilseed: Total production of Total Oilseed, metric tons, 2003/2004
Total > Yield Oilseed per million: Yield of Total Oilseed, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Cotton > Imports per million: Imports of cotton 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Wheat > Imports per million: Figures for 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Land used for cereal > Production > Hectares: 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."
Peanut > Production per 1000: Total production of Peanut, metric tons, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Land under cereal > Production > Hectares per 1000: 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Sunflowerseed > Yield: Yield of Sunflowerseed, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004
Sunflowerseed > Yield per million: Yield of Sunflowerseed, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Sunflowerseed > Production per 1000: Total production of Sunflowerseed, metric tons, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Sorghum > Production per million: Figures for 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Land under cereal > Production > Hectares: 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.
Cereal > Land under cereal production > Hectares per 1000: Land under cereal production (hectares). 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 or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Agricultural raw materials > Imports > % of merchandise imports: Agricultural raw materials comprise SITC section 2 (crude materials except fuels) excluding divisions 22, 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap).
Total > Production Oilseed per 1000: Total production of Total Oilseed, metric tons, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cotton > Stocks: Stocks of cotton in mid 2003 (480 lb bales)
Imports as % of merchandise > Imports: Agricultural raw materials comprise SITC section 2 (crude materials except fuels) excluding divisions 22, 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap)."
Barley > Yield: Yield of Barley, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004
Barley > Yield per million: Yield of Barley, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Total > Yield Oilseed: Yield of Total Oilseed, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004
Rice > Exports per million: Figures for 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Cotton > Yield per million: Yield of Cotton, Kilograms per hectare, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Soybean > Yield per million: Yield of Soybean, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Root and tuber > Production per million: Average production of roots and tubers 1996-1998. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Sorghum > Yield per million: Yield of Sorghum, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Cotton > Stocks per million: Stocks of cotton in mid 2003 (480 lb bales). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Cereal > Land under cereal production > Hectares: Land under cereal production (hectares). 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 or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded.
Total > Production Coarse Grain per 1000: Total production of Total Coarse Grain, metric tons, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

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Agricultural crop > Production	123 Ranked 48th. 4% more than India	118 Ranked 62nd.
Banana > Production	4.81 million metric tonnes Ranked 4th.	11 million metric tonnes Ranked 1st. 2 times more than China
Banana > Production per 1000	3.81 metric tonnes Ranked 45th.	10.55 metric tonnes Ranked 34th. 3 times more than China
Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons	540.83 million Ranked 1st. 89% more than India	286.5 million Ranked 3rd.
Cereal > Cereal yield > Kg per hectare	5,837.47 Ranked 21st. 98% more than India	2,953.61 Ranked 84th.
Cereal > Production	149 thousand metric tons Ranked 9th. 23% more than India	121 thousand metric tons Ranked 44th.
Cotton > Production	25,500 Ranked 1st. 2 times more than India	12,500 Ranked 3rd.
Crop > Production index	115.2% Ranked 40th. 11% more than India	103.9% Ranked 111th.
Food > Production	125 Ranked 44th. 5% more than India	119 Ranked 63th.
Food > Production index	117.8% Ranked 21st. 13% more than India	104.7% Ranked 100th.
Livestock > Production index	122.6% Ranked 14th. 9% more than India	112.2% Ranked 46th.
Meat > Production	53,747 thousand metric tons Ranked 1st. 12 times more than India	4,604 thousand metric tons Ranked 7th.
Soybean > Production	15.39 million Ranked 4th. 2 times more than India	6.8 million Ranked 5th.
Wheat > Production	87,000 thousand metric tons Ranked 1st. 30% more than India	67,000 thousand metric tons Ranked 2nd.
Wheat > Yield	3.93 Ranked 7th. 50% more than India	2.62 Ranked 10th.
Corn > Yield	4.81 Ranked 8th. 2 times more than India	1.98 Ranked 19th.
Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons per 1000	400.41 Ranked 40th. 73% more than India	231.67 Ranked 70th.
Meat > Production per million	42.26 thousand metric tons Ranked 40th. 10 times more than India	4.35 thousand metric tons Ranked 141st.
Live stock > Production index	122 Ranked 53th.	129 Ranked 37th. 6% more than China
Rice > Production	118,000 thousand metric tons Ranked 1st. 33% more than India	89,000 thousand metric tons Ranked 2nd.
Soybean > Production per 1000	11.87 Ranked 9th. 94% more than India	6.12 Ranked 11th.
Corn > Production	114,000 thousand metric tons Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than India	13,000 thousand metric tons Ranked 6th.
Cotton > Imports	4,300 thousand bales Ranked 1st. 3 times more than India	1,250 thousand bales Ranked 8th.
Peanut > Production	13.42 million Ranked 1st. 74% more than India	7.7 million Ranked 2nd.
Cereal > Production growth	27% Ranked 43th.	31% Ranked 41st. 15% more than China
Cereal > Production per million	0.117 thousand metric tons Ranked 145th. 3% more than India	0.114 thousand metric tons Ranked 146th.
Corn > Yield per million	0.00371 Ranked 19th. 2 times more than India	0.00178 Ranked 20th.
Rice > Production per million	91.04 thousand metric tons Ranked 8th. 14% more than India	80.13 thousand metric tons Ranked 9th.
Meat > Production growth	191% Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than India	57% Ranked 48th.
Land under cereal > Production > Hectares > Per capita	63.6 hectares per 1,000 peop Ranked 96th.	90.86 hectares per 1,000 peop Ranked 71st. 43% more than China
Cotton > Production per million	19.67 Ranked 19th. 75% more than India	11.25 Ranked 25th.
Cotton > Yield	950.16 Ranked 1st. 2 times more than India	385.95 Ranked 14th.
Wheat > Production per million	67.13 thousand metric tons Ranked 14th. 11% more than India	60.33 thousand metric tons Ranked 15th.
Rice > Yield per million	0.00468 Ranked 21st. 66% more than India	0.00281 Ranked 22nd.
Rice > Yield	6.06 Ranked 8th. 94% more than India	3.12 Ranked 17th.
Root and tuber > Production	170,478 thousand metric tons Ranked 1st. 6 times more than India	29,909 thousand metric tons Ranked 4th.
Total > Yield Coarse Grain	4.57 Ranked 5th. 4 times more than India	1.23 Ranked 22nd.
Wheat > Imports	500 thousand metric tons Ranked 35th. 10 times more than India	50 thousand metric tons Ranked 43th.
Peanut > Yield	2.65 Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than India	0.96 Ranked 12th.
Sunflowerseed > Production	1.74 million Ranked 4th. 2% more than India	1.7 million Ranked 5th.
Rice > Exports	2,500 thousand metric tons Ranked 5th.	3,000 thousand metric tons Ranked 3rd. 20% more than China
Total > Production Coarse Grain	124.64 million Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than India	37.81 million Ranked 4th.
Wheat > Yield per million	0.00303 Ranked 25th. 29% more than India	0.00236 Ranked 26th.
International wheat > Production statistics	89 Ranked 1st. 24% more than India	71.5 Ranked 2nd.
Corn > Production per million	87.96 thousand metric tons Ranked 10th. 8 times more than India	11.71 thousand metric tons Ranked 16th.
Total > Yield Coarse Grain per million	0.00353 Ranked 22nd. 3 times more than India	0.00111 Ranked 23th.
Soybean > Yield	1.65 Ranked 9th. 57% more than India	1.05 Ranked 20th.
Sorghum > Production	2,500 thousand metric tons Ranked 7th.	8,000 thousand metric tons Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than China
Root and tuber > Production growth	22% Ranked 53th.	59% Ranked 23th. 3 times more than China
Sorghum > Yield	3.97 Ranked 5th. 5 times more than India	0.77 Ranked 17th.
Peanut > Yield per million	0.00204 Ranked 18th. 2 times more than India	0.000864 Ranked 19th.
Total > Production Oilseed	50.85 million Ranked 3rd. 76% more than India	28.86 million Ranked 5th.
Total > Yield Oilseed per million	0.0014 Ranked 25th. 71% more than India	0.000819 Ranked 26th.
Cotton > Imports per million	3.32 thousand bales Ranked 46th. 3 times more than India	1.13 thousand bales Ranked 66th.
Wheat > Imports per million	0.386 thousand metric tons Ranked 41st. 9 times more than India	0.045 thousand metric tons Ranked 42nd.
Land used for cereal > Production > Hectares	86.9 million Ranked 2nd.	100.7 million Ranked 1st. 16% more than China
Peanut > Production per 1000	10.35 Ranked 11th. 49% more than India	6.93 Ranked 12th.
Land under cereal > Production > Hectares per 1000	63.64 hectares Ranked 93th.	88.24 hectares Ranked 69th. 39% more than China
Sunflowerseed > Yield	1.49 Ranked 7th. 2 times more than India	0.61 Ranked 17th.
Sunflowerseed > Yield per million	0.00115 Ranked 16th. 2 times more than India	0.000549 Ranked 17th.
Sunflowerseed > Production per 1000	1.34 Ranked 17th.	1.53 Ranked 16th. 14% more than China
Sorghum > Production per million	1.93 thousand metric tons Ranked 12th.	7.2 thousand metric tons Ranked 10th. 4 times more than China
Land under cereal > Production > Hectares	82.96 million hectares Ranked 2nd.	99.45 million hectares Ranked 1st. 20% more than China
Cereal > Land under cereal production > Hectares per 1000	68.59 Ranked 92nd.	78.44 Ranked 81st. 14% more than China
Agricultural raw materials > Imports > % of merchandise imports	3.56% Ranked 5th. 78% more than India	2% Ranked 22nd.
Total > Production Oilseed per 1000	39.23 Ranked 14th. 51% more than India	25.99 Ranked 18th.
Cotton > Stocks	8,934 thousand bales Ranked 1st. 3 times more than India	3,338 thousand bales Ranked 3rd.
Imports as % of merchandise > Imports	3.37% Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than India	1.64% Ranked 25th.
Barley > Yield	3.58 Ranked 7th. 90% more than India	1.88 Ranked 17th.
Barley > Yield per million	0.00276 Ranked 21st. 63% more than India	0.00169 Ranked 22nd.
Total > Yield Oilseed	1.82 Ranked 12th. Twice as much as India	0.91 Ranked 25th.
Rice > Exports per million	1.93 thousand metric tons Ranked 12th.	2.7 thousand metric tons Ranked 11th. 40% more than China
Cotton > Yield per million	0.733 Ranked 14th. 2 times more than India	0.348 Ranked 15th.
Soybean > Yield per million	0.00127 Ranked 19th. 35% more than India	0.000945 Ranked 20th.
Root and tuber > Production per million	137.27 thousand metric tons Ranked 41st. 5 times more than India	29.68 thousand metric tons Ranked 108th.
Sorghum > Yield per million	0.00306 Ranked 19th. 4 times more than India	0.000693 Ranked 20th.
Cotton > Stocks per million	6.93 thousand bales Ranked 30th. 2 times more than India	3.05 thousand bales Ranked 42nd.
Cereal > Land under cereal production > Hectares	92.65 million Ranked 2nd.	97 million Ranked 1st. 5% more than China
Total > Production Coarse Grain per 1000	96.17 Ranked 19th. 3 times more than India	34.04 Ranked 22nd.

SOURCES: Food and Agriculture Organisation, electronic files and web site.; Agri-Food Business Development Centre; Agri-Food Business Development Centre. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Food and Agriculture Organization; World Resources Institute; United States Department of Agriculture; World Development Indicators database; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001; Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division, FAS, USDA; Food and Agriculture Organization. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division, FAS, USDA. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Resources Institute. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United States Department of Agriculture. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: International wheat production statistics; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Bank staff estimates from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

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