World - Cereal production

Cereal production (metric tons)

The value for Cereal production (metric tons) in World was 2,964,933,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,022,178,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 744,320,400 in 1961.

Definition: 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 744,320,400
1962 794,735,000
1963 840,846,700
1964 853,601,800
1965 877,550,700
1966 907,140,800
1967 973,139,600
1968 991,786,200
1969 1,006,135,000
1970 1,007,672,000
1971 1,115,215,000
1972 1,087,196,000
1973 1,137,463,000
1974 1,127,200,000
1975 1,210,444,000
1976 1,238,538,000
1977 1,254,554,000
1978 1,343,389,000
1979 1,350,873,000
1980 1,353,569,000
1981 1,463,008,000
1982 1,496,446,000
1983 1,426,700,000
1984 1,605,516,000
1985 1,622,899,000
1986 1,616,900,000
1987 1,560,807,000
1988 1,526,192,000
1989 1,655,850,000
1990 1,716,848,000
1991 1,701,263,000
1992 1,953,419,000
1993 1,896,266,000
1994 1,942,778,000
1995 1,889,254,000
1996 2,051,155,000
1997 2,083,480,000
1998 2,073,217,000
1999 2,072,936,000
2000 2,052,236,000
2001 2,092,333,000
2002 2,043,524,000
2003 2,063,505,000
2004 2,273,990,000
2005 2,252,079,000
2006 2,251,392,000
2007 2,342,481,000
2008 2,517,239,000
2009 2,487,936,000
2010 2,465,408,000
2011 2,584,333,000
2012 2,566,125,000
2013 2,770,739,000
2014 2,822,323,000
2015 2,851,573,000
2016 2,940,243,000
2017 3,022,178,000
2018 2,964,933,000

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production