Table 1.

World cereal production of top 20 countries during 2012–2016 (metric tonnes).

(Source: FAOSTAT).

Sr. No	Countries & Years	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
1	China	580,898,372	572,045,000	557,417,296	552,691,792	539,346,800
2	USA	475,983,881	431,865,458	442,849,090	434,308,450	356,210,124
3	India	294,711,871	284,333,000	296,010,000	294,909,510	293,290,000
4	Russia	117,749,733	102,450,556	103,141,153	90,369,572	68,757,301
5	Indonesia	97,667,060	95,010,276	89,854,891	89,791,565	88,443,150
6	Brazil	84,128,482	106,029,517	101,402,184	100,901,726	89,908,244
7	Argentina	67,024,441	55,650,667	55,876,126	50,703,913	47,449,657
8	Ukraine	65,211,480	59,623,480	63,378,190	62,679,750	45,742,860
9	Bangladesh	56,388,892	54,904,305	55,759,375	54,344,578	52,798,736
10	Canada	55,251,252	53,361,100	51,535,801	66,405,701	51,799,100
11	France	54,654,565	72,875,854	72,579,315	67,537,681	68,341,731
12	Vietnam	48,685,089	50,393,869	50,178,378	49,231,389	48,712,795
13	Germany	45,364,400	48,866,800	52,010,400	47,757,100	45,396,500
14	Pakistan	43,075,694	41,081,682	41,895,811	40,109,711	36,496,350
15	Mexico	38,466,082	34,704,514	36,526,602	33,210,301	33,614,212
16	Turkey	35,276,615	38,632,438	32,708,005	37,475,610	33,370,865
17	Australia	35,230,376	37,195,488	38,419,610	35,587,287	43,362,415
18	Thailand	30,420,758	32,786,514	37,751,337	41,962,227	43,367,009
19	Poland	29,849,223	28,002,726	31,945,433	28,455,154	28,543,870
20	Myanmar	28,109,023	28,634,939	28,792,954	28,626,124	28,344,271