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List of countries by cereal production

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SUBTOPIC 1: Top cereal producers worldwide
– China: 657 million tonnes
– United States: 471 million tonnes
– India: 303 million tonnes
– Russia: 135 million tonnes
– Brazil: 98 million tonnes

SUBTOPIC 2: Cereal production in Europe
– Russia: 135 million tonnes
– France: 72 million tonnes
– Germany: 50 million tonnes
– Ukraine: 38 million tonnes
– United Kingdom: 23 million tonnes

SUBTOPIC 3: Cereal production in Asia
– China: 657 million tonnes
– India: 303 million tonnes
– Indonesia: 80 million tonnes
– Pakistan: 46 million tonnes
– Bangladesh: 41 million tonnes

SUBTOPIC 4: Cereal production in the Americas
– United States: 471 million tonnes
– Brazil: 98 million tonnes
– Argentina: 41 million tonnes
– Canada: 32 million tonnes
– Mexico: 27 million tonnes

SUBTOPIC 5: Cereal production in Africa
– Nigeria: 20 million tonnes
– Egypt: 8 million tonnes
South Africa: 8 million tonnes
– Algeria: 5 million tonnes
– Sudan: 4 million tonnes

This is a list of countries by cereal production in 2020 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world cereal production for 2020 was 2,996,142,289 metric tonnes.

In 1961 production was 877 mln tonnes.

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