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Table A.4.1 Wheat: area, yield and production (countries with more than 10000 ha wheat)
| Area (harvested) '000 ha | Yield (kg/ha) | Production ('000 tonnes) | |||||||
| 1969/71 | 1979/81 | 1989/91 | 1969/71 | 1979/81 | 1989/91 | 1969/71 | 1979/81 | 1989/91 | |
| World | 212230 | 234848 | 226966 | 1518 | 1 863 | 2464 | 322061 | 437557 | 559226 |
| All developing countries | 83840 | 96054 | 102305 | 1152 | 1634 | 2286 | 96551 | 156922 | 233858 |
| 93 Developing countries | 83378 | 95598 | 101767 | 1154 | 1638 | 2292 | 96228 | 156606 | 233290 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 1271 | 1067 | 1346 | 982 | 1328 | 1563 | 1249 | 1417 | 2104 |
| Angola | 14 | 12 | 3 | 909 | 574 | 806 | 13 | 7 | 3 |
| Burundi | 8 | 9 | 10 | 578 | 671 | 827 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Ethiopia | 795 | 570 | 683 | 822 | 1092 | 1269 | 653 | 623 | 867 |
| Kenya | 133 | 106 | 120 | 1678 | 2011 | 1747 | 223 | 212 | 210 |
| Lesotho | 89 | 28 | 26 | 634 | 936 | 988 | 56 | 26 | 26 |
| Mozambique | 10 | 4 | 3 | 959 | 1238 | 1303 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 10 | 53 | 1759 | 2 400 | 1064 | 20 | 24 | 57 |
| Sudan | 118 | 205 | 296 | 1135 | 998 | 1506 | 134 | 205 | 445 |
| Tanzania | 59 | 57 | 49 | 896 | 1605 | 1840 | 53 | 91 | 90 |
| Zambia | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1000 | 3481 | 4484 | 0 | 9 | 56 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 37 | 51 | 3642 | 4783 | 5714 | 60 | 179 | 290 |
| Near East/North Africa | 24 544 | 25 333 | 26 696 | 1022 | 1347 | 1709 | 25089 | 34114 | 45612 |
| Afghanistan | 2199 | 2065 | 1623 | 978 | 1240 | 1063 | 2150 | 2561 | 1725 |
| Algeria | 2214 | 1943 | 1534 | 614 | 654 | 818 | 1359 | 1270 | 1255 |
| Egypt | 551 | 577 | 799 | 2741 | 3 193 | 4980 | 1509 | 1844 | 3977 |
| Iran | 5183 | 5858 | 6243 | 776 | 997 | 1218 | 4021 | 5843 | 7605 |
| Iraq | 1216 | 1215 | 1200 | 888 | 703 | 879 | 1080 | 854 | 1055 |
| Jordan | 168 | 99 | 54 | 759 | 673 | 1230 | 127 | 67 | 66 |
| Lebanon | 46 | 26 | 26 | 842 | 1257 | 2179 | 39 | 32 | 57 |
| Libya | 160 | 251 | 154 | 257 | 497 | 1002 | 41 | 125 | 155 |
| Morocco | 1952 | 1673 | 2663 | 932 | 897 | 1562 | 1819 | 1 500 | 4160 |
| Saudi Arabia | 57 | 71 | 775 | 1774 | 2254 | 4748 | 101 | 160 | 3678 |
| Syria | 1271 | 1383 | 1283 | 649 | 1358 | 1359 | 825 | 1878 | 1743 |
| Tunisia | 817 | 887 | 830 | 677 | 944 | 1337 | 553 | 837 | 1109 |
| Turkey | 8671 | 9208 | 9419 | 1317 | 1852 | 2005 | 11423 | 17058 | 18887 |
| Yemen | 40 | 78 | 93 | 1 053 | 1113 | 1 496 | 42 | 87 | 139 |
| East Asia | 25592 | 29090 | 30696 | 1173 | 2044 | 3106 | 30016 | 59463 | 95331 |
| China (Mainland) | 25395 | 28929 | 30514 | 1169 | 2046 | 3113 | 29682 | 59193 | 94995 |
| Korea DPR | 45 | 50 | 52 | 1949 | 2454 | 4006 | 88 | 123 | 208 |
| Korea Republic | 92 | 20 | 0 | 2305 | 3153 | 3000 | 213 | 64 | 1 |
| Myanmar | 60 | 90 | 129 | 553 | 923 | 974 | 33 | 83 | 126 |
| South Asia | 23405 | 30030 | 32874 | 1196 | 1550 | 2101 | 27989 | 46558 | 69073 |
| Bangladesh | 121 | 430 | 584 | 854 | 1869 | 1665 | 103 | 803 | 972 |
| India | 16941 | 22364 | 23863 | 1231 | 1545 | 2214 | 20859 | 34550 | 52827 |
| Nepal | 221 | 372 | 599 | 1044 | 1195 | 1403 | 230 | 444 | 840 |
| Pakistan | 6122 | 6865 | 7829 | 1110 | 1567 | 1844 | 6796 | 10760 | 14433 |