Cereal yield in Afghanistan

Cereal farms in Afghanistan harvested 2,359 kg per hectare in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Afghanistan, 2024 2,359 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 +2.4% 2023: 2,303 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Afghanistan (2024).
Position in 2024 108th of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Afghanistan over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period AfghanistanWorld
2024 2,359 kg per hectare –
2023 2,303 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 2,193 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 2,099 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 2,051 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 2,185 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 2,253 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 2,091 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 2,043 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 2,206 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 2,097 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 2,128 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 2,094 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 1,660 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 2,011 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 2,041 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 1,455 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 1,915 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 1,552 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 1,790 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 1,335 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 1,458 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 1,670 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 1,007 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 806 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.4% from 2,303 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 2,097 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +12.5%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Afghanistan has the 108th highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Afghanistan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)