Cereal yield in Belgium

Cereal farms in Belgium harvested 6,856 kg per hectare in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Belgium, 2024 6,856 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 −19.2% 2023: 8,486 kg per hectare
European Union, 2023 5,329 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Belgium (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 5,276 kg per hectare Middle value of 26 countries
Position in 2024 13th of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Belgium 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 BelgiumEuropean Union
2024 6,856 kg per hectare –
2023 8,486 kg per hectare 5,329 kg per hectare
2022 8,604 kg per hectare 5,261 kg per hectare
2021 7,906 kg per hectare 5,664 kg per hectare
2020 8,431 kg per hectare 5,465 kg per hectare
2019 8,989 kg per hectare 5,575 kg per hectare
2018 7,983 kg per hectare 5,230 kg per hectare
2017 9,051 kg per hectare 5,500 kg per hectare
2016 6,985 kg per hectare 5,194 kg per hectare
2015 9,842 kg per hectare 5,378 kg per hectare
2014 9,435 kg per hectare 5,612 kg per hectare
2013 9,213 kg per hectare 5,253 kg per hectare
2012 8,666 kg per hectare 4,821 kg per hectare
2011 9,009 kg per hectare 5,061 kg per hectare
2010 9,348 kg per hectare 4,916 kg per hectare
2009 9,710 kg per hectare 4,969 kg per hectare
2008 8,886 kg per hectare 5,106 kg per hectare
2007 8,638 kg per hectare 4,491 kg per hectare
2006 8,373 kg per hectare 4,562 kg per hectare
2005 8,650 kg per hectare 4,712 kg per hectare
2004 9,185 kg per hectare 5,238 kg per hectare
2003 8,531 kg per hectare 4,145 kg per hectare
2002 8,501 kg per hectare 4,605 kg per hectare
2001 8,218 kg per hectare 4,556 kg per hectare
2000 8,021 kg per hectare 4,398 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −19.2% from 8,486 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 9,435 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −27.3%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Belgium has the 13th highest value.

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
2000 to 2024 for Belgium
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)