Cereal yield in Latin America and Caribbean
Cereal farms in Latin America and Caribbean harvested 4,828 kg per hectare in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.
Latin America and Caribbean is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Latin America and Caribbean, 2024
4,828
Change from 2023
+6.0%
World, 2023
4,229 kg per hectare
Cereal yield in Latin America and Caribbean 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.
| Period | Latin America and Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,828 kg per hectare | – |
| 2023 | 4,555 kg per hectare | 4,229 kg per hectare |
| 2022 | 4,485 kg per hectare | 4,186 kg per hectare |
| 2021 | 4,490 kg per hectare | 4,176 kg per hectare |
| 2020 | 4,699 kg per hectare | 4,118 kg per hectare |
| 2019 | 4,798 kg per hectare | 4,122 kg per hectare |
| 2018 | 4,337 kg per hectare | 4,022 kg per hectare |
| 2017 | 4,661 kg per hectare | 4,067 kg per hectare |
| 2016 | 4,189 kg per hectare | 4,018 kg per hectare |
| 2015 | 4,385 kg per hectare | 3,932 kg per hectare |
| 2014 | 4,141 kg per hectare | 3,893 kg per hectare |
| 2013 | 4,149 kg per hectare | 3,830 kg per hectare |
| 2012 | 3,953 kg per hectare | 3,612 kg per hectare |
| 2011 | 3,785 kg per hectare | 3,656 kg per hectare |
| 2010 | 3,898 kg per hectare | 3,563 kg per hectare |
| 2009 | 3,418 kg per hectare | 3,558 kg per hectare |
| 2008 | 3,611 kg per hectare | 3,545 kg per hectare |
| 2007 | 3,561 kg per hectare | 3,371 kg per hectare |
| 2006 | 3,269 kg per hectare | 3,281 kg per hectare |
| 2005 | 3,209 kg per hectare | 3,276 kg per hectare |
| 2004 | 3,195 kg per hectare | 3,359 kg per hectare |
| 2003 | 3,256 kg per hectare | 3,119 kg per hectare |
| 2002 | 2,926 kg per hectare | 3,076 kg per hectare |
| 2001 | 3,003 kg per hectare | 3,133 kg per hectare |
| 2000 | 2,849 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 +6.0% from 4,555 kg per hectare in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 4,141 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +16.6%.
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