Cereal yield in North America
Cereal farms in North America harvested 8,414 kg per hectare in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2024
8,414
Change from 2023
+15.4%
World, 2023
4,229 kg per hectare
Cereal yield in North America over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8,414 kg per hectare | – |
| 2023 | 7,290 kg per hectare | 4,229 kg per hectare |
| 2022 | 7,110 kg per hectare | 4,186 kg per hectare |
| 2021 | 7,128 kg per hectare | 4,176 kg per hectare |
| 2020 | 7,209 kg per hectare | 4,118 kg per hectare |
| 2019 | 7,104 kg per hectare | 4,122 kg per hectare |
| 2018 | 7,260 kg per hectare | 4,022 kg per hectare |
| 2017 | 7,419 kg per hectare | 4,067 kg per hectare |
| 2016 | 7,774 kg per hectare | 4,018 kg per hectare |
| 2015 | 6,677 kg per hectare | 3,932 kg per hectare |
| 2014 | 6,854 kg per hectare | 3,893 kg per hectare |
| 2013 | 6,635 kg per hectare | 3,830 kg per hectare |
| 2012 | 5,422 kg per hectare | 3,612 kg per hectare |
| 2011 | 6,174 kg per hectare | 3,656 kg per hectare |
| 2010 | 6,330 kg per hectare | 3,563 kg per hectare |
| 2009 | 6,416 kg per hectare | 3,558 kg per hectare |
| 2008 | 5,915 kg per hectare | 3,545 kg per hectare |
| 2007 | 5,933 kg per hectare | 3,371 kg per hectare |
| 2006 | 5,623 kg per hectare | 3,281 kg per hectare |
| 2005 | 5,745 kg per hectare | 3,276 kg per hectare |
| 2004 | 6,029 kg per hectare | 3,359 kg per hectare |
| 2003 | 5,254 kg per hectare | 3,119 kg per hectare |
| 2002 | 4,847 kg per hectare | 3,076 kg per hectare |
| 2001 | 5,053 kg per hectare | 3,133 kg per hectare |
| 2000 | 5,131 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 +15.4% from 7,290 kg per hectare in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 6,854 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +22.7%.
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Prevalence of undernourishment
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Agriculture share of GDP
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Capture fisheries production
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Food production index
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Fertiliser use
128.8 kg per hectare
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