Cereal yield in South Asia
Cereal farms in South Asia harvested 3,814 kg per hectare in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024
3,814
Change from 2023
+1.1%
World, 2023
4,229 kg per hectare
Cereal yield in South Asia 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 | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,814 kg per hectare | – |
| 2023 | 3,774 kg per hectare | 4,229 kg per hectare |
| 2022 | 3,711 kg per hectare | 4,186 kg per hectare |
| 2021 | 3,677 kg per hectare | 4,176 kg per hectare |
| 2020 | 3,557 kg per hectare | 4,118 kg per hectare |
| 2019 | 3,557 kg per hectare | 4,122 kg per hectare |
| 2018 | 3,458 kg per hectare | 4,022 kg per hectare |
| 2017 | 3,281 kg per hectare | 4,067 kg per hectare |
| 2016 | 3,181 kg per hectare | 4,018 kg per hectare |
| 2015 | 3,041 kg per hectare | 3,932 kg per hectare |
| 2014 | 3,153 kg per hectare | 3,893 kg per hectare |
| 2013 | 3,130 kg per hectare | 3,830 kg per hectare |
| 2012 | 3,141 kg per hectare | 3,612 kg per hectare |
| 2011 | 3,035 kg per hectare | 3,656 kg per hectare |
| 2010 | 2,837 kg per hectare | 3,563 kg per hectare |
| 2009 | 2,728 kg per hectare | 3,558 kg per hectare |
| 2008 | 2,800 kg per hectare | 3,545 kg per hectare |
| 2007 | 2,694 kg per hectare | 3,371 kg per hectare |
| 2006 | 2,572 kg per hectare | 3,281 kg per hectare |
| 2005 | 2,529 kg per hectare | 3,276 kg per hectare |
| 2004 | 2,451 kg per hectare | 3,359 kg per hectare |
| 2003 | 2,500 kg per hectare | 3,119 kg per hectare |
| 2002 | 2,351 kg per hectare | 3,076 kg per hectare |
| 2001 | 2,516 kg per hectare | 3,133 kg per hectare |
| 2000 | 2,389 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 +1.1% from 3,774 kg per hectare in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 3,153 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +21.0%.
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