Cereal yield in United Kingdom

Cereal farms in United Kingdom harvested 6,558 kg per hectare in 2024.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
United Kingdom, 2024 6,558 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 −8.1% 2023: 7,138 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as United Kingdom (2024).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 5,225 kg per hectare Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 21st of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in United Kingdom 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 United KingdomWorld
2024 6,558 kg per hectare –
2023 7,138 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 7,720 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 6,967 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 6,241 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 7,946 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 6,789 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 7,229 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 7,023 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 7,981 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 7,697 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 6,632 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 6,215 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 6,985 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 6,953 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 7,030 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 7,420 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 6,632 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 7,279 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 7,197 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 7,032 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 7,033 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 7,077 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 6,291 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 7,165 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 −8.1% from 7,138 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 7,697 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −14.8%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, United Kingdom has the 21st highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for United Kingdom
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)