Cereal yield in World
Cereal farms in the world harvested 4,229 kg per hectare in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2023
4,229
Change from 2022
+1.0%
European Union, 2023
5,329 kg per hectare
Cereal yield in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4,229 kg per hectare | 5,329 kg per hectare |
| 2022 | 4,186 kg per hectare | 5,261 kg per hectare |
| 2021 | 4,176 kg per hectare | 5,664 kg per hectare |
| 2020 | 4,118 kg per hectare | 5,465 kg per hectare |
| 2019 | 4,122 kg per hectare | 5,575 kg per hectare |
| 2018 | 4,022 kg per hectare | 5,230 kg per hectare |
| 2017 | 4,067 kg per hectare | 5,500 kg per hectare |
| 2016 | 4,018 kg per hectare | 5,194 kg per hectare |
| 2015 | 3,932 kg per hectare | 5,378 kg per hectare |
| 2014 | 3,893 kg per hectare | 5,612 kg per hectare |
| 2013 | 3,830 kg per hectare | 5,253 kg per hectare |
| 2012 | 3,612 kg per hectare | 4,821 kg per hectare |
| 2011 | 3,656 kg per hectare | 5,061 kg per hectare |
| 2010 | 3,563 kg per hectare | 4,916 kg per hectare |
| 2009 | 3,558 kg per hectare | 4,969 kg per hectare |
| 2008 | 3,545 kg per hectare | 5,106 kg per hectare |
| 2007 | 3,371 kg per hectare | 4,491 kg per hectare |
| 2006 | 3,281 kg per hectare | 4,562 kg per hectare |
| 2005 | 3,276 kg per hectare | 4,712 kg per hectare |
| 2004 | 3,359 kg per hectare | 5,238 kg per hectare |
| 2003 | 3,119 kg per hectare | 4,145 kg per hectare |
| 2002 | 3,076 kg per hectare | 4,605 kg per hectare |
| 2001 | 3,133 kg per hectare | 4,556 kg per hectare |
| 2000 | 3,061 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 +1.0% from 4,186 kg per hectare in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 3,830 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +10.4%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 5,329 kg per hectare.
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