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Cereal yield

Harvested cereal production, including wheat, rice, maize, barley and others, per hectare of harvested land. Crops harvested for hay or green feed are excluded.

Unit: Kilograms per hectare Frequency: Annual Coverage: 181 countries and 11 groups 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank (original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO))
Highest in 2024 27,672 kg per hectare Oman Lowest in 2024 40 kg per hectare Cabo Verde
Countries ranked for 2024 176 Updated by the source on 8 October 2026

176 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

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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 AustriaSweden
2024 6,722 kg per hectare 5,242 kg per hectare
2023 7,051 kg per hectare 4,457 kg per hectare
2022 6,896 kg per hectare 6,107 kg per hectare
2021 7,112 kg per hectare 5,065 kg per hectare
2020 7,386 kg per hectare 5,994 kg per hectare
2019 6,954 kg per hectare 6,292 kg per hectare
2018 6,146 kg per hectare 3,536 kg per hectare
2017 6,261 kg per hectare 5,992 kg per hectare
2016 7,246 kg per hectare 5,438 kg per hectare
2015 6,198 kg per hectare 6,054 kg per hectare
2014 7,047 kg per hectare 5,647 kg per hectare
2013 5,847 kg per hectare 5,124 kg per hectare
2012 6,003 kg per hectare 5,102 kg per hectare
2011 7,057 kg per hectare 4,713 kg per hectare
2010 5,903 kg per hectare 4,510 kg per hectare
2009 6,150 kg per hectare 5,079 kg per hectare
2008 6,807 kg per hectare 4,821 kg per hectare
2007 5,844 kg per hectare 5,151 kg per hectare
2006 5,722 kg per hectare 4,292 kg per hectare
2005 6,133 kg per hectare 4,932 kg per hectare
2004 6,496 kg per hectare 4,893 kg per hectare
2003 5,255 kg per hectare 4,585 kg per hectare
2002 5,831 kg per hectare 4,780 kg per hectare
2001 5,856 kg per hectare 4,583 kg per hectare
2000 5,404 kg per hectare 4,560 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • Among the 176 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Oman (27,672 kg per hectare) and the lowest Cabo Verde (40 kg per hectare).
  • Half of the countries are above 3,240 kg per hectare and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 85 countries and fell in 89.

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Definition
Harvested cereal production, including wheat, rice, maize, barley and others, per hectare of harvested land. Crops harvested for hay or green feed are excluded.
Population covered
Harvested cereal land
Unit
Kilograms per hectare
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percent change

Source and dates

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

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Oman 27,672 kg per hectare
  2. 2 United Arab Emirates 22,474 kg per hectare
  3. 3 Qatar 14,977 kg per hectare
  4. 4 Kuwait 14,196 kg per hectare
  5. 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg per hectare
  6. 6 Mauritius 11,890 kg per hectare
  7. 7 New Caledonia 11,650 kg per hectare
  8. 8 New Zealand 9,102 kg per hectare
  9. 9 United States 8,414 kg per hectare
  10. 10 Bahamas 7,737 kg per hectare
  11. 11 Egypt 7,360 kg per hectare
  12. 12 Ireland 7,325 kg per hectare
  13. 13 Belgium 6,856 kg per hectare
  14. 14 Netherlands 6,806 kg per hectare
  15. 15 Germany 6,791 kg per hectare
  16. 16 Austria 6,722 kg per hectare
  17. 17 Chile 6,606 kg per hectare
  18. 18 Slovenia 6,586 kg per hectare
  19. 19 Croatia 6,571 kg per hectare
  20. 20 Guyana 6,563 kg per hectare
  21. 21 United Kingdom 6,558 kg per hectare
  22. 22 South Korea 6,544 kg per hectare
  23. 23 China 6,495 kg per hectare
  24. 24 France 6,281 kg per hectare
  25. 25 Japan 6,248 kg per hectare
  26. 26 Denmark 6,096 kg per hectare
  27. 27 Viet Nam 6,038 kg per hectare
  28. 28 Czechia 5,751 kg per hectare
  29. 29 Hungary 5,630 kg per hectare
  30. 30 Slovakia 5,560 kg per hectare
  31. 31 Uzbekistan 5,496 kg per hectare
  32. 32 Indonesia 5,421 kg per hectare
  33. 33 Bangladesh 5,408 kg per hectare
  34. 34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,362 kg per hectare
  35. 35 Portugal 5,309 kg per hectare
  36. 36 Sweden 5,242 kg per hectare
  37. 37 Luxembourg 5,208 kg per hectare
  38. 38 Serbia 5,172 kg per hectare
  39. 39 Albania 5,153 kg per hectare
  40. 40 Ukraine 5,148 kg per hectare
  41. 41 Saudi Arabia 5,105 kg per hectare
  42. 42 Bulgaria 5,103 kg per hectare
  43. 43 Uruguay 5,058 kg per hectare
  44. 44 Brazil 5,003 kg per hectare
  45. 45 Italy 4,982 kg per hectare
  46. 46 Argentina 4,854 kg per hectare
  47. 47 Poland 4,851 kg per hectare
  48. 48 Peru 4,851 kg per hectare
  49. 49 Papua New Guinea 4,787 kg per hectare
  50. 50 Switzerland 4,584 kg per hectare
  51. 51 South Africa 4,562 kg per hectare
  52. 52 Dominican Republic 4,455 kg per hectare
  53. 53 Suriname 4,447 kg per hectare
  54. 54 Colombia 4,422 kg per hectare
  55. 55 Lithuania 4,387 kg per hectare
  56. 56 Venezuela 4,315 kg per hectare
  57. 57 Panama 4,226 kg per hectare
  58. 58 Norway 4,220 kg per hectare
  59. 59 Laos 4,196 kg per hectare
  60. 60 Tajikistan 4,124 kg per hectare
  61. 61 Sri Lanka 4,068 kg per hectare
  62. 62 Greece 4,053 kg per hectare
  63. 63 Canada 4,021 kg per hectare
  64. 64 Ecuador 4,007 kg per hectare
  65. 65 Latvia 3,974 kg per hectare
  66. 66 Philippines 3,833 kg per hectare
  67. 67 Costa Rica 3,807 kg per hectare
  68. 68 Spain 3,786 kg per hectare
  69. 69 Myanmar 3,779 kg per hectare
  70. 70 Cambodia 3,778 kg per hectare
  71. 71 Mexico 3,752 kg per hectare
  72. 72 Puerto Rico (US) 3,747 kg per hectare
  73. 73 Estonia 3,733 kg per hectare
  74. 74 Belize 3,698 kg per hectare
  75. 75 India 3,633 kg per hectare
  76. 76 Pakistan 3,621 kg per hectare
  77. 77 Finland 3,620 kg per hectare
  78. 78 Paraguay 3,617 kg per hectare
  79. 79 North Korea 3,610 kg per hectare
  80. 80 North Macedonia 3,565 kg per hectare
  81. 81 Bhutan 3,552 kg per hectare
  82. 82 Malaysia 3,544 kg per hectare
  83. 83 Romania 3,526 kg per hectare
  84. 84 Nepal 3,521 kg per hectare
  85. 85 Kyrgyzstan 3,489 kg per hectare
  86. 86 Türkiye 3,429 kg per hectare
  87. 87 Azerbaijan 3,427 kg per hectare
  88. 88 Belarus 3,395 kg per hectare
  89. 89 Thailand 3,085 kg per hectare
  90. 90 Fiji 3,065 kg per hectare
  91. 91 Russia 3,042 kg per hectare
  92. 92 El Salvador 2,819 kg per hectare
  93. 93 Georgia 2,816 kg per hectare
  94. 94 Barbados 2,793 kg per hectare
  95. 95 Iran 2,725 kg per hectare
  96. 96 Montenegro 2,700 kg per hectare
  97. 97 Australia 2,690 kg per hectare
  98. 98 Lebanon 2,661 kg per hectare
  99. 99 Iraq 2,651 kg per hectare
  100. 100 Ghana 2,632 kg per hectare
  101. 101 Ethiopia 2,632 kg per hectare
  102. 102 Israel 2,619 kg per hectare
  103. 103 Côte d'Ivoire 2,542 kg per hectare
  104. 104 Maldives 2,442 kg per hectare
  105. 105 Brunei 2,418 kg per hectare
  106. 106 Moldova 2,406 kg per hectare
  107. 107 Madagascar 2,393 kg per hectare
  108. 108 Afghanistan 2,359 kg per hectare
  109. 109 Zambia 2,318 kg per hectare
  110. 110 Guatemala 2,238 kg per hectare
  111. 111 Bolivia 2,209 kg per hectare
  112. 112 Timor-Leste 2,112 kg per hectare
  113. 113 Djibouti 2,041 kg per hectare
  114. 114 São Tomé and Príncipe 2,004 kg per hectare
  115. 115 Senegal 2,004 kg per hectare
  116. 116 Iceland 1,972 kg per hectare
  117. 117 Antigua and Barbuda 1,963 kg per hectare
  118. 118 Armenia 1,961 kg per hectare
  119. 119 Cuba 1,946 kg per hectare
  120. 120 Uganda 1,920 kg per hectare
  121. 121 Tunisia 1,891 kg per hectare
  122. 122 Honduras 1,887 kg per hectare
  123. 123 Malawi 1,878 kg per hectare
  124. 124 Tanzania 1,872 kg per hectare
  125. 125 Solomon Islands 1,866 kg per hectare
  126. 126 Rwanda 1,784 kg per hectare
  127. 127 Cameroon 1,770 kg per hectare
  128. 128 Comoros 1,718 kg per hectare
  129. 129 Micronesia 1,716 kg per hectare
  130. 130 Turkmenistan 1,712 kg per hectare
  131. 131 Kenya 1,693 kg per hectare
  132. 132 Dominica 1,690 kg per hectare
  133. 133 Mali 1,656 kg per hectare
  134. 134 Jordan 1,611 kg per hectare
  135. 135 Syria 1,607 kg per hectare
  136. 136 Gabon 1,587 kg per hectare
  137. 137 Nigeria 1,558 kg per hectare
  138. 138 Mauritania 1,537 kg per hectare
  139. 139 Algeria 1,537 kg per hectare
  140. 140 Kazakhstan 1,530 kg per hectare
  141. 141 Cyprus 1,440 kg per hectare
  142. 142 Sierra Leone 1,370 kg per hectare
  143. 143 Benin 1,356 kg per hectare
  144. 144 Guinea 1,351 kg per hectare
  145. 145 Jamaica 1,342 kg per hectare
  146. 146 Guinea-Bissau 1,333 kg per hectare
  147. 147 Mongolia 1,251 kg per hectare
  148. 148 Morocco 1,240 kg per hectare
  149. 149 Burkina Faso 1,198 kg per hectare
  150. 150 Togo 1,198 kg per hectare
  151. 151 Burundi 1,163 kg per hectare
  152. 152 Liberia 1,112 kg per hectare
  153. 153 Angola 1,107 kg per hectare
  154. 154 Eswatini 1,083 kg per hectare
  155. 155 Zimbabwe 1,070 kg per hectare
  156. 156 Haiti 1,064 kg per hectare
  157. 157 Gambia 1,005 kg per hectare
  158. 158 Grenada 997 kg per hectare
  159. 159 Trinidad and Tobago 976 kg per hectare
  160. 160 South Sudan 945 kg per hectare
  161. 161 Botswana 900 kg per hectare
  162. 162 Republic of the Congo 874 kg per hectare
  163. 163 Democratic Republic of the Congo 872 kg per hectare
  164. 164 Chad 827 kg per hectare
  165. 165 Central African Republic 788 kg per hectare
  166. 166 Mozambique 776 kg per hectare
  167. 167 Yemen 769 kg per hectare
  168. 168 Libya 660 kg per hectare
  169. 169 Eritrea 638 kg per hectare
  170. 170 Vanuatu 636 kg per hectare
  171. 171 Lesotho 604 kg per hectare
  172. 172 Sudan 580 kg per hectare
  173. 173 Niger 577 kg per hectare
  174. 174 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 362 kg per hectare
  175. 175 Namibia 184 kg per hectare
  176. 176 Cabo Verde 40 kg per hectare
  177. Latin America and Caribbean 4,828 kg per hectare
  178. North America 8,414 kg per hectare
  179. OECD members 6,225 kg per hectare
  180. South Asia 3,814 kg per hectare
  181. Sub-Saharan Africa 1,453 kg per hectare
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