Germany vs Southern Europe: Cereals, primary — Yield
Cereals, primary — Yield over time
- Germany
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Germany currently reports 6,790 kg/ha against 4,482 kg/ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 2,308 kg/ha.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.5 times Southern Europe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 16th and Southern Europe ranks 5th of 178 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,078 kg/ha | 1,807 kg/ha | 1,271 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 3,843 kg/ha | 2,441 kg/ha | 1,402 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 4,779 kg/ha | 3,074 kg/ha | 1,705 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1990s | 6,018 kg/ha | 3,435 kg/ha | 2,582 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2000s | 6,659 kg/ha | 3,956 kg/ha | 2,703 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 7,056 kg/ha | 4,372 kg/ha | 2,684 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2020s | 7,011 kg/ha | 4,523 kg/ha | 2,488 kg/ha | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, Germany or Southern Europe?
- Germany, at 6,790 kg/ha against 4,482 kg/ha in Southern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between Germany and Southern Europe?
- 2,308 kg/ha, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Germany and Southern Europe rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
- Germany ranks 16th and Southern Europe ranks 5th of 178 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.