Germany vs World: Cereals, primary — Yield

Germany
6,790 kg/ha
in 2024
World
4,206 kg/ha
in 2024
Germany rank
15th
World rank
15th

Cereals, primary — Yield over time

  • Germany
  • World
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 6,790 kg/ha against 4,206 kg/ha in World, a difference of 2,584 kg/ha.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.6 times World's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 15th and World ranks 15th of 193 countries.

Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Germany World Difference Ahead
1960s 3,078 kg/ha 1,542 kg/ha 1,536 kg/ha Germany
1970s 3,843 kg/ha 1,970 kg/ha 1,873 kg/ha Germany
1980s 4,779 kg/ha 2,430 kg/ha 2,349 kg/ha Germany
1990s 6,018 kg/ha 2,863 kg/ha 3,154 kg/ha Germany
2000s 6,659 kg/ha 3,279 kg/ha 3,380 kg/ha Germany
2010s 7,056 kg/ha 3,872 kg/ha 3,184 kg/ha Germany
2020s 7,011 kg/ha 4,180 kg/ha 2,831 kg/ha Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, Germany or World?
Germany, at 6,790 kg/ha against 4,206 kg/ha in World as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between Germany and World?
2,584 kg/ha, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Germany and World rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
Germany ranks 15th and World ranks 15th of 193 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

Indicator
Cereals, primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,848 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.