Netherlands (Kingdom of the) vs World: Cereals, primary — Yield

Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
6,806 kg/ha
in 2024
World
4,206 kg/ha
in 2024
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) rank
15th
World rank
12th

Cereals, primary — Yield over time

  • Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
  • World
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How they compare

Netherlands (Kingdom of the) currently reports 6,806 kg/ha against 4,206 kg/ha in World, a difference of 2,600 kg/ha.

That makes Netherlands (Kingdom of the)'s figure about 1.6 times World's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) has been ahead every year.

Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 15th and World ranks 12th of 178 countries.

Netherlands (Kingdom of the) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands (Kingdom of the) World Difference Ahead
1960s 3,963 kg/ha 1,542 kg/ha 2,421 kg/ha Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
1970s 4,698 kg/ha 1,970 kg/ha 2,727 kg/ha Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
1980s 6,475 kg/ha 2,430 kg/ha 4,045 kg/ha Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
1990s 7,469 kg/ha 2,863 kg/ha 4,606 kg/ha Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
2000s 7,891 kg/ha 3,279 kg/ha 4,612 kg/ha Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
2010s 8,455 kg/ha 3,872 kg/ha 4,583 kg/ha Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
2020s 7,908 kg/ha 4,180 kg/ha 3,728 kg/ha Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) or World?
Netherlands (Kingdom of the), at 6,806 kg/ha against 4,206 kg/ha in World as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between Netherlands (Kingdom of the) and World?
2,600 kg/ha, with Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands (Kingdom of the) and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Netherlands (Kingdom of the) and World rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 15th and World ranks 12th 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

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
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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.