Germany vs Southern Europe: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- Germany
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Germany currently reports 7,084 kg/ha against 3,887 kg/ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 3,197 kg/ha.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.8 times Southern Europe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 6th and Southern Europe ranks 7th of 133 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 | 3,524 kg/ha | 1,664 kg/ha | 1,861 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 4,343 kg/ha | 2,172 kg/ha | 2,172 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 5,561 kg/ha | 2,687 kg/ha | 2,873 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1990s | 6,859 kg/ha | 2,888 kg/ha | 3,972 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2000s | 7,426 kg/ha | 3,076 kg/ha | 4,351 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 7,563 kg/ha | 3,544 kg/ha | 4,019 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2020s | 7,443 kg/ha | 3,834 kg/ha | 3,608 kg/ha | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, Germany or Southern Europe?
- Germany, at 7,084 kg/ha against 3,887 kg/ha in Southern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between Germany and Southern Europe?
- 3,197 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 wheat — yield?
- Germany ranks 6th and Southern Europe ranks 7th of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — 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.