Cabbages — Yield in Iceland
Iceland: Cabbages — Yield was 11,667 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cabbages — Yield in Iceland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cabbages — yield in Iceland stood at 11,667 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 94.4% on the previous year and down 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — yield in Iceland peaked at 63,867 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 6,000 kg/ha, in 2023.
Iceland ranks 129th of 148 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cabbages — Yield in Iceland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,600 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,000 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 19,000 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1964 | 20,000 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 21,667 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1966 | 21,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 21,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 11,667 kg/ha | -46.2% |
| 1969 | 16,300 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 1970 | 13,667 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1971 | 17,900 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1972 | 15,000 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1973 | 17,700 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1974 | 17,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1975 | 14,300 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1976 | 17,071 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1977 | 16,938 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 18,750 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1979 | 15,583 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1980 | 17,467 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1981 | 15,438 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1982 | 17,625 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1983 | 12,500 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1984 | 13,125 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 13,688 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 14,056 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 14,444 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 14,000 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 14,600 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 15,368 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 16,800 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1992 | 22,134 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 1993 | 24,100 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1994 | 22,667 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 40,267 kg/ha | +77.6% |
| 1996 | 63,867 kg/ha | +58.6% |
| 1997 | 45,111 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1998 | 41,800 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1999 | 32,880 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2000 | 34,478 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 30,240 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2002 | 22,320 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2003 | 23,543 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 14,575 kg/ha | -38.1% |
| 2005 | 17,300 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2006 | 17,056 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 18,889 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2008 | 24,111 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 2009 | 38,611 kg/ha | +60.1% |
| 2010 | 32,722 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2011 | 27,856 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2012 | 21,393 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 2013 | 18,717 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2014 | 17,047 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 16,689 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 15,537 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 14,381 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 12,570 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2019 | 10,832 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 7,975 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 2021 | 10,500 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 2022 | 10,250 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 6,000 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 2024 | 11,667 kg/ha | +94.4% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 11,667 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 26,899 kg/ha, 43% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 11,667 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29,200 kg/ha, 40% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,174 kg/ha | 11,667 kg/ha | 21,667 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,391 kg/ha | 13,667 kg/ha | 18,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,694 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 17,625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,499 kg/ha | 15,368 kg/ha | 63,867 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,112 kg/ha | 14,575 kg/ha | 38,611 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,774 kg/ha | 10,832 kg/ha | 32,722 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,278 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 11,667 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0365 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 3,593 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8983 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cabbages — yield in Iceland?
- Cabbages — yield in Iceland was 11,667 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — yield recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 63,867 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest cabbages — yield recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Iceland rank for cabbages — yield?
- Iceland ranks 129th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — yield rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cabbages — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.