Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Iceland
Iceland: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield was 8,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Iceland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 8,000 kg/ha for cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 35.0% on the previous year and up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Iceland peaked at 18,400 kg/ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 4,000 kg/ha, in 2014.
That places Iceland 87th out of 97 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Iceland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,000 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1963 | 16,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 18,400 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1965 | 18,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 18,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 18,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 18,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 18,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 18,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 11,333 kg/ha | -38.4% |
| 1972 | 18,200 kg/ha | +60.6% |
| 1973 | 15,400 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1974 | 10,000 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 1975 | 5,600 kg/ha | -44.0% |
| 1976 | 8,400 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1977 | 10,000 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1978 | 12,833 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1979 | 10,000 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1980 | 12,500 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 15,375 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1982 | 12,750 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1983 | 11,875 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1984 | 13,125 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1985 | 14,000 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 11,375 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1987 | 11,875 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 11,875 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 9,125 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1990 | 9,667 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 11,200 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1992 | 10,000 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1993 | 9,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 9,375 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 10,154 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 8,372 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1997 | 6,500 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1998 | 7,269 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1999 | 7,462 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 6,846 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2001 | 6,462 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 6,154 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 4,733 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2004 | 4,150 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2005 | 4,400 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 8,300 kg/ha | +88.6% |
| 2007 | 11,200 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2008 | 10,700 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 10,200 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 10,800 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 9,546 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2012 | 12,364 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 2013 | 4,636 kg/ha | -62.5% |
| 2014 | 4,000 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2015 | 4,546 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2016 | 5,454 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2017 | 5,000 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 4,273 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2019 | 5,923 kg/ha | +38.6% |
| 2020 | 9,000 kg/ha | +51.9% |
| 2021 | 10,500 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2022 | 8,900 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2023 | 12,300 kg/ha | +38.2% |
| 2024 | 8,000 kg/ha | -35.0% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 8,000 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 13,150 kg/ha, 61% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 8,000 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12,066 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,267 kg/ha | 13,000 kg/ha | 18,400 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,017 kg/ha | 5,600 kg/ha | 18,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,388 kg/ha | 9,125 kg/ha | 15,375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,900 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 11,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,314 kg/ha | 4,150 kg/ha | 11,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,654 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 12,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,740 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 12,300 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 84 Estonia 8,409 kg/ha compare
- 85 Switzerland 8,205 kg/ha compare
- 86 Honduras 8,021 kg/ha compare
- 88 Israel 7,455 kg/ha compare
- 89 Trinidad and Tobago 7,325 kg/ha compare
- 90 Costa Rica 7,127 kg/ha compare
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 cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Iceland?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Iceland was 8,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — yield recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 18,400 kg/ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — yield recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 kg/ha in 2014.
- How does Iceland rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — yield?
- Iceland ranks 87th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — yield rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.