Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use by country
Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Countries reporting
181
Highest
27.67 tonnes per hectare
Oman
Lowest
0.0403 tonnes per hectare
Cape Verde
Median
3.04 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
10,534
What the numbers show
Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 27.67 tonnes per hectare in Oman; the lowest is 0.0403 tonnes per hectare in Cape Verde.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.04 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 3.74 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 687.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 394.7%), and the largest decrease in French Guiana (down 51.0%).
Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 27.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 257.0% | volatile |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 22.47 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Qatar | 14.98 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 130.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Kuwait | 14.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Mauritius | 11.89 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 215.8% | volatile |
| 7 | New Caledonia | 11.65 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 142.7% | volatile |
| 8 | New Zealand | 9.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 9 | United States | 8.41 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 10 | Reunion | 7.78 tonnes per hectare | 2006 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 11 | Bahamas | 7.74 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Egypt | 7.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 14 | Belgium | 6.86 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 15 | Netherlands | 6.81 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 6.79 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 17 | Austria | 6.72 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 18 | Chile | 6.61 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 19 | Slovenia | 6.59 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 20 | Croatia | 6.57 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 21 | Guyana | 6.56 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 6.56 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 23 | South Korea | 6.54 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 24 | China | 6.49 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 25 | Taiwan | 6.43 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 26 | France | 6.28 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 27 | Japan | 6.25 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 28 | Denmark | 6.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 29 | Vietnam | 6.04 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 30 | Czechia | 5.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 31 | Hungary | 5.63 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 32 | Slovakia | 5.56 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 5.5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 34 | Indonesia | 5.42 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 5.41 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 37 | Portugal | 5.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Sweden | 5.24 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 40 | Serbia | 5.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 41 | Albania | 5.15 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 42 | Ukraine | 5.15 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 5.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 5.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 45 | Uruguay | 5.06 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Brazil | 5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Italy | 4.98 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 49 | Argentina | 4.85 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 50 | Poland | 4.85 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 51 | Peru | 4.85 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 52 | Papua New Guinea | 4.79 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 53 | Switzerland | 4.58 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 54 | South Africa | 4.56 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 4.46 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 56 | Suriname | 4.45 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 57 | Colombia | 4.42 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 58 | Lithuania | 4.39 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 59 | Venezuela | 4.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 60 | Panama | 4.23 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 61 | Norway | 4.22 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 62 | Laos | 4.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 63 | Tajikistan | 4.12 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 4.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 65 | Greece | 4.05 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 66 | Canada | 4.02 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 67 | Ecuador | 4.01 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 68 | Latvia | 3.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 69 | Philippines | 3.83 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 3.81 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 71 | Spain | 3.79 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 72 | Myanmar | 3.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 73 | Cambodia | 3.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 74 | Mexico | 3.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 75 | Puerto Rico | 3.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Estonia | 3.73 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 77 | Belize | 3.7 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 78 | India | 3.63 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 79 | Pakistan | 3.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 80 | Finland | 3.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 81 | Paraguay | 3.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 82 | North Korea | 3.61 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 83 | North Macedonia | 3.57 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 84 | Bhutan | 3.55 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 85 | Malaysia | 3.54 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 86 | Romania | 3.53 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 87 | Nepal | 3.52 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.49 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 89 | Turkey | 3.43 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 3.43 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 91 | Belarus | 3.39 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 92 | Thailand | 3.08 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 93 | Fiji | 3.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 94 | Russia | 3.04 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 95 | El Salvador | 2.82 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 96 | Georgia | 2.82 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 97 | Barbados | 2.79 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 98 | Iran | 2.72 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 99 | Montenegro | 2.7 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 100 | Australia | 2.69 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 101 | Lebanon | 2.66 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 102 | Iraq | 2.65 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Ghana | 2.63 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 104 | Ethiopia | 2.63 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 105 | Israel | 2.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 46.7% | rising |
| 106 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.54 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 107 | Palestine | 2.52 tonnes per hectare | 2022 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 2.52 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 109 | Maldives | 2.44 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 110 | Brunei | 2.42 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 49.7% | flat |
| 111 | Moldova | 2.41 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 112 | Madagascar | 2.39 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 113 | Afghanistan | 2.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 114 | Zambia | 2.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 115 | Guatemala | 2.24 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 116 | Bolivia | 2.21 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 117 | East Timor | 2.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 118 | Djibouti | 2.04 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 119 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 120 | Senegal | 2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 80.3% | rising |
| 121 | Hong Kong | 2 tonnes per hectare | 1990 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 123 | Iceland | 1.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.96 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 125 | Armenia | 1.96 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 126 | Cuba | 1.95 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 127 | Uganda | 1.92 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 128 | Tunisia | 1.89 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 129 | Honduras | 1.89 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 130 | Malawi | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 131 | Tanzania | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 132 | Solomon Islands | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 133 | Rwanda | 1.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 134 | Cameroon | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 135 | Comoros | 1.72 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 136 | Micronesia (country) | 1.72 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 137 | Turkmenistan | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 138 | French Guiana | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 2006 | down 51.0% | rising |
| 139 | Kenya | 1.69 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 140 | Dominica | 1.69 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 141 | Mali | 1.66 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 142 | Jordan | 1.61 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 143 | Syria | 1.61 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 144 | Gabon | 1.59 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 145 | Nigeria | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 146 | Mauritania | 1.54 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Algeria | 1.54 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 148 | Kazakhstan | 1.53 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 149 | Cyprus | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 394.7% | rising |
| 150 | Sierra Leone | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 151 | Benin | 1.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 152 | Guinea | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 153 | Jamaica | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 154 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 155 | Mongolia | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 156 | Morocco | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 157 | Burkina Faso | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 158 | Togo | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 159 | Burundi | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 160 | Liberia | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 161 | Angola | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 162 | Eswatini | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 163 | Zimbabwe | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 164 | Haiti | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 165 | Gambia | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 33.4% | falling |
| 166 | Grenada | 0.9966 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 167 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.9757 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 168 | South Sudan | 0.945 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 169 | Botswana | 0.9004 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 195.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Congo | 0.8737 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 171 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.8718 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 172 | Chad | 0.8269 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 173 | Central African Republic | 0.7884 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 174 | Mozambique | 0.7764 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 175 | Yemen | 0.7687 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 0.7 tonnes per hectare | 1979 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 177 | Libya | 0.6597 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 178 | Eritrea | 0.638 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 179 | Vanuatu | 0.6362 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 180 | Lesotho | 0.6035 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 181 | Sudan | 0.5803 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 182 | Niger | 0.5774 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 183 | Somalia | 0.3621 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 184 | Namibia | 0.1844 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 185 | Cape Verde | 0.0403 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 1.52 tonnes per hectare
About this data
Measured in tonnes per hectare.