Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use in Belgium
Belgium: Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use was 6.86 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereal yield vs. fertilizer use in Belgium is 6.86 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 19.2% on the previous year and down 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. fertilizer use in Belgium peaked at 9.84 tonnes per hectare in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6.86 tonnes per hectare, in 2024.
Belgium ranks 14th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.67 tonnes per hectare | 8.02 tonnes per hectare | 9.71 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.85 tonnes per hectare | 6.98 tonnes per hectare | 9.84 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.06 tonnes per hectare | 6.86 tonnes per hectare | 8.6 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 1.47 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 324,650 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs. fertilizer use in Belgium?
- Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use in Belgium was 6.86 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs. fertilizer use recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 9.84 tonnes per hectare in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. fertilizer use recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.86 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for cereal yield vs. fertilizer use?
- Belgium ranks 14th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield vs. fertilizer use rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per hectare.