Cereal yield in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Cereal yield was 3,797 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1961–2024
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 3,797 kg per hectare for cereal yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 33.4% on the previous year and down 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 5,698 kg per hectare in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,288 kg per hectare, in 1961.
That places East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 18th out of 47 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereal yield in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | kg per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,288 kg per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 1,394 kg per hectare | +8.2% |
| 1963 | 1,525 kg per hectare | +9.4% |
| 1964 | 1,612 kg per hectare | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 1,693 kg per hectare | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 1,777 kg per hectare | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 1,829 kg per hectare | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 1,850 kg per hectare | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 1,859 kg per hectare | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 2,052 kg per hectare | +10.4% |
| 1971 | 2,088 kg per hectare | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 2,026 kg per hectare | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 2,163 kg per hectare | +6.8% |
| 1974 | 2,250 kg per hectare | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 2,314 kg per hectare | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 2,367 kg per hectare | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 2,311 kg per hectare | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 2,549 kg per hectare | +10.3% |
| 1979 | 2,739 kg per hectare | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 2,705 kg per hectare | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 2,835 kg per hectare | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 3,130 kg per hectare | +10.4% |
| 1983 | 3,306 kg per hectare | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 3,492 kg per hectare | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 3,398 kg per hectare | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 3,458 kg per hectare | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 3,517 kg per hectare | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 3,484 kg per hectare | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 3,576 kg per hectare | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 3,786 kg per hectare | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 3,778 kg per hectare | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 3,870 kg per hectare | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 4,008 kg per hectare | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 3,984 kg per hectare | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 4,067 kg per hectare | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 4,242 kg per hectare | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 4,194 kg per hectare | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 4,294 kg per hectare | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 4,288 kg per hectare | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 4,199 kg per hectare | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 4,249 kg per hectare | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 4,330 kg per hectare | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 4,331 kg per hectare | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4,553 kg per hectare | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 4,608 kg per hectare | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 4,689 kg per hectare | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 4,717 kg per hectare | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 4,899 kg per hectare | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 4,853 kg per hectare | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 4,917 kg per hectare | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 5,058 kg per hectare | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 5,175 kg per hectare | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 5,227 kg per hectare | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 5,261 kg per hectare | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 5,362 kg per hectare | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 5,357 kg per hectare | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 5,418 kg per hectare | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 5,441 kg per hectare | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 5,550 kg per hectare | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 5,555 kg per hectare | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 5,606 kg per hectare | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 5,662 kg per hectare | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 5,698 kg per hectare | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 3,797 kg per hectare | -33.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,647 kg per hectare | 1,288 kg per hectare | 1,859 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,286 kg per hectare | 2,026 kg per hectare | 2,739 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,290 kg per hectare | 2,705 kg per hectare | 3,576 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,051 kg per hectare | 3,778 kg per hectare | 4,294 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,543 kg per hectare | 4,199 kg per hectare | 4,899 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,277 kg per hectare | 4,917 kg per hectare | 5,550 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,264 kg per hectare | 3,797 kg per hectare | 5,698 kg per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More agriculture & rural data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3795 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.4% (2025)
- Rural population 813.54 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 37.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 805.09 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0742 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Cereal yield in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 3,797 kg per hectare in 2024, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest cereal yield recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 5,698 kg per hectare in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,288 kg per hectare in 1961.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for cereal yield?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 18th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.