Cereal yields in Albania
Albania: Cereal yields was 5.15 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yields in Albania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Albania recorded 5.15 tonnes per hectare for cereal yields in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yields in Albania peaked at 5.21 tonnes per hectare in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.8452 tonnes per hectare, in 1961.
That places Albania 41st out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 0.8452 tonnes per hectare | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.12 tonnes per hectare | 1.65 tonnes per hectare | 2.63 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.83 tonnes per hectare | 2.36 tonnes per hectare | 3.05 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.6 tonnes per hectare | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 2.87 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.53 tonnes per hectare | 3.03 tonnes per hectare | 4.32 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.85 tonnes per hectare | 4.72 tonnes per hectare | 5.04 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.18 tonnes per hectare | 5.14 tonnes per hectare | 5.21 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.52 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.8% (2025)
- Rural population 966,348 (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 41.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 135,654 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yields in Albania?
- Cereal yields in Albania was 5.15 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 yields recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 5.21 tonnes per hectare in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereal yields recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8452 tonnes per hectare in 1961.
- How does Albania rank for cereal yields?
- Albania ranks 41st out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yields rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania 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 yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in tonnes per hectare.