Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Americas
Americas: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 884.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Americas stood at 884.4 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Americas peaked at 1,073 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 550.6 kg/ha, in 2012.
Americas ranks 21st of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 826.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 724.5 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1963 | 775.5 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 796.3 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 789.1 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 684 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1967 | 911.4 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 1968 | 716.3 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1969 | 900 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1970 | 992.6 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1971 | 1,015 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 1,011 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 1,008 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 1,059 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 925.3 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1976 | 1,073 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1977 | 1,023 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1978 | 1,037 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 1,030 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 848.6 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1981 | 792.7 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1982 | 838.8 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 818.6 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 685.1 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1985 | 880.4 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1986 | 998.2 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1987 | 870.7 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1988 | 781.9 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1989 | 622.1 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1990 | 622.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 613.2 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 660.8 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 655 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 665 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 686.4 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 741 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 797.8 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 729.3 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1999 | 792.7 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 774.3 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 783 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 751.4 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 760.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 774 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 765 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 778.7 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 784.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 776.9 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 798.9 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 781.8 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 716.2 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2012 | 550.6 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2013 | 794.3 kg/ha | +44.3% |
| 2014 | 806.4 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 848.7 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 827.2 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 834.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 880.3 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 875.3 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 894.9 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 878 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 847 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 883.5 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 884.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Americas changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +44.3% | 550.6 kg/ha | 794.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 791.51 kg/ha | 684 kg/ha | 911.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,017 kg/ha | 925.3 kg/ha | 1,073 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 813.71 kg/ha | 622.1 kg/ha | 998.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 696.36 kg/ha | 613.2 kg/ha | 797.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 774.67 kg/ha | 751.4 kg/ha | 798.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 791.56 kg/ha | 550.6 kg/ha | 880.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 877.56 kg/ha | 847 kg/ha | 894.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 18 China, mainland 2,407 kg/ha compare
- 19 China 2,402 kg/ha compare
- 20 Colombia 2,113 kg/ha compare
- 21 Austria 2,027 kg/ha compare
- 22 China, Taiwan Province of 2,001 kg/ha compare
- 23 Spain 1,952 kg/ha compare
- 24 Republic of Korea 1,946 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — yield in Americas?
- Cereals n.e.c. — yield in Americas was 884.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 1,073 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 550.6 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Americas rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
- Americas ranks 21st out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals n.e.c. — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.