Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Italy
Italy: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 2,922 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 2,922 kg/ha for cereals n.e.c. — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Italy peaked at 5,035 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1,639 kg/ha, in 1970.
That places Italy 12th out of 67 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.
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,551 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,736 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 1963 | 1,792 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 1,741 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 1,873 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 1,849 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 1,905 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 1,673 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1969 | 1,643 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 1,639 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 2,055 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1972 | 2,149 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 2,233 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 2,101 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 2,243 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 2,162 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 2,182 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 2,247 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 2,276 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 2,727 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1981 | 2,481 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1982 | 3,321 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 1983 | 3,336 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 3,744 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1985 | 2,703 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1986 | 2,764 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 3,252 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1988 | 2,150 kg/ha | -33.9% |
| 1989 | 2,017 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 2,345 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1991 | 3,204 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 1992 | 3,703 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1993 | 3,879 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 3,856 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 3,846 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 4,288 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1997 | 2,564 kg/ha | -40.2% |
| 1998 | 3,812 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 1999 | 3,457 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 3,432 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 4,563 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 2002 | 4,302 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 5,035 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2004 | 4,917 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 4,309 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2006 | 3,329 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2007 | 3,988 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2008 | 3,927 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 2,801 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 2010 | 3,339 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2011 | 3,526 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 3,151 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 3,268 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 3,616 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2015 | 3,428 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 3,202 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 2,890 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2018 | 3,125 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 3,219 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 3,239 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 3,148 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 2,979 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 2,944 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 2,922 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 2,922 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,651 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Italy's 2,922 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,636 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,863 kg/ha | 1,643 kg/ha | 2,551 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,129 kg/ha | 1,639 kg/ha | 2,276 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,849 kg/ha | 2,017 kg/ha | 3,744 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,495 kg/ha | 2,345 kg/ha | 4,288 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,060 kg/ha | 2,801 kg/ha | 5,035 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,277 kg/ha | 2,890 kg/ha | 3,616 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,046 kg/ha | 2,922 kg/ha | 3,239 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — yield in Italy?
- Cereals n.e.c. — yield in Italy was 2,922 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 5,035 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,639 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Italy rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
- Italy ranks 12th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.