Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 1,656 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals n.e.c. — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 1,656 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.5% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 1,751 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 540.4 kg/ha, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 564.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 540.4 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1963 | 559.2 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 573.3 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 582.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 580.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 590.2 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 593 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 596.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 599.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 605.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 609.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 703.8 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1974 | 682.4 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 675.1 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 677 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 725.5 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1978 | 758.9 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 796.7 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 916.7 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1981 | 933.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 795.3 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1983 | 933.8 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1984 | 798.4 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1985 | 680 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1986 | 739 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1987 | 779.3 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 789.5 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 808.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 825.8 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 1,338 kg/ha | +62.0% |
| 1992 | 848.5 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 1993 | 928.2 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1994 | 865 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 708.2 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1996 | 825.3 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1997 | 894.6 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1998 | 732.7 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1999 | 772.4 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 793 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 815.9 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 860.1 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 721.1 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2004 | 733.3 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 962 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 2006 | 1,009 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 1,018 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 883.9 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2009 | 1,140 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 2010 | 1,164 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 1,174 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 1,334 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2013 | 1,385 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 1,451 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 1,602 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 1,551 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 1,605 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 1,610 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,688 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 1,687 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,694 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1,718 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 1,751 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 1,656 kg/ha | -5.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +62.0% | 825.8 kg/ha | 1,338 kg/ha |
| 1992 | -36.6% | 1,338 kg/ha | 848.5 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +31.2% | 733.3 kg/ha | 962 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +29.0% | 883.9 kg/ha | 1,140 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 575.57 kg/ha | 540.4 kg/ha | 596.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 683.32 kg/ha | 599.3 kg/ha | 796.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 817.37 kg/ha | 680 kg/ha | 933.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 873.84 kg/ha | 708.2 kg/ha | 1,338 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 893.63 kg/ha | 721.1 kg/ha | 1,140 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,456 kg/ha | 1,164 kg/ha | 1,688 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,701 kg/ha | 1,656 kg/ha | 1,751 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 Oman 39,973 kg/ha compare
- 2 New Zealand 5,833 kg/ha compare
- 2 Australia and New Zealand 5,833 kg/ha compare
- 4 Luxembourg 5,077 kg/ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 1,073 kg/ha compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 634 kg/ha compare
- 5 Qatar 5,000 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Cereals n.e.c. — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 1,656 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1,751 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 540.4 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 6 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.