Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Western Europe

Western Europe: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 2,694 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
2,694 kg/ha
Change on year
down 19.3%
Rank
3rd
of 29 groups
All-time high
3,766 kg/ha
in 2014
All-time low
2,181 kg/ha
in 1997
Years of data
34
1991–2024

Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Western Europe, 1991–2024

01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k1991200720241991: 3.0k kg/ha1992: 3.0k kg/ha1993: 3.2k kg/ha1994: 3.3k kg/ha1995: 2.6k kg/ha1996: 2.2k kg/ha1997: 2.2k kg/ha1998: 2.4k kg/ha1999: 2.3k kg/ha2000: 2.3k kg/ha2001: 2.8k kg/ha2002: 3.1k kg/ha2003: 3.0k kg/ha2004: 3.6k kg/ha2005: 3.5k kg/ha2006: 3.3k kg/ha2007: 3.0k kg/ha2008: 3.2k kg/ha2009: 3.3k kg/ha2010: 3.7k kg/ha2011: 3.3k kg/ha2012: 3.6k kg/ha2013: 3.6k kg/ha2014: 3.8k kg/ha2015: 3.7k kg/ha2016: 3.0k kg/ha2017: 3.0k kg/ha2018: 3.3k kg/ha2019: 3.6k kg/ha2020: 3.1k kg/ha2021: 3.5k kg/ha2022: 3.3k kg/ha2023: 3.3k kg/ha2024: 2.7k kg/ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.

Analysis

Western Europe recorded 2,694 kg/ha for cereals n.e.c. — yield in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.3% on the previous year and down 28.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Western Europe peaked at 3,766 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,181 kg/ha, in 1997.

Western Europe ranks 3rd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 2,691 kg/ha 2,181 kg/ha 3,310 kg/ha 9
2000s 3,115 kg/ha 2,334 kg/ha 3,611 kg/ha 10
2010s 3,453 kg/ha 2,993 kg/ha 3,766 kg/ha 10
2020s 3,189 kg/ha 2,694 kg/ha 3,491 kg/ha 5

Countries ranked near Western Europe

  1. 1 Oman 39,973 kg/ha compare
  2. 2 New Zealand 5,833 kg/ha compare
  3. 2 Australia and New Zealand 5,833 kg/ha compare
  4. 4 Luxembourg 5,077 kg/ha compare
  5. 5 Qatar 5,000 kg/ha compare
  6. 6 Saudi Arabia 4,261 kg/ha compare

See the full ranking of 97 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals n.e.c. — yield in Western Europe?
Cereals n.e.c. — yield in Western Europe was 2,694 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 Western Europe?
The highest recorded value was 3,766 kg/ha in 2014.
What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Western Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 2,181 kg/ha in 1997.
How does Western Europe rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
Western Europe ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 28.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Western Europe 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

Indicator
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
97 places, 4,209 data points, 1961–2024
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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.