Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in World
World: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 1,690 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in World, 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 World is 1,690 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in World peaked at 1,776 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 571.1 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places World 11th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in World, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 596.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 571.1 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1963 | 585.8 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 606.1 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1965 | 623.5 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 610.3 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 621.4 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 629.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 623.9 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 630.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 627.2 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 640.3 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 742 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1974 | 744.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 728.4 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 729.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 750 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 845.3 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1979 | 817.6 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 932.9 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1981 | 942.8 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 830.7 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1983 | 947 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1984 | 827.1 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1985 | 711.3 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1986 | 768.7 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 821.1 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1988 | 827.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 882.1 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 922.9 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 1,391 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 1992 | 929.4 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 1993 | 964.4 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 929.1 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 763.8 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1996 | 858.7 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1997 | 933.6 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1998 | 800.7 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1999 | 834.5 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 844.5 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 885.2 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 939.7 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 799.1 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2004 | 825.5 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 1,012 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2006 | 1,085 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 1,109 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 980.2 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2009 | 1,198 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2010 | 1,231 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 1,256 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 1,391 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2013 | 1,448 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 1,514 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 1,670 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2016 | 1,620 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 1,635 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,625 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 1,703 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 1,721 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 1,712 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 1,729 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1,776 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 1,690 kg/ha | -4.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in World 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 | +50.7% | 922.9 kg/ha | 1,391 kg/ha |
| 1992 | -33.2% | 1,391 kg/ha | 929.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 607.61 kg/ha | 571.1 kg/ha | 629.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 725.52 kg/ha | 627.2 kg/ha | 845.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 849.08 kg/ha | 711.3 kg/ha | 947 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 932.77 kg/ha | 763.8 kg/ha | 1,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 967.85 kg/ha | 799.1 kg/ha | 1,198 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,509 kg/ha | 1,231 kg/ha | 1,703 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,726 kg/ha | 1,690 kg/ha | 1,776 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — yield in World?
- Cereals n.e.c. — yield in World was 1,690 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 1,776 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 571.1 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does World rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
- World ranks 11th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.