Cereals, primary — Production in Asia

Asia: Cereals, primary — Production was 1.56 billion t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1.56 billion t
Change on year
up 2.6%
Rank
1st
of 19 groups
All-time high
1.56 billion t
in 2024
All-time low
329.54 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cereals, primary — Production in Asia, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Asia recorded 1.56 billion t for cereals, primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Asia peaked at 1.56 billion t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 329.54 million t, in 1961.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Cereals, primary — Production in Asia, year by year

Annual values for Cereals, primary — Production in Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 329.54 million t —
1962 347.44 million t +5.4%
1963 370.50 million t +6.6%
1964 390.73 million t +5.5%
1965 386.02 million t -1.2%
1966 403.91 million t +4.6%
1967 427.58 million t +5.9%
1968 439.58 million t +2.8%
1969 449.29 million t +2.2%
1970 480.98 million t +7.1%
1971 490.38 million t +2.0%
1972 478.51 million t -2.4%
1973 511.98 million t +7.0%
1974 515.17 million t +0.6%
1975 559.73 million t +8.6%
1976 564.51 million t +0.9%
1977 573.20 million t +1.5%
1978 617.65 million t +7.8%
1979 622.02 million t +0.7%
1980 631.99 million t +1.6%
1981 657.43 million t +4.0%
1982 675.92 million t +2.8%
1983 744.56 million t +10.2%
1984 769.04 million t +3.3%
1985 753.46 million t -2.0%
1986 773.22 million t +2.6%
1987 762.57 million t -1.4%
1988 801.00 million t +5.0%
1989 830.13 million t +3.6%
1990 874.20 million t +5.3%
1991 867.78 million t -0.7%
1992 931.34 million t +7.3%
1993 933.59 million t +0.2%
1994 925.37 million t -0.9%
1995 942.13 million t +1.8%
1996 981.03 million t +4.1%
1997 992.68 million t +1.2%
1998 1.01 billion t +1.6%
1999 1.04 billion t +2.7%
2000 995.30 million t -3.9%
2001 1.00 billion t +0.6%
2002 989.49 million t -1.1%
2003 1.00 billion t +1.1%
2004 1.04 billion t +3.6%
2005 1.08 billion t +4.5%
2006 1.12 billion t +3.2%
2007 1.15 billion t +2.6%
2008 1.18 billion t +2.6%
2009 1.19 billion t +1.4%
2010 1.22 billion t +1.9%
2011 1.29 billion t +5.8%
2012 1.30 billion t +1.2%
2013 1.33 billion t +2.3%
2014 1.34 billion t +0.6%
2015 1.39 billion t +3.3%
2016 1.39 billion t +0.5%
2017 1.41 billion t +1.0%
2018 1.41 billion t +0.4%
2019 1.43 billion t +0.9%
2020 1.45 billion t +1.7%
2021 1.47 billion t +1.3%
2022 1.48 billion t +0.9%
2023 1.52 billion t +2.9%
2024 1.56 billion t +2.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 393.84 million t 329.54 million t 449.29 million t 9
1970s 541.41 million t 478.51 million t 622.02 million t 10
1980s 739.93 million t 631.99 million t 830.13 million t 10
1990s 949.21 million t 867.78 million t 1.04 billion t 10
2000s 1.07 billion t 989.49 million t 1.19 billion t 10
2010s 1.35 billion t 1.22 billion t 1.43 billion t 10
2020s 1.50 billion t 1.45 billion t 1.56 billion t 5

Countries ranked near Asia

  1. 1 China 653.23 million t compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 651.36 million t compare
  3. 3 India 391.12 million t compare
  4. 3 Viet Nam 47.85 million t compare
  5. 4 Türkiye 39.02 million t compare
  6. 4 USSR 155.96 million t compare

See the full ranking of 226 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals, primary — production in Asia?
Cereals, primary — production in Asia was 1.56 billion t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Asia?
The highest recorded value was 1.56 billion t in 2024.
What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 329.54 million t in 1961.
How does Asia rank for cereals, primary — production?
Asia ranks 1st out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Asia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 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.