Cereals, primary — Production in Cambodia
Cambodia: Cereals, primary — Production was 15.58 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Production in Cambodia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — production in Cambodia is 15.58 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 59.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Cambodia peaked at 15.58 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 608,000 t, in 1979.
That places Cambodia 30th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals, primary — Production in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.56 million t | — |
| 1962 | 2.19 million t | -14.3% |
| 1963 | 2.81 million t | +28.0% |
| 1964 | 2.96 million t | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 2.64 million t | -11.0% |
| 1966 | 2.51 million t | -4.8% |
| 1967 | 2.61 million t | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 3.40 million t | +30.6% |
| 1969 | 2.62 million t | -23.0% |
| 1970 | 3.95 million t | +50.8% |
| 1971 | 2.85 million t | -27.8% |
| 1972 | 2.01 million t | -29.7% |
| 1973 | 1.12 million t | -44.0% |
| 1974 | 705,000 t | -37.2% |
| 1975 | 1.15 million t | +62.4% |
| 1976 | 1.18 million t | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 1.08 million t | -8.1% |
| 1978 | 1.08 million t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 608,000 t | -43.7% |
| 1980 | 1.82 million t | +199.0% |
| 1981 | 1.57 million t | -13.4% |
| 1982 | 2.00 million t | +27.0% |
| 1983 | 2.08 million t | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 1.31 million t | -37.2% |
| 1985 | 1.85 million t | +41.7% |
| 1986 | 2.14 million t | +15.6% |
| 1987 | 1.85 million t | -13.6% |
| 1988 | 2.54 million t | +37.1% |
| 1989 | 2.73 million t | +7.3% |
| 1990 | 2.59 million t | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 2.46 million t | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 2.28 million t | -7.3% |
| 1993 | 2.43 million t | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 2.27 million t | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 3.50 million t | +54.4% |
| 1996 | 3.47 million t | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 3.46 million t | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 3.56 million t | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 4.14 million t | +16.2% |
| 2000 | 4.18 million t | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 4.28 million t | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 3.97 million t | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 5.03 million t | +26.5% |
| 2004 | 4.43 million t | -11.9% |
| 2005 | 6.23 million t | +40.8% |
| 2006 | 6.64 million t | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 7.25 million t | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 7.79 million t | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 8.51 million t | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 9.02 million t | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 9.50 million t | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 10.24 million t | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 10.24 million t | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 9.80 million t | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 9.67 million t | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 10.49 million t | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 11.75 million t | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 12.12 million t | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 11.78 million t | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 11.84 million t | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 12.91 million t | +9.0% |
| 2022 | 13.01 million t | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 14.70 million t | +12.9% |
| 2024 | 15.58 million t | +6.0% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 15.58 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.54 million t, 10.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 15.58 million t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.75 million t, 2.3× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Production in Cambodia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +199.0% | 608,000 t | 1.82 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.70 million t | 2.19 million t | 3.40 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.57 million t | 608,000 t | 3.95 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.99 million t | 1.31 million t | 2.73 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.01 million t | 2.27 million t | 4.14 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.83 million t | 3.97 million t | 8.51 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.46 million t | 9.02 million t | 12.12 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.61 million t | 11.84 million t | 15.58 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 4.17 million t compare
- 27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 19.44 million t compare
- 28 Yugoslav SFR 19.26 million t compare
- 28 Caribbean 1.69 million t compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 5 t compare
- 29 Romania 17.86 million t compare
- 31 South Africa 15.31 million t compare
- 32 Italy 14.14 million t compare
- 33 Hungary 12.69 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cambodia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1611 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 462.77 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7882 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5889 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Cambodia?
- Cereals, primary — production in Cambodia was 15.58 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 15.58 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 608,000 t in 1979.
- How does Cambodia rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Cambodia ranks 30th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cambodia 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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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.