Cereals, primary — Production in Israel
Israel: Cereals, primary — Production was 175,077 t in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cereals, primary — Production in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — production in Israel stood at 175,077 t.
The figure is down 28.6% on the previous year and down 53.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Israel peaked at 437,100 t in 1983 and was at its lowest, 123,030 t, in 1999.
Israel ranks 130th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Cereals, primary — Production in Israel, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 171,600 t | — |
| 1962 | 152,700 t | -11.0% |
| 1963 | 139,200 t | -8.8% |
| 1964 | 329,400 t | +136.6% |
| 1965 | 288,000 t | -12.6% |
| 1966 | 137,100 t | -52.4% |
| 1967 | 304,650 t | +122.2% |
| 1968 | 223,150 t | -26.8% |
| 1969 | 196,750 t | -11.8% |
| 1970 | 155,050 t | -21.2% |
| 1971 | 246,500 t | +59.0% |
| 1972 | 385,650 t | +56.5% |
| 1973 | 301,700 t | -21.8% |
| 1974 | 352,700 t | +16.9% |
| 1975 | 311,700 t | -11.6% |
| 1976 | 251,450 t | -19.3% |
| 1977 | 263,650 t | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 190,900 t | -27.6% |
| 1979 | 151,700 t | -20.5% |
| 1980 | 303,400 t | +100.0% |
| 1981 | 260,900 t | -14.0% |
| 1982 | 203,700 t | -21.9% |
| 1983 | 437,100 t | +114.6% |
| 1984 | 173,400 t | -60.3% |
| 1985 | 240,850 t | +38.9% |
| 1986 | 285,850 t | +18.7% |
| 1987 | 411,650 t | +44.0% |
| 1988 | 309,050 t | -24.9% |
| 1989 | 318,800 t | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 396,564 t | +24.4% |
| 1991 | 277,320 t | -30.1% |
| 1992 | 342,715 t | +23.6% |
| 1993 | 297,039 t | -13.3% |
| 1994 | 183,954 t | -38.1% |
| 1995 | 309,380 t | +68.2% |
| 1996 | 264,167 t | -14.6% |
| 1997 | 187,073 t | -29.2% |
| 1998 | 248,700 t | +32.9% |
| 1999 | 123,030 t | -50.5% |
| 2000 | 182,870 t | +48.6% |
| 2001 | 241,640 t | +32.1% |
| 2002 | 271,105 t | +12.2% |
| 2003 | 305,620 t | +12.7% |
| 2004 | 273,338 t | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 307,620 t | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 245,106 t | -20.3% |
| 2007 | 283,464 t | +15.6% |
| 2008 | 198,843 t | -29.9% |
| 2009 | 257,009 t | +29.3% |
| 2010 | 241,056 t | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 273,520 t | +13.5% |
| 2012 | 356,388 t | +30.3% |
| 2013 | 336,558 t | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 372,420 t | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 321,746 t | -13.6% |
| 2016 | 262,284 t | -18.5% |
| 2017 | 173,788 t | -33.7% |
| 2018 | 150,690 t | -13.3% |
| 2019 | 184,113 t | +22.2% |
| 2020 | 246,798 t | +34.0% |
| 2021 | 268,349 t | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 239,234 t | -10.8% |
| 2023 | 245,370 t | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 175,077 t | -28.6% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 175,077 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.60 million t, 11% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Israel's 175,077 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 208,368 t, 84% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 215,839 t | 137,100 t | 329,400 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 261,100 t | 151,700 t | 385,650 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 294,470 t | 173,400 t | 437,100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 262,994 t | 123,030 t | 396,564 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 256,662 t | 182,870 t | 307,620 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 267,256 t | 150,690 t | 372,420 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 234,966 t | 175,077 t | 268,349 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.3447 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0465 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0045 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0633 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Israel?
- Cereals, primary — production in Israel was 175,077 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 437,100 t in 1983.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 123,030 t in 1999.
- How does Israel rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Israel ranks 130th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Israel 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.