Cereals, primary — Production in Mongolia
Mongolia: Cereals, primary — Production was 443,153 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Production in Mongolia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 443,153 t for cereals, primary — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.8% on the previous year and down 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Mongolia peaked at 884,000 t in 1985 and was at its lowest, 77,838 t, in 2005.
Mongolia ranks 118th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals, primary — Production in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 124,400 t | — |
| 1962 | 327,400 t | +163.2% |
| 1963 | 322,200 t | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 371,000 t | +15.1% |
| 1965 | 323,200 t | -12.9% |
| 1966 | 264,000 t | -18.3% |
| 1967 | 332,100 t | +25.8% |
| 1968 | 215,700 t | -35.0% |
| 1969 | 131,600 t | -39.0% |
| 1970 | 284,800 t | +116.4% |
| 1971 | 372,900 t | +30.9% |
| 1972 | 205,000 t | -45.0% |
| 1973 | 455,400 t | +122.1% |
| 1974 | 315,800 t | -30.7% |
| 1975 | 482,400 t | +52.8% |
| 1976 | 374,100 t | -22.5% |
| 1977 | 412,600 t | +10.3% |
| 1978 | 354,300 t | -14.1% |
| 1979 | 330,300 t | -6.8% |
| 1980 | 286,800 t | -13.2% |
| 1981 | 342,700 t | +19.5% |
| 1982 | 550,600 t | +60.7% |
| 1983 | 812,800 t | +47.6% |
| 1984 | 596,700 t | -26.6% |
| 1985 | 884,000 t | +48.1% |
| 1986 | 869,400 t | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 689,210 t | -20.7% |
| 1988 | 814,273 t | +18.1% |
| 1989 | 839,200 t | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 718,338 t | -14.4% |
| 1991 | 595,000 t | -17.2% |
| 1992 | 493,900 t | -17.0% |
| 1993 | 478,822 t | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 333,592 t | -30.3% |
| 1995 | 262,713 t | -21.2% |
| 1996 | 221,410 t | -15.7% |
| 1997 | 241,691 t | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 195,900 t | -18.9% |
| 1999 | 170,706 t | -12.9% |
| 2000 | 143,309 t | -16.0% |
| 2001 | 143,413 t | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 127,175 t | -11.3% |
| 2003 | 166,480 t | +30.9% |
| 2004 | 139,798 t | -16.0% |
| 2005 | 77,838 t | -44.3% |
| 2006 | 138,572 t | +78.0% |
| 2007 | 114,777 t | -17.2% |
| 2008 | 212,893 t | +85.5% |
| 2009 | 391,659 t | +84.0% |
| 2010 | 355,062 t | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 446,050 t | +25.6% |
| 2012 | 479,349 t | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 387,043 t | -19.3% |
| 2014 | 525,473 t | +35.8% |
| 2015 | 219,068 t | -58.3% |
| 2016 | 483,453 t | +120.7% |
| 2017 | 238,102 t | -50.7% |
| 2018 | 453,849 t | +90.6% |
| 2019 | 433,305 t | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 430,318 t | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 614,497 t | +42.8% |
| 2022 | 428,649 t | -30.2% |
| 2023 | 470,337 t | +9.7% |
| 2024 | 443,153 t | -5.8% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 443,153 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.20 million t, 37% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 443,153 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.75 million t, 7% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Production in Mongolia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +163.2% | 124,400 t | 327,400 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 267,956 t | 124,400 t | 371,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 358,760 t | 205,000 t | 482,400 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 668,568 t | 286,800 t | 884,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 371,207 t | 170,706 t | 718,338 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 165,591 t | 77,838 t | 391,659 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 402,075 t | 219,068 t | 525,473 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 477,391 t | 428,649 t | 614,497 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 115 Mauritania 570,227 t compare
- 116 North Macedonia 532,134 t compare
- 117 Panama 461,850 t compare
- 119 Yemen 421,000 t compare
- 120 Georgia 418,577 t compare
- 121 Guinea-Bissau 323,557 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Mongolia?
- Cereals, primary — production in Mongolia was 443,153 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 884,000 t in 1985.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 77,838 t in 2005.
- How does Mongolia rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Mongolia ranks 118th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.