Cereals, primary — Production in Romania
Romania: Cereals, primary — Production was 17.86 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Romania recorded 17.86 million t for cereals, primary — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 14.0% on the previous year and down 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Romania peaked at 31.55 million t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 7.81 million t, in 2007.
That places Romania 29th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production in Romania, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10.61 million t | — |
| 1962 | 9.68 million t | -8.8% |
| 1963 | 10.44 million t | +7.8% |
| 1964 | 11.11 million t | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 12.60 million t | +13.5% |
| 1966 | 13.90 million t | +10.3% |
| 1967 | 13.51 million t | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 12.77 million t | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 12.82 million t | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 10.63 million t | -17.1% |
| 1971 | 14.53 million t | +36.7% |
| 1972 | 16.91 million t | +16.4% |
| 1973 | 13.81 million t | -18.3% |
| 1974 | 13.55 million t | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 15.27 million t | +12.7% |
| 1976 | 19.79 million t | +29.6% |
| 1977 | 18.61 million t | -5.9% |
| 1978 | 18.31 million t | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 18.59 million t | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 19.37 million t | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 16.37 million t | -15.5% |
| 1982 | 19.95 million t | +21.9% |
| 1983 | 17.67 million t | -11.5% |
| 1984 | 20.04 million t | +13.5% |
| 1985 | 19.50 million t | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 19.73 million t | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 16.89 million t | -14.4% |
| 1988 | 19.29 million t | +14.2% |
| 1989 | 18.38 million t | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 17.17 million t | -6.6% |
| 1991 | 19.31 million t | +12.4% |
| 1992 | 12.29 million t | -36.4% |
| 1993 | 15.49 million t | +26.1% |
| 1994 | 18.18 million t | +17.4% |
| 1995 | 19.88 million t | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 14.20 million t | -28.6% |
| 1997 | 22.11 million t | +55.7% |
| 1998 | 15.45 million t | -30.1% |
| 1999 | 17.04 million t | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 10.48 million t | -38.5% |
| 2001 | 18.87 million t | +80.1% |
| 2002 | 14.36 million t | -23.9% |
| 2003 | 12.96 million t | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 24.40 million t | +88.2% |
| 2005 | 19.35 million t | -20.7% |
| 2006 | 15.76 million t | -18.5% |
| 2007 | 7.81 million t | -50.4% |
| 2008 | 16.83 million t | +115.3% |
| 2009 | 14.87 million t | -11.6% |
| 2010 | 16.71 million t | +12.4% |
| 2011 | 20.84 million t | +24.7% |
| 2012 | 12.82 million t | -38.5% |
| 2013 | 20.90 million t | +63.0% |
| 2014 | 22.07 million t | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 19.33 million t | -12.4% |
| 2016 | 21.76 million t | +12.6% |
| 2017 | 27.14 million t | +24.7% |
| 2018 | 31.55 million t | +16.3% |
| 2019 | 30.41 million t | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 18.15 million t | -40.3% |
| 2021 | 27.79 million t | +53.1% |
| 2022 | 18.86 million t | -32.1% |
| 2023 | 20.78 million t | +10.2% |
| 2024 | 17.86 million t | -14.0% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 17.86 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.60 million t, 11.2× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Romania's 17.86 million t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3.28 million t, 5.5× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.94 million t | 9.68 million t | 13.90 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 16.00 million t | 10.63 million t | 19.79 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.72 million t | 16.37 million t | 20.04 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.11 million t | 12.29 million t | 22.11 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.57 million t | 7.81 million t | 24.40 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.35 million t | 12.82 million t | 31.55 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.69 million t | 17.86 million t | 27.79 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 26 Spain 20.86 million t compare
- 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
- 30 Cambodia 15.58 million t compare
- 31 South Africa 15.31 million t compare
- 32 Italy 14.14 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -1.7 % 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 0.4354 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -1.8 % 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 0.6361 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Romania?
- Cereals, primary — production in Romania was 17.86 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 31.55 million t in 2018.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.81 million t in 2007.
- How does Romania rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Romania ranks 29th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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.