Cereals, primary — Yield by country
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...
What the numbers show
Cereals, primary — Yield is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 27,672 kg/ha in Oman; the lowest is 184.4 kg/ha in Namibia.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,054 kg/ha, and the mean is 3,725 kg/ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 150.
Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 394.7%), and the largest decrease in French Guiana (down 51.0%).
Cereals, primary — Yield: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 27,672 kg/ha | 2024 | up 257.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 6,038 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 22,474 kg/ha | 2024 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Qatar | 14,976 kg/ha | 2024 | up 130.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4,314 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 4 | Kuwait | 14,196 kg/ha | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4,196 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 5 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13,344 kg/ha | 2024 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Melanesia | 3,660 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 6 | Mauritius | 11,890 kg/ha | 2024 | up 215.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 3,610 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 7 | New Caledonia | 11,650 kg/ha | 2024 | up 142.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Türkiye | 3,429 kg/ha | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 8 | New Zealand | 9,102 kg/ha | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 9 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 8,134 kg/ha | 1999 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 9 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2,725 kg/ha | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 10 | Réunion | 7,783 kg/ha | 2006 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 2,406 kg/ha | 2024 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 11 | Bahamas | 7,737 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2,209 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 12 | Egypt | 7,360 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 13 | Ireland | 7,325 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 2,112 kg/ha | 2024 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 14 | Belgium | 6,856 kg/ha | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 14 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,872 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 6,806 kg/ha | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 15 | Micronesia | 1,716 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 15 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1,716 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 6,790 kg/ha | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 17 | Austria | 6,722 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 17 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1,607 kg/ha | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 18 | Chile | 6,606 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 19 | Slovenia | 6,586 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,542 kg/ha | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 19 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 871.8 kg/ha | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 20 | Croatia | 6,570 kg/ha | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 20 | Caribbean | 2,408 kg/ha | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 21 | Guyana | 6,563 kg/ha | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6,558 kg/ha | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 23 | Republic of Korea | 6,544 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 24 | China, mainland | 6,495 kg/ha | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 25 | China | 6,494 kg/ha | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 26 | China, Taiwan Province of | 6,426 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 27 | France | 6,281 kg/ha | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 28 | Japan | 6,248 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 29 | Denmark | 6,096 kg/ha | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 40.3 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Czechia | 5,751 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 31 | Hungary | 5,630 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 32 | Slovakia | 5,560 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 5,496 kg/ha | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 34 | Indonesia | 5,421 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 5,408 kg/ha | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,362 kg/ha | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 37 | Portugal | 5,309 kg/ha | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Sweden | 5,242 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 39 | Luxembourg | 5,208 kg/ha | 2024 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 40 | Serbia | 5,172 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 41 | Albania | 5,153 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 42 | Ukraine | 5,148 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 5,105 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 5,103 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 45 | Uruguay | 5,058 kg/ha | 2024 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Brazil | 5,003 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Italy | 4,982 kg/ha | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 48 | Serbia and Montenegro | 4,900 kg/ha | 2005 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 49 | Malta | 4,880 kg/ha | 2017 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 50 | Argentina | 4,854 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 51 | Poland | 4,851 kg/ha | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 4,851 kg/ha | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 53 | Papua New Guinea | 4,787 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 54 | Yugoslav SFR | 4,652 kg/ha | 1991 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 55 | Switzerland | 4,584 kg/ha | 2024 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 56 | South Africa | 4,562 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 4,455 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 58 | Suriname | 4,447 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 59 | Colombia | 4,422 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 60 | Lithuania | 4,387 kg/ha | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 61 | Czechoslovakia | 4,245 kg/ha | 1992 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 62 | Panama | 4,226 kg/ha | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 63 | Norway | 4,220 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 4,124 kg/ha | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 4,068 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 66 | Greece | 4,053 kg/ha | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 67 | Canada | 4,021 kg/ha | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 68 | Ecuador | 4,007 kg/ha | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 69 | Latvia | 3,974 kg/ha | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 70 | Philippines | 3,833 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 3,807 kg/ha | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 72 | Spain | 3,786 kg/ha | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 73 | Myanmar | 3,779 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 74 | Cambodia | 3,778 kg/ha | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 75 | Mexico | 3,752 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 76 | Puerto Rico | 3,747 kg/ha | 2024 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Estonia | 3,733 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 78 | Belize | 3,698 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 79 | India | 3,632 kg/ha | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 80 | Pakistan | 3,621 kg/ha | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 81 | Finland | 3,620 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 82 | Paraguay | 3,617 kg/ha | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 83 | North Macedonia | 3,565 kg/ha | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 84 | Bhutan | 3,552 kg/ha | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 85 | Malaysia | 3,544 kg/ha | 2024 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 86 | Romania | 3,526 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 87 | Nepal | 3,521 kg/ha | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 3,489 kg/ha | 2024 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 3,427 kg/ha | 2024 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 90 | Belarus | 3,395 kg/ha | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 91 | Thailand | 3,085 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 92 | Fiji | 3,065 kg/ha | 2024 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 93 | Russian Federation | 3,042 kg/ha | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 94 | El Salvador | 2,819 kg/ha | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 95 | Georgia | 2,816 kg/ha | 2024 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 96 | Barbados | 2,793 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 97 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,729 kg/ha | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 98 | Montenegro | 2,700 kg/ha | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 99 | Australia | 2,690 kg/ha | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 100 | Lebanon | 2,661 kg/ha | 2024 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 101 | Iraq | 2,651 kg/ha | 2024 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Ghana | 2,632 kg/ha | 2024 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 103 | Ethiopia | 2,632 kg/ha | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 104 | Israel | 2,619 kg/ha | 2024 | down 46.7% | rising |
| 105 | Palestine | 2,522 kg/ha | 2022 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 2,515 kg/ha | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 107 | Maldives | 2,442 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 108 | Brunei Darussalam | 2,418 kg/ha | 2024 | up 49.7% | flat |
| 109 | Madagascar | 2,393 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 110 | Afghanistan | 2,359 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 111 | Zambia | 2,318 kg/ha | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 112 | Guatemala | 2,238 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 113 | Djibouti | 2,041 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 114 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,004 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 115 | Senegal | 2,004 kg/ha | 2024 | up 80.3% | rising |
| 116 | Guadeloupe | 2,000 kg/ha | 1977 | unchanged | falling |
| 116 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2,000 kg/ha | 1990 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 118 | Iceland | 1,972 kg/ha | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 119 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,963 kg/ha | 2024 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 120 | Armenia | 1,961 kg/ha | 2024 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 121 | Cuba | 1,946 kg/ha | 2024 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 122 | Uganda | 1,920 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 123 | Tunisia | 1,891 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 124 | Honduras | 1,887 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 125 | Malawi | 1,878 kg/ha | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 126 | Solomon Islands | 1,866 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 127 | Rwanda | 1,784 kg/ha | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 128 | Cameroon | 1,770 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 129 | Comoros | 1,718 kg/ha | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 130 | Turkmenistan | 1,712 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 131 | French Guiana | 1,698 kg/ha | 2006 | down 51.0% | rising |
| 132 | Kenya | 1,693 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 133 | Dominica | 1,690 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 134 | Mali | 1,656 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 135 | Jordan | 1,611 kg/ha | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 136 | Gabon | 1,587 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 137 | Nigeria | 1,558 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 138 | Mauritania | 1,537 kg/ha | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Algeria | 1,537 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 1,530 kg/ha | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 141 | USSR | 1,517 kg/ha | 1991 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 142 | Cyprus | 1,440 kg/ha | 2024 | up 394.7% | rising |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 1,370 kg/ha | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 144 | Benin | 1,356 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 145 | Guinea | 1,351 kg/ha | 2024 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 146 | Jamaica | 1,342 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,333 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 148 | Mongolia | 1,251 kg/ha | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 149 | Morocco | 1,240 kg/ha | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 150 | Burkina Faso | 1,198 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 151 | Togo | 1,198 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 152 | Burundi | 1,163 kg/ha | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 153 | Ethiopia PDR | 1,156 kg/ha | 1992 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 154 | Liberia | 1,112 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 155 | Angola | 1,107 kg/ha | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 156 | Eswatini | 1,083 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 1,070 kg/ha | 2024 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 158 | Haiti | 1,064 kg/ha | 2024 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 159 | Gambia | 1,005 kg/ha | 2024 | up 33.4% | falling |
| 160 | Grenada | 996.6 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 161 | Trinidad and Tobago | 975.7 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 162 | South Sudan | 945 kg/ha | 2024 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 163 | Botswana | 900.4 kg/ha | 2024 | up 195.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Congo | 873.7 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 165 | Chad | 826.9 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 166 | Central African Republic | 788.4 kg/ha | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 167 | Mozambique | 776.4 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 168 | Yemen | 768.7 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 169 | Saint Lucia | 700 kg/ha | 1979 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 170 | Libya | 659.7 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 171 | Eritrea | 638 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 172 | Vanuatu | 636.2 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 173 | Lesotho | 603.5 kg/ha | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 174 | Sudan | 580.3 kg/ha | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 175 | Niger | 577.4 kg/ha | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 176 | Sudan (former) | 564.8 kg/ha | 2011 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 177 | Somalia | 362.1 kg/ha | 2024 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 178 | Namibia | 184.4 kg/ha | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 8,414 kg/ha
- Northern America 7,419 kg/ha
- Asia 4,488 kg/ha
- Western Europe 6,488 kg/ha
- Eastern Asia 6,436 kg/ha
- Americas 6,033 kg/ha
- Northern Europe 5,362 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 5,204 kg/ha
- South America 4,804 kg/ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 2,866 kg/ha
- Southern Europe 4,482 kg/ha
- Europe 4,382 kg/ha
- South-Eastern Asia 4,344 kg/ha
- World 4,206 kg/ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2,115 kg/ha
- Southern Africa 3,960 kg/ha
- Eastern Europe 3,784 kg/ha
- Southern Asia 3,700 kg/ha
- Central America 3,469 kg/ha
- Western Asia 2,995 kg/ha
- Oceania 2,730 kg/ha
- Middle Africa 1,052 kg/ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2,402 kg/ha
- Central Asia 1,958 kg/ha
- Eastern Africa 1,941 kg/ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1,889 kg/ha
- Northern Africa 1,877 kg/ha
- Africa 1,676 kg/ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1,596 kg/ha
- Western Africa 1,407 kg/ha
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.