Cereals, primary — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Cereals, primary — Yield was 2,359 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Afghanistan stood at 2,359 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 2,359 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 806.3 kg/ha, in 2000.
Afghanistan ranks 118th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,133 kg/ha | 985.8 kg/ha | 1,310 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,219 kg/ha | 976.2 kg/ha | 1,362 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,324 kg/ha | 1,238 kg/ha | 1,360 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,217 kg/ha | 1,098 kg/ha | 1,388 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,503 kg/ha | 806.3 kg/ha | 2,041 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,077 kg/ha | 1,660 kg/ha | 2,253 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,201 kg/ha | 2,051 kg/ha | 2,359 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 115 Caribbean 2,408 kg/ha compare
- 116 Republic of Moldova 2,406 kg/ha compare
- 117 Madagascar 2,393 kg/ha compare
- 119 Zambia 2,318 kg/ha compare
- 120 Guatemala 2,238 kg/ha compare
- 121 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,209 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
- Rural population 74.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.4% (2025)
- Rural population 32.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.10 billion current US$ (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 1.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Afghanistan?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Afghanistan was 2,359 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,359 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 806.3 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Afghanistan rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 118th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. 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.