Cereals, primary — Yield in Argentina
Argentina: Cereals, primary — Yield was 4,854 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 4,854 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.6% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Argentina peaked at 5,410 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,313 kg/ha, in 1968.
Argentina ranks 50th of 178 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.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Argentina, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,411 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,605 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1963 | 1,511 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1964 | 1,695 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1965 | 1,403 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1966 | 1,557 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1967 | 1,606 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 1,313 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1969 | 1,555 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1970 | 1,775 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1971 | 1,784 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 1,610 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1973 | 2,041 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1974 | 2,046 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 1,956 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 1,907 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 2,135 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1978 | 2,424 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1979 | 2,252 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 1,874 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1981 | 2,425 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 1982 | 2,443 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 2,330 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1984 | 2,582 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1985 | 2,440 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 2,582 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 2,383 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 2,528 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 2,129 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1990 | 2,251 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 2,672 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1992 | 3,029 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 2,850 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 2,809 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 2,803 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 2,759 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 3,305 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1998 | 3,696 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1999 | 3,377 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2000 | 3,448 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 3,211 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 3,237 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 3,661 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2004 | 3,679 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 4,200 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2006 | 3,700 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2007 | 4,382 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2008 | 3,938 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 3,817 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 4,981 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 2011 | 4,490 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2012 | 4,138 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 4,720 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2014 | 4,617 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 4,983 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 5,105 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 5,317 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 4,663 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2019 | 5,262 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2020 | 5,140 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 5,410 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 4,822 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2023 | 3,993 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2024 | 4,854 kg/ha | +21.6% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 4,854 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,427 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 4,854 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,747 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,517 kg/ha | 1,313 kg/ha | 1,695 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,993 kg/ha | 1,610 kg/ha | 2,424 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,372 kg/ha | 1,874 kg/ha | 2,582 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,955 kg/ha | 2,251 kg/ha | 3,696 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,727 kg/ha | 3,211 kg/ha | 4,382 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,828 kg/ha | 4,138 kg/ha | 5,317 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,844 kg/ha | 3,993 kg/ha | 5,410 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Argentina?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Argentina was 4,854 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 5,410 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,313 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Argentina rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Argentina ranks 50th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.