Cereals, primary — Yield in Asia
Asia: Cereals, primary — Yield was 4,488 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Asia recorded 4,488 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Asia peaked at 4,488 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,212 kg/ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,212 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,258 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 1,344 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1964 | 1,387 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 1,377 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 1,426 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 1,503 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 1,526 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 1,543 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 1,641 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 1,673 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 1,643 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 1,710 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 1,737 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 1,854 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 1,871 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 1,893 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 2,020 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 2,056 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 2,073 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 2,146 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 2,271 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 2,426 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1984 | 2,529 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 2,485 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 2,537 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 2,565 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 2,623 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 2,686 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 2,810 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 2,823 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 2,806 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 2,829 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 2,835 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 2,898 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 2,990 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 3,038 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 3,104 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 3,188 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 3,105 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 3,176 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 3,169 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 3,200 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 3,297 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 3,364 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 3,449 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 3,502 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 3,613 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 3,612 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,646 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 3,832 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 3,917 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 3,961 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 3,969 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 4,062 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 4,104 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 4,181 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 4,255 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 4,313 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 4,291 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 4,352 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 4,431 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 4,446 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 4,488 kg/ha | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,397 kg/ha | 1,212 kg/ha | 1,543 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,810 kg/ha | 1,641 kg/ha | 2,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,434 kg/ha | 2,073 kg/ha | 2,686 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,932 kg/ha | 2,806 kg/ha | 3,188 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,349 kg/ha | 3,105 kg/ha | 3,613 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,024 kg/ha | 3,646 kg/ha | 4,313 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,402 kg/ha | 4,291 kg/ha | 4,488 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 Oman 27,672 kg/ha compare
- 1 Viet Nam 6,038 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Arab Emirates 22,474 kg/ha compare
- 3 Qatar 14,976 kg/ha compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,314 kg/ha compare
- 4 Kuwait 14,196 kg/ha compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,196 kg/ha compare
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg/ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 3,660 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Asia?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Asia was 4,488 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,488 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,212 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Asia ranks 2nd out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.