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.
Asia ranks 11th of 33 groups 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 | 1,397 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
- 8 New Zealand 9,102 kg/ha compare
- 9 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,134 kg/ha compare
- 10 Bahamas 7,737 kg/ha compare
- 11 Egypt 7,360 kg/ha compare
- 12 Ireland 7,325 kg/ha compare
- 13 Belgium 6,856 kg/ha compare
- 14 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,806 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Asia
- Tomatoes — Production 113.95 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 73.05 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.10 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 4.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 2.08 million ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 866.88 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 68.35 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 79 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 531.98 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 2.65 million ha (2024)
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 11th out of 33 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.