Cereals, primary — Yield in Austria
Austria: Cereals, primary — Yield was 6,722 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Austria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Austria is 6,722 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Austria peaked at 7,386 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,330 kg/ha, in 1965.
Austria ranks 17th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Austria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,521 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,568 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 2,510 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 2,622 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 2,330 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1966 | 2,941 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1967 | 3,251 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1968 | 3,343 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 3,556 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 3,192 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1971 | 3,656 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1972 | 3,403 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1973 | 3,856 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1974 | 4,071 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 3,753 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 4,174 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1977 | 4,096 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 4,394 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 3,729 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1980 | 4,516 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1981 | 4,147 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1982 | 4,779 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1983 | 4,756 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 5,091 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 5,269 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 4,825 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1987 | 4,963 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 5,546 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1989 | 5,290 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1990 | 5,577 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 5,456 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 5,153 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 5,089 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 5,392 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 5,502 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 5,391 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 5,901 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1998 | 5,675 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 5,927 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 5,404 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 5,856 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 5,831 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 5,255 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2004 | 6,496 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2005 | 6,133 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 5,722 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 5,844 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 6,807 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2009 | 6,150 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 5,903 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 7,057 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2012 | 6,003 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2013 | 5,847 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 7,047 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2015 | 6,198 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 7,246 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2017 | 6,261 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2018 | 6,146 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 6,954 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2020 | 7,386 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 7,112 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 6,896 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 7,051 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 6,722 kg/ha | -4.7% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 6,722 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Austria's 6,722 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,851 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,849 kg/ha | 2,330 kg/ha | 3,556 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,832 kg/ha | 3,192 kg/ha | 4,394 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,918 kg/ha | 4,147 kg/ha | 5,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,506 kg/ha | 5,089 kg/ha | 5,927 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,950 kg/ha | 5,255 kg/ha | 6,807 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,466 kg/ha | 5,847 kg/ha | 7,246 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,033 kg/ha | 6,722 kg/ha | 7,386 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 14 Belgium 6,856 kg/ha compare
- 14 United Republic of Tanzania 1,872 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,716 kg/ha compare
- 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,806 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 1,716 kg/ha compare
- 16 Germany 6,790 kg/ha compare
- 17 Syrian Arab Republic 1,607 kg/ha compare
- 18 Chile 6,606 kg/ha compare
- 19 Côte d'Ivoire 2,542 kg/ha compare
- 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 871.8 kg/ha compare
- 19 Slovenia 6,586 kg/ha compare
- 20 Croatia 6,570 kg/ha compare
- 20 Caribbean 2,408 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Austria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 791 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4906 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3028 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Austria?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Austria was 6,722 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 7,386 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,330 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Austria rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Austria ranks 17th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria 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.