Cereals, primary — Yield in Belgium-Luxembourg

Belgium-Luxembourg: Cereals, primary — Yield was 8,134 kg/ha in 1999. ▲ Rising

Latest (1999)
8,134 kg/ha
Change on year
up 8.2%
World rank
9th
of 193 countries
All-time high
8,270 kg/ha
in 1996
All-time low
2,927 kg/ha
in 1966
Years of data
39
1961–1999

Cereals, primary — Yield in Belgium-Luxembourg, 1961–1999

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k1961198019991961: 3.6k kg/ha1962: 4.0k kg/ha1963: 3.9k kg/ha1964: 4.2k kg/ha1965: 3.8k kg/ha1966: 2.9k kg/ha1967: 4.1k kg/ha1968: 3.9k kg/ha1969: 3.7k kg/ha1970: 3.4k kg/ha1971: 4.2k kg/ha1972: 4.2k kg/ha1973: 4.7k kg/ha1974: 4.8k kg/ha1975: 3.7k kg/ha1976: 4.1k kg/ha1977: 4.1k kg/ha1978: 4.9k kg/ha1979: 4.8k kg/ha1980: 4.7k kg/ha1981: 5.0k kg/ha1982: 5.6k kg/ha1983: 4.9k kg/ha1984: 6.3k kg/ha1985: 5.8k kg/ha1986: 6.2k kg/ha1987: 5.5k kg/ha1988: 6.1k kg/ha1989: 6.2k kg/ha1990: 5.8k kg/ha1991: 6.4k kg/ha1992: 6.2k kg/ha1993: 6.7k kg/ha1994: 6.7k kg/ha1995: 6.7k kg/ha1996: 8.3k kg/ha1997: 7.6k kg/ha1998: 7.5k kg/ha1999: 8.1k kg/ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Belgium-Luxembourg is 8,134 kg/ha, measured in 1999.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.2% on the previous year and up 32.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Belgium-Luxembourg peaked at 8,270 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 2,927 kg/ha, in 1966.

Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 9th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 3,789 kg/ha 2,927 kg/ha 4,192 kg/ha 9
1970s 4,291 kg/ha 3,380 kg/ha 4,903 kg/ha 10
1980s 5,625 kg/ha 4,742 kg/ha 6,316 kg/ha 10
1990s 7,003 kg/ha 5,755 kg/ha 8,270 kg/ha 10

Countries ranked near Belgium-Luxembourg

  1. 6 Mauritius 11,890 kg/ha compare
  2. 7 New Caledonia 11,650 kg/ha compare
  3. 8 New Zealand 9,102 kg/ha compare
  4. 10 Bahamas 7,737 kg/ha compare
  5. 11 Egypt 7,360 kg/ha compare
  6. 12 Ireland 7,325 kg/ha compare

See the full ranking of 226 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals, primary — yield in Belgium-Luxembourg?
Cereals, primary — yield in Belgium-Luxembourg was 8,134 kg/ha in 1999, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Belgium-Luxembourg?
The highest recorded value was 8,270 kg/ha in 1996.
What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Belgium-Luxembourg?
The lowest recorded value was 2,927 kg/ha in 1966.
How does Belgium-Luxembourg rank for cereals, primary — yield?
Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 9th out of 193 countries with data for 1999.
Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Belgium-Luxembourg?
Over the last ten years it is up 32.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Belgium-Luxembourg 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

Indicator
Cereals, primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,848 data points, 1961–2024
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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.