Cereals, primary — Yield in Belgium
Belgium: Cereals, primary — Yield was 6,856 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Yield in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 6,856 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.2% on the previous year and down 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Belgium peaked at 9,842 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6,856 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Belgium 14th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8,021 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 8,218 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 8,501 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 8,531 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 9,185 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 8,650 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 8,373 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 8,638 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 8,886 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 9,710 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 9,348 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 9,009 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 8,666 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 9,212 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 9,435 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 9,842 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 6,985 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 2017 | 9,051 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 2018 | 7,983 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2019 | 8,988 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 8,431 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 7,906 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2022 | 8,604 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 8,486 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 6,856 kg/ha | -19.2% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 6,856 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 6,856 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8,671 kg/ha | 8,021 kg/ha | 9,710 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,852 kg/ha | 6,985 kg/ha | 9,842 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,056 kg/ha | 6,856 kg/ha | 8,604 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 11 Bahamas 7,737 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,209 kg/ha compare
- 12 Egypt 7,360 kg/ha compare
- 13 Ireland 7,325 kg/ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 2,112 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 Austria 6,722 kg/ha compare
- 17 Syrian Arab Republic 1,607 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Belgium?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Belgium was 6,856 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 9,842 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,856 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Belgium ranks 14th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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.