Cereals, primary — Yield in Brazil
Brazil: Cereals, primary — Yield was 5,003 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Yield in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Brazil stood at 5,003 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Brazil peaked at 5,336 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,210 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places Brazil 46th out of 193 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,346 kg/ha | 1,256 kg/ha | 1,428 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,363 kg/ha | 1,210 kg/ha | 1,456 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,726 kg/ha | 1,545 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,316 kg/ha | 1,755 kg/ha | 2,732 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,216 kg/ha | 2,643 kg/ha | 3,831 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,665 kg/ha | 4,038 kg/ha | 5,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,996 kg/ha | 4,479 kg/ha | 5,336 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture share gdp 6.09 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.09 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 11.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 25.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 138.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 7.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Brazil?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Brazil was 5,003 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 5,336 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,210 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Brazil rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Brazil ranks 46th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.