Cereals, primary — Yield in Cuba
Cuba: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,946 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Cuba stood at 1,946 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 35.6% on the previous year and down 30.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Cuba peaked at 3,189 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1,083 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Cuba 121st out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Cuba, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,205 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,211 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 1,357 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1964 | 1,274 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1965 | 1,083 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1966 | 1,179 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1967 | 1,152 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 1,209 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 1,400 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1970 | 1,526 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 1,617 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 1,374 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1973 | 1,278 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1974 | 1,805 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 1975 | 2,070 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1976 | 2,275 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1977 | 2,412 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 2,420 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 2,322 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 2,547 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1981 | 2,504 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 2,693 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1983 | 2,702 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 2,728 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 2,616 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1986 | 2,682 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 2,430 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1988 | 2,549 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 2,516 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 2,342 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 2,176 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 1,751 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1993 | 1,324 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1994 | 1,789 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 1995 | 1,965 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1996 | 2,007 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 2,189 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1998 | 1,875 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1999 | 2,751 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 2000 | 2,528 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2001 | 2,881 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2002 | 3,123 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 3,189 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 2,922 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 2,562 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2006 | 2,783 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 2,913 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 2,674 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2009 | 2,069 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2010 | 1,937 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 2,619 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 2012 | 2,803 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 2,904 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 2,814 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 2,965 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 2,939 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 2,854 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 2,876 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 2,832 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 2,572 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 2,408 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 2,089 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2023 | 1,435 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 2024 | 1,946 kg/ha | +35.6% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 1,946 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,427 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 1,946 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,747 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,230 kg/ha | 1,083 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,910 kg/ha | 1,278 kg/ha | 2,420 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,597 kg/ha | 2,430 kg/ha | 2,728 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,017 kg/ha | 1,324 kg/ha | 2,751 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,764 kg/ha | 2,069 kg/ha | 3,189 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,754 kg/ha | 1,937 kg/ha | 2,965 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,090 kg/ha | 1,435 kg/ha | 2,572 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Cuba?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Cuba was 1,946 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 3,189 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,083 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Cuba rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Cuba ranks 121st out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba 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.