Cereals, primary — Yield in Cyprus
Cyprus: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,440 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 1,440 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 29.1% on the previous year and up 394.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Cyprus peaked at 2,964 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 107.2 kg/ha, in 1973.
Cyprus ranks 142nd of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 654.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,158 kg/ha | +76.8% |
| 1963 | 1,121 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 802.9 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1965 | 1,599 kg/ha | +99.1% |
| 1966 | 752.4 kg/ha | -52.9% |
| 1967 | 1,298 kg/ha | +72.5% |
| 1968 | 824.8 kg/ha | -36.4% |
| 1969 | 1,335 kg/ha | +61.8% |
| 1970 | 657.3 kg/ha | -50.8% |
| 1971 | 1,336 kg/ha | +103.3% |
| 1972 | 1,068 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1973 | 107.2 kg/ha | -90.0% |
| 1974 | 1,291 kg/ha | +1104.1% |
| 1975 | 1,475 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1976 | 1,463 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 1,315 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1978 | 1,777 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 1979 | 1,665 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1980 | 1,939 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1981 | 1,773 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1982 | 1,778 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 1,389 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1984 | 1,758 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1985 | 2,098 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1986 | 1,301 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 1987 | 2,331 kg/ha | +79.2% |
| 1988 | 2,680 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1989 | 2,480 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 1,886 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1991 | 1,336 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1992 | 2,790 kg/ha | +108.8% |
| 1993 | 2,964 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 2,554 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1995 | 2,385 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 2,396 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 1,111 kg/ha | -53.6% |
| 1998 | 1,114 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 2,156 kg/ha | +93.6% |
| 2000 | 931.4 kg/ha | -56.8% |
| 2001 | 2,276 kg/ha | +144.4% |
| 2002 | 2,394 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 2,264 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 1,678 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 2005 | 1,206 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 2006 | 1,220 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 1,596 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 2008 | 176.3 kg/ha | -89.0% |
| 2009 | 1,824 kg/ha | +934.5% |
| 2010 | 1,998 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2011 | 1,954 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 2,399 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2013 | 1,688 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 2014 | 291 kg/ha | -82.8% |
| 2015 | 2,683 kg/ha | +822.0% |
| 2016 | 436.3 kg/ha | -83.7% |
| 2017 | 1,803 kg/ha | +313.2% |
| 2018 | 1,053 kg/ha | -41.6% |
| 2019 | 2,656 kg/ha | +152.3% |
| 2020 | 2,381 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2021 | 2,064 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2022 | 2,306 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2023 | 2,030 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2024 | 1,440 kg/ha | -29.1% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 1,440 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 28% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 1,440 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,851 kg/ha, 30% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Yield in Cyprus changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +1104.1% | 107.2 kg/ha | 1,291 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +934.5% | 176.3 kg/ha | 1,824 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +822.0% | 291 kg/ha | 2,683 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +313.2% | 436.3 kg/ha | 1,803 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,061 kg/ha | 654.8 kg/ha | 1,599 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,216 kg/ha | 107.2 kg/ha | 1,777 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,953 kg/ha | 1,301 kg/ha | 2,680 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,069 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 2,964 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,556 kg/ha | 176.3 kg/ha | 2,394 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,696 kg/ha | 291 kg/ha | 2,683 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,044 kg/ha | 1,440 kg/ha | 2,381 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Cyprus?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Cyprus was 1,440 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 2,964 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 107.2 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Cyprus rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Cyprus ranks 142nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 394.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.