Cereals, primary — Yield in Estonia
Estonia: Cereals, primary — Yield was 3,733 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Estonia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 3,733 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.5% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Estonia peaked at 4,459 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,251 kg/ha, in 1999.
That places Estonia 77th 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 33 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Estonia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,404 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,161 kg/ha | +54.0% |
| 1994 | 1,597 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1995 | 1,687 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 2,178 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 1997 | 1,992 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1998 | 1,627 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1999 | 1,251 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2000 | 2,115 kg/ha | +69.0% |
| 2001 | 2,037 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 2,024 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 1,922 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 2,330 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2005 | 2,694 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2006 | 2,210 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2007 | 3,009 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 2008 | 2,793 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 2,760 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 2,464 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2011 | 2,599 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 3,412 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 2013 | 3,136 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 3,670 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2015 | 4,382 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2016 | 2,658 kg/ha | -39.3% |
| 2017 | 3,967 kg/ha | +49.2% |
| 2018 | 2,625 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 2019 | 4,459 kg/ha | +69.9% |
| 2020 | 4,412 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 3,502 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 2022 | 4,224 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2023 | 3,410 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2024 | 3,733 kg/ha | +9.5% |
Estonia compared with similar countries
- Estonia's 3,733 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Estonia's 3,733 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,851 kg/ha, 77% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,737 kg/ha | 1,251 kg/ha | 2,178 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,389 kg/ha | 1,922 kg/ha | 3,009 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,337 kg/ha | 2,464 kg/ha | 4,459 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,856 kg/ha | 3,410 kg/ha | 4,412 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More agriculture & rural data for Estonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0165 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 566.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5048 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2928 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.6% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Estonia?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Estonia was 3,733 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,459 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,251 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does Estonia rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Estonia ranks 77th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia 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.