Cereals, primary — Yield in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Cereals, primary — Yield was 5,204 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in European Union (27) is 5,204 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in European Union (27) peaked at 5,664 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,932 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places European Union (27) 8th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,300 kg/ha | 1,932 kg/ha | 2,628 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,083 kg/ha | 2,513 kg/ha | 3,470 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,861 kg/ha | 3,394 kg/ha | 4,202 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,250 kg/ha | 3,766 kg/ha | 4,549 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,678 kg/ha | 4,145 kg/ha | 5,238 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,254 kg/ha | 4,821 kg/ha | 5,612 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,385 kg/ha | 5,204 kg/ha | 5,664 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg/ha compare
- 6 Mauritius 11,890 kg/ha compare
- 7 New Caledonia 11,650 kg/ha compare
- 8 New Zealand 9,102 kg/ha compare
- 9 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,134 kg/ha compare
- 10 Bahamas 7,737 kg/ha compare
- 11 Egypt 7,360 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for European Union (27)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 100,090 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 223.89 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 21.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 95 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 132.13 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 16.90 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 41,140 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 232,110 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,250 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 669,430 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in European Union (27)?
- Cereals, primary — yield in European Union (27) was 5,204 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 5,664 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,932 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- European Union (27) ranks 8th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.