Cereals, primary — Yield in Iceland
Iceland: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,972 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Yield in Iceland, 2015–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 1,972 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.8% on the previous year and down 38.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Iceland peaked at 4,858 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,972 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Iceland 118th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Iceland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,187 kg/ha | — |
| 2016 | 3,213 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 3,524 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2018 | 2,600 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2019 | 3,591 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 2020 | 4,858 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 2021 | 3,121 kg/ha | -35.8% |
| 2022 | 2,967 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 2,430 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2024 | 1,972 kg/ha | -18.8% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 1,972 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 1,972 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,851 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,223 kg/ha | 2,600 kg/ha | 3,591 kg/ha | 5 |
| 2020s | 3,070 kg/ha | 1,972 kg/ha | 4,858 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 115 Senegal 2,004 kg/ha compare
- 116 China, Hong Kong SAR 2,000 kg/ha
- 116 Guadeloupe 2,000 kg/ha
- 119 Antigua and Barbuda 1,963 kg/ha compare
- 120 Armenia 1,961 kg/ha compare
- 121 Cuba 1,946 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0365 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 3,593 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8983 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Iceland?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Iceland was 1,972 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 4,858 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,972 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Iceland rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Iceland ranks 118th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland 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.