Cereals, primary — Yield in Israel
Israel: Cereals, primary — Yield was 2,619 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Israel recorded 2,619 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 28.5% on the previous year and down 46.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Israel peaked at 4,979 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,053 kg/ha, in 1966.
Israel ranks 104th of 178 countries on this measure, 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 Israel, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,108 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,160 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 1,056 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1964 | 2,044 kg/ha | +93.5% |
| 1965 | 1,853 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1966 | 1,053 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 1967 | 2,061 kg/ha | +95.8% |
| 1968 | 1,481 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1969 | 1,348 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1970 | 1,186 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1971 | 1,792 kg/ha | +51.0% |
| 1972 | 2,642 kg/ha | +47.5% |
| 1973 | 2,278 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1974 | 2,354 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 2,180 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 1,791 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1977 | 1,911 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 1,530 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1979 | 1,250 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1980 | 2,317 kg/ha | +85.4% |
| 1981 | 1,955 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1982 | 1,670 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1983 | 3,261 kg/ha | +95.3% |
| 1984 | 1,639 kg/ha | -49.7% |
| 1985 | 2,240 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 1986 | 2,460 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1987 | 3,567 kg/ha | +45.0% |
| 1988 | 2,847 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1989 | 2,776 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 3,486 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1991 | 2,644 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1992 | 3,267 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1993 | 3,015 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 1,886 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1995 | 3,134 kg/ha | +66.2% |
| 1996 | 2,797 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1997 | 1,969 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 1998 | 2,470 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1999 | 1,668 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 2000 | 2,443 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 2001 | 2,455 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 2,690 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2003 | 3,306 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2004 | 3,067 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 2,952 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 2,398 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2007 | 2,752 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2008 | 2,439 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2009 | 3,174 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 2010 | 3,038 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 3,669 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2012 | 4,300 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2013 | 4,177 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 4,910 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2015 | 4,979 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 4,835 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 3,197 kg/ha | -33.9% |
| 2018 | 2,462 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2019 | 3,624 kg/ha | +47.2% |
| 2020 | 3,836 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 2,148 kg/ha | -44.0% |
| 2022 | 4,563 kg/ha | +112.5% |
| 2023 | 3,664 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2024 | 2,619 kg/ha | -28.5% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 2,619 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 51% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Israel's 2,619 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,635 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,463 kg/ha | 1,053 kg/ha | 2,061 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,891 kg/ha | 1,186 kg/ha | 2,642 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,473 kg/ha | 1,639 kg/ha | 3,567 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,634 kg/ha | 1,668 kg/ha | 3,486 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,768 kg/ha | 2,398 kg/ha | 3,306 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,919 kg/ha | 2,462 kg/ha | 4,979 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,366 kg/ha | 2,148 kg/ha | 4,563 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Israel?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Israel was 2,619 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 4,979 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,053 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Israel rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Israel ranks 104th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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.