Cereals, primary — Yield in Italy
Italy: Cereals, primary — Yield was 4,982 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Italy, 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 Italy is 4,982 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Italy peaked at 5,718 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,115 kg/ha, in 1963.
Italy ranks 47th of 193 countries on this measure, 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 | 2,377 kg/ha | 2,115 kg/ha | 2,676 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,136 kg/ha | 2,755 kg/ha | 3,438 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,727 kg/ha | 3,521 kg/ha | 3,927 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,703 kg/ha | 3,945 kg/ha | 5,078 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,082 kg/ha | 4,307 kg/ha | 5,444 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,416 kg/ha | 5,175 kg/ha | 5,718 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,196 kg/ha | 4,750 kg/ha | 5,626 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture share gdp 2.07 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.07 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 30.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 17.86 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 52.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Italy?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Italy was 4,982 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 5,718 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,115 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Italy rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Italy ranks 47th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.