Cereals, primary — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Cereals, primary — Yield was 2,115 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 2,115 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 2,128 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,024 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 24th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,085 kg/ha | 1,024 kg/ha | 1,140 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,161 kg/ha | 1,058 kg/ha | 1,236 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,337 kg/ha | 1,318 kg/ha | 1,389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,386 kg/ha | 1,293 kg/ha | 1,558 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,687 kg/ha | 1,574 kg/ha | 1,892 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,964 kg/ha | 1,856 kg/ha | 2,058 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,109 kg/ha | 2,089 kg/ha | 2,128 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6,558 kg/ha compare
- 22 Republic of Korea 6,544 kg/ha compare
- 23 China, mainland 6,495 kg/ha compare
- 24 China 6,494 kg/ha compare
- 25 China, Taiwan Province of 6,426 kg/ha compare
- 26 France 6,281 kg/ha compare
- 27 Japan 6,248 kg/ha compare
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- Tomatoes — Area harvested 467,729 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,020 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 7.49 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 482,612 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 43.68 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 21.06 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 596,645 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.83 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 56.51 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 2,115 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2,128 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,024 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 24th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.