Cereals, primary — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Cereals, primary — Yield was 3,752 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Mexico, 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 Mexico is 3,752 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.0% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Mexico peaked at 4,262 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,105 kg/ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 75th 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 Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,105 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,124 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 1,130 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 1,302 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1965 | 1,336 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 1,290 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 1,371 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 1,430 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 1,493 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 1,541 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 1,530 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 1,514 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 1,502 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 1,614 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1975 | 1,745 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1976 | 1,730 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 1,779 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 1,918 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1979 | 2,009 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 2,191 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 2,292 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 2,416 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 2,184 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1984 | 2,340 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 2,431 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 2,332 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 2,322 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 2,180 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 2,198 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 2,424 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1991 | 2,427 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 2,708 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1993 | 2,639 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 2,518 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 2,520 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 2,553 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 2,679 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 2,639 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 2,708 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 2,761 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 2,855 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 2,913 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 2,964 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 3,079 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 3,131 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 3,213 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 3,353 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 3,452 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 3,434 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 3,501 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 3,240 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 3,453 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 3,387 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 3,582 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 3,470 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 3,749 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 3,800 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 3,826 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 3,992 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 3,806 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 3,879 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 3,950 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 4,262 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2024 | 3,752 kg/ha | -12.0% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 3,752 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,427 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 3,752 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,747 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,287 kg/ha | 1,105 kg/ha | 1,493 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,688 kg/ha | 1,502 kg/ha | 2,009 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,289 kg/ha | 2,180 kg/ha | 2,431 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,582 kg/ha | 2,424 kg/ha | 2,708 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,115 kg/ha | 2,761 kg/ha | 3,452 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,600 kg/ha | 3,240 kg/ha | 3,992 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,930 kg/ha | 3,752 kg/ha | 4,262 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Mexico?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Mexico was 3,752 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 4,262 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,105 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Mexico ranks 75th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.