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 76th of 193 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.
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 share gdp 3.88 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.88 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 20.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 26.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 71.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.67 million t (2024)
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 76th out of 193 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.