Cereals, primary — Yield in Mongolia
Mongolia: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,251 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Mongolia, 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 Mongolia is 1,251 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Mongolia peaked at 1,668 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 317.9 kg/ha, in 1969.
That places Mongolia 148th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 861.6 kg/ha | +115.4% |
| 1963 | 817.8 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1964 | 898.3 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1965 | 772.8 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1966 | 662.5 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1967 | 816.2 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1968 | 525.7 kg/ha | -35.6% |
| 1969 | 317.9 kg/ha | -39.5% |
| 1970 | 681.2 kg/ha | +114.3% |
| 1971 | 899 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1972 | 497.2 kg/ha | -44.7% |
| 1973 | 1,085 kg/ha | +118.3% |
| 1974 | 752.8 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 1975 | 1,114 kg/ha | +48.0% |
| 1976 | 841.8 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1977 | 855.3 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 626.9 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1979 | 566.2 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1980 | 517 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1981 | 635.1 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1982 | 1,043 kg/ha | +64.2% |
| 1983 | 1,388 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 1984 | 966.3 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 1985 | 1,396 kg/ha | +44.4% |
| 1986 | 1,381 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 1,107 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1988 | 1,269 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1989 | 1,248 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 1,098 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1991 | 970.3 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1992 | 833.4 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1993 | 858.4 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 732 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1995 | 735 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 660.5 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1997 | 756.7 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1998 | 634.1 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1999 | 606.2 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 770.1 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 2001 | 708.4 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2002 | 585.4 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2003 | 785.3 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 2004 | 787.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 474.3 kg/ha | -39.8% |
| 2006 | 1,098 kg/ha | +131.5% |
| 2007 | 942.5 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2008 | 1,383 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 2009 | 1,552 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2010 | 1,370 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2011 | 1,487 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 1,565 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 1,320 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2014 | 1,668 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 2015 | 574.7 kg/ha | -65.5% |
| 2016 | 1,280 kg/ha | +122.7% |
| 2017 | 843.7 kg/ha | -34.1% |
| 2018 | 1,380 kg/ha | +63.5% |
| 2019 | 1,272 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 1,219 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 1,420 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2022 | 1,113 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 2023 | 1,296 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2024 | 1,251 kg/ha | -3.5% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 1,251 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,427 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 1,251 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,779 kg/ha, 33% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 674.76 kg/ha | 317.9 kg/ha | 898.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 791.95 kg/ha | 497.2 kg/ha | 1,114 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,095 kg/ha | 517 kg/ha | 1,396 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 788.48 kg/ha | 606.2 kg/ha | 1,098 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 908.61 kg/ha | 474.3 kg/ha | 1,552 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,276 kg/ha | 574.7 kg/ha | 1,668 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,260 kg/ha | 1,113 kg/ha | 1,420 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Mongolia?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Mongolia was 1,251 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,668 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 317.9 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Mongolia rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Mongolia ranks 148th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.