Cereals, primary — Yield in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Cereals, primary — Yield was 2,402 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) stood at 2,402 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 2,402 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,037 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 23rd 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 | 1,115 kg/ha | 1,037 kg/ha | 1,206 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,255 kg/ha | 1,176 kg/ha | 1,332 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,463 kg/ha | 1,413 kg/ha | 1,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,600 kg/ha | 1,509 kg/ha | 1,773 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,935 kg/ha | 1,809 kg/ha | 2,148 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,200 kg/ha | 2,108 kg/ha | 2,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,370 kg/ha | 2,315 kg/ha | 2,402 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 20 Guyana 6,563 kg/ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- Bananas — Production 31.46 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.33 million ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 52.34 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 21.20 million t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 176,426 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 52.34 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 24,497 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 184,718 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 49 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 52.34 million An (2024)
All data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 2,402 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2,402 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,037 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 23rd out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.