Cereals, primary — Yield in Northern America
Northern America: Cereals, primary — Yield was 7,419 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 7,419 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Northern America peaked at 7,774 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,203 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Northern America 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Northern America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,203 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,430 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1963 | 2,580 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 2,379 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1965 | 2,732 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1966 | 2,763 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 2,782 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 2,859 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 3,109 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 2,961 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 3,376 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1972 | 3,458 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 3,293 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 2,734 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1975 | 3,178 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1976 | 3,267 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 3,392 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 3,713 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 3,934 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 3,425 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1981 | 3,840 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1982 | 3,956 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 3,179 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1984 | 3,842 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1985 | 4,180 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1986 | 4,170 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 4,112 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 3,187 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1989 | 3,889 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1990 | 4,232 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 4,023 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 4,678 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1993 | 3,896 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1994 | 4,910 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1995 | 4,189 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1996 | 4,614 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1997 | 4,653 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 5,013 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 5,126 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 5,131 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 5,053 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 4,847 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 5,254 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 6,029 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2005 | 5,745 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 5,623 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 5,933 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 5,915 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 6,416 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 6,330 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 6,174 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 5,422 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2013 | 6,636 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2014 | 6,854 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 6,676 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 7,774 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2017 | 7,419 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 7,260 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 7,104 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 7,209 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 7,128 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 7,117 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 7,314 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 7,419 kg/ha | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,649 kg/ha | 2,203 kg/ha | 3,109 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,331 kg/ha | 2,734 kg/ha | 3,934 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,778 kg/ha | 3,179 kg/ha | 4,180 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,533 kg/ha | 3,896 kg/ha | 5,126 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,595 kg/ha | 4,847 kg/ha | 6,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,765 kg/ha | 5,422 kg/ha | 7,774 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,237 kg/ha | 7,117 kg/ha | 7,419 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 1 Oman 27,672 kg/ha compare
- 1 Viet Nam 6,038 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Arab Emirates 22,474 kg/ha compare
- 3 Qatar 14,976 kg/ha compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,314 kg/ha compare
- 4 Kuwait 14,196 kg/ha compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,196 kg/ha compare
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg/ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 3,660 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Northern America?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Northern America was 7,419 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 7,774 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,203 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Northern America rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Northern America ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.