Cereals, primary — Yield in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Cereals, primary — Yield was 5,362 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Northern Europe stood at 5,362 kg/ha.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Northern Europe peaked at 6,222 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,965 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Northern Europe 7th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,241 kg/ha | 2,965 kg/ha | 3,431 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,698 kg/ha | 3,348 kg/ha | 3,984 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,694 kg/ha | 4,172 kg/ha | 5,491 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,953 kg/ha | 4,212 kg/ha | 5,553 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,228 kg/ha | 4,876 kg/ha | 5,504 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,541 kg/ha | 4,722 kg/ha | 6,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,554 kg/ha | 5,274 kg/ha | 6,106 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
- 4 Kuwait 14,196 kg/ha compare
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg/ha compare
- 6 Mauritius 11,890 kg/ha compare
- 7 New Caledonia 11,650 kg/ha compare
- 8 New Zealand 9,102 kg/ha compare
- 9 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,134 kg/ha compare
- 10 Bahamas 7,737 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern Europe
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 0 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 179,846 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 105,418 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1,706 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 21.92 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 0 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 0 ha (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 17.74 million An (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested 182,642 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Northern Europe?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Northern Europe was 5,362 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 6,222 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,965 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Europe rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Northern Europe ranks 7th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.