Cereals, primary — Yield in Pakistan
Pakistan: Cereals, primary — Yield was 3,621 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 3,621 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Pakistan peaked at 3,626 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 840 kg/ha, in 1966.
Pakistan ranks 82nd 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 | 937 kg/ha | 840 kg/ha | 1,192 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,364 kg/ha | 1,197 kg/ha | 1,540 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,669 kg/ha | 1,545 kg/ha | 1,833 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,982 kg/ha | 1,766 kg/ha | 2,218 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,500 kg/ha | 2,230 kg/ha | 2,790 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,988 kg/ha | 2,611 kg/ha | 3,180 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,510 kg/ha | 3,353 kg/ha | 3,626 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture share gdp 23.02 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.02 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
- Rural population 60.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 154.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 93.77 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 311,166 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Pakistan?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Pakistan was 3,621 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 3,626 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 840 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Pakistan rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Pakistan ranks 82nd out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.