Cereals, primary — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Cereals, primary — Yield was 5,309 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Yield in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Portugal stood at 5,309 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Portugal peaked at 5,521 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 784.8 kg/ha, in 1961.
Portugal ranks 37th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 906.14 kg/ha | 784.8 kg/ha | 1,136 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,083 kg/ha | 890.8 kg/ha | 1,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,477 kg/ha | 1,050 kg/ha | 2,018 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,257 kg/ha | 1,805 kg/ha | 2,795 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,958 kg/ha | 2,114 kg/ha | 3,590 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,406 kg/ha | 3,351 kg/ha | 5,176 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,246 kg/ha | 4,881 kg/ha | 5,521 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 34 Indonesia 5,421 kg/ha compare
- 35 Bangladesh 5,408 kg/ha compare
- 36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,362 kg/ha compare
- 38 Sweden 5,242 kg/ha compare
- 39 Luxembourg 5,208 kg/ha compare
- 40 Serbia 5,172 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 38.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 4.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 30,230 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Portugal?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Portugal was 5,309 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 5,521 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 784.8 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Portugal ranks 37th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.