Cereals, primary — Yield in Romania
Romania: Cereals, primary — Yield was 3,526 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Romania is 3,526 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.3% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Romania peaked at 5,997 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,452 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Romania 86th out of 178 countries 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.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Romania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,510 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,452 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1963 | 1,556 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 1,660 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 1,862 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1966 | 2,038 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 2,046 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 1,918 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 1,954 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 1,802 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1971 | 2,356 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 1972 | 2,711 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1973 | 2,384 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1974 | 2,295 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1975 | 2,446 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1976 | 3,116 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1977 | 2,951 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 2,899 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 2,941 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 2,994 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 2,627 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1982 | 3,313 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1983 | 2,918 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1984 | 3,195 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1985 | 3,103 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 3,181 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 2,821 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1988 | 3,266 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1989 | 3,049 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1990 | 3,011 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 3,192 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 2,128 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1993 | 2,423 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1994 | 2,773 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1995 | 3,085 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1996 | 2,430 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1997 | 3,541 kg/ha | +45.7% |
| 1998 | 2,643 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1999 | 3,188 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2000 | 1,928 kg/ha | -39.5% |
| 2001 | 3,029 kg/ha | +57.1% |
| 2002 | 2,512 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2003 | 2,535 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 3,997 kg/ha | +57.7% |
| 2005 | 3,334 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2006 | 3,102 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 1,645 kg/ha | -47.0% |
| 2008 | 3,247 kg/ha | +97.4% |
| 2009 | 2,825 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2010 | 3,330 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2011 | 3,993 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2012 | 2,364 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 2013 | 3,863 kg/ha | +63.4% |
| 2014 | 4,069 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 3,544 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2016 | 3,971 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2017 | 5,228 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2018 | 5,997 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2019 | 5,458 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2020 | 3,399 kg/ha | -37.7% |
| 2021 | 5,188 kg/ha | +52.6% |
| 2022 | 3,634 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 2023 | 4,021 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2024 | 3,526 kg/ha | -12.3% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 3,526 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Romania's 3,526 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,851 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,777 kg/ha | 1,452 kg/ha | 2,046 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,590 kg/ha | 1,802 kg/ha | 3,116 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,047 kg/ha | 2,627 kg/ha | 3,313 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,841 kg/ha | 2,128 kg/ha | 3,541 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,816 kg/ha | 1,645 kg/ha | 3,997 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,182 kg/ha | 2,364 kg/ha | 5,997 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,953 kg/ha | 3,399 kg/ha | 5,188 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 83 North Macedonia 3,565 kg/ha compare
- 84 Bhutan 3,552 kg/ha compare
- 85 Malaysia 3,544 kg/ha compare
- 87 Nepal 3,521 kg/ha compare
- 88 Kyrgyzstan 3,489 kg/ha compare
- 89 Azerbaijan 3,427 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Romania?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Romania was 3,526 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 5,997 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,452 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Romania rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Romania ranks 86th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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.