Cereals, primary — Yield in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,866 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Yield in Solomon Islands, 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 Solomon Islands is 1,866 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Solomon Islands peaked at 4,919 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,086 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Solomon Islands 126th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 61 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,739 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,833 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 1,920 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 2,000 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 2,074 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 2,210 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 1,086 kg/ha | -50.9% |
| 1968 | 2,341 kg/ha | +115.6% |
| 1969 | 1,389 kg/ha | -40.7% |
| 1970 | 2,726 kg/ha | +96.3% |
| 1971 | 2,627 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 3,344 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1973 | 3,094 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1974 | 3,096 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 2,065 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1976 | 2,952 kg/ha | +43.0% |
| 1977 | 3,231 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1978 | 2,876 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1979 | 3,411 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1980 | 3,685 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1981 | 3,442 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1982 | 3,302 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 3,693 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1984 | 2,918 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1985 | 2,744 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1986 | 2,760 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 4,919 kg/ha | +78.2% |
| 1991 | 4,824 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 4,728 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 4,633 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 4,538 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 4,443 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 4,534 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 3,854 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1998 | 3,939 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 4,500 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2000 | 4,650 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 4,650 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,598 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 3,208 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 2004 | 3,125 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 3,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 3,350 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2007 | 3,001 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 2,546 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2009 | 2,273 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2010 | 2,092 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 2,248 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 2,152 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 2,039 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 1,914 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 1,880 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 1,936 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 1,873 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 1,905 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 1,912 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,822 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 1,879 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 1,862 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,851 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,866 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 1,866 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,947 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 1,866 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,779 kg/ha, 49% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Yield in Solomon Islands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +115.6% | 1,086 kg/ha | 2,341 kg/ha |
| 1970 | +96.3% | 1,389 kg/ha | 2,726 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +78.2% | 2,760 kg/ha | 4,919 kg/ha |
| 1967 | -50.9% | 2,210 kg/ha | 1,086 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,844 kg/ha | 1,086 kg/ha | 2,341 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,942 kg/ha | 2,065 kg/ha | 3,411 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,221 kg/ha | 2,744 kg/ha | 3,693 kg/ha | 7 |
| 1990s | 4,491 kg/ha | 3,854 kg/ha | 4,919 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,440 kg/ha | 2,273 kg/ha | 4,650 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,995 kg/ha | 1,873 kg/ha | 2,248 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,856 kg/ha | 1,822 kg/ha | 1,879 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Solomon Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2973 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 574.77 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6869 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Solomon Islands?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Solomon Islands was 1,866 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 4,919 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,086 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Solomon Islands ranks 126th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.